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Culver City police have arrested both suspects in two armed robberies at 7-Eleven while they were trying to rob a third 7-Eleven on Sunday morning. According to the Culver City Police Department, two separate armed robberies occurred 4:50 at 4436 Sepulveda Blvd. and 5:05 a.m. at 11001 Washington Blvd. During both robberies, two male subjects armed with a handgun and rifle entered the stores and held the clerks at gunpoint while stealing money and other items, CCPD said in a press release. The...
Grand Jury Indicts Huntington Park Man in Alleged Three-Month Robbery Spree Targeting 15 Trader Joe's Grocery Stores Last Friday A federal grand jury named a Huntington Park man in a 21-count indictment that accuses him of robbing 15 Trader Joe's stores throughout Southern California during a three-month crime spree. The Culver City store on Culver Blvd was robbed on November 6 of last year. Gregory Johnson, 43, was named in a superseding indictment charging him with 15 counts of interference...
Council met this week to discuss guiding principles for its "Housing Element" update that, among other stipulations, call for the city to identify "sites zoned to accommodate at least four on-site multi-family housing units," and establish "zoned capacity for lower-income housing should be equitably distributed throughout the city." This latter zoning principle drew four dozen speakers at Monday's night meeting who expressed strong concerns that the city would eliminate the R-1 (single-family)...
It's official. Culver City secondary schools will reopen their classrooms for in-person, hybrid learning beginning next Monday, April 19, district officials announced this week. In letters to parents, the principals at Culver City High School and Culver City Middle School said they "are excited to bring back to campus students whose parents chose to return for hybrid learning in the recent Culver City Unified School District survey." Most of these students have been assigned to two groups...
For the second year in a row, the Culver City Unified School District has earned the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Now in its 22nd year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. To qualify for the Best Communities designation, CCUSD answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music...
It may be a while before Culver City grocery and drug store workers will receive their "hero pay" increase. At its Monday night meeting, the City Council discussed an ordinance that mandates a temporary $5 hourly pay raise for national grocery store or retail drug companies and retail companies that have at least 300 employees nationwide and more than 10 employees per store site. The ordinance also calls for "hero pay" for non-managerial hourly workers at Southern California Hospital at Culver...
Th Americans for Democrat action (ADA) SoCal has endorsed Dallas Fowler for Assembly District 54 in the special election of May 18th. Dallas is a Progressive and a Berniecrat and doesn't answer to and beholden to any political machine. When she gets to the California Assembly, she will be working tirelessly to help pass AB1400, the Guaranteed Healthcare for All bill, which would bring Single-Payer Healthcare to California. For Texting on Saturday, April 10th please sign up here:...
The California State Parks Foundation, a statewide member-supported nonprofit, and REI Co-op, the specialty outdoor retailer with 29 location in California, announce the launch of virtual Earth Day Climate Action, a month long activation to inspire California residents to complete a do-it-yourself (DIY) clean-up in their local communities and neighborhoods. Through this activation, REI and California State Parks Foundation will inspire 5,000 volunteers across the state to clean up their communities to bolster climate resiliency. California...
About this Event Join Oceanic Global's Los Angeles Hub this #EarthWeek for a socially-distant beach cleanup at Toes Beach in Playa del Rey on Sunday, April 25th from 10AM-12PM PST! *This event is family-friendly, all kids are welcome! Please wear a mask, and bring your own gloves & bags if you're able. As always, remember your reusable water bottle, sustainably-wrapped snacks, and reef-safe sunscreen! We'll meet at the lifeguard tower at the end of Culver Blvd. Interested in joining our LA Hub? Learn more at oceanic.global/hubs HOW TO GET...
Join Us Tuesday, April 20th 7-8:30 pm Presenter(s) Margot Griswold with Jonathan Coffin Margot Griswold, Ph.D. is a restoration ecologist with over 27 years of experience in habitat restoration. Soils, landscape position, and hydrology, coupled with existing and historic vegetation guide her work in restoration. She participated in consensus planning for plant and wildlife habitat within the Habitat Work Group of the Owens Lake Dust Control Project, Inyo County, California. She is past president of the Society for Ecological Restoration...
You recycle bottles and cans at home. You reduce and reuse paper at work and school. You compost your food scraps, and collect rain water for your garden. You save your fluorescent light bulbs and batteries to recycle at Household Hazardous Waste Roundups. You celebrate Earth Day every year. But there may be one aspect of your daily life that you are forgetting. Think of the amount of time you spend in your car every day; it's a lot, isn't it? For most of us, it's our cars that get us from home...
Offsetting your entire apartment's energy use isn't the only way to go solar. One way to step into solar energy, keep life simple, and add a fashionable piece to your home is to buy a window solar charger. A solar charger is a great way to harness solar energy right in your apartment without any complex installations. Our friends at Grouphug Solar make a perfect apartment-friendly product for renters. Simply hang your solar panel in a sunny window and, voila, it will produce enough energy for...
After shutting our doors more than a year ago, The Decurion Corporation, owners of Pacific and Arclight Theaters announced we news that Pacific will not be reopening its Arclight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres locations. This was not the outcome anyone wanted, but despite a huge effort that exhausted all potential options, the company does not have a viable way forward. To all the Pacific and Arclight employees who have devoted their professional lives to making our theaters the very best places in the world to see movies: we are grateful for...
Showtime Centaurs! Bay League Champions! For the first time in a decade Bay League Football has a new champion as Culver City High rallied to beat perennial power Palos Verdes High, 42-28, last Friday, April 9, on Senior Night at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The Centaurs won the physical thriller over the now-former nine-time defending Champion Sea Kings, an instant classic that was decided in the final minutes. The Centaurs will finish their season this coming Friday, April 16, when they host the...
Quarterback Zevi Eckhaus threw for 364 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Culver City Centaurs to come from behind 42-28 victory over the Palos Verde Sea Kings in a Bay League high school football game last Friday. The victory clinched the Bay league Championship for the Centaurs in their first season in the Bay League. For the Sea Kings, the loss ended a streak of nine consecutive Bay League titles in football. Eckhaus, who also scored a touchdown on a one-yard dive into the endzone, had a l...
By Eric Lambkins II Sports Reporter When the Clippers recently traded Lou Williams to Atlanta for Rajon Rondo some basketball experts questioned the move, Now, it may have helped both teams, especially the Clippers. The Clippers may have found the leader they have been looking for. Against the Suns last week he proved to be the difference. The Suns came into the game with a seven game winning streak. The Clippers snapped streak and silenced their trash talking. After a pair of flagrant fouls...
In the past thirty days, the Pac-12 Conference has had a time to remember. The much-maligned conference, often ridiculed by their friends in the east, have put together a memorable run of success in basketball and the other Olympic sports. As former UCLA basketball great Bill Walton often states, the Pac-12 is the "Conference of Champions" and lately that has never been truer. The highlight of the past month was the performance of the Pac-12 schools in the NCAA basketball tournament, both the...
Los Angeles Football Club wrapped up its two-match preseason series with the New England Revolution last Saturday, rallying for a 3-3 draw as head coach Bob Bradley prepared his squad for this Saturday's 2021 home-opener versus Austin FC, Major League Soccer's latest franchise entry to be initiated at the Banc of California Stadium. Last year, LAFC welcomed Inter Miami into the MLS with a 1-0 shutout in the season opener at the Banc. "The past two Saturdays I think the two teams have gone after...
By Jack Simon, Observer Staff Writer The Santa Monica City Council will consider at its April 13 meeting an emergency ordinance which would ban certain items that “can be weaponized” at public assemblies and community events. “There is an increasing concern about violence at public events and about violent clashes at such events between those with opposing views and numerous public protests, demonstrations, and rallies conducted throughout the nation,” said city staff in a report. The report cited the cities of Washington D.C, Charlot...
Spring is in the Air! Cabeza de Vaca Cultural Dance School invites you to join us for Folklorico Fitness. We are currently teaching 2 outdoor Dance classes in Santa Monica. Mondays 2:45 pm- Contact us for Location Tuesdays 5:30 pm @ The Famous Santa Monica Pier Current Classes we offer include Aztec Dance & Drum, Ballet Folklorico Santa Monica, BellyDance, Hawaiian Dance, Yoga, Mayan Cacao Ceremony, and Meso American BallGame. • Only Folklorico dance school in Santa Monica • Master Dance Instructors • Classes in beautiful Santa Monica • Ind...
By Samuel Alioto The City of Santa Monica this week launched its pilot Right to Counsel project, an initiative to provide legal assistance and support for tenants facing eviction amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will help address what is expected to be a wave of evictions in the wake of the public health and economic crises created by the COVID-19 emergency, city officials said in a press release. Local and state eviction moratoriums “have delayed and blunted the impact of potential early evictions, but there is little doubt that a...
This petition against me is categorically false, mean-spirited, and harmful to our exemplary school district. The recall is baseless and does not serve our students or the voters of Santa Monica and Malibu. Here are a few important facts about our school district: unlike every other district in Los Angeles County, all students in SMMUSD (prek-12) will have access to five day a week, in person instruction by April 26th with teachers and staff who have been fully vaccinated. As neighboring...
4 Earthquake at 4:44 am. A 3.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the southern Los Angeles area early Monday morning, followed by a 4.0 magnitude quake less than half an hour later, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 3.3 magnitude quake hit at 4:15 a.m. followed by a 4.0 magnitude earthquake at 4:44 a.m., both located near Inglewood and around a mile from Lennox, according to USGS. Thousands of people reporting feeling the 4.0 quake. The epicenter of the larger earthquake was located south of West Century Boulevard near Hollywood Park Cas...
By Alyssa Erdley After more than a year of forced closure, the Pacific Park amusement park on the Santa Monica Pier has reopened. With the county entering the red, and then the orange tiers of public health restrictions, more sectors of the economy have been allowed to resume operations. However, continued fear over COVID-19 and the constant refrain of the rise of virus variants places restrictions on capacity and some aspects of business reopenings. The amusement park on the pier, for example, will have only a limited number of rides open and...
By Jack Simon Santa Monica may not be as renowned as Hollywood and Beverly Hills but a report from Stacker has revealed the home to Third Street Promenade, the Pier and a sun-drenched coastline was one of the top 5 beach town in the United States in 2020. Santa Monica placed fifth in the survey, just one ranking below Newport Beach. In fact, it was ranked higher that all the beach cities in the South Bay and most of the coastal towns in Southern California. Stacker – a news organization c...
