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On 14 December 1963, however, signs of lining failure began showing in the dam, with water from the reservoir leaking through the dam's east abutment. Around 11:15 A.M. on December 14, 1963, during a routine daily inspection, the reservoir's caretaker noticed that water had begun draining from the pipes beneath the asphalt membrane liner. Concerned by the unusual circumstance, the caretaker and the operating engineer engaged the outlet works designed to lower the reservoir in emergency...
On Thursday January 4, through DNA evidence, the suspect in this case was identified and quickly arrested on the I-5 Freeway after leaving a downtown Los Angeles hotel and boarding a bus headed toward Bakersfield, California. Thirty-five-year-old Marcos Maldonado was arrested for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and booked at Culver City Police Department with a bail of 1.25 million dollars. On Tuesday December 2, Culver City Police responded to a call for service of a sexual assault in the...
The MOVE Culver City project will see modifications in the coming months as City Council approved a contractor's bid on the planned work. Modifications will merge the bike and bus lane into one along the downtown corridor portion of the pilot project. In a 3 to 2 vote, the City Council awarded the contract to Sterndahl Enterprises LLC for $1,465,075. Vice Mayor Dan O'Brien, Council Members Albert Vera and Goran Eriksson voted in favor of the motion. Mayor Yasmine-Imani McMorrin and Council...
The annual rotation of the Mayoral position took place at thee city council meeting on Monday December 1 when the council elected councilwoman Yasmine Imani McMorrin to become the city's next mayor. She becomes the first woman of color to be Culver City's Mayor. McMorrin has served as the Vice Mayor for the previous year. Councilman 'Dan Brien was elected Vice Mayor at that meeting. The election takes place by the sitting councilmembers and the vote was unanimous. The mayor leads the city counci...
The annual rotation of the Mayoral position took place at thee city council meeting on Monday December 1 when the council elected councilwoman Yasmine Imani McMorrin to become the city's next mayor. She becomes the first woman of color to be Culver City's Mayor. McMorrin has served as the Vice Mayor for the previous year. Councilman 'Dan Brien was elected Vice Mayor at that meeting. The election takes place by the sitting councilmembers and the vote was unanimous. The mayor leads the city counci...
The Monday night, Culver City Council Meeting on November 13 council voted unanimously to continue to allow public comments to be heard at meetings via virtual participation. Vice Mayor Yasmine McMorrin requested that a statement be prepared by Human Resources, so that if another 'hate speech' call were to intrude at a future meeting, the council would have a statement prepared to handle the situation. While comments need to be available, there is simply no legal way to pre-screen speakers for...
Manslaughter of Jewish Protester A 50-year-old professor at Moorpark College was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter and battery in connection with the death of Paul Kessler, 69, a Jewish protester during a Nov. 5 demonstration over the Israel-Hamas war. Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji of Moorpark was arrested and charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter and battery causing "great bodily injury," County DA's office. "Both charges have special allegations that Alnaji personally...
By Stephen HADLAND Los Angeles motorists should expect traffic snarls during the Monday commute as crews assess how much damage was caused by a raging fire over the weekend that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown, officials said. In what was reminiscent of the 1994 Northridge earthquake a massive fire under Interstate 10 overpass in Los Angeles has closed the freeway for an indefinite period. fire Saturday morning under the 10 freeway has closed the interstate for 3 to 12 weeks,...
On Thursday October 19, the City of Culver City was served with legal action as "Friends and Families for MOVE Culver City" filed a lawsuit questioning the legality of the City's recent adjustments to the MOVE Culver City pilot project. During its meeting on Monday, September 11th, the City Council voted 3-2 in favor of adopting amendments to the MOVE Culver City pilot project, which included California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions. MOVE Culver City is an initiative spearheaded...
The Culver City City council meeting next Monday November 13, will address some housekeeping issues on various city committees. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7p.m. and will adjourn into closed session. Returning to the dais council will update on homelessness emergency including project homekey, safe camping, and other housing programs (this update is made pursuant to the requirements of government code section 8630(c) requiring a periodic review of the local emergency). The council will...
CCUSD Superintendent Quoc Tran Suddenly resigned at Tuesday's meeting of the Culver City Board of Education effective immediately. Current CCUSD Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Dr. Angela Baxter has graciously agreed to step up to serve as Acting Superintendent until we are able to appoint an Interim later this week. For that purpose, the Board will be calling an emergency meeting on Thursday, August 17, to meet interim candidates. The Board looks forward to appointing and...
The city council voted not to extend registration by landlords for a 90 day extension on rental registration deadline Monday night. Both, with McMorrin noting that there was already a 30 day grace period in place for those who did not file by July 31. Council members Dan O'Brien and Goran Eriksson (attending by phone) voted in favor of giving the landlords more time. With a two- two tie, the vote failed. Mayor Albert Vera, Jr. recused himself from voting on the item. And turned that portion of...
The City Council voted 3-2 to end the land dedicated to bicyclists in downtown Culver City. In areas of Los Angeles County along a corridor from downtown Culver City to La Cienega Boulevard, cars share the road with buses and bicyclists, each in their own protected lanes. The stretch of changes on Culver and Washington boulevards make them the first streets in L.A. County to feature a designated bus lane for 2.6 miles and a bike lane for 1.4 miles. The bus lanes are marked with cardinal red...
Following record gas price hikes and profits, Governor Newsom signed his special session bill designed to hold Big Oil accountable the latest measure the Governor has taken to rein in the industry. On Tuesday, surrounded by legislators and community leaders in the rotunda of the California State Capitol, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to implement the strongest state-level oversight and accountability measures on Big Oil in the nation – bringing transparency to California’s oil and...
On Tuesday November 5, Culver City voters will go to the polls to elect a new President of the United State, United States Senator from California and will fill 5 city council seats. Running for re-election are Albert Vera, and Yasmine-Imani Morrin. Seeking to fill the empty seat are Denice Renteria, Nancy Barba and Jeannie Wisnosky Stehlin, who will be vying for the seat currently filled by being vacated by Göran Eriksson, who is barred from seeking a third consecutive term. In the contentious...
AEarly results show O'Brien leading the votes with 3,923 votes and appear to be heading toward seats on the city council. Renteria and Puza are trailing close behind with 3,244 votes and 3,110 votes respectively. Incumbent Alex Fisch had 3,025 votes. Current Vote Totals DAN O'BRIEN 3,923 26.74% N DENICE RENTERIA 3,244 22.11% N FREDDY PUZA 3,11021.20% HARDEN ALEXANDER "ALEX" FISCH 3,025 20.62% KHIN KHIN GYI 733 5.00% DEVIN YAEGER 634 4 .32%...
Measure BL, on Culver City’s November ballot, is a proposal to raise the annual business license tax on Culver City businesses based on what category the business falls into and its gross revenues. Because Culver City’s business license tax is based on the gross revenue of the business – not the profit from operations – a business could be operating at a loss but still receive a huge tax bill from the city. While the proposal exempts businesses with gross revenues below $200,000 annuall...
The seven-time Super Bowl champion tweeted on Sunday that he's returning for a 23rd season overall and third with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. These past two months I've realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands. That time will come. But it's not now. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible I'm coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa....
This week the the United States Senate approved a proposal to make daylight saving time permanent, which if passed in the House and signed by President Biden, would mean Americans would never again have to set their clocks back an hour and lose an hour of afternoon daylight in the fall and winter. If enacted into law, it would also mean that early risers lose an hour of daylight in the mornings in November, December, January, and February. In New York, for example, under current law the sun...
There are two concerts coming to the Canyon Club venues that you don't want to miss. Rick Springfield takes the stage at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on October 22 and the very next day, Engelbert Humperdinck makes an appearance at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on October 23. Over the past four decades, Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer and performer. The creator of some of the finest power-pop of the '80's, a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and musician who has...
Saturday on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the Culver City Police and Fire Departments will hold a remembrance ceremony at Culver City Fire Station 1 (9600 Culver Blvd.) to honor the men, women, children, and first responders who lost their lives. Join us as we remember them on Saturday, September 11. Here is the schedule of the mornings event: 6:55 a.m. Crews assemble in front of the flag. 6:59 a.m. Time of the South Tower collapse. 7:00...
MEASURE B - YES “Shall the measure adding Culver City Municipal Code Section 15.09.100 requiring voter approval of any ordinance establishing interim or permanent rent control or prohibition on residential rent increases in the City of Culver City, including any ordinance establishing rent control adopted by the Culver City Council after January 1, 2019, be adopted?” Private property rights have been under attack in Culver City for over one year. With the onset of government-ordered rent con...
Protect Culver City, a political action commitee, predicted that they may face opposition, and they were right. Culver City Action Network organized about 40-50 speakers, who got in line first at this week's City Council meeting "to discuss police policies and budget." They pushed for CCAN's position to remove 20% or more from the police budget and put it into social programs of their choosing. Council cut off the rest of the comments - about 200 of them - so they would have time to deliberate...
The council voted unanimously to name Goran Eriksson Mayor and Alex Fisch as Vice Mayor. With the voter approved measure to move the city election from April to coincide with the general election in November the term for these 2 positions will be 8 months instead of a full year. The city charter calls for the reorganization of council positions to take place after the council election. Eriksson thanked his fellow council members saying, "I am honored to work with such a dedicated group of...
The Culver City Council met via conference call Monday night in compliance with the County Health Department's guidelines on large groups meeting in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. During the conference call, which was broadcast live on the city's website, the Council voted to extend the commercial eviction moratorium through May 31, confirming the City Manager's order of April 7. Councilmember Alex Fisch cited the orders by the governor halting evictions and foreclosures. He urged business...
