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Culver City officials and local residents were gathering at press time this week to begin formulating a plan to regulate short- term vacation rentals in Culver, fresh on the heels of a study by a consumer watchdog group's warning that allowing more of them through fast-growing companies such as Airbnb and HomeAway could exacerbate the community's already chronic shortage of affordable housing. Airbnb WATCH, the consumer group that also promotes affordable housing, released a report last week...
It wasn't the kind of Pacific Ocean sunset that the Centaurs wanted last week, but hope the night will treat them better when they play the Downey Dons on Friday. Culver City High's 12-point lead evaporated in the fourth quarter at Palos Verdes High as the Sea Kings rallied for two late touchdowns to clip the Cents, 37-36, on a warm Friday afternoon football game in the South Bay peninsula. "It was a tough pill to swallow, being up by 12 points with under 10 minutes left in the game," said...
The Los Angeles Football Club earned three big points last Saturday afternoon by outplaying the San Jose Quakes 2-0. With a pair of goals from defender Walker Zimmerman, the win kept the Black and Gold in the running for one of the top two spots in Western Conference. Knowing that the cellar-dwelling Earthquakes (4-18-8) was struggling with a new coach and a league-low of four wins and only 20 points, LAFC came out confident and showed plenty of energy. Throughout the first half, LAFC's offense...
Defense and domination are hallmarks of a championship team. The Los Angeles Rams put the rest of the league on early notice as they thoroughly dismantled the Arizona Cardinals, 34-0, before a crowd of 66,515 at the L.A. Coliseum for the 2018 home opener on Sunday. “Great team win today. Thought the defense was outstanding to be able to hold them to five first downs, they brought it from the start,” said Rams Head Coach Sean McVay. The Rams now are readying for a showdown against the Cha...
In an ironic twist, a recent study by the nonprofit Bellwether Education Partners has found that the rising costs of teacher pension plans are starting to eat into their own salary hikes. Teachers, and their unions, often complain about low salaries. The research from Bellwether shows that, since 1994, teacher salaries have failed to keep pace with inflation. But total compensation for teachers has risen faster than inflation when non-salary benefits, such as insurance and retirement, are...
Culver City officials are bracing for what could be an avalanche of applications from entrepreneurs hoping to obtain one of the three permits to legally sell marijuana from retail storefronts within the City boundaries as the Sept. 27 deadline to submit all the paperwork approaches. The trio of permits will be the first that Culver has ever offered. Applications for the permits, which would enable the holder to legally operate a retail storefront cannabis business, must be received by 5 p.m....
Culver City officials and local residents were gathering at press time this week to begin formulating a plan to regulate short- term vacation rentals in Culver, fresh on the heels of a study by a consumer watchdog group's warning that allowing more of them through fast-growing companies such as Airbnb and HomeAway could exacerbate the community's already chronic shortage of affordable housing. Airbnb WATCH, the consumer group that also promotes affordable housing, released a report last week...
DEAR DAVE: We received a letter from the company that provides our homeowners insurance policy, urging us to upgrade our current “actual cash value” coverage to something called “replacement cost” coverage. The letter doesn’t make much sense, and our insurance broker hasn’t returned the three calls that we have made to explain the difference. Can you? ANSWER: Sure. But first, you should seriously consider looking for a new agent. If he or she won’t return repeated telephone calls to answer a b...
For the second straight season, the Buffalo Bills decided to play a rookie quarterback in his first NFL start against the Chargers and for the second straight season, the result was the same: An easy Charger victory, this time by a 31-20 margin. The Chargers took an early 28-3 lead and cruised to victory from that point. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers had an almost perfect first half, completing 15 of 16 passes for 178 yards and three touchdowns in leading the Chargers to four first-half...
After absorbing their first loss of the season 37-36 in their first away game at Palos Verdes, the Cents return home to face another strong and powerful winless team in the Dorsey Dons. The reason why the Dons are winless is because they have faced highly ranked schools in their first four games. Friday's game will be the third meeting between Dorsey and Culver High. In the first meeting in 2016, Culver City jumped out on top and held the lead for most of the game until Dorsey came back and notched the win. Last year, the then-undefeated Centau...
The Culver City High School varsity football team beat Dorsey on Friday night by a score of 42-0. Read the full story with all the details by Fred Altieri in this week's Culver City Observer and online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
The two major college football teams in Los Angeles have only one victory going into the fourth week of the season and may need to make changes if they hope to get a bowl berth. The UCLA Bruins are winless in their first three games, and the Trojans have won only one of three contests. The Trojans play their next four out of five games at home. Home-field advantage may be what the Trojans need to get back on the winning track. If the Trojans lose on Friday, they may need to change quarterbacks....
By Spencer Lee, Age 11 Special from KidScoop Media I recently saw the musical "Hamilton" on Broadway in New York City. I fell in love with this musical since I first heard the soundtrack a year ago. I immediately thought that [show creator and star] Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as the cast and crew behind Hamilton, were geniuses. With the smart and catchy hip-hop lyrics, along with stunning vocals. Hamilton truly is a revolutionary creation that deserves a million standing ovations. I traveled...
Nearly 75 members of the Culver City Emblem Club and their friends attended the organization's annual charity fundraising fashion show and lunch this week at the local Elks Lodge, dining on gourmet food and then previewing the dresses, pants, business attire and accessories that promise to be among the trend-setting styles this fall and winter. Seven models, most of them Emblem members, strutted through the crowd to show-off the latest designs. The clothes were provided by dressbarn (www.dressba...
The Culver City Woman's Club will sponsor its annual charity fundraising fashion show at clothing retailer Talbots Oct. 13 at Manhattan Village, 3200 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach. The doors will open at 8:45 a.m. for breakfast goodies and the show will start at about 9:15 a.m. There will be discounts on purchases, as well as raffle prizes. All proceeds will benefit the Cancer Society and also NKLA, the latter of which fights to find and save the lives of lost dogs, cats and other...
Culver officials are ramping up their efforts to curb the City's growing problems with coyotes roaming local neighborhoods, including the establishment of a "dedicated coyote hotline" to report sightings or incidents and the placement of permanent warning signs in public parks. "We documented 50 deaths of animals where there were still enough of the remains so that we could identify them," said Gelli Harris of the group Save Our Pets. Though coyote sightings have been reported across the City,...
