George Laase

With a share of the Ocean League soccer lead on the line, the match between high-scoring Hawthorne High School and host Culver City would determine who would retain its share of first place with Santa Monica. While Culver City was...

I thought the reason for delaying putting a bond measure on last November’s ballot was to give us time to discuss and formulate how we, as a community, wanted to accomplish the much needed capital improvements in the School District. Even in delaying the vote for seven months, the Board may have left itself short on talk time. In just two weeks, the Board will vote on a resolution to put something on the June ballot.

For the past four months, the School District has held twice-monthly meetings where community members were able to express their own personal views on the size and term of the proposed bond measure. The District also paid for...

I have been told that incoming families to El Marino Language Immersion Program are “asked to donate” $500 a year for each year their child is in the program. With more than 800 students at El Marino, that could be over $400,000 raised. Add that to...

Last year after giving a District-wide, retroactive two percent raise, School Board members, in a move that reeked of self-interest, decided to vote themselves, for the first-time ever by a board, the same two percent increase.

The Culver City High School girls basketball team will be seeking its 25th straight victory in the Ocean League when hosting Beverly Hills at 6 on Wednesday, which marks the halfway point in league play. On Friday, they play at Morningside at 6. Undefeated Ocean League champions the past two years, Culver City had...

After a disappointing loss to Inglewood High to start last week, Culver City High School’s boys basketball team re-grouped on Friday night and defeated a determined Hawthorne team, 77-65. The Centaurs evened their Ocean League record at 2-2, and they are...

What parents spend outside the classroom in extra-curricular enrichment for their child’s education is nobody else’s business but theirs. However, parental fundraising for in-school enrichment programs where their children attend should now be a ongoing concern to the School District and School Board.

Culver City High School’s boys basketball team opened Ocean League play last week by beating Morningside 77-57 before losing on Friday to Santa Monica, 62-53. In beating Morningside (4-13) by 20, four Centaur starters scored in double figures. Chris Edwards led with a game high 23 points, while Isaac Girley put in 14, including nine of 10 free throws, and seven assists.. Both Armani Nicolis and Wesley Dixon had...

The following is a reprint of the two most flagrant passages that City Council candidate Gary Abrams says he “borrowed or just repeated” because he liked their sentiment and how it was expressed.