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Out with the old and in the with the new. The Los Angeles Chargers are a new team. With a new head coach, new offensive, defensive, and special team coordinators, and new offensive and defensive schemes to learn. Everything has changed. Even some of the players have changed. But what has not changed is the level of talent on this team, which remains good. After a week of practice, it is easy to see how good this team can be. The return of safety Derwin James on defense is going to make a...
After a pandemic abbreviated 2020 football season that felt incomplete, Pac-12 football schools are ready to roar back into action and show the nation the strength of west coast college football. Washington Huskies head coach Jimmy Lake said it best when he stated that, "There's really a sense of unfinished business with our football team." After his Huskies team went 3-1 in 2020, it is easy to see why he feels that way. That seemed to be a view shared by everyone in the Pac-12 conference. The o...
The Culver City Woman's Club is hosting a sale of Clothing and Household items to raise money for a variety of local charities on Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31. from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at 9516 Cattaraugus Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034. There will be all types of clothing in all sizes and functional, decorative, and fun household items for every part of your house. The Culver City Woman's Club is a non-profit philanthropic and social organization that supports a number of local charitable causes such as Meals on Wheels, Food Pantries,...
Students in the Culver City Unified School District will have the option to eat school meals for free in the upcoming school year, regardless of their family's income. Flush with an unexpected budget surplus, California announced on Monday it will offer free school meals to all 6.2 million public school students this fall. The undertaking will be the largest free student lunch program in the country, state officials said. CCUSD officials have not yet commented on the free lunch program. Many sch...
The girl's lacrosse team also picked up several post season honors when they placed seven Lady Centaurs on the All-Ocean League team. Senior goalie JoJo de la Trinidad was the Defensive Player of the Year after she recorded 131 saves on 224 shots on goal. Senior Valarie Garcia made the second All-League team scoring nine goals and recording 18 assists. Junior Larissa Andrick was placed on the first team after she scored 26 goals with 10 assists. Her twin sister Vanessa Andrick also made the...
The USC track and field program has added transfers Johnnie and Alyssa Blockburger to its 2021-22 roster, it was announced by Director of Track & Field Quincy Watts today (July 21). The sophomore twins competed at Arizona during the 2020-21 season. Johnnie Blockburger was the 2021 Pac-12 400m dash champion with a time of 45.57 and was named the Pac-12 Men’s Freshman of the Year. He set the Arizona school record and posted a personal-best time of 44.71 to win the 400m title at the Jim Click Shootout on April 10. He also had PRs of 10.28 in t...
Santa Monica High School has announced another Covid case among its students attending one of its summer programs. The text of the email is below. While 60% of adults in Los Angeles County have been vaccinated and are not at risk for Covid-19, many younger people are not vaccinated. Opinions vary about how much risk teenagers have with respect to Coronavirus. Text of the email from SamoHi follows. Dear Samohi Summer School families, You're receiving this email because your child was enrolled or is currently attending one of the summer programs...
Bruce Thomson was a much loved track and cross country coach and teacher at San Pedro High School. After graduating from Hamilton High School in 1978, Bruce was trained to be a coach and teacher by the legendary University High School Coach, Richard Kampmann. He taught government, health, history, track and cross country for 30 years at San Pedro High School. He was a favorite of students at SPHS. Bruce suddenly collapsed during a jog on Tuesday morning July 6, 2021, and died of uncertain...
Rachel Newton Broome passed away peacefully with her children by her side on July 5, 2021 in Santa Monica. She was 89 years old Born in Denmark, South Carolina in 1931, Rachel grew up in Charleston, and graduated from Memminger High School in 1949. As a teenager, Rachel won numerous local beauty pageants and was featured in magazines and brochures promoting the area. A photo of Rachel on the Folly Beach Pier in 1946 was featured on the cover of Charleston Magazine's July 2007 edition. Rachel married Richard Broome in 1953, and together they...
After one of the most amazing NCAA basketball tournament runs in years, the UCLA Bruins fell in a heartbreaking loss to Gonzaga in overtime on a Hail Mary buzzer beater, 93-90. That left all Bruins fans wishing for another shot at the NCAA men's basketball championship. Last week, Johnny Juzang granted that wish by deciding to drop out of the NBA draft and return for another season in Westwood. Juzang posted on Twitter, "Going through the process has been an amazing experience. I was blessed to...
The Culver City high school girls' basketball program started a new league during the pandemic shorten season in 2021 and that league put the Centaurs in unfamiliar territory. Going from the Ocean league to the Bay league this year made them realize they have work to do. For the past 10 years Culver City was the class of the Ocean league. They won 88 games and lost only 12. Their overall record from 2010-20 was 206-90. Their league records included four 10-0 seasons and three 9-1 seasons. They...
Head Coach Brandon Staley to speak to student-athletes about football, higher education and professionalism The Los Angeles Chargers will host their first annual Nike ‘11-On’ football competition for high school athletes in Southern California. The event is part of the Chargers long-standing dedication to high school football by inspiring players, supporting coaches and celebrating the game at all levels. Head Coach Brandon Staley will kick off the event by talking about higher education, professionalism and how football can be used as an opp...
LA County Says Masks Up On Monday, health officials in Los Angeles County followed suit, recommending that “everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public places as a precautionary measure.” Barbara Ferrer, the county’s public health director, said the new recommendation was needed because of upticks in infections, a rise in cases due to the worrisome Delta variant, and persistently high numbers of unvaccinated residents, particularly children, Black and Latino residents and essential workers. NIH head Dr. Anthony Fauc...
Former Culver City Mayor Jim B. Clarke has been named Chairman of Board of the Culver City Arts Foundation (Culver Arts). His tenure begins July 1. Clarke, who currently serves as Vice Chair, has played a pivotal role in the formation of the foundation when it spun off from the City of Culver City in 2018 and was established as an independent non-profit organization. Through Clarke's dedicated fundraising, Culver Arts has been able to support the Artist Laureate program with almost $18,000,...
Despite losing 15-8 in the CIF Division 2 Championship Final to battle tested St. Francis of La Canada a few weeks ago on the Culver City campus the city is still buzzing about a sport that is finally moving up the headline chart. Culver City lacrosse has been around for a long time but now it is in the spotlight. The crowd was electric during the championship game. Culver City's head coach, Casey Chabola felt the energy of the crowd. "I thought it was beyond my expectations, really. The amount...
The Week 2 football schedule for Pac-12 football promises to be one of the best in years for the conference and presents a significant test for the conference in perception around the country. All the games are non-conference games, except for the Stanford at USC game. Below is the list of Week 2 games for Saturday September 11, 2021, for the Pac-12: OREGON at Ohio State 9a PT / 12p ET FOX Texas A&M at COLORADO (in Denver) 12:30p PT / 1:30p MT FOX CALIFORNIA at TCU 12:30p PT / 3:30p ET ESPNU...
Anna Cockrell bettered her school record and Dalilah Muhammad posted a season-best time to earn berths to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by taking third and second respectively in the women's 400m hurdles final at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials being held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. today (June 27). During the eight days of competition, seven Trojan athletes earned the honor to represent the United States at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Cockrell had a time of 53.70 to break her own USC record and...
Incoming UCLA freshman Peyton Watson has been selected as one of 12 players to compete on the USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team, as announced Thursday evening by USA Basketball. The U.S. roster features six players who completed their first collegiate season (in 2020-21) and six players, including Watson, who are from the high school class of 2021. The FIBA U19 World Cup will take place in Latvia from July 3-11. Watson, a 6-foot-8 guard/forward from Long Beach, Calif., will be a freshman...
USC women's volleyball has signed two transfer student-athletes in All- WCC outside hitter Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS) from Pepperdine and 2019-20 California Gatorade Player of the Year setter Mia Tuaniga (Santa Ana, Calif./ Mater Dei HS) from Long Beach State, Trojans' head coach Brad Keller announced on Monday, June 28. - Scully earned AVCA All-America honorable mention and was a two-time All-West Coast Conference first-team choice at Pepperdine. She was named AVCA...
Busses Won’t take Coins Bus riders will no longer be able to pay for their rides in cash. Starting Monday July 12, the Big Blue Bus Co. has announced that it will no longer accept cash from writers. Customers must pay with TAP cards purchased from machines at train stations, or they will have to buy mobile tickets online. During the pandemic, both MTA and BBB buses were free to all. Both companies have since started taking fares again, in another sign that pandemic restrictions are ending in LA County. Earthquake Near LAX A magnitude 3.4 earthq...
When the Culver City varsity boys' basketball season ended on June 1, in the CIF playoffs quarterfinals a lot of people thought the program had gained a lot of respect after years of average and below average seasons. The 2021 Centaurs won the tough Bay league with a record of 8-2 and into the playoffs. They made it to the third round before losing to Crean Lutheran of Irvine, a team that made it to the championship game in Division 2A. Crean Lutheran was one of the best teams in the state, so...
Three high school students from Culver City have been chosen to participate in the 17th annual GRAMMY Camp® program., operated by the GRAMMY Museum. Carter Long-Coffee, Allyn Matheson and Jasani Pitts will be among 81 talented high school students from 67 U.S. cities who will take part in the annual summer camp. All Time Low, Echosmith, and The War and Treaty will be this year's guest artists at the camp; they will discuss their career paths and help students prepare for the music industry. The signature music industry camp for high school stud...
On the last day of sports competition for Culver City high school the boys and girls track and field teams continued to keep Culver City high school in the Southern California sports spot light. From the award-winning football team to the CIF finalist boy's lacrosse team the Centaurs maintained athletic excellence during the pandemic shorten sports season in 2021. Last Saturday at the CIF Southern Section Division 2 Track and Field championship finals held at Moorpark high school Culver City pla...
As Covid Restrictions Come Off, Santa Monica High School Conducts 2021 Graduation Commencement speakers all gave thanks, noting the simple joy in just being at a graduation. SamoHi's first 2021 graduation was on a gorgeous day, as California loosened its Covid restrictions. There are still many rules to follow for everyone's safety. We were all sent the guidelines ahead of the ceremony. The principal read the rules to us ahead of the ceremony, because it was only by complying with the county gui...
Culver City's dream lacrosse season came to a disappointing end last Tuesday on the Culver City high school campus when La Canada St. Francis out lasted the Centaurs, 15-8 in the Division 2 CIF championship game. It was a hard-fought game played on a chilly June night. Talk about June Gloom. The Centaurs entered the championship game with high expectations having won their first three CIF playoff games 21-0 against El Dorado, 17-3 against Redondo Union and 8-5 against Aliso Niguel. Against St....
