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The Culver City Council this week discussed affordable housing plans for its "Housing Element" update due October 15. Every eight years, Culver City is required by law to analyze its housing needs and compile data on housing stock and demographics for its Housing Element and also list sites that "realistic potential for housing development based on a jurisdiction's Regional Housing Needs Allocation number." For the 2021-2029 planning period, Culver city has been mandated to build 3400...
Culver High defeated Redondo High Friday night by a score of 55-12. Read the full story in thi week's Culver City Ovserver or online at wwww,culvercityobserver.com....
Firefighters have put out a brush fire that burned up to five acres at the Ballona Wetlands in Playa del Rey on Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire started around 3:30 near the Ballona Creek and the Playa del Rey oil field storage facility, located at 5701 Lincoln Blvd., said LAFD. The original call came in as a 'trash fire'-- the term linked to homeless fires in the city. It took 54 firefighters "more than two hours to battle through difficult access and heavy brush...
A 35-year-old man suspected of stealing property from parked vehicles in Culver City was killed Wednesday in a car crash after a police pursuit. On March 24, at approximately 07:12 a.m., Culver City Police Department received a call of man breaking into two parked cars and stealing items from them in the area of the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, located in the 9500 block of Jefferson Boulevard. Witnesses said the suspect “also possibly stole a silver Lexus after he entered it and manipulated some wires,” police said. Responding officers fou...
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At the end of the Pac-12 tournament, five Pac-12 schools were selected to the 2021 men's NCAA tournament. The Pac-12 was relieved to get five teams into the 68-team tournament and was hopeful that at least one of the five could make the Sweet 16. As it turned out, the Pac-12 was able to stun NCAA prognosticators and get four teams into the Sweet 16 this weekend. The UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Beavers all made the Sweet Sixteen, with only the Colorado Buffalos...
Growing up in Los Angeles I remember the Lakers, Dodgers and Rams very well. There players were bigger than life but in the early years a few players always stood above the rest. Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale from the Dodgers, Ramon Gabriel and the fearsome foursome from the Rams and Elgin Baylor and Jerry West from the Lakers. Baylor died last Monday of natural causes at the age of 86. When he died that bridge that connected Los Angeles to the old Laker team in Minneapolis, Minnesota fell into...
High school football is back! Sixteen months after their last game, Culver City High christened their Bay League debut by rallying in the last minute on the road to beat an excellent Mira Costa High squad, 35-28, on a foggy, windy Friday night in Manhattan Beach last week, March 19. It was the first of five league games scheduled for the Centaurs this spring season after a seven-month delay due to COVID protocols that threatened to cancel the season entirely months before. "It was definitely...
UCLA completed the 2021 softball preseason in prime form as the Bruins swept back-to-back doubleheaders this past weekend, with each game a shutout, and almost as if expected. And the two-year wait is over as the team hosts the Arizona State Sun Devils for their PAC-12 season opener, a four-game series starting this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 19-21 at Easton Stadium on the UCLA campus. Due to COVID protocol measures, PAC-12 Softball was cancelled the week before the season was scheduled...
By Eric Lambkins II Sports Reporter The Lakers suffered a more significant loss than the 99-94 score would indicate last Saturday March 20. In the second quarter, down 32-27, Lakers Center Montrezl Harrell set a routine cross-screen on Atlanta Hawks guard, Rajon Rondo, to spring Lebron James free to drive to the basket. As Lebron curled around the screen from the left-wing and toward three Hawks defenders, Atlanta's Solomon Hill poked the ball away from James and dove for it to secure the...
Last week, the Los Angeles Chargers lost their starting tight end to the New England Patriots. Hunter Henry had been a Charger for the past five seasons, but once he got on the market as a free agent, it was inevitable that the Chargers would lose him. As one of the better tight ends in the NFL, Henry was going to get an offer he could not refuse and that came in the form of a $37.5 million dollar contract offer from the Patriots. Fortunately, the Chargers new coaching staff had connections to...
USC senior outside hitter Brooke Botkin (Houston, Texas/Pearland HS) was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the week of March 15-21 the Conference announced on Tuesday, March 23. It is the second-career Pac-12 weekly award for Botkin and the 79th all-time for the Women of Troy. Stanford freshman libero Elena Oglivie was chosen Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week and Arizona outside hitter Sofia Maldonado Diaz was named Freshman of the Week. Botkin has been a steady and consistent...
Los Angeles Kings veteran goalie and future Hall of Fame candidate, Jonathan Quick, is reportedly drawing interest as the April 12 trade deadline approaches, and it is feeling like his days might be numbered in a Kings uniform. Due to the trade deadline, the Seattle expansion draft, or possibly an offseason transaction, he is not likely to finish out the remainder of his contract with the Kings. Fans want to cling to all of Quick's past accolades, but this is a business and the Kings decision-ma...
Rob Blake, Los Angeles Kings Vice President and General Manager, made an announcement that they signed defenseman Matt Roy to a three-year contract extension with an average annual value of $3,150,000. A nice raise from the league minimum of $700,000. Blake liked what Roy has contributed to the team. Roy, a 6'1", 200-pound native of Detroit, Michigan, was selected in the seventh round (194th overall) by the Kings during the 2015 NHL Draft. That came after his first season at Michigan Tech where...
Elgin Baylor, the Lakers' 11-time NBA All-Star who soared through the 1960s with a high-scoring style of basketball that became the model for the modern player, died Monday. He was 86. The Lakers announced that Baylor died of natural causes in Los Angeles with his wife, Elaine, and daughter Krystal by his side....
by Alyssa Erdley News with Attitude The City of Santa Monica last week joined the County and City of Los Angeles in adopting an ordinance granting an additional $5 per hour "hero pay" to workers at large grocery chains and drug retailers. The law takes effect immediately and is supposed to sunset after 120 days. Most of the known Covid-19 outbreaks at workplaces have occurred in the food industry. Giving such workers financial reward for their valuable function to the community is a feel-good gesture. Surely none of us want to begrudge the work...
By Jack Simon Bloomingdale's, an anchor at Santa Monica Place for the past 10 years, is closing its doors this weekend. The department store at 315 Colorado Ave, fashioned after the New York City's Soho location, is holding a clearance sale for the next four days and shutting down its operation this Sunday, according to company officials. The closure comes just three months after employees were notified by Macy's Inc., the parent company of Bloomingdale's, of its plan to shutter the Santa...
By Samuel Alioto The Santa Monica City Council held a special meeting last Saturday to discuss the community priorities that will guide the biennial (2021-23) budget. In a 4-3 vote, the Council selected the following priorities: addressing homelessness, creating a clean and safe Santa Monica, and cultivating an equitable and inclusive economic recovery. "The City Council chose to focus for the next two years on the two issues overwhelmingly favored in the unscientific survey of the public's priorities, addressing homelessness and promoting...
By Jack Simon In an effort to “evaluate all available areas of the city for housing potential,” the City Council has approved an interim zoning ordinance (IZO) banning non-residential developments in Santa Monica and single-family dwellings in the commercial districts for the next 45 days. Councilmembers said the ban is a “general pause” to allow staff to identify potential housing sites in Santa Monica, as part of the Housing Element Update. The Council will review the IZO for possible extension in April. The new ban – first proposed...
By Andrew Cameron, City of SM 3/17 "I felt so accomplished and felt unbeatable," said 17-year-old Audrialice Evans about running her first race. Running has become a passion for her and 7 youths, aged 12-17 who have been training to run the LA Marathon through the Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) running program and Students Run LA. Despite their best intentions, COVID-19 has complicated matters yet again. With the LA Marathon postponed, the weekly PAL running program has decided to...
The Santa Monica City Council has approved a second permit-based Shared Mobility Pilot Program in the city. At its last meeting, the Council directed staff to issue a Request for Applications (“RFA”) seeking up to four shared mobility operators to operate in Santa Monica from July 1, 2021, through March 30, 2023, as part of its commitment to being a multi-modal city. The Council also removed the prohibition of Class I and II electric bicycles on Santa Monica’s portion of the beach bike path, in light of expanded beach path capacity north of th...
By Jack Simon There is more for Santa Monica and Westside residents in the recently-passed $1.9 trillion federal stimulus bill than $1,400 checks. The City of Santa Monica is slated to receive $29.3 million in federal grants, according to a report from the League of California Cities. Malibu will get $2.2 million, Culver City $7.3 million, Beverly Hills $6.3 million, while West Hollywood is expecting $6.8 million. Santa Monica Interim City Manager Lane Dilg said the federal aid of $29.3 million will “help offset the substantial COVID-related r...
The Santa Monica Housing Authority (SMHA) is expanding its Resident Advisory Board to include all Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) participants, also known as Section 8 tenants. As a current HCV tenant, you are now a member of SMHA’s Resident Advisory Board (RAB). What does this mean for you? This is a voluntary opportunity to provide direct feedback on policies implemented by the SMHA regarding the HCV rental assistance program. Background Every year, SMHA is required to submit an Annual Plan to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD...
Fred Segal, whose clothing boutiques became an emblem of Los Angeles cool by selling form-fitting jeans and chambray shirts to the likes of Bob Dylan, Farah Fawcett and the Beatles, died on Feb. 24th in Santa Monica. He was 87. The cause was complications of a stroke, a spokeswoman for his family said. Mr. Segal became one of the West Coast's best-known designers and retailers in the 1960s as he helped shape the image of Southern California fashion as breezy, sexy and relaxed. His namesake...
