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In the 1994 movie, “The Shawshank Redemption,” a constant theme throughout the movie was hope. As Andy Dufresne said to his good friend Red, “hope is a good thing, maybe even the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” That is true as well with the NFL Draft each spring, where hope never dies. For the Los Angeles Chargers and thirty-one other NFL teams, every spring is full of hope. The Chargers came into the 2021 NFL draft needing help on the offensive line and at cornerback, as well as...
On paper, the Los Angeles Rams got decent results without the benefit of a first-round pick during the 2021 NFL Draft in Cleveland. They were resourceful in gaining three additional picks in the last two days, leading to five defensive and four offensive selections. Including ten undrafted free agents signed on Saturday following the Draft, the Rams focused on replacing off-season free agency losses while reinforcing the NFL's top-ranked defense in 2020. They also doubled down on their commitmen...
Smiling faces, hidden by facemasks of course, were evident across the St. Bernard High School campus last week as the Playa del Rey school launched a successful Welcome Week event that saw students return to campus after more than a year of remote learning. In addition to attending a comprehensive orientation program covering new on-campus safety protocols designed to address the COVID-19 virus, students completed back-to-school reflections, set goals for the future and participated in faith...
Several Westlake Village homes were evacuated Thursday afternoon after a brush fire burned 24 acres north of Westlake High School. The fire in the 500 block of Country Valley Road, drew about 5 firefighters. By about 5:15 p.m., crews appeared to have a handle on the fire. Dubbed the "Country Fire," crews arrived on scene in Thousand Oaks to report smoke emerging from the blaze in an area that was difficult to access. Fire helicopters and several air tankers from Los Angeles County were...
By Jack Simon, Observer Staff Writer The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is preparing to sell $280 million of bonds for both Measure M (for Malibu Schools) and Measure SMS (for Santa Monica Schools) in the coming months, district officials announced this week. Projects to be funded for by these new bonds include multiple improvement projects at Santa Monica elementary and middle schools; Samohi Exploration and Gold Gym program; and the new administration / library / classroom building at Malibu High School, district officials said....
The past twelve months have been a challenge for everyone, including the student athletes at Culver City High School and the organization that supports them, the Booster Club. Centaur teams left the field of play in March 2020 and the wildly popular Casino Night event was canceled as well. Fast forward to today with the Corona virus situation improving, Centaur student athletes have begun training and games are on the schedule. How can you support them now you ask? You can join the Booster Club for the coolest socially-distanced community...
It’s hard enough being a teenager navigating the bridge between childhood and adulthood while acclimating to a pandemic, school shutdowns, remote learning, and all the attendant anxiety of these surreal times without also having to cope with the emotional stress, stigma, and financial impact of a family member’s incarceration. Nearly three million children in this country have at least one parent in prison, jail, or detention, and author and prison rights activist Amy Friedman knows how tho...
Unlike last season, the Los Angeles Chargers did not enter the 2021 NFL draft with the need for a quarterback of the future, due to the selection of quarterback Justin Herbert in the first round last year. Herbert, the offensive Rookie of the Year in the NFL in 2020, had a successful rookie campaign and with his backups in place, there was no need to address this position in the 2021 NFL draft. This draft in 2021 they should have focused on the offensive line, the defensive secondary and...
The entertainment world had Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. The sports world has Tom Brady and Michael Jordan, and Culver City high school has Zevi Eckhaus. Obviously is not logical to compare a Culver City a high school athlete to some of the world's greatest but greatness is greatness at any level. For those of us who have witnessed his extraordinary talents the last three years we saw a junior Drew Brees. During this past season that ended a few weeks ago Eckhaus broke the school career...
By David Ganezer Have you ever wished that you could be recruited by the Men in Black? This story is about a guy who actually was. One day in 2001, Mansour Jabbaar (M.J.) George was strolling through the Topanga Canyon mall when he was stopped by a casting director from Central Casting. She asked MJ, if he would like to try out to be a Body Double for Will Smith. Columbia studios was then filming Men in Black II, and they needed an actor who resembled Smith. She gave MJ a card and told him to meet her later that day on the Sony Pictures lot....
Culver City High School has been recognized as one of the best high schools in California, according to a new ranking by U.S. News and World Report. Culver High was ranked #240 among more than 2600 public high schools in the Golden State in the publication's latest analysis of upper school education. In fact, it is ranked #1,622 in the nation. U.S. News reviewed nearly 24,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia and 1,675 California schools made its rankings, according...
Unlike last season, the Los Angeles Chargers will not be entering the 2021 NFL draft with the need for a quarterback of the future, due to the selection of quarterback Justin Herbert in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft. Herbert, the offensive Rookie of the Year in the NFL in 2020, had a successful rookie campaign and with his backups in place, there is no need to address this position in the 2021 NFL draft. This draft will be focused on the offensive line, the defensive secondary and replac...
The track and field season kicked off at Culver City high school last Saturday when the Centaurs hosted Redondo Union in a dual meet. Their next meet is Saturday at North Torrance at 9:15 a.m. "It was good for the first meet," said girl's head coach Rayfield M. Beaton. "I look at the meet to see where we are, and I liked what I saw. Our girls 4X100 relay team ran the fastest first meet time in the last seven years I have coached here. Their 49.3 time is one the fastest times in CIF right now."...
Without question, it was another highly dramatic, competitive and entertaining Friday Night Football game last week at Culver City High School to end the season. Unfortunately, the Centaurs came up just short of a perfect record, losing 49-42, as visiting Apple Valley High withstood a second-half comeback at Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City campus. The Sun Devils clinched the thriller by recovering a Centaur onside kick attempt in the last minute. "It was a back-and-forth game," said...
CCUSD Superintendent Leslie Lockhart announced this week that she will be retiring from the school district after 23 years, including four years as superintendent. "As many of you know, I have had some recent health challenges, and this has been an opportunity for me to reflect on what is truly important in my life," Lockhart told the Board of Education at its Tuesday night's meeting. "Tonight, it is with mixed emotions that I announce to the board and to the community that I will be retiring...
It’s hard enough being a teenager navigating the bridge between childhood and adulthood while acclimating to a pandemic, school shutdowns, remote learning, and all the attendant anxiety of these surreal times without also having to cope with the emotional stress, stigma, and financial impact of a family member’s incarceration. Nearly three million children in this country have at least one parent in prison, jail, or detention, and author and prison rights activist Amy Friedman knows how tho...
At the end of the 2020 regular season, there was only one certainty for the Chargers. They had their franchise quarterback. Everything else was uncertain, including the status of their head coach, Anthony Lynn. That uncertainty was resolved less than 24 hours later, when the Chargers fired Lynn with one year left on his contract after a second consecutive losing season. Exactly two weeks after the Chargers final game, the question of who would replace Lynn was finally answered when the team...
It's official. Culver City secondary schools will reopen their classrooms for in-person, hybrid learning beginning next Monday, April 19, district officials announced this week. In letters to parents, the principals at Culver City High School and Culver City Middle School said they "are excited to bring back to campus students whose parents chose to return for hybrid learning in the recent Culver City Unified School District survey." Most of these students have been assigned to two groups...
For the second year in a row, the Culver City Unified School District has earned the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Now in its 22nd year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. To qualify for the Best Communities designation, CCUSD answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music...
Showtime Centaurs! Bay League Champions! For the first time in a decade Bay League Football has a new champion as Culver City High rallied to beat perennial power Palos Verdes High, 42-28, last Friday, April 9, on Senior Night at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The Centaurs won the physical thriller over the now-former nine-time defending Champion Sea Kings, an instant classic that was decided in the final minutes. The Centaurs will finish their season this coming Friday, April 16, when they host the...
Quarterback Zevi Eckhaus threw for 364 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Culver City Centaurs to come from behind 42-28 victory over the Palos Verde Sea Kings in a Bay League high school football game last Friday. The victory clinched the Bay league Championship for the Centaurs in their first season in the Bay League. For the Sea Kings, the loss ended a streak of nine consecutive Bay League titles in football. Eckhaus, who also scored a touchdown on a one-yard dive into the endzone, had a l...
The seniors on Culver City's 2021 varsity football team helped the Centaurs win the Bay League championship when they beat Palos Verdes 42-28 last Friday at Culver City. The Centaurs are 4-0 in league play and face 4-0 Apple Valley in a non-league game to finish the 2021 season. The game on Friday will be played at home inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium at 7 p.m. Read the sports section on Friday regarding the win over Palos Verdes and the upcoming game against Apple Valley....
Culver City students in third through fifth grades will return to campus for in-person instruction beginning next Monday, April 12, the local school district has announced. This week, transitional kindergarteners through second graders began returning to their campuses, with various safety and health protocols, according to the Culver City Unified School District. The reopening of the middle school and high school will be announced in the near future, said district spokesman Geoff Maleman. In a...
After their last second loss to the USC Trojans in the final regular season game, head coach Mick Cronin of the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team was at a loss for words. The Bruins had fallen in three consecutive games and had slipped from first place in the Pac-12 conference standings to fourth place in the standings. They had blown second half leads in all three games and they were struggling to overcome the loss of key players. In the game against the Trojans, the Bruins were without...
The Bay League Championship is on the line this Friday evening, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. as Culver City High hosts nine-time defending League Champion Palos Verdes High at Jerry Chabola Stadium on the high campus. The Centaurs and the Sea Kings are tied for the League lead, both with 3-0 records and have split the last two contests between each other, including a thrilling 55-52 double-overtime Culver City victory in 2019. The Centaurs remained undefeated in their first season in the Bay League by...
