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EDITORIAL No Place in Culver City For Character Assassination The vicious and uncalled for personal attacks on two candidates running for City Council are reprehensible and deeply disturbing. What is worse is the way some of former leaders in our city were portrayed. As a member of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce and a former chairman, I can speak from firsthand knowledge that the chamber is not run by fat cats who control City Hall. In fact, the chamber has a long history of working with...
Alex Fisch was elected to the Culver City City Council by voters on Tuesday. However with 1548 VBM and Provisional ballots still to be county Daniel Lee's 170 vote lead over Albert Vera could be erased. Fisch's election was never in doubt Tuesday night, after the first precincts began reporting their tallies. He consistently had a comfortable lead. Lee lead most of the evening but Vera pulled into the second spot when Culver Crest and Sunkist Park precincts' totals rolled in. However, the final...
Through the various candidates' forums held throughout the city, we have put together a compilation on the four candidates with their views and positions on matters affecting Culver City While the candidates agreed on many issues, including the ban on fracking and protecting the city, two big revelations emanated during the forums held in Blair Hills and at the Democratic Club. At the Democratic Club forum, it was revealed that Daniel Lee and Alex Fisch had less than stellar records for voting...
Culver City Mayor Jeff Cooper was beaming as he addressed over 400 residents and business people on Tuesday at the annual Mayor's luncheon. "Culver City is at the cutting edge of cities around the country, in terms of what we have been able to accomplish, and what we plan to accomplish going forward," he stated during the luncheon where he discussed his tenure on the City Council. The packed house listened as the introspective mayor listed the accomplishments during his eight years in office...
The Culver City Observer has received an anonymous, inflammatory flyer that blasted two of the City Council candidates as lackeys of the local chamber of commerce. The campaign flyer, which was distributed to residents this week, drew strong rebuke from local residents and people on social media who wondered about"our city of kindness." The flyer attacking Albert Vera and Marcus Tiggs was apparently created by a group identified only as "Ad Hoc Committee for Culver City Residents First." In the...
When I received the call on Monday at 2:40 pm that my good friend Steven Rose had succumbed to leukemia it felt like someone took the air out of the room I was in. Like many others in Culver City we relied on Steve and the loss was deep. Steve served as Mayor of Culver City and was elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004 to serve on the Culver City Council. He led the Culver City Chamber of Commerce as President/CEO for 30 years. He was 71. Steve, a lifelong Culver City resident, planned to...
The Culver City Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying two burglary suspects who burglarized a house in the studio estates section of Culver City last Saturday night. According to Culver City Police the suspects entered the home at approximately 6:30 pm. The first suspect knocked on the front. Two minutes later, the second suspect entered the residence from the bathroom window. The first suspect then entered the living room, grabbed an iPad and a laptop and placed it in...
Jeremy Green, Culver City Clerk announced that four residents have been certified as candidates for the Office of City Council Member to be elected by the voters of the City of Culver City. Voter will elect two to serve on the council for four years. The Candidate's Filing Period closed at 5:30 pm on Friday, January 12. The 2018 General Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, April 10. Albert Vera, Marcus Tiggs, Daniel Lee and Harden Fisch will appear on the ballot. Tiggs and Lee both ran...
Despite Culver City declaring itself a “Sanctuary City” ICE agents raided one undisclosed Culver City 7/11 Wednesday. Agents descended on nearly 100 7-Eleven locations across the nation. DHS Secretary John Kelly said Immigration and Customs Enforcement targeted immigrants who are a threat to public safety, including convicted criminals and gang members. He said 75 percent of those arrested were criminals, some of whom had been convicted of homicide and aggravated sexual assault. The fol...
Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley Thomas whose 54th Assembly district includes Culver City announced last week that he was resigning his seat effective December 31 due to undisclosed health issues. He had previously taken a two-week medical leave on March 7th of last year. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will have 14 days in which to call for the special election for the vacated seat. According to Kevin Liao, Press Secretary for California State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon In a press release issued...
Culver City Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley Thomas announced today (Wednesday) that he was resigning his seat effective December 31 due to undisclosed health issues. He had previously taken a two-week medical leave on March 7th of this year. In a press release issued by his office Ridley-Thomas stated, "While it has been a great honor to serve as a member of the California State Assembly for the past four years I have decided to resign from my post effective December 31, 2017. "The reason for this...
Culver City sent Engine 41 with four firefighters to help fight the Thomas Fire in Ventura County this week. The engine was part of a strike team composed for units from Culver City, Santa Monica and Beverly Hill Fire Departments. As of Thursday morning the Culver City strike team was involved in structure protection in the City of Ventura. According to Culver City Battalion Chief Rob Kohlhepp an additional call came in Wednesday for the Skirball fire burning in Bel Air. Culver City sent a...
Santa Monica Police pursed an assault subject into Culver City on Monday. According to Lt. Saul Rodriguez of the Santa Monica Police Department, at approximately 2:40 pm Oscar Garcia, 38, allegedly assaulted the victim on 16th street in Santa Monica with a metal object, possibly a tire iron, after the two got into an argument. Garcia fled in a truck heading west on Santa Monica Blvd where Santa Monica Police attempted to pull his car over at Ocean Avenue. They chased him into Culver City where...
After receiving numerous requests from residents the Culver City City Council granted a 120-day extension of the public review period for the submission of written comments on the Inglewood Oil Field (IOF) Specific Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) at Monday night's meeting. The new plan would allow 30 additional wells in the field and fracking underneath Culver City. Additional time was granted after council members heard from the public. Comments may be submitted until March...
Amazon has announced plans to move into The Culver Studios, one of the most iconic television and movie studios located in Culver City. Amazon Studios, IMDb, Amazon Video and World Wide Advertising will occupy more than 280,000 RSF, including The Culver Studios Mansion and Bungalows. The announcement was made in an Amazon press release on Monday. Originally developed by silent movie pioneer Thomas H. Ince, Culver Studios has been home to some of the most famous films and television shows in...
Kortney Spencer, a speech teacher at Farragut Elementary School in Culver City, was one of a reported 500 victims in the Las Vegas Shooting on October 1. Her sister Jodi Spencer Goldberg has set up a GoFundMe account to help Kortney with her medical bills and recovery. Jodi posted the following on her Facebook page: "This Go Fund Me page is for my youngest sister, Kortney Spencer. Kortney was shot in the leg during the Vegas attack on October 1st. She bravely underwent surgery for her shattered...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Culver City has moved one step closer to allowing the sale, distribution and cultivation of marijuana in Culver City. The voters of California approved the legalization in last year’s election and left cities and counties to develop their own criteria for implementation. By a 4-1 vote with Councilman Goran Eriksson opposing the council directed staff to prepare an ordinance allowing three retail stores along with several deliver services and cultivation s...
Gregory Allen Justice, 49 of Culver City who worked for a defense contractor was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for his guilty plea to economic espionage and violating the Arms Export Control Act by selling sensitive satellite information to a person he believed to be a Russian spy. It had all the twists and turns of a good spy novel, except the person he thought was a Russian Spy was an undercover FBI agent. He claimed he needed the money to care for his ailing wife who was confined...
The city council effectively banned leaf blowers that were above 65 decibels in five years. Residents complained about the noise and chemical pollution the blowers caused. All the speakers spoke in favor of the ban with Chamber of Commerce President Steven Rose weighing in on the side of the residents. He objected to thw ban on the sale of leaf blowers pointing out that if someone walks across the street into Los Angeles they can still buy the item. City official were not so supportive. In the...
Assemblyman Travis Allen spoke before the 54th Assembly District Republican Central Committee last Tuesday evening. Reinvigorated by the efforts of the chair of the 54th AD Central Committee Bret Osterberg, Allen spoke to a full house of almost 100 Republicans. Allen came out blasting at the Democrats especially Governor Jerry Brown accusing him of leaving the poor and middle class behind. With the largest gasoline tax in California history set to take effect on November 1, Allen stressed that...
It what can only be described as a shocking development in Culver City Schools, the board decided to end Dr. Josh Arnold's tenure as Superintendent of School. Citing the lack of "shared vision" between the superintendent and the board he was terminated immediately. The word came after Tuesday night's closed session of the Culver City Unified School District Board of Education. Arnold was at the end of his first year in a three-year contract with the district. He had gained popularity with the...
The Los Angeles Times reported this week that Homeland Security investigators in New Orleans were listening to phone calls made by a suspected Los Angeles drug dealer last year when they heard the person on the other end of the line asked if he could carry out a "hit,"Homeland Security was tracking a man who they believed to be a methamphetamine trafficker. The phone call started an investigation that spanned from New Orleans to Los Angeles to San Diego in search of the person trying to...
Dr. Kim Indelicato, principal at Linwood E. Howe Elementary School, withdrew her resignation shortly after resigning due to an undisclosed dispute with the school district. The undisclosed dispute produced a plethora of parents and teachers on Monday at the school and a packed house at the school board meeting held in the council chambers at city hall. According to reports the support received on Monday by parents and students made the principal reverse her decision to resign. While most...
During the 1016 Presidential Campaign then candidate Donald Trump dismissed the Global Warming saying "it's called weather folks." Today the reaction from Democrats in the House of Representatives was swift and furious.Culver City's representative in the house, Karen Bass was quick to respond saying, "Climate change denial makes us look backwards on the world's stage and shackles generations to an uninhabitable planet."She went on to blast the President saying, "I can't say I'm surprised, given...
Culver City Planning Commissioner Scott Wyant died Thursday morning at home after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 65. Wyant was an unsuccessful candidate for city council last year and had announced his intention to run in the 2018 race. Shortly thereafter he was diagnosed with brain cancer. Wyant was an avid body surfer and owner of Scott Wyant Information Systems. He was a regular at the morning breakfast held by the Culver City Chamber of Commerce where he delivered “tech talk” updating...
