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Last year, our school district had to pay over $6.20 million in state-mandated CalSTRS contributions. A million dollars of that payment included additional costs mostly due to the board approving overly-generous raises to certificated staff and teacher retirement incentives during the past five years. This million dollar added expense doesn’t even account for the other raises given to classified employees which also increased our district’s complex-accounting of its contributions to CalPERS. It’s no wonder the board pleaded for the commu...
The beautiful South Bay hills in the Palos Verdes Peninsula has some terrific views of Los Angeles. In this semi-rural setting, it almost seems like the last place you would look to find a football game between two 2018 playoff schools. But that was the setting when the Culver City Centaurs brought their offensive juggernaut to Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. On Friday afternoon, Zevi Eckhaus completed 23 of 27 passes for 474 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Culver City Centaurs to an...
Gerhardt Walther Riedel, 95, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, at Avalon Health Care in San Andreas of natural causes. He was born on April 30, 1924, in Hankow, China, to Erhard and Carmelia Riedel, where his father worked as a Lutheran missionary, one of the first in China. Gerhardt ("Gary") was the fifth of eight siblings, and the family moved back to Orange County, Calif., when he was a young teenager. Gary served in the Merchant Marines as a Second Lieutenant during World War II, in...
Three musical acts that you don't want to miss are landing at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA). On September 20, living legend Johnny Mathis takes the stage with his Voice of Romance Tour. The Grammy Hall of Famer, who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, will be performing all of his classic hits. He has one of the most distinctive voices in music and you will hear his famous vibrato as he sings "It's Not for Me to...
Culver City High School Defeated Peninsula High Friday night by a score of 60-21. Culver faces Warren High School at an away game in Downey this Friday Read the full story by Sports Reporter Fred Altieri in this week's Culver City Observer or online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
Late August means one thing at Culver City High School... Centaur football is back. Last season's CIF Division 7 Champions began the 2019 season with a 56-36 road win at West High in Torrance last Friday night, Aug. 30. This Friday, they venture a few miles further south to Rolling Hills Estates to take on the Peninsula High Panthers. The Centaurs have had success against Peninsula over the past decade, winning eight of nine games while scoring over 40 points in every single contest except for...
UCLA and USC football teams go into their respective games on Saturday with a lot of questions marks. The main questions are can USC win with a backup quarterback and can UCLA get their first win after looking like the same team that won only three games last year? UCLA will face San Diego State at the Rose Bowl on Saturday at 1:15 p.m. and USC will open their Pac-12 season when they play Stanford at 7:30 p.m. at the United Airlines Field at the Memorial Coliseum. UCLA 's 24-14 loss to...
In the first football game of the season Culver City defeated West Torrance High by a score of 56-36. Be sure to read sports reporter Fred Altieri's full story in this week's Culver City Observer or online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
Dear Editor: To judge from Mr. George Laase’s August 22nd commentary, “CCUSD Salaries Skyrocket,” he has three worrisome concerns. First: He worries that the District spends too much on the salaries of its employees. But this seems not to be so worrisome: The 2019-’20 Proposed Budget of the CCUSD projects spending 85% of restricted and unrestricted funds for salaries and benefits for certificated teaching faculty and classified non-teaching staff. For unrestricted funds only, the total for the...
If the season started this week, the Seattle Seahawks already look in mid-season form. The Seahawks led the NFL in rushing yardage per game in 2018. The Seahawks were the only NFL team last season to run more the ball more than 50% of the time. On Saturday Night, the Seahawks came to Los Angeles and showed that they will be a tough running team again this season, defeating the Chargers 23-15. The game was played at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. For three quarters, the Seahawks dominated...
The Lucky Duckies are back! The Lucky Ducky Swim will again be at the Fiesta La Ballona, Saturday, August 24, and Sunday, August 25. At 3:00 pm on Sunday, August 25, the rubber ducks will "swim" across the Culver City Plunge. There will be a number of Lucky Ducky winners. The top prize is $500 with the second prize of two tickets to a Dodgers game and more prizes to be announced at a later date. The proceeds from the Lucky Ducky Swim will benefit Culver City children and youth programs. The...
Nine Culver City High School students and two chaperones, sponsored by the Culver City Sister City Committee (CCSCC), visited our sister city, Iksan, South Korea and surrounding areas from Saturday, July 27 to Wednesday, August 7, 2019. Culver City Students were placed with nine Iksan students and their families, who welcomed them into their homes. Iksan students study English and American students were given brief Korean language instruction prior to the trip. With this knowledge students were able to successfully communicate, resulting in...
Defending CIF Division 7 Football Champion Culver City High is currently preparing for the 2019 season, beginning next Friday, August 30. They romped to their second title last November, beating San Jacinto High on the road, 61-21. With many of the players returning under 10-year head coach Jahmal Wright, the Centaurs eagerly look for a repeat performance this season. Culver City will play five non-league games before they settle into Ocean League action for their last five of the regular season...
The following is a post-game interview the Observer had with Head Coach Tanner Siegal about the up-coming season. On Playing Pre-Season Games Playing a team like Alemany gives us a good opportunity to get better in the pre-season. We know we're a team that when we are keeping the ball in play and shifting defensively and playing at a quick pace--we're a tough team to beat. We can definitely put the ball away on offense, so, for us, winning will come down to how well we play on defense. I give cr...
The Culver City Fiesta La Ballona will be held August 23-25, 2019 at Veterans Memorial Park which is located at 4117 Overland Avenue. This spectacular summer festival features live performances, carnival rides and games, a beer and wine garden, food trucks and a food court, and a vendor village showcasing local groups and artisan wares. New this year are "Plunge Into Fiesta" at the Culver City Municipal Plunge, Silent Disco at the Entertainment Tent, Imagine: Zero Waste World's sustainability...
Dr. Sarah Carpenter, an Icon in the community and the loving wife and mother of two, passed away on August 19 at the age of 66. Sarah (Sally) was born in 1952, She graduated from Stanford in 1975 and went on to receive her medical degree from Yale in 1979. She completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at UCLA and a fellowship in adolescent medicine at Children's Hospital. Sarah worked for more than 20 years in the Teen Health Center at Kaiser in Panorama City. In 1981, she married...
Five Culver City High School teenagers were attacked Friday night at approximately 10 pm as they rode the Expo line home from the beach in Santa Monica. A second group of 15 teenagers also boarded the eastbound train and the two groups began chatting and dancing to music. The five Culver City teenagers exited the train at the Culver City station and with the larger group following them. The second group allegedly attacked the Culver City group, stealing their belongings. Robbery appears to be...
Culver City High School football team opened fall camp this Wednesday. They are concentrating on conditioning and basics in their offense and defense. Head coach and Culver City Jahmal Wright want the team is still accepting student walk-ons. If anybody is interested, they should come by the school field house or contact the athletic office to get more information. The Centaurs will put on pads on Saturday. The Centaurs will have their traditional Blue/White game. The junior varsity will...
Fall sports will start in a few weeks at Culver City High School, and that means it's a great opportunity for the Culver City community to support their local teams and at the same time be able to watch high school sports at an elite level. Culver City high school has some of the best teams and coaches in Southern California. The majority of their teams battle for league and CIF championships. This fall will give fans a chance to watch cross country, football, girls' volleyball, boys' water...
Before the 2019-2020 school year begins, CCUSD Superintendent Leslie Lockhart has announced the following changes within the district: The Department of School and Family Support Services (SFSS) will expand its services, adding a coordinator position in order to boost district-wide support for CCUSD's Whole Child Initiative. With the California School Accountability Dashboard system focusing on annual academic, social-emotional and behavioral growth, this expansion will allow the district to...
CCUSD Superintendent Leslie Lockhart today announced the appointment of Dr. Amy Hodge as principal of El Rincon Elementary School. A 13-year veteran of CCUSD, Dr. Hodge most recently served as interim principal of Farragut Elementary School. Prior to that she was at El Rincon as a Cotsen Mentor and as a Teaching and Learning Partner, where she provided support for teachers in CGI math, and in Readers Workshop. Her first CCUSD assignment was as a special education teacher and resource specialist...
The Culver City high school girls' varsity volleyball team will start preseason play at the end of this month. The Centaurs graduated 11 players from last years' team so they are going to have to find some new team leaders and their younger players will have to step. The last three years have been nothing short of spectacular. In 2016 they had a record of 27-9 and that included a CIF Championship and a trip to the State Playoffs. In 2017 they won another CIF Championship and another trip to...
In 2011, former Culver City High quarterback Lukas O'Connor lead the Centaurs to the CIF championship game. It was the first time in over 30 years that the Centaurs played in the championship game. Culver City lost the game, but O' Connor carried on with his football career. But it's been a roller-coaster ride for the 6-foot-4 quarterback. After turning down several Division 1-AA schools, O'Connor packed his bags to attend a prep school on the East Coast. When that didn't work out, O'Connor...
Admission was by invitation, and the memorial service wasn't publicized in advance. The private memorial will be aired tonight at 7 PM on Fox Sports Network. Busses brought in the Angels, who are not playing a scheduled game today. "There will be no body. Tyler was cremated, and his ashes have already been scattered," explained one of the ushers. The former santa monica high school pitcher died on July 1, overnight in a hotel room in Texas. The Angels had played there the day before. Authorities have not released his cause of death. Los...
Culver City hosted its first sixteen team passing tournament this past weekend. It was challenging to get a good field of teams because there were other established tournaments already scheduled, including the Mission Viejo Tournament, which attracted some of the top programs in Southern California, And the Redondo Tournament, in its 7th year, was also scheduled. But because of the hard work of Tournament Director and Centaur coach Dovie Reed and Head Coach Jahmal Wright, they were able to...
