Articles from the January 13, 2022 edition
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MLK Jr. Annual Remembrance and Celebration
Culver City residents and neighbors are invited to gather in person to celebrate and honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday, January 15 at 2:00 PM. This year’s program t...
Man Arrested after Shooting in Culver City Mall Parking Lot
Culver City police has arrested a man who allegedly took out a handgun and fired one shot during an argument in the parking lot of Westfield Culver City last Saturday. No one was injured in the...
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Go on a Hawaiian musical journey at the Slack Key Festival and Island Marketplace on Jan. 16th
Kala Koa Entertainment is once again presenting its 15th Annual Southern California Slack Key Festival and Island Marketplace, the biggest Hawaiian music event of the year, at the Redondo Beach...
Goodyear Memorial Service postponed
The Memorial Service for former Culver City football star and long-time football coach was postponed due to the raise in COVID cases, Culver City High School announced this week. The Services were...
Song to a Seagull
Fly silly seabird No dreams can possess you No voices can blame you For sun on your wings My gentle relations Have names they must call me For loving the freedom Of all flying things My dreams with...
Covid Positivity Rate Among Students, Staff Climbs to 14%
As the Omicron variant continues its explosive spread across the county, Public Health officials this week reported that the positivity rate among students and staff has climbed to more than 14%. For...
Man Stabbed to Death During Suspected Family Dispute in Playa del Rey
A man was allegedly stabbed to death by his son on Tuesday night after an argument escalated into violence in Playa del Rey, according to authorities. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at 6 p.m. on January 11 to a home in the 200...
Raiders End Chargers Season
From Las Vegas: Former Baltimore Ravens head coach Ted Marchibroda used to say that "more games are lost than won in the NFL." The truth is that many head coaches have said that, including the best...
Rams Score NFC Western Title
Charles Dickens would probably summarize the Ram's game last Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers like this. It was a dominant half, it was an ineffective half, it was the time of great play...
USC'S Cockrell Named An NCAA Today's Top 10 Award Winner
LOS ANGELES – Olympian and 2021 NCAA 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles champion Anna Cockrell has been named an NCAA To- day’s Top 10 Award winner, one of 10 recognized outstanding senior student-athletes...
Christmas Eve Death Of Female Prisoner - Christmas From Hell
By Amber Jackson, Lucky Lifer Hello 2022!! Goodbye to the single worst Christmas I've ever seen in or out of prison! It all kicked off Christmas Eve with the death of a prisoner, to start things off. The woman died of an apparent heart issue. She...
Case Count High, Serious Cases Low
By Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff Writer 1/5/22 - On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health announced 21,790 new Covid cases and 24 new deaths. At least 1,792 people are currently hospitalized with the stated cause being Covid-19. The...
Housing Supply Crisis is a Myth
By Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff Writer January 4, 2022 - Last night Santa Monica Audit Subcommittee Commissioner and Santa Monica native Marc Verville exploded the myth of a housing supply crisis in...
Concert in Ferrer's Honor Cancelled due to Covid Rise
A concert at Santa Monica High School intended to thank Dr Barbara Ferrer for her work on Covid, has been cancelled due to the rise in Covid cases. Ferrer famously has lead Los Angeles County through the widely unpopular lockdowns, mask and vaccine...
County's Free At-Home PCR Test Program Halted
1/6/22 - Last week, Dr. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, announced a program where residents could order free PCR tests to administer at home and send to the lab for results. Today, during her weekly press conference, she announced...
Nine CSU's Begin Semester Online
Cal State Long Beach will join a growing group of CSUs starting the spring semester online because the coronavirus once again surges through the state and nation. As the omicron-driven spike in cases continues spreading, nine of the 23 CSU campuses,...
San Francisco School Sickout
So on Thursday, teachers in SFUSD’s union are holding a sickout to demand safer Covid working conditions. About 600 San Francisco teachers actually called out sick yesterday due to symptoms or exposure to the virus. The district kept schools open. Th...
Calif. Drought Not As Severe
California’s drought is showing signs of improvement, after last week’s rains dropped 7 inches on the region. The US Drought Monitor says, as of Tuesday, roughly 17-percent of the state is in the Extreme or Exceptional Drought categories. This cov...
5000 Flight Cancellations at LAX
So far in 2022, 5000 flight cancellations have been reported from LAX. The highly transmissible Omicron variant has once again intensified personal risk calculations around once routine activities, such as air travel. One silver lining for those who...
Omicron Now 85% of Cases
by Alyssa Erdley Observer Staff January 7, 2022 - During her weekly press conference yesterday, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, appeared optimistic about the apparently lower hospitalization and death rate during the latest surge of...
Orange Cat Found in Beige Chair
Montequilla's humans had brought the chair to the thrift store to benefit others in need. What they didn't realize is that their beloved cat had taken refuge inside the chair, most likely to avoid...
SPECIAL INTERESTS RIG HOUSING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS?
AUTHOR: OLGA ZURAWSKA The City Council is expected to attempt again on January 11, 2022 the appointments to two seats on the Housing Commission: a 2-year designated seat for a Section 8 program participant with lived experience of homelessness...
