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The Pac-12 conference is back. Five-star defensive end Korey Foreman has decided to take his talents to USC and become a Trojan. Foreman, the top ranked player in the nation according to the 247sports.com football recruiting rankings, played his high school football at Centennial High School in Corona. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound prospect will enroll in the fall at USC. The signing of Foreman and the addition of Ceyair Wright of Loyola, the top ranked cornerback in the state of California, has...
Despite closing out the 2020 regular season with a four-game winning streak, the Los Angeles Chargers have decided to part ways with head coach Anthony Lynn after four seasons at the helm. Lynn was informed Monday morning, less than 24 hours after the Chargers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs on the road, 38-21. The Chargers ended the season with a record of 7-9 and the Chiefs finished at 14-2. Chargers owner Dean Spanos made the decision to go in a different direction. In a statement, Spanos...
The coronavirus has disrupted high school sports like the Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald creates havoc in an opponent's backfield. Every month good and bad information comes out of the CIF offices regarding the state of high school sports in California. Although no sports have been played Culver City continues to post winning records when it comes to winning scholarships. The highly ranked football program is not the only Centaur sport that is producing highly rated student-athletes. Every...
By Bill Seals The Pac-12 conference is back. Five-star defensive end Korey Foreman has decided to take his talents to USC and become a Trojan. Foreman, the top ranked player in the nation according to the 247sports.com football recruiting rankings, played his high school football at Centennial High School in Corona. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound prospect will enroll in the fall at USC. The signing of Foreman and the addition of Ceyair Wright of Loyola, the top ranked cornerback in the state of...
Noa Krop Girl Scouts Soccer and Girl Scouts have been a big part of my life, so when Covid limited previous ways of participating in both for most of 2020, I started to think about new ways to stay involved. I turned to earning my Girl Scout Gold Award through a project I called "Patching Together a Safe Return to Soccer." The idea was to better understand issues of health and safety in youth group sports, particularly during the pandemic, support girls' leadership development, encourage girls...
High school senior Dominique Darius has enrolled early at UCLA and has joined the women's basketball team's active roster, The Michael Price UCLA Women's Head Basketball Coach Cori Close announced Monday. Darius originally signed her national letter of intent to play for the Bruins on Nov. 13. "Dominique is the total package – athletic, versatile, great leader, competitive, driven, high character, and has a high basketball IQ," said Close. "We are so fortunate to have her. She fills a huge need for our backcourt depth. Athletically, she is r...
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he will submit to the State Legislature the nomination of San Diego Assembly member and Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, Dr. Shirley N. Weber, as the next California Secretary of State, filling the seat that will be vacated by Secretary of State Alex Padilla once he assumes office in the United States Senate Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, Assembly member if confirmed Dr. Shirley Weber will become the first African American Secretary of State in California history. Dr...
The coronavirus has disrupted high school sports like the Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald creates havoc in an opponent's backfield. Every month good and bad information comes out of the CIF offices regarding the state of high school sports in California. Although no sports have been played Culver City continues to post winning records when it comes to winning scholarships. The highly ranked football program is not the only Centaur sport that is producing highly rated student-athletes. Every...
by Alyssa Erdley News with Attitude The state government reversed its ban on outdoor playgrounds on Wednesday, December 9. Playgrounds were one of the sectors closed when the state's Stay Home Order went into effect on the Monday of that week. The Stay Home Order was triggered by the remaining ICU capacity in the Southern California region falling below 15%. No discussion was entertained and no reasons offered for closing playgrounds via the Stay Home Order. Children under the age of 18 are not at high risk of dying from COVID-19. Some...
It has been a while since Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert engineered a game winning drive in a football game. In fact, the last time was in college with Oregon, when Herbert scored on a thrilling 30-yard fourth quarter touchdown run to give the Oregon Ducks a 28-27 win over the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2020 Rose Bowl, Herbert's last collegiate football game, in a game played on New Year's Day. Herbert had previously come close with the Chargers, but a missed field goal against...
Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi once said, "It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." That would be the storyline of the USC Trojan football team in 2020. Besides their battles with the Covid-19 epidemic, which cost the Trojans one regular season game, they have been knocked down several times this season on the field. But they keep getting up. For the third time in their five-game regular season, the USC Trojans found a way to win a football game with less...
Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan played his high school baseball at Alvin High School in Alvin, Texas. He is the most famous athlete from Alvin High School, but he is no longer alone. On Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, Gunner Olszewski, a graduate of Alvin High School and a member of the New England Patriots, had a performance to remember. Olszewski, in his second season with the Patriots, returned three punts for 145 yards, including a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown, and...
This year Culver City is blessed to have at least seven Centaurs, who have been offered Division 1 scholarships. This is most likely the reason why the Centaurs are ranked 24th in the State and 16th in Southern California. The seniors in this group are 6'3" 200 wide receiver/defensive back Makai Cope, who is one of the most heavily recruited players in Culver City history with 17 offers. Emari Pait, safety/wide receiver, 6'2"205 with eight offers and who recently agreed to sign with Fresno...
At the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD), our Sustainability efforts are led by a Sustainability Coordinator who works with the Environmental Sustainability Committee (ESC), the Superintendent, CCUSD Business Services, principles, school liaisons, staff, teachers, parents, students, volunteers and other stakeholders to help facilitate our green actions. CCUSD is pleased to announce that the ESC is back up and running for this new school year 20-21 during this online distance learning...
Culver City High School is one week away from kicking off their Annual Giving Campaign which starts Giving Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past nine years, the idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. At a time when we are all experiencing uncertainty, it's this generosity which gives all of us the power to mak...
1.Pittsburgh Steelers (9-0): The Steelers remain the only unbeaten in the NFL after an impressive 36-10 victory over the Bengals. With a three-game lead over the Browns and the Ravens, the Steelers can focus on securing the No. 1 overall playoff slot and getting a first-round bye, forcing any team that wants to win the AFC Championship to go through Pittsburgh. Next: -10 at Jacksonville Jaguars – Sun, Nov. 22 – O/U: 47.5 (ATS: 7-2 – O/U: 4-3-2) 2. Kansas City Chiefs (8-1): The Chiefs have won f...
1.Pittsburgh Steelers (8-0): The Steelers escaped with a victory over hapless Dallas Cowboys, but as Mike Tomlin said after the game, "We can't keep having this conversation every week because one of these weeks we'll be doing it with an 'L." Next: -7.5 at Dallas Cowboys – Sun, Nov. 15 – O/U: 47.5 (ATS: 6-2 – O/U: 4-3-1) 2. Kansas City Chiefs (8-1): The Chiefs head into their bye week with a victory and a much-needed rest after a 33-31 victory over the Panthers. They will have an extra week...
For the past three years Culver City high school has had one of the best football programs in the state. Now the Centaurs have arrived. They are ranked 24th in the state and 16th in Southern California. "I believed this is the first time we have been ranked that high in the state," said Culver City Athletic Director Tom Salter this week. Usually those type of high rankings are reserved for Division 1 schools, but the Centaurs have reached that elite level with outstanding players and coaches....
You are invited to the Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center’s annual meeting and program virtually this year. The zoom is scheduled for Monday, November 16, 2020. Installation of officers and President Diana Hauptman’s review of the year will take place from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. From 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. there will be two simultaneous presentations, one for CCMS and CCHS students and another with parents. Cheryl Karp Eskin, Program Director of Teen Line, will lead the parent support webinar. The pandemic has uprooted our lives and we are...
1.Pittsburgh Steelers (8-0): The Steelers escaped with a victory over the hapless Dallas Cowboys, but as Mike Tomlin said after the game, "We can't keep having this conversation every week because one of these weeks we'll be doing it with an 'L." Next: -7.5 at Dallas Cowboys – Sun, Nov. 15 – O/U: 47.5 (ATS: 6-2 – O/U: 4-3-1) 2. Kansas City Chiefs (8-1): The Chiefs head into their bye week with a victory and a much-needed rest after a 33-31 victory over the Panthers. They will have an extra...
The California Interscholastic Federation (C.I.F.) is proceeding with its proposed July schedule and fall sports teams will resume respective practice schedules in early December. Winter and spring sports begin their respective seasons once fall sports conclude in late March and early April. Boys' and girls' cross country, football, boys' and girls' volleyball and boys' and girls' water polo are training now, will begin official practices in December and will start competing in January....
Los Angeles Dodger outfielder Mookie Betts has been named 2020 National League Gold Glove Award winner for right field, winning his first Rawlings Gold Glove in the National League and his fifth straight Rawlings Gold Glove (2016 - '20). Betts, 28, makes it two consecutive seasons that a Dodger right fielder has won the award, joining teammate Cody Bellinger who captured the prize last season. The Nashville native is the ninth Dodger outfielder to receive the honor, joining Bellinger (2019),...
By David Ganezer It has been said that SMRR could run monkeys, and people would pull the levers. That’s usually true, but it was not true in 2020. In an historic repudiation of Santa Monicans for Renters Rights, Phil Brock and Christine Parra appear to have won seats on the Santa Monica City Council. More incumbent city councilmembers (three) were voted out of office this week than in the past thirty years. The 4 members slate (Brock, Parra, de la Torre and Mario Fonda-Bonardi) had promised to slow the growth that has chewed up every parking l...
Niche, a website that helps parents discover schools and neighborhoods that are right for them, has named Culver City Unified School District the third most diverse school district in California. The site also identified CCUSD as the 29th best place to teach in California (among 690 districts) and ranked the District No. 37 on its 2021 list of Best School Districts in California. Using a wide array of statistics, Niche's 2021 rankings are based on rigorous analysis of demographic and student...
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a young poet roaming the country with your manual typewriter, hiring yourself out in malls and wherever you could set up a little work area so you could have strangers pour out their thoughts to you in exchange for a personalized poem? Wonder no more. Village Well Books & Coffee, a new independent general interest bookstore and café near City Hall and presently under construction at 9900 Culver Blvd. on the southwest corner of Culver Blvd. and Duquesne...
