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Culver City's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone pilot program is off to a flying start. In the past 22 months, the Culver City Police and Fire Departments have used drones 50 times in perimeter searches for felony suspects, fires and crime scene operations, among other uses, according to police officials. The use of drones with high-powered cameras is becoming common place for police and fire agencies across the county. At its recent meeting, the Culver City Council discussed a report on th...
Culver City police are seeking public assistance in identifying a man who grabbed and stole the cash register at AM/PM containing around $800. Police officials have just released the video of the robbery that occurred on February 14 at 4:26 p.m. at the mini market located at 11181 Washington Blvd. The suspect is described as male black wearing a Raiders jacket. To see the video of the robbery, please click the link: https://youtu.be/r3gKYCJf8vU If you have any information on the suspect, please...
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed two additional cases of COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 (U.K. variant), totaling 14 cases in Los Angeles County. This variant is known to spread more easily and quickly than other variants and is circulating in the state and county. In January 2021, scientists from U.K. reported evidence that suggests the B.1.1.7 variant may be associated with an increased risk of death compared with other variants. More studies are...
Experiencing the same decline in the rate of infection as Los Angeles County, Culver City recorded 92 new cases of coronavirus and 6 deaths in the past two weeks, the County Health Department has announced. As of press time yesterday, the number of local residents with Covid-19 rose to 2029 cases, representing only a 4% increase in the past 2 weeks. Deaths related to coronavirus inched up to 77 in Culver City. More than half of the deaths occurred in nursing homes and assisted living...
Culver City police are looking for suspect in connection with an armed robbery outside a Japanese restaurant in Fox Hills. On February 14, at, 8:38 p.m., Culver City Police Department received a call about an armed robbery that occurred near California Roll and Sushi, 6251 Bristol Parkway. According to a police report, the victim was sitting outside of the business with his wife when two men approached them. One man pulled out a black handgun, pointed it at both victims and demanded their proper...
Anticipating the election of Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove to the vacant 30th district State Senate seat, Heather Hutt, a former Senior Advisor & State Director for then-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, who served as California's first Black U.S. Senate State Director, officially launched her campaign for California State Assembly District 54. The special election will be held on March 2. Should no candidate receives over 50% of the votes there will be a runoff between the top 2 vote getters on...
Matthew Bourne's "Romeo and Juliet" premiering Thursday, February 18 at 5:00 p.m. and streaming Friday, February 19 at 5 and 8 pm; Saturday, February 20 at 2, 5 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, February 21 at 1 and 6:30 p.m. (all times Pacific). Available for $10 at www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/premium-vents/matthew-bourne-romeo-and-juliet/. A production from 2019, never before seen in Los Angeles, Matthew Bourne's "Romeo and Juliet" is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare'...
By Michael Johnson Over the past couple of seasons, the Los Angeles Clippers have been touted as having the best bench players in the league, and so they did. The team won three sixth Man of the Year awards the past three years with Lou Williams and former Clipper Montrezl Harrell. Plus, Patrick Patterson, JaMycal Green, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Gilgeous-Alexander, Maurice Harkless, and others have done an outstanding job coming off the bench over the past few years. Harrell, Green, Alexander...
With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers victory at Super Bowl 55 in Tampa, another successful NFL season is over and in the books. Next year's Super Bowl will be staged at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, and in anticipation of this big event coming to Southern California, the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams are both in the process of upgrading their football teams to hopefully be participants in next year's Big Game. This will be the first Super Bowl played in Southern California since January...
The Michael Price Family UCLA Women's Head Basketball Coach Cori Close has been named to the late season watch list for the Werner Ladder Naismith Women's Coach of the Year award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Tuesday. Close was one of 15 head coaches to be named a top-15 finalist for women's coach of the year recognition. She joined Arizona's Adia Barnes and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer among the Pac-12's honorees, as the Pac-12 tied for the most coaches on the list with the Big Ten and SEC. Close has led the Bruins to a 12-3 overall record...
Los Angeles Unified today announced a collaboration with the Los Angeles Rams, Hollywood Park and the City of Inglewood to operate a large-scale vaccination site on the grounds of SoFi Stadium which could serve any of the public and private school teachers, administrators and staff in Los Angeles County from schools that wish to participate. Los Angeles Unified plans to work closely with Los Angeles County on this program. On February 15, Los Angeles Unified and its partners, including Anthem Blue Cross and Cedars-Sinai, sent a letter to County...
"The Dodgers are part of the fabric of Los Angeles, and it's imperative that we represent the great diversity of our City and maintain an inclusive environment for all Angelenos at Dodger Stadium," said Dodger President & CEO Stan Kasten. "These initiatives are of the utmost importance to our organization and we are thrilled to be able to find someone with Courtney's experience and expertise to focus, build out and lead our DEI programs. She's been a positive agent of change across multiple...
The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the addition of Kirsten Watson to their broadcast team. In her role as a reporter and host, Watson will contribute to the Dodgers' SportsNet LA game broadcasts and studio programming as well as pre- and postgame coverage on both television and radio. Watson joins the Dodgers following two years as a reporter and host with Spectrum SportsNet, where she appeared on pre-, post- and in-game broadcasts of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Sparks and South...
LOState Senator María Elena Durazo and State Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa have introduced a package of legislation - Senate Bill 424 and Assembly Bill 675 - to create a California Homeless Hiring Tax Credit they allege would simultaneously confront the homelessness crisis facing California, address the rampant job losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic that have disproportionately harmed low- income communities, and ease the significant financial strain that many small businesses are currently experiencing. Establishing a tax credit...
Being able to socialize and have fun with others is difficult to achieve these days. This year the Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center major fundraiser will be an online FUNdraiser. This event will provide that opportunity without having to wear shoes, making sure you have the appropriate attire, drive anywhere, or finding a babysitter! It is a way for all of us to get together for an exceptional cause and have a bit of an escape from the limitations the pandemic has brought to our lives. The event will be held on Saturday, March...
Drew Doughty, the LA Kings' future hockey Hall of Famer, and, at the height of his career, one of the elite defensemen in the NHL, has unfortunately seen a decline in his performance over the past two seasons. So sub-standard that many fans were ready to give up on him heading into the 56-game, COVID-19-shortened, 2020-21 season. The timing of his decline is quite interesting and maybe just coincidental. Doughty signed an enormous eight-year contract extension with the Kings in July of 2018 for...
By Jack Simon The Third Street Promenade, the three-block, open-air retail and entertainment district, may be getting a facelift this year. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Santa Monica City Council discussed revitalization plans for the Promenade which has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the state’s Stay at Home orders. City officials said the Promenade is a vital economic engine for Santa Monica and major contributor to community-serving programs, generating 15% of sales tax revenues citywide. But nearly 40% of the Promenade’s...
by Corva Corvax A Logical Opinion On Monday, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department released statistics regarding the demographics of those who have received the Covid-19 vaccine. Of all the doses given so far in Phase IA and for seniors over 65 years old, 25% were given to White residents, 25% to Latino residents, 18% to Asian, 17% to multi-racial and 3.5% to African Americans. According to the LAC DPH, these statistics "highlight a glaring inadequacy" in the vaccine roll-out process....
By Jack Simon Santa Monica has just signaled it will not tolerate rent gouging during a state of emergency. Last Friday, the SM City Attorney's Office announced it filed a criminal complaint charging the owners of an apartment building at 1433 Euclid Street with "unlawfully raising a tenant's rent by more than the allowed 10 percent during a declared emergency," caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. The landlords, WS Communities, LLC and 1433 Euclid Street, LLC, have been charged with three...
2/9/21: L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told school leaders Tuesday that school reopening could precede universal vaccinations for teachers. The public increasingly has demanded that schools re-open immediately. School districts and teachers unions, who are in the next tier of vaccinations, want to wait to open until teachers and other staff to receive COVID-19 immunizations as many are demanding. Ferrer’s message — delivered in a private briefing for school leaders — contained positive news on the coronavirus infection rate....
Public health officials, state and local policy makers, and teachers unions have largely driven the debate over school reopening's. But across California, establishing coalitions to demand school campuses reopen. A newly-formed statewide group, Open Schools California, has parent groups all over the state: in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Sacramento. Many mobilized after Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed his “Safe Schools for All” plan that eyed February as the month to try to reopen classrooms. Along with calling for campuses to reo...
The campaign to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has obtained the 1.5 million signatures necessary to place the measure on the November 2021 ballot, announced the Recall Newsom campaign. Recall proponents cite homelessness, closings and dislocations associated with the pandemic, the EDD in prison scandal, and the “French Laundry” restaurant affair. President Biden has recently spoken against the campaign. Presidential spokesman Jen Psaki has said that the recall threatens to interrupt a “career arc that could lead to the White House...
The city of Los Angeles recorded 11 homicides last week, up from four homicides during the same week in 2020 and continuing an upward trend. In 2021 as of Feb. 10, LA has had 50 homicides and 192 shooting victims. There had been 31 homicides and 70 shooting victims at the same point in 2020. Overall, violent crime has increased 0.7%, Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Horace Frank, the city told the Police Commission. Property crime throughout LA decreased in all categories, except stolen vehicles. "We're not an anomaly when you...
A three-story construction project has broken ground at the corner of Yale and Santa Monica Blvd. The project will replace a strip mall from the 1970's, with about 50 apartments above 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and two levels of underground parking. Approved plans call for a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom units, with four apartments set aside as affordable housing. It will be wrapped in perforated metal panels on its upper floors. Flourishes of orange and...
LA Police are seeking the public's help finding a man who punched another man at Venice Beach, knocking him unconscious with a single strike. Surveillance video shows the suspect and another man briefly involved in an argument while walking near Washington Blvd. and Speedway, a short distance from the Venice pier and beach The suspect, wearing a Dodgers jersey, throws a punch at the other man, catching him in the jaw. The victim immediately loses consciousness and falls flat to the ground. The...
