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Culver City Police are looking for two suspects who carjacked and tasered a man in Fox Hills last week. The carjacking occurred about 9:15 p.m. on January 20 in the area of 6305 Green Valley Circle, according to the Culver City Police Department. The victim told police officers he was walking to his vehicle when he noticed the engine was on and the two suspects — one male and one female — were inside, said CCPD in a statement. The man tried to stop the suspects and grabbed onto the car from the...
Keith Putney Productions presents "The Beatles at the Movies: Songs from "A Hard Day's Night" and "Let It Be" as the next in the series of live concerts at the Grammy Museum celebrating the Beatles performed by an all-star cast for two shows on February 5. Some 58 years after the Beatles debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, "A Hard Day's Night" remains how many of us defined the personalities of the Beatles. "One of the greatest life-affirming landmarks of the movies," opined critic Roger Ebert. This...
A United States District Court has rejected a lawsuit by Southern California Hospital at Culver City (SCHCC) challenging the city’s hero pay for hospital workers ordinance. On January 19, the court issued an order dismissing the First Amended Complaint filed against the City of Culver City by SCHCC which challenged the legality of the Premium Hazard Pay Ordinance for hospital employees which 2021 Premium Hazard Pay Ordinance for hospital workers (Ordinance), which was adopted by the City Council on June 14, 2021. According to city officials, t...
With Covid-19 cases surging as a result of the Omicron variant, California’s Health Services officials announced yesterday that the statewide mandate requiring people to wear masks in indoor public settings will remain in place until at least Feb. 15. The mandate had been scheduled to expire on Jan. 15. On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Public Health Department issued an order modifying its mandate to require that masks must be worn by indoor employees. Beginning January 17, employers in Los A...
Culver City’s first retail cannabis store opened last Friday on Culver Blvd. The new store called their flagship location is complimented by store in West Hollywood, Studio City, Westwood and downtown Los Angeles. The company has aggressive plans to open three more stores this year....
The Culver City Council this week approved the updated Housing Element which identifies and plans for its housing needs between 2021 and 2029. At its Monday night’s meeting, the Council voted 3-2 to submit the third draft of city’s Housing Element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for certification prior to the approaching February deadline. The dissenting votes were cast by Councilmembers Albert Vera and Goran Eriksson. “This one was wild,” comment...
Los Angeles Police Department detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a pedestrian in Venice last week. The fatal collision occurred at 12:20 p.m. on January 21 at Venice Boulevard and Brenta Place, when an old, tan sedan traveling westbound on Venice Boulevard crashed into a male pedestrian standing in between the westbound #1 and #2 lanes, according to LAPD. After the collision, the driver continued westbound Venice Boulevard without stopping, identifying t...
The Culver City Arts Foundation (Culver Arts), which supports the arts in Culver City through its mission to preserve the past, enrich the present and create the future of arts and culture in the community, announced today that it is seeking to fill vacancies on its Board and Advisory Committee. With a major focus the past two years to alleviate the effects of the pandemic on our creative community, a few of the programs that Culver Arts supports include the City’s Performing Arts Grant program; the City’s Artist Laureate program and “Lo...
Toscana Ogihara, of Culver City, has been named to the Dean's List at Hamilton College for the 2021 fall semester. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must have carried throughout the semester a course load of four or more graded credits with an average of 3.5 or above. Ogihara, a senior majoring in dance and neuroscience, is a graduate of Culver City High School....
The following students are among those named to Emerson College's Dean's List for the Fall 2021 semester. The requirement to make Dean's List is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester. Named to the Dean's List along with their field of studies are Naomi Ash of Culver City, Media Arts Production, Class of 2025, Adrian Manansala of Culver City, Media Studies, Class of 2025 and Keely Martin of Culver Media Arts Production, Class of 2023. About Emerson College Based in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite the historic Boston Common...
Aaron Genicoff of Culver City, CA, excelled during the Fall 2021 semester, achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 to earn a spot on the Dean's List. Hofstra University is a nationally ranked and recognized private university in Hempstead, N.Y. that is the only school to ever host three consecutive presidential debates (2008, 2012 and 2016). Our campus is a leafy oasis just a quick train ride away from New York City and all its cultural, recreational and professional opportunities. We offer small classes and personal attention, with the resources,...
Los Angeles Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco has been with the Chargers organization for the past nine seasons, and he understands as well as anyone the frustration and the disappointment that comes when the team fails to make the playoffs, which has happened seven times in his nine seasons as the GM of the team. "I understand. I think, if you watched our team on the field this year, objectively, I think it's hard to look at this team and not be excited for the future," said Telesco at a...
When you look at the high school girls' basketball teams in the Bay league you realize why the league is one of the most competitive in the CIF Southern Section. Culver City, Mira Costa, Redondo Union, Santa Monica and Peninsula all have winning records. At press time the combined records for the six teams were 67-41. Palos Verdes is the only team in the league with a losing record. Culver City is 12-5 overall and 1-2 in the Bay league. Redondo Union is currently in first place followed by Mira...
The Los Angeles Rams couldn't have planned it any better for the 2021 NFL Playoffs. The NFC West Division champions will host archrival San Francisco 49ers this Sunday in Inglewood. For the first time the Rams will host the NFC Championship game as a Los Angeles franchise and it's only the second time the teams have faced each other in the Playoffs. The game essentially serves as a high-stakes dress rehearsal for Super Bowl LVI, on Sunday, February 13. The matchup was unlikely at the start of De...
By David Ganezer LA was shocked to hear on January 13th, that a young woman working at a high end furniture store on La Brea, was stabbed and killed by a homeless man. Police made an arrest Monday in the murder investigation surrounding the murder of Brianna Kupfer, 24. Pasadena police arrested Shawn Lavall Smith, 31, on Fair Oaks Blvd. TMZ is reporting that Wednesday morning, a citizen thought he recognized Smith on the street and called police. The homeless man was filmed walking into the...
By Stan Green Politicians Uncertain What to do as Progressive Crime Policies lead to a massive increase in LA crime. It became clear a week ago that organized thieves were stealing boxes directly off of Southern Pacific trains leaving the terminals in LA Harbor. The thefts have left rails littered with debris from packages and merchandise that was meant to arrive at warehouse facilities around the U.S. On Saturday afternoon, multiple cars of a Union Pacific train derailed in a Lincoln Heights area where packages were left covering the tracks....
By Alyssa Erdley 1/21/22: Staff for the City of Santa Monica released a report this month titled "Overview of Homeless Outreach and Hygiene Services" in response to requests from some city councilmembers for a comprehensive report on what is being done to address homelessness, how much it is costing, and what effect it has had. None of the requested information is addressed in full in the January 6 staff report. Measures to address homelessness increase a complex web of different types of outreach teams, some government-run and others...
A disproportionate number of big dogs are among the thousands of healthy, adoptable dogs that don’t make it out of California’s animal shelters each year, simply because they don’t have a safe place to call home. That’s why the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) and Best Friends Animal Society are teaming up for the “Live Large – Adopt a Big Dog” campaign now through January 31st to rally residents to step up to adopt or foster dogs 35 lbs. or more. Adoption fees are just $22 at all DACC animal care centers, whic...
Grammy’s Move Out of LA The 64th edition of the Grammy Awards will be broadcast live from Las Vegas on April 3, the Recording Academy has announced. Harvey Mason Jr, CEO of the Recording Academy, shared the update in a statement on Grammy's official website. The shift to an April show in Las Vegas was determined after recently postponing the ceremony due to rising COVID-19 cases because of the omicron variant. The awards show will air live from 8 to 11:30 pm ET on CBS and Paramount+ with Trevor Noah returning as the show's host. In early J...
By John Alle Early Friday morning I met an unhoused person charging his phone on the 3rd level of Garage 4. He gave me his permission to record our conversation. We spoke for 40 minutes, sitting between one filthy water drain and a phone charging outlet. His answers and information corroborate my other interviews with the homeless in our garages. The following is information he volunteered (that we already know) - - 1) Garages 3, 4 and 6 are the places to charge one's phone. Garage 6 is best because all the stairwells have doors they can hide b...
John Alle Santa Monica Property and Business Owner For the first time in over a quarter century, the organization designated to manage Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade and Downtown, will have a new Director. What began as a volunteer business owner organization, and later became one of the first "business improvement districts" funded by property owners, has since become a bloated quasi-City agency. The business owners on the Promenade pay a higher percentage of assessments than other members of DTSM, yet the City selects a majority of its...
The Los Angeles Rams will represent the NFC at Super Bowl LVI after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 Sunday night at the NFC playoff game in Inglewood. The Rams will face the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals....
