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The Centaurs are CIF Football Champions once again! Culver City High hit the desert road Saturday night and shifted into high gear to speed past San Jacinto High with authority, 61-21. They captured the 2018 Division 7 crown at Tiger Stadium in Riverside County. Culver City won its first CIF title 40 years ago when they beat Lompoc, 14-7, in 1978. "It's an awesome feeling. I think we're still on a high from what we just accomplished. It's a team effort and our offense has definitely been...
11 NFL Power Rankings - Week 13 1. Los Angeles Rams (11-1) - Aaron Donald is starting to be mentioned as an MVP candidate. He has been dominant with a league leading 16.5 sacks, but he should be the Defensive Player of the Year. The Ram defense has not been good enough, overall, to earn Donald an MVP award. Next: -3 at Chicago Bears, Sun, Dec. 9 2. New Orleans Saints (10-2) - The Saints came back down to earth with their loss to the Cowboys. Their high-powered offense was held to 10 points...
The Culver City Fire Department will be collecting new, unwrapped toys and sports equipment for underserved children and teens living in and around Culver City through the Spark of Love Toy Drive. Donations will be accepted from November 21st through December 24th at all three Culver City fire stations. The stations are located at: Fire Station 1: 9600 Culver Boulevard Fire Station 2: 11252 Washington Boulevard Fire Station 3: 6030 Bristol Parkway Need a donation idea? The drive always collects lots of toys for young children, but volunteers...
The Culver City Democratic Club will hold its traditional holiday meeting on Wednesday December 12 at the Veteran's Memorial Building located at 4117 Overland Ave at the corner of Overland and Culver. Meetings are FREE with refreshments. The meeting starts at 7:00pm. This month the club will celebrate the Blue Wave of 2018 and plan for 2019. Please visit our website at http://culvercitydemocraticclub.com, and find us on Facebook!...
The Culver City Friends of the Library will be having a few snowy events in December. First, Storytime with CCFOL Incoming President Michael Laase on Tuesday, December 4 at 7:00 p.m. Join Michael as she reads Snow Party and other snowy books. Snowman arts and crafts project to follow. Admission is Free. Friends of the Library will be holding a pop-up book sale. The next event is the Snowless Snow Party Come to the annual "Snowy" Saturday Holiday Event and help welcome winter with free arts and crafts stations and other fun activities! The...
The Culver City Senior Center will be hosting its annual Holiday Boutique on Friday, November 30 from 9:30AM - 1:00PM. The center currently has over two dozen vendors. Free parking in the Veterans lot across the street. The center is located at 4095 Overland Ave....
Following the recent release of the Downtown Cultural Walking Tour Book to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Art in Public Places Program, you can now hear a narrated tour by downloading a mobile app from Otocast. You can go to your App Store and download the Otocast (Travel) App. The app is free. Learn about public art and historical buildings in downtown Culver City, by listening to the artists, City Historian Julie Lugo Cerra, and Culver City residents tell the fascinating stories behind these city sites. Culver City Mayor Thomas Small s...
Carlsbad resident Suzie Velazquez, a veteran in real estate development and management, has been named vice president of property management for Goldrich Kest, one of the industry’s largest companies. Velazquez will oversee a conventional portfolio including 50 multifamily buildings containing some 6,000 apartments and 5 marinas with a total of 2,000 slips, announced Goldrich Kest President Carole Glodney. Velazquez will tap into her extensive background to fulfill the demands of her new position that covers nearly all aspects of the b...
The Culver City Fire Department will be collecting new, unwrapped toys and sports equipment for underserved children and teens living in and around Culver City through the Spark of Love Toy Drive. Donations will be accepted from November 21st through December 24th at all three Culver City fire stations. The stations are located at: Fire Station 1: 9600 Culver Boulevard Fire Station 2: 11252 Washington Boulevard Fire Station 3: 6030 Bristol Parkway Need a donation idea? The drive always collects lots of toys for young children, but volunteers...
Mayor Small, did you know Caroline Carpenter became the very first woman to earn honors as the leader for the Los Angeles Fire Department at the Valley Recruit Training Academy 81? “I’m small, “said Carpenter 26, “but I have a big heart”. Carpenter explained top recruit status meant she earned the highest overall combined score in tests that included ladder, hose and academic assessments. Long Beach Press – Telegram. Just a thought, why couldn’t the car pool lanes be open to all vehicles during...
The Culver City Downtown Business Association will hold its annual holiday tree lighting celebration next Thursday, December 6, at 6 p.m. The Culver City Police Officers Association will provide an escort for Santa and his sleigh to the event all the way from the North Pole! The police escort will include lights and sirens for the delight of the children. Every child will get the opportunity to sit on Santa’s lap for a picture. Children and parents are invited to visit downtown Culver City businesses as the Culver City High School AVPA C...
If your children haven’t already marked the calendar for this annual event be sure to remember the Culver City Downtown Business Association’s annual holiday tree lighting next Thursday December 6 at 6pm. The Culver City Police Officers Association will provide an escort for Santa and his sleigh to the event all the way from the North Pole! The police escort will include lights and sirens for the delight of the children. Every child will get the opportunity to sit on Santa’s lap for a picture. Enjoy downtown Culver City businesses as the Culve...
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus this week elected Culver City Democratic Rep. Karen Bass to lead their caucus in the next Congress. The caucus crossed the 50-member threshold, following the midterm elections. Bass, who served as Speaker of the California State Assembly in 2008, replaces Louisiana Democratic Rep. Cedric L. Richmond. She will be the 26th chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the eighth woman to hold that position. As head of the powerful caucus,...
Thursday - December 6th: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Downtown Plaza – Tree Lighting Ceremony Monday - December 10th: 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunkist Park Residential Streets in the area bounded by: -McDonald St as the North border -Mesmer Ave as the South border -Sepulveda Blvd as the East border -Sawtelle Blvd as the South border Tuesday - December 11th: 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. East End and Rancho Higuera Residential Streets in the area bounded by: -Ince Blvd as the West border -La Cienega Blvd as the East Border -Washington Blvd as the North border -Jefferson B...
Culver City had not won a CIF Divisional Championship since 1978. Over the last 40 years the Centaurs have had many good teams and some of those had the ability to become CIF Champions but for whatever reason they came up short. From the beginning of spring practice and especially through the summer, the Cents won two passing tournaments, and went to the finals and lost on the last play of the game in the prestigious Bonita tournament, and they competed equally with some of the major national powers (Mater Dei, Corona Centennial and Long Beach...
At the beginning of the season of the season the Clippers were a mystery team. They had a lot of young players and two starters from last year were recovering from injuries from last season. They did not have any superstars but they had a few good players and a lot of role players. In today's NBA that's a recipe for disaster. So far this season the Clippers have proved that they can win against some of the best teams in the league. At press time they were 13-6 which is good enough for first...
They finally had a game where everything seemed to go right. The Los Angeles Chargers have been very good at times this season but had not put it together on both sides of the ball the way they did on Sunday at the StubHub Center in Carson. While they were not perfect, the Chargers were almost perfect in rolling through the Arizona Cardinals for a 45-10 victory. The near perfection was led by Charger quarterback Philip Rivers, who completed 28 of 29 passes, breaking the single-game completion ra...
In the November 8 edition of the Culver City Observer was in error. We reported that in the state senate race won by Sydney K. Kamlager, Tepring Michelle Piquado was a Republica when in fact she is a Democrat. All prior stories this year indicated correctly that Piquado was a Democrat. The Culver City Observer regrets the error....
Larger-than-life actor Brian Dennehy, 80 years of age, knocked it out of the park as he accepted the challenge of two roles in two different plays during the same performance at Geffen Playhouse on Sunday. He was Erie Smith in Eugene O'Neill's play Hughie and then after intermission tackled the role of Krapp in Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape. It was a privilege to witness Dennehy, a living legend, up close in an intimate 120-seat Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theatre. He is a giant of film and...
The Centaurs are CIF Football Champions once again! Culver City High hit the desert road Saturday night and shifted into high gear to speed past San Jacinto High with authority, 61-21. They captured the 2018 Division 7 crown at Tiger Stadium in Riverside County. Culver City won its first CIF title 40 years ago when they beat Lompoc, 14-7, in 1978. The Centaurs rallied to lead at halftime, 28-21, after the Tigers jumped to a 14-7 first quarter lead. Led by senior wide receiver/running back Kevin...
