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By Luis Castro Special to the Culver City Observer The highly anticipated pre-season coaching debut of legendary player and coach, Michael Cooper, took place this past weekend in Garden Grove. Cooper coached the Centaurs to a 4-0 record and a championship at the Aloha Challenge during a preseason tournament. Cooper introduced his brand of fast paced, yet, controlled basketball with a heavy emphasis on defensive pressure and intensity. The offensive focused on appreciating each possession by...
Coaches say offense wins games but defense wins championships. If that's the case Culver City's 16-9 victory over a good Mira Costa team last Friday night at Culver City maybe their stepping stone to another league championship. It's still early in league play to talk about championships but the Centaurs took a big step towards accomplishing their goal with their win over Mira Costa on Homecoming night. Sports creates funny situations. Two weeks ago, the Centaurs played one of their worst games...
Friday Night Football at Culver City High School delivered another exciting conclusion to begin the month of October. The Centaurs held off favored Mira Costa High, 16-9, with seven seconds remaining in the game at Jerry Chabola Stadium to successfully open the 2021 Bay League season in front of a large homecoming crowd. Delayed by pandemic policies until early this year, Culver City won the 2020 Bay League Championship going undefeated with four wins this past spring. The Centaurs are currently...
PASADENA, Calif. (October 4, 2021) – Today, the Tournament of Roses® announced the seven members of the 2022 Royal Court presented by Citizens Business Bank. Members of the 2022 Royal Court will serve as ambassadors of the Tournament of Roses, the Pasadena community and the greater Los Angeles area, and will each receive a $7,500 educational scholarship. The Rose Queen® and Royal Court are iconic traditions, steeped in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses' history and continue as a t...
Sylvia Rae Marble, age 84, native of Santa Monica died in her home in Santa Monica on September 19, 2021. She was a 1954 graduate of Santa Monica High School and a Member of the Sargeanettes. She attended University of Southern California where she joined Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority. She was married to James King in 1956 until his death in 1993. They had three daughters, Keely King, Terri King and Laurie King. Sylvia was preceded in death by her husband, James and daughter, Terri. She was employed by many local doctors as a Medical Office Manager...
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has been called a "Gangster Quarterback" by his head coach, Brandon Staley. Herbert is not your typical gangster. He graduated from Oregon with a bachelor's degree in biology. He co-founded a fishing club in high school. But on the football field, he is tough and fearless. He does not get rattled. On Sunday in Kansas City, Herbert threw for four touchdowns, completing 28 of 38 passes for 281 yards and no interceptions in leading the Chargers to a 3...
Unexpectedly, the Centaurs took one on the chin last Friday night at home as they committed four turnovers to lose to a well-prepared La Serna High football team, 35-15. Culver City High finished the 2021 pre-league schedule with a 2-2 record and will now host their Bay League season opener against a forging Mira Costa squad. This is also a Homecoming Game for the Centaurs. The Mustangs from Manhattan Beach also bring a deceptively 2-3 pre-league record to this Friday nights' game starting 7:00...
Santa Monica Content Creator Clea DeCrane Selected to Showcase Story at Catalyst Content Festival in Duluth Minnesota The Catalyst Content Festival will be held September 29th – October 3rd, 2021 in Duluth, Minnesota The Catalyst Story Institute has selected a finalist from Santa Monica to present at the annual Catalyst Content Festival in Duluth on September 29th to October 3rd. Storyteller Clea DeCrane, from Santa Monica, was selected for the project Following Hannah Stone. Brooke Jensen is i...
Sports all over the world are finding out that there is a secret and quiet opponent hiding just around the corner. That opponent is the coronavirus. The virus stopped Culver City high school's varsity football team from playing its biggest and most attractive home game of the year when Warren high school called Culver City at the last-minute last Friday to say someone on their team tested positive. The game had to be cancelled and it was a shock and disappointment to the coaches, players and...
If Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) is an excellent school district, if it’s why so many of us moved to this little village within a metropolis, then shouldn’t we strive to share our high-quality education with more students and their families? Senate Bills 9 and 10 have been signed by the governor. These will allow the parts of town that were previously exclusionary to house many more people, including families with school age children (exclusionary means it was impossible for man...
Eleanor Osgood, long-time resident of Culver City, died September 11, 2021. During her 75 years, she contributed to her community as a speech pathologist and as a volunteer who engaged others in the fascinating world of birdwatching and in restoring natural habitats. She succumbed after fighting colon disease for six months. Eleanor was born in Chicago on December 10, 1945. While an infant, she moved to West Los Angeles with her parents, Edward and Rae Osgood, and older brother, Kenneth. After graduating Hamilton High School, Eleanor attended...
The UCLA Bruins will travel north to take on an improving Stanford team at 3 p.m. and the USC Trojans will host a 2-1 Oregon State team at the Coliseum at 7:30 p.m. Both games will be played on Saturday. Every game in conference play is important and this weekend is no different. Stanford and Oregon State are 2-1. The Bruins need to prove that their 2-0 start of the season was no fluke because they lost to Fresno State last Saturday night in a thrilling game at the Rose Bowl and the Trojans...
An empty lot now stands in memory where the enticing aroma of Church's Chicken once wafted from the moribund restaurant on the Southeast corner of Century Boulevard and Prairie Avenue. Mouths will no longer be full of the deliciously greasy chicken. Instead, Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, hopes to fill the mouths of raucous fans with cheers as he broke ground in Inglewood to erect his vision of the NBA's most lavish and technologically savvy arena. Last Friday, September...
The Paia Inn, a chic, boutique, beach hotel, is located in one of the hippest surf towns on Maui. This private oasis with North shore vibes will appeal to every traveler who wants to live like a local while on a beachy, chill vacation in Hawaii. Relax, meditate, and feel the "aloha" when you stay at this historical, bohemian destination. Traveling alone, as a couple, or with the family, you'll love this secluded beachfront inn with private beach access, tranquil outdoor lounging areas, and islan...
The move will make it easier to enforce Camping Ordinance ‘within constraints of Martin vs. Boise court ruling’ The Malibu City Council took an important step this week to address the fire danger posed by homeless encampments in Malibu. At its Monday night’s meeting, the Malibu Council unanimously approved the first reading of an amendment to the Camping Ordinance to make it enforceable by the Sheriff's Department “within the constraints of the Martin vs. Boise court ruling, which has reportedly been an obstacle to enforcing Malibu's ordinan...
One thing you can say about Culver City's fall 2021 varsity football team is they are not afraid of competition. For the third week in a row the 2-1 Centaurs will face a top ranked team. This week it's 4-0 Warren of Downey on Friday. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City high school campus. "Each game is going to be tough," said long time Culver City assistant coach Cornell Myles after they beat Pasadena last Friday at home 43-34. "I am glad we are playin...
Culver City, Calif.) – This week, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced that Culver City High School's Vanessa Andrick has been named among approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit S...
Neil Thomas Massie, age 78, passed away peacefully in Danbury Connecticut of natural causes. Neil was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the oldest child of Philip Edwin and Gladys Ruth (Semler) Massie and had five siblings, Kate, Ann, Jane, Hugh and Raechel. His father’s service in WWII led the family on frequent relocations before settling in their permanent home in Culver City, California. Neil was a good big brother and was there for his family when needed. Neil loved playing and singing music and learned to play guitar in his early t...
Culver City high school has been involved in some of the biggest sports stories in Southern California in the last two weeks. Last week former Lakers star Michael Cooper was hired to coach the boys' basketball team and this week former Centaur football player Donte Williams was named the interim coach of the USC football team. Cooper, who is one of the best defensive players in NBA history will take over a team that won the Bay league last season. In his NBA career he made eight All-Defensive...
The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans face tough competition this Saturday when they play two good teams. USC will travel to Pullman Washington to play Washington State at 12:30 p.m. and UCLA plays a late 7:45 p.m. game against Fresno State at the Rose Bowl. Both teams need to win. USC needs to start the post Clay Helton era off with a bang to show they can still play like a top 25 team despite the firing of their head coach last Monday. Their new interim head coach is hoping the change will...
Friday night football at Cuvler City High is always showtime and the 2021 season home opener was no different. The Centaurs spotted visiting Pasadena High a 28-17 lead going into halftime. Undaunted, they proceeded to blitz the Bulldog defense with four touchdowns in the second half to win 43-34, with the Centaurs defense yielding one lone score late in the fourth quarter. "It was a great win," said head coach Jahmal Wright. "I thought we made it a little tougher than it should have been. But...
The 1-1 Culver City varsity football team will face another tough non-league game Friday when they take on the Pasadena High School Bulldogs at 7 p.m. This will be the Centaurs first home game of the year after two games on the road against West Torrance and Loyola of Los Angeles. They beat West Torrance and lost to Loyola last Friday night. Now the Centaurs are looking to get back on the winning track against the Bulldogs after getting dominated by Loyola. The final score was 62-21. "We have so...
The Rams kick off the NFL's Sunday Night football game this Sunday when they take on the Chicago Bears at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood at 5:20 p.m. The game will be broadcast nationally on NBC. The Rams will take the field with a new quarterback for the first time in six years when Matthew Stafford lines up over center. He replaced Jared Goff and head coach Sean McVay hopes Stafford will be the difference that will put them in position to win close games. The USC Trojans are hoping to improve to...
Teams can learn a lot from a loss and Culver City's varsity football team is hoping correcting some of those mistakes will help them starting Friday night against Pasadena. "We definitely want to schedule opponents that expose us so that we see what our weaknesses are. So, when we get to the playoffs, we have high aspirations keeping this program, this train rolling. So, that's our goal to stay at that level. And the only way to stay at that level is to play teams that approach you to that...
LA Teachers Unions Wants Mandatory Vax for Kids A Los Angeles teachers union wants more stringent coronavirus guidelines for the nation’s second-largest school district. The Los Angeles Times reports, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) “is calling for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all eligible students and stricter quarantine rules while raising some objections to a new district mandate for online instruction when students are in quarantine.” The Times obtained a document dated August 26 called “Counterproposal #2” that the outlet sa...
