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With one game remaining in 2017 Ocean League action both the Culver City High girls and boys varsity basketball teams are fighting for a CIF playoff spot that begins next week. Culver girls basketball is suddenly in a dogfight in the Ocean League. After having lost only one league game in the previous five seasons the Centaurs have now lost three times in the 2017 league season. The Culver girls are currently tied for second with Santa Monica High at 6-3 after having lost on the road to the...
This week's Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades is the initial test at the historic golf course for TGR Live, the tournament's newest host and organizer. TGR Live, the event management company supporting the Tiger Woods Foundation, has incorporated new talent and progressive ideas to reinvigorate one of the PGA Tour's longest running events, also known as the L.A. Open in years past. The Tiger Woods Foundation reached out to Dave Klewan in May 2016, shortly after acquir...
Genesis Open Pre-Tournament Complete Interview: KEVIN HALL Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption Recipient Wednesday, February 15, 2017 JOHN BUSH (PGA Tour Media Official): It's an honor to welcome Kevin Hall into the interview room. He's playing the Genesis Open this week on the Charlie Sifford Memorial exemption. Kevin, making your first start on the PGA Tour since 2006, if we can just get some thoughts on being here at Riviera this week. KEVIN HALL: (through sign language interpreter) Really...
Coming to the Saban Theatre on February 11 is a trio of exceptional female talent. Multiple Grammy Award-winner Olivia Newton-John, Grammy nominee Beth Nielsen Chapman and SOCAN Award-winner Amy Sky take the stage to lend their vocal, songwriting, and performing talents to create a special "LIV ON" collaborative concert. "LIV ON" is an album about grief and healing that was released in October 2016 to help inspire those who wish to transcend loss while walking a journey toward new-found meaning...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher The Culver City Council will be discussing the various options and regulations regarding the legal cultivation, sale and use of marijuana within the city limits of Culver City. In November the voters approved Proposition 64 which allows the adult use of marijuana. The discussion of Options available to the city under the 2015 Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act and the Adult Use of Marijuana Act will be discussed with direction to the city manager to...
The United States Mint will release a commemorative gold coin in April that will feature Lady Liberty as a black woman. marking the first time the U.S. symbol has been depicted as anything other than white on the nation’s currency. The coin, with a $100 face value, will commemorate the 225th anniversary of the Mint’s coin production, the Mint and the Treasury Department announced in mid-January. Going on sale on April 6, 2017, it will be 24-karat and weigh about an ounce. If you haven’t signe...
All CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) trained Culver City residents (or those that work in Culver City) are invited to attend a "Skills Refresher" course! The focus of the refresher will be on hands-on skills only, such as bandaging and splinting, backboarding, fire suppression, building size-up and search, rescue carries, etc. Trainings will allow teams from each NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) to train together so you get familiar with other CERT members in your...
Get your Tickets Now! It's coming quickly. The Culver City High School Booster Club is holding its 10th Annual Casino Night on Saturday, March 4 at Veteran's Auditorium. Come test your skills in black jack, craps, roulette and more. Eat some of the best event food in Culver City, featuring food presented by Red's Flavor Table. Purchase beer and wine and indulge yourself on cheerleader baked desserts that compare favorably to the best that Vegas has to offer. Bid, bid, bid on great silent and...
The USC men's basketball team hopes the return of Bennie Boatwright will also help the Trojans return to the top 25 rankings in the nation. Victories over the Oregon schools this week should put them back into the conversation as one of the best teams in the nation. The Trojans played Oregon State last Thursday and they battle No. 5 Oregon on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Both games will be played at the Galen Center on the USC campus. The Trojans are currently 20-4 overall and 7-4 in Pac-12 play which...
The No. 10 UCLA men and the No. 15 Bruin women are looking to continue their elite play on the basketball court this week when they take on the Oregon schools. The men will be at home and the women will be on the road again after beating California and Stanford last week in the bay area. The UCLA men, who are currently 21-3 overall and 8-3 in the Pac-12 Conference, played No. 5 Oregon last Thursday and they face last place Oregon State on Sunday at 2 p.m. inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA...
I stepped onto the bus, mesmerized. A forest of fine ribbons hung in front of me, each tipped by a tiny origami crane, uniquely patterned, of singular colors. I wished I could have one. It was Valentine's Day. I had gone to the post office the day before, mailing Valentine's cards to people I cared about. "Did you get any Valentine's?" the bus driver asked. "No, but that didn't stop me from sending out lots of them," I answered. "Then one of these is for you," he said, giving me a big smile. "Re...
Kent Seeberger, a native of Culver City, has been named to the University of Iowa's Dean's List for the 2016 fall semester. Undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the Tippie College of Business who achieve a grade point average of 3.50 or higher on 12 semester hours or more of UI graded course work during a given semester or summer session and who have no semester hours of I (incomplete) or O (no grade reported) during the same semester are recognized by inclusion on the Dean's List...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor If the LA Rams and LA Chargers don’t qualify for the Super Bowl in 2021 the game in the Rams’ new stadium in Inglewood will have a lot in common with the one played in Houston last Sunday. Fans there were probably disappointed when the Houston team didn’t earn a berth. But the magnitude of the event, a contest that drew millions of television viewers, resulted in joy throughout the Texas city. It was a great day. A great game and a halftime show that will long be...
Casting is complete and rehearsals have begun for Ngozi Anyanwu’s new play “Good Grief” at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Directed by Patricia McGregor, Anyanwu will also perform in “Good Grief” for its world premiere at the Douglas, which begins previews February 26, opens March 5 and closes March 26, 2017. This is the first of Anyanwu’s plays to receive a full professional production. The cast features, in alphabetical order, Dayo Ade, Wade Allain-Marcus, Ngozi Anyanwu, Marcus Henderson, Omozé Idehenre, Carl...
Former Rams quarterback Kurt Warner was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2017, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announces. With Warner’s selection, the Rams now boast a total of 30 Hall of Famers – 18 of which spent a significant portion of their careers with the franchise. “Kurt Warner will always be remembered as one of the NFL's most outstanding quarterbacks,” Rams Owner/Chairman Stan Kroenke said. “His journey from working the aisles of a grocery store to winning two NFL MVP awards serves as a reminder...
From staff reports The CIF L.A. City Section is inducting a Hall of Fame class on April 23 at the Doubletree Hilton Hotel in Culver City and several past South Bay players are included. Among those being inducted are Arturo Torres (Banning boys soccer, 1998), Louise Figliewicz (San Pedro softball, 1979), Ebony Hoffman (Narbonne girls basketball, 2000), Cardie Hicks (San Pedro girls basketball, 1973), Nnamdi Asomugha (Narbonne football, 1999), Ken Norton Jr. (Westchester football, 1984), Ed Azzam (Westchester basketball coach), Ralph Mann...
Gone are the days of dusty shelves, rarely opened books and lots of shushing. Today's school library is focused on collaboration, technology and a new way of encouraging students to explore ideas that stretches way beyond anything the traditional library could accommodate. Earlier this month Culver City High unveiled its new Digital Library Media Center (see video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo1bxgBvlxk). Filled with the latest technology and informal collaborative spaces, the center...
Disney’s heading back to the sea this Thanksgiving weekend with the beauteous animated feature, MOANA. Inspired by culture, legends and folklore of the Polynesians and Pacific Islanders and the many islands of Oceania in the South Pacific, directors Ron Clements and John Musker together with co-directors Chris Williams and Don Hall, tap into that history and the connection between the people and the earth, particularly the sea, to deliver a story celebratory in the ancient history of n...
Genesis Open Pre-Tournament Complete Interview: JORDAN SPIETH Currently #6 - World Golf Rankings February 14, 2017 DOUG MILNE (PGA Tour Media Official): I'd like to welcome Jordan Spieth. Jordan, thanks for joining us for a few minutes. Making your fifth start here in the Genesis Open where you finished fourth in 2015 and you are a week removed from your ninth career PGA Tour win last week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. Congratulations. JORDAN SPIETH: Thank you. DOUG MILNE: With that, it was...
Genesis Open Pre-Tournament Complete Interview: JASON DAY Currently #1 - World Golf Rankings February 14, 2017 JOHN BUSH (PGA Tour Media Official): We would like to welcome World No. 1 Jason into the interview room here at the Genesis Open. Jason, coming off of a tie for fifth place last week at Pebble, if we can just get the state of your game coming into Los Angeles. JASON DAY: It feels all right. I mean, the short game's coming along nicely, which is great. Chipping and putting seems likes it...
Umbrellas and raincoats were the fashion statement at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades as the Second Round of the 2017 Genesis Open was suspended on Friday at 12:18 p.m. due to the inclement weather that is currently drenching the Southland. Sam Saunders and Jhonattan Vegas shared the lead on the wet, windswept golf course that was threatened with potential flooding. Thursday's first round was suspended due to darkness. Only 24 players have completed the Second Round with play...
