Articles from the March 22, 2018 edition
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Retiring Mayor Takes a Look Back
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...
More CCUSD Pension Costs Unearthed
The election to fill the unexpired Terms of Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas will be Tuesday, April 3, 2018. At that time, we have the opportunity to send to Sacramento a lady who will be able t...
Fox Hills Plaza on Hold
The following statement was issued on Monday by Councilmembers Goran Eriksson And Jim Clarke regarding Fox Hills Plaza: “As a result of discussions between Council members Goran Eriksson and Jim Clarke with real estate developers HSH Management, t...
Los Angeles Demos Endorse Fisch And Vera
At its February meeting, the Heart of LA Democratic Club, a new Los Angeles County-wide Democratic club which promotes equality and the full representation of women in local, state and national...
League of Conservation Voters Endorses Kamlager
Democratic Party candidate Sydney Kamlager has been endorsed by the California league of Conservation Voters (CLCV) in her Tuesday, April 3 Special Election campaign for state Assembly. Ms. Kamlager...
Local Student Covers Air Force One Landing
Alex Conte Age 8 CCUSD Student March 13 at 10:38pm; Today, we watched Air Force One land and it was really cool. Then lots of people came out of the back of the plane and the President came out of...
Beyond Pre-K Holds Open House
Beyond Pre-K in Spanish Preschool held its annual Open House on Thursday, March 15th for prospective and current parents. The Preschool, which is taught in Spanish, displayed a variety of arts, crafts and projects the children have been working on...
Resident Response to "Council Race Turns Ugly" Story
Mr. Hadland, Thank you for your article entitled “Council Race Turns Ugly”. Attached are two photos of the cowardly communist on my doorstep, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and always looking down, awa...
To the Editor:
Culver City Teacher’s Pensions from Transparent California was the headline in Neil Rubenstein’s column on March 15. Within this lengthy column (tackling many subjects) was a list of retired teachers...
CORRECTION
Jay Wierenga, Communications Director of the Fair Political Practices Commission issued the following clarification to the statement which appeared in the March 15, 2018 edition of the Culver City Observer: “First of all, we don’t administer ‘Ca...
Amazon Studios to Occupy The Culver Steps
Hackman Capital Partners, LLC, a Los-Angeles-based real estate investment firm and long-time Culver City stakeholder, announced on Wednesday that Amazon will be occupying the entire 75,000-square-foot office portion of its new, mixed-use...
Varsity Baseball Team Sweeps Doubleheader
As the late great Ernie Banks used to say: "Let's play two." Culver City High baseball swept a home daylight doubleheader against Peninisula High on Saturday, March 17. Three days later the Centaurs...
Track and Field Teams Bring Home Wins
Youth and speed are served. Culver City High track and field continued its fine early season form in the 2018 Mustang Relays at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach on Saturday, March 17. The Centaur...
Lady Bruins Are The Last Team Standing
The UCLA women's basketball team is the last team from Southern California to survive the madness in March. Their two wins last Saturday and Monday have put them in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA women's...
Full Text of Mayor Jeffrey Cooper's Speech
Thank you, Colin. And thanks to the Chamber for organizing this lunch. It has truly been an honor to serve as your Mayor for the past year. I would most importantly like to thank my wife Rafia and...
City Council Race Turns Ugly
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...
Councilman Clarke Endorses Tiggs
Former Culver City Mayor and current City Councilmember Jim Clarke has added his name to the growing list of endorsements of Marcus Tiggs, candidate for the Culver City Council in the April 10...
