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It's been a challenging year so far for the 2015-16 Culver City High girls basketball team. They fought through a tough preseason and incurred their first Ocean League loss in five seasons a few weeks ago at El Segundo High. The young team has clearly been struggling to establish its identity. Regardless, the Centaur girls are quietly on a six-game winning streak. Following two non-league wins they have swept their last four Ocean League contests and are back into a first place tie with El...
USC and UCLA men’s and women’s basketball teams have reached the half way mark in the super competitive Pac-12 Conference. All four teams are keeping their NCAA tournament hopes alive. The USC men are 17-5 overall and are tied for second with four other teams with a 6-3 conference record. The USC women are 16-6 overall and tied for fifth place with 4-6 record in the Pac-12. By next weekend the USC men could be in first place. “We are just trying to get better,” said USC coach Andy Enfield after his win over first place Washington last week. ...
The United States will soon turn over three Navy warships to the Philippine government to help it patrol disputed islands in the South China Sea. The Chinese are building islands on low-lying reefs and shoals and using them to bolster China’s claim to a vast area of ocean. The fifth annual Chinese New Year celebration was held on January 31 at the Saban Theatre on Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Participating hotels throughout that city are offering packages during the month of February and a...
You can help “Reach for Rainbows” at the annual fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center. The group’s major fundraiser is on Saturday, February 20 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Culver City. The honorees at this year’s event are The Culver City Woman’s Club, and John Riordan, owner of John Riordan Plumbing, Inc. The members of the Woman’s Club and Mr. Riordan have contributed to the fabric of our community for decades through monetary donations and supportive events. Their efforts have helped many families re...
The WPV has a new name that better describes its broader service area. Westside Pacific Villages, chosen wisely so that it can still use the “WPV” acronym, will also continue to do business as “Westchester Playa Village.” What and who they are will remain unchanged– still the same community-based non-profit of “neighbors helping neighbors.” Its mission, values and program remain the same and will not be impacted. WPV is part of a nationwide movement of nearly 200 villages formed to assist older adults to remain active and independent i...
Patrick McClenahan, who ran the remarkably successful 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles last summer, has been named the 2015 Sports Executive of the Year by the L.A. Sports Council. He will be honored at the 11th Annual LA Sports Awards, to be held on Thursday, February 25 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. The World Games, known as LA 2015, brought together 6,163 athletes from 164 nations, the largest gathering of nations ever for a sporting event in the history of Los Angeles. During the event, an unprecedented 247,247 spectators...
The 2015-16 Culver City High boys basketball team just may have turned the corner in Ocean League play. The Centaurs have won two out of three games after having suffered three tough league losses opening the season. The Centaurs' most impressive win of the year came at Lawndale High on Friday, January 29. It was a tight-scoring affair that got sabotaged when Culver scored 32 points in the third quarter to blow the game wide open for a very satisfying 79-61 win. Ten Centaurs scored as they...
As the Clippers ponder their decision about Blake Griffin they have to take into account the franchise’s history. They cannot escape the reality that there’s been a lot of trouble in the past when Donald Sterling was the owner. It’s always something with the Clippers, or so it seems. Sterling would refuse to honor contracts of coaches he’d fired. A lot of time was spent in court. A new era began with wealthy new owner Steve Ballmer and a coach, Doc Rivers, who had an NBA championship on his res...
Located half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the town of Pismo Beach works both as a weekend get away from LA or as a convenient mid-way stop en route. Besides long stretches of beaches, Pismo boasts the most extensive coastal dunes in California that are accessible with the convenience of a pier and beach boardwalk. A string of boutique hotels dot the coast, with beach paths for easy strolling, patios for enjoying spectacular sunsets, and a base for exploring the area. The local lore cues you in to its colorful history when it was n...
