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Few employees can boast that they've worked in every hospital department, but in her 33 years at Southern California Hospital at Culver City, Enid McKenzie, RN, can do just that. McKenzie's career began when she joined the hospital after moving from Belize in 1973. She always loved helping people medically; but 20 years ago, she transferred to behavioral health where she found her niche-a place where she could partner both her medical skills with her desire to help those with mental health...
Wesleyan University student and Culver City native Claire Glickman will conduct laboratory research in India this summer as a recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program (UISFL) grant. Glickman will work at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai. She will be working in the laboratory of Sudipta Maiti, professor in the Department of Chemical Sciences. Glickman previously attended Culver City High School. "In my mind, what is particularly exciting about thes...
Honorable Mention This Week We feature the first 2 Honorable Mentions in the contest The Culver City Observer believes that a fundamental part of life is learning how to write. Last week we featured the first-place winner. This week we feature the 2nd place winner Andrew Oda. We will be featuring the writing of other winners in the upcoming weeks. The ASB sponsored this year's contest. The first-place winner received a $50 Amazon gift card and the 2nd and 3rd place winners received $25 Amazon...
It is believed by many people around the NFL that the Los Angeles Chargers have one of the best rosters in the NFL. The Chargers apparently believe that as well, as they have been relatively quiet during the offseason. That will change soon with the upcoming NFL Draft, which starts on April 25th. Here is a look at a three round mock draft I created for AFC West division teams - Round 1: #4 Oakland Raiders – Clenin Ferrell, DE, Clemson, 6'4", 264 - The Raiders had the worst pass rush in the N...
3rd Place: This Week We feature the 3rd Place Winner The Culver City Observer believes that a fundamental part of life is learning how to write. Last week we featured the first-place winner. This week we feature the 2nd place winner Andrew Oda. We will be featuring the writing of other winners in the upcoming weeks. The ASB sponsored this year's contest. The first-place winner received a $50 Amazon gift card and the 2nd and 3rd place winners received $25 Amazon gift cards. Students were...
A unique program announced this week, every Culver City High School students in the Class of 2020 will have the opportunity to apply to at least one four-year college or trade school at no cost to them. This program, funded by through the Culver City Education Foundation, will give every eligible CCHS 2020 senior up to $100 to pay for a college or trade school application. To make sure every member of the Class of 2020 benefits from this opportunity, those enrolling in our local community colleges, West L.A. College or Santa Monica College, who...
Climate change continues to draw attention globally, from governmental debates on pollution solutions to people protesting against a lack of action. In Europe, teenage girls and young women are leading a large student environmental movement, and organizers in the U.S. are planning to join an international day of action on March 15. Against this backdrop, those engaged in environmental issues say that while there is strength in numbers during protest events, the difference often starts with individuals doing the right things daily for clean air...
Ocean League Baseball 2019 is not a picnic. For the first time all season Culver City High baseball took a pretty good one on the chin. Visiting El Segundo High thrashed the Centaurs, 9-0, on Tuesday afternoon, April 9, the first of two games this week between the two perennially successful programs in the Westside and South Bay. Culver City also lost consecutive games for the first time this season while their record dropped to 3-2 in league. They still carry a respectable 14-4 overall record...
The Culver City Observer believes that a fundamental part of life is learning how to write. Last week we featured the first-place winner. This week we feature the 2nd place winner Andrew Oda. We will be featuring the writing of other winners in the upcoming weeks. The ASB sponsored this year's contest. The first-place winner received a $50 Amazon gift card and the 2nd and 3rd place winners received $25 Amazon gift cards. Students were encouraged to write a piece of fiction or poetry that shows...
New York Times bestselling authors David Sheff and Nic Sheff, the NFL Players Association, Inc., filmmaker William "Michael" Barbee, and Youtube music sensation Alex Boyé will be honored at the 23rd Anniversary Erasing the Stigma Leadership Awards on Thursday, April 25, 2019. Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, based in Culver City, is a nonprofit which has provided free mental health, substance use and suicide prevention services for over 75 years, will confer the honors at the Beverly Hilton...
Grace Lutheran Church's April MidDay Music Jazz Concert will take place on Thursday, April 11 in the Church Sanctuary at 12:05 p.m. Featured will be Alison Lewis and Mahesh Balasooriya. Singer Alison Lewis has appeared at venues ranging from Skirball Museum in Los Angeles to Lincoln Center in New York and has shared the stage with such notables as Michael Franti and Patti Austin. She has performed/toured as a soloist and ensemble member with classical choirs, world music a cappella groups, jazz...
Culver City High baseball has opened the season with an impressive 13-2 record. Yet the Centaurs are ramping up their mid-season competition in preparation for an Ocean League title quest. This week the Centaurs will face two teams from San Fernando Valley before turning their attention towards a strong El Segundo squad next week. "League is priority but what I like best is we're going to play two really good team this week," said Centaur head coach Rick Prieto. "If these two games don't...
The Culver City Woman's Club is holding their annual Yard Sale on Friday and Saturday, April 5th and 6th, from 8:00am until 4:00pm, at 3547 Federal Avenue in West Los Angeles. There will be lots of clothes, shoes, books, jewelry, household goods and other items for sale. All proceeds will go to Meals on Wheels and to scholarships for graduating high school seniors. The Culver City Woman's Club is a non-profit philanthropic and social organization that supports a number of local charitable...
The Culver City Observer believes that a fundamental part of life is learning how to write. This week we will feature the first-place winner Delina Melaku. We will be featuring the writing of other winners in the upcoming weeks. The ASB sponsored this year's contest. The first-place winner received a $50 Amazon gift card and the 2nd and 3rd place winners received $25 Amazon gift cards. Students were encouraged to write a piece of fiction or poetry that shows a unique perspective of the world,...
The 2019 State of the City event will be held on Tuesday, April 9. This year's event is free and open to the public. Networking and mingling will begin at 4:30 p.m., with the program promptly starting at 5:30 p.m The city is urging those attending to consider walking, biking or carpooling. Parking is available in the Culver City High School and Culver City Middle School parking lots. Please RSVP online so event organizers can plan accordingly. "The State of the City address is for the entire Cul...
Rising visual artist, Chase Metoyer, 17, has dreams of a career in fine arts and plans to inspire and educate future artists. On Monday, January 21, the Culver City High School senior was recognized and awarded the 2019 Saul Morrison award by the Westside Coalition for her art interpretation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s, Six Concepts of Nonviolence, at the 34th Annual Celebration of Rev. Dr. King Jr., at the SGI-USA World Peace Ikeda Auditorium, in Santa Monica. Chase contemplated the concept and created a piece she felt represented the t...
The 2019 Mustang Relays once again allowed Culver City High track and field to showcase its sprinting and relay talents. The Centaurs brought home first place medals in the girls and boys events on a picture-perfect Spring day at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach last Saturday. Culver City athletes competed with students from 27 Southern California schools in the annual South Bay classic. The day-long event featured 16 events for boys and girls in the relays, individual sprinting, distance...
There are several ways to analysis local governments including school districts. State Senator John Moorlach had his staff prepare a report on the financial soundness for California’s nearly one thousand Public School Districts entitled “Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports” (CAFR). Culver City ranked 831 out of 940 K-12 school districts in the state, the UPN racking was 740 with a population of 40,345. Its UPN was negative $55,973,000 with a per capita UPN of negative $1,387. Nearly 2/3 of the school districts are running negative. By compa...
En fuego! Centaur baseball punctuated its fast start in 2019 with a very convincing 9-1 victory over archrival Santa Monica High in the Ocean League opener at Culver City High. The Centaurs improved their season record to 10-1 and play the Vikings again in the home-and-away series this Thursday afternoon at Santa Monica High. "No question a rival," said Centaur head coach Rick Prieto. "We've been look forward to the league opener for quite a while with all the rain delays and practice...
Jule Hachigian, 92, died February 25, 2019, at her home in Culver City, California. She was born Kohar Torosian in Racine Wisconsin on October 3, 1926. At age two, after the death of her mother Aghavni Torosian, a survivor of the Armenian massacre, Jule was adopted by loving parents Hougas and Zarouhee Torosian and raised in the town of South Milwaukee. Jule attended South Milwaukee High School and graduated in 1944. After high school, she enrolled in Nurses Training at the Mayo Clinic in...
Culver City High School has earned the Civic Learning Award of Merit for 2019, a prestigious award co-sponsored by Chief Justice of California Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye's civic learning initiative, known as the Power of Democracy; and California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. The award program also identifies models that can be replicated in other schools. Culver City High School, which is accredited as a California Democracy School by the Los Angeles County Office of E...
Toscana Finke, from Culver City, recently performed in the Hamilton College Dance and Movement Studies Department's annual spring dance concert. The performance was choreographed by Hamilton faculty Elaine Heekin, Sandra Stanton-Cotter, Bruce Walczyk, and Paris Wilcox, along with guest choreographer John Castagna, of The Ballet Collective in Los Angeles. Music featured included pieces by Leonard Bernstein, The Gusla Male Choir, and Bernard Herrmann and Jerome Moross. Finke, a first-year student, is a graduate of Culver City High School....
Clippers appear headed for the Playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers have become a daily soap opera, with daily speculation about who is in and who is out. With a record of 31-36, they are headed for a sixth straight season of missing the playoffs. The Los Angeles Clippers, on the other hand, appear to be headed for the playoffs for the seventh time in eight years. Their record improved to 39-29 after beating the Boston Celtics 140-115 on Monday night for their fifth straight win. The Clippers were l...
Debbie Cahill's warm, colorful office at the Culver City Senior Center includes a creatively chaotic filing system. "My office is like an archeological dig," she explained. "If you want to know what happened 15 years ago, just go to the bottom of one of the piles and you'll find all the history of what we did." That is about to change, as Cahill is retiring on March 17th. "After 15 years of having the privilege and challenge of the position of Senior Programming Specialist at the Senior Center,...
Culver City High girls soccer has come of age. The current two-time Ocean League Champion Centaurs set a new standard by reaching the Finals of the 2019 CIF Division III Regional Championships. Despite falling 3-0 to Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy on a rainy Saturday afternoon, the girls completed the best year of any soccer program in the school's history. "I'm immensely proud of what the girls accomplished. One mistake in the first half cost us the goal. We had shots from the outside but we d...
