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On Thursday, at approximately 11am, Culver City High School staff and the Culver City Police Department became aware of a social media post depicting a Culver City High School student in possession of a firearm on school property. The Culver City Police Department immediately responded to the high school and located the weapon, which was determined to be a BB gun. Culver City Police Officers were able to establish that there was no imminent threat to any school staff or students. CCPD personnel learned that the student, a juvenile, identified a...
Culver City and Loyola Marymount University have teamed up to "Study and Manage" the coyote problem in Culver City. The city council on a 4-1 vote approved a contract with Loyola Marymount University. Residents in Carlson Park have documented over 50 cats that went missing last year. The problem is city wide and many communities throughout Southern California have been reporting the same problem. It was acknowledged that coyotes have been around for many years and have ventured into...
"Where words fail, music speaks." ~ Hans Christian Andersen Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra ("KCO"), a 501(c)3 non-profit, was founded five years ago by Benjamin Mitchell, its president, a clarinetist who was influenced by the conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra founded in 1972 in New York, in which the musicians, not a conductor, interpret the score. He believes that "sometimes a conductor can even create an invisible barrier between the players and their audience. When each musician has an...
A $0 Tuition program for incoming freshmen regardless of household income, career programs preparing students to make $60,000 or more annually on average, and degree programs tailored for working adults will be among the information sessions held at the free Open House at West Los Angeles College (West) on Saturday, May 18 from 9:30am to 1:00pm. For the activity schedule and to RSVP, visit www.WLAC.edu/Open-House . The community college in Culver City will also launch its new Facilities...
Fire Chief David White’s recent presentation on Disaster Preparedness alarmed many, because we live near the largest urban oil and gas producing field in the USA. It made me realize that we are in a severely high fire risk zone that can destroy our homes and all that we own. The poisonous toxic fumes can destroy our health or even kill us. Winds can spread these chemical fires and fumes for miles. Do we need to live with this ever-present threat? No! We can do something about it NOW! Besides c...
Starting in 2013, all school districts around the state--including the CCUSD, have been paying the state-mandated increases in annual percentages set by Gov Brown's program to pay off CalSTRS unfunded liabilities and help fund its future payouts. A district’s annual CalSTRS payment is based on its certificated employees’ salaries: The higher the salary, the more has to be paid. During the first dozen or so years of this century, the CCUSD was paying some of the lowest wages in LA County. It would follow, then, that our district also should have...
The Help Group camps provide safe and enriching environments for children, teens, and young adults with autism spectrum disorder and other special needs. There are five unique day camps offered which are located on both the Sherman Oaks and Culver City Campuses. Each camp strives to developmentally and chronologically match each camper across the spectrum to ensure an appropriate peer group for learning and fun. Camp dates are June 10-14, June 17-21, June 24-28, July 1-5 (no camp on July 4th), August 5-9, August 12-16 and August 19-21. Highly...
The No. 2 ranked UCLA softball team will start their journey to the softball College World Series this weekend when they host the Los Angeles Regionals on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the UCLA campus. Three other teams will join the Bruins in the regionals. Weber State, Cal State Fullerton and Missouri will battle each other in a double elimination regional tournament. The Bruins are 46-5, Weber State is 26-19 and Fullerton is 38-16 and Missouri 32-23. The Bruins have not won a championship...
To outside observers, the Los Angeles Lakers look like a trainwreck. A bad basketball team and a bad soap opera. The sudden resignation of Magic Johnson, Laker legend and President of Basketball Operations, only helped to reinforce this image. The bungled head coaching search, which led to the Lakers losing their top two head coaching candidates, made the Lakers head coaching search look like a circus act. Despite the comedy of errors, at the end the Lakers got it right with the hiring of Frank...
Los Angeles Football Club, currently with the best record in Major League Soccer (8-1-3), looks to improve its standard by taking on FC Dallas twice this week in a pair of Western Conference clashes. With an MLS schedule break coming soon due to the Concacaf Gold Cup from June 15 – July 7, this is the second time this season the team has had to play an opponent sequentially. FC Dallas (5-4-2), respectably in fifth place with 17 points, has lost its last two games and was held to a scoreless d...
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra concludes its 2018-19 Season with a chamber music concert Sunday, May 26 at 3:00PM. This chamber music concert will be presenting two masterworks in music, the Clarinet Quintets of Mozart and Brahms. The New Hollywood String Quartet will be joined by Clarinetist Joshua Ranz. Towards the end of their respective lives Mozart and Brahms met clarinetists whose playing so caught their attention that each composed Quintets for Clarinet and String Quartet. For Mozart...
The Culver City Woman's Club held a successful yard sale last month. The proceeds were split between Meals on Wheels and to fund several scholarships for graduating high school seniors. At a recent club meeting a check was presented to Pam Frieden, the Executive Director of Meals on Wheels, in the amount of $2,000. The Culver City Woman's Club is a non-profit philanthropic and social organization that supports a number of local charities. For more information about the club please call Barbara...
From April 11 to 15 a delegation of 8 traveled to Uruapan, Mexico, on behalf of the Culver City Sister City Committee (CCSSC). Uruapan is Culver City's very first sister city, a relationship that was formally established on February 24, 1964. Members of the delegation included elected officials Culver City Vice Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells and School Board President Kelly Kent. Additional participants included former Council Member and Mayor Jim Clarke, CCSSC President Nancy Perdomo, CCSSC Uruapan C...
Culver City High track and field was represented well at the CIF Southern Section Divisional Finals last Saturday at El Camino College in Torrance. Centaur student-athletes combined to earn one gold, two silvers and one bronze in the sprinting events. The Culver girls finished 9th out of 36 Division 2 schools in the team totals while the boys placed 13th out of 45 Division 2 schools. Mekhi Evans-bey ran a personal best time of 48.18 to take first place in the 400m Division 2 race. The winning...
Gillian Cornwall of Culver City, California, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Cornwall was initiated at California State University, Long Beach. Cornwall is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible...
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With the sale of the Culver City Observer building on the corner of Sepulveda Blvd and Lindblade Street the offices are in the process of relocating. Our new offices are currently being remodeled and will be available to be occupied shortly. The Observer can still be reached by calling (310) 503-4145 or email at: publisher@culvercityobserver.com...
