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To play soccer is to suffer. Angel City FC had a packed crowd of 18,784 at Banc of California Stadium on the edge of their seats with a sustained offensive blitz late in the second half but came up empty in a 1-0 loss to the Gotham FC of New Jersey New York on Memorial Day Sunday. ACFC deserved a better result as they dominated NJYGFC in every conceivable facet except for the all-important scoreboard. "We showed real dominance in the second half. Initially, we were just rushing in the final...
A large mixed-use development proposed for a 3.5-acre site just on the outskirts of Culver City has received the green light for construction. Recently, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission approved a proposal to redevelop the storage facility at 3401 S. La Cienega Boulevard – near the La Cienega/Jefferson Metro station – with new housing and commercial uses and parking for 785 vehicles. Development plans call for the construction of two mid-rise buildings featuring 260 residential uni...
U.S. Postal Service employee Dewayne Morris Sr. and his son and namesake were charged in federal court with multiple felony counts of bank fraud and conspiracy in connection with the theft of $5 million in Postal money order forms, the Department of Justice announced this week. Morris Sr., 62, along with his son, Dewayne Morris Jr., 39, and four others were charged with conspiring to convert the stolen money order forms into cash, the DOJ said. According to the indictment, Morris Sr., then a supervisor for post offices in Venice, Playa del...
On Wednesday, May 18, 20 first grade students from Linwood Howe rode Culver CityBus Line 7 for a Field Trip on Transit! Field trips on transit exposes students to public transportation using buses in regular service and allows students access to some exciting destinations. In addition to providing for the students’ field trip transportation needs, the program is designed to educate CCUSD youth on the use of their TAP card (GoPass), ease of taking public transit, and how to practice safe behavior...
The National PTA has named El Rincon the winner of the 2022 Jan Harp Domene Diversity and Inclusion Award! El Rincon Elementary is the only individual school in the nation to be given this distinction. The award includes $1,000 cash, a plaque, and recognition at the National PTA 125th Anniversary Convention in Maryland. Huge thanks and congratulations to El Rincon PTA Diversity & Equity Committee Co-Chairs VK Shah and Eleanor Lipat-Chesler, and the rest of the committee members! The school’s man...
The dream start for Angel City FC continues to turn heads in Los Angeles and in the soccer world as they won their third game is four regular season matches. ACFC turned Banc of California Stadium into a Saturday night Angel fever by shutting out the Kansas City Current, 1-0, before a packed crowd of 18,514 on May 21. The win moved the team into second place (9 points) in the NWSL standings behind the league leading San Diego Wave FC (12 points). "You could just see little incremental...
Six Culver City high school girls will be running in one of the top track and field State Meets in the nation when they step on the track at Buchanan high school in Clovis, California Friday evening during the California State Meet prelims. If they advance, they will run in the finals on Saturday. There are 3,892 high schools in California, 3,162 public schools and 730 private schools and Culver City will be running in three events. "I knew we were talented, and I knew we had a shot but to watch...
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has been named to the All-NBA Third Team. The selection marks the 18th consecutive All-NBA honor of his career, extending an NBA record for most selections in league history. James averaged 30.3 points (.524 FG%), 8.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists. 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks in 56 games, marking the 18th straight season he has averaged 25+ points and adding to an already-standing NBA record. An 18-time NBA All-Star, James moved to second place on the NBA's...
A homeless man sleeps on the corner of 6th St. and Calif. Ave. Opinion By John Alle May 13, 2022 - The Ambassador program is a waste, and in the words of Councilmember Phil Brock, DTSM, Inc. itself must be dissolved. We need real law enforcement during the hours of 11 pm and 8 am. Private security has not worked and puts us all at physical and legal risk. The following was witnessed and photographed from this morning. 1) Ambassador following a City Maintenance street sweeper and power washer,...
Safe Place for Youth, 6th Annual Gala at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica on Thursday June 9 to raise vital funds to provide a caring connection and housing for 1,000 unhoused and at-risk young people annually. The Safe Place for Youth 6th Annual Gala will take place under the historic fig tree in front of the hotel with live music, food, specialty cocktails and a silent auction. The event will honor Los Angeles City Councilmember, Mike Bonin and Specialty Family Foundation for their...
By David Ganezer “The continued prosperity of California’s richest taxpayers is filling state coffers with a $97.5 billion surplus, bringing the state’s next budget to a record $300 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday,” writes the LA Times. “It’s California’s largest budget and biggest surplus ever.” So. California has a massive budget surplus of nearly $100 billion. This is a good thing, of course. But it also creates a problem for the liberal Democrats who have run the State for the last 20 years: What to do with the money? One obvi...
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - Reunited, and it feels so good. A 4-month-old Florida panther kitten was reunited with its mother in southwest Florida after a search that took nearly three months, local TV reports. Staff members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission learned about the lost kitten in March, the agency wrote in a Facebook post. The kitten was taken to the Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens for a health assessment, and FWC officials used a towel with the kitten's scent to...
Venice High School Locked Down Venice High School was temporarily locked down Friday morning following reports of a weapon on campus. Los Angeles Unified School District police were called to the school located at 13000 Venice Boulevard around 10 a.m., Sgt. Perez confirmed to the local press. As of 11:50 a.m., the school was considered safe and the lockdown had been lifted, Perez confirmed. Investigators did not find a weapon and no arrests were made. Barfight Leads to Arrest at the Fairmont Hotel A guy in a bar slaps security guard, gets...
By David Ganezer What was built on the former Norms restaurant site at Colorado and Lincoln Blvd at a cost of $40 million, is five stories tall and is pretty much devoid of people? Convinced that renters could and would pay top dollar to live ANYWHERE in Santa Monica, developers demolished the block of buildings between Colorado and the freeway 3 years ago and began to build like mad. Pack and stack apartment buildings now cover a neighborhood where traffic is constant. Developers completed the...
By David Ganezer Photo: Woman pushes a baby stroller past the US Postal Service dropbox, just reinstalled in front of Will Rogers Station on Wilshire near Euclid. Thank God for life's little pleasures! The mailbox in front of Wells Fargo station post office, at Euclid and Wilshire, is once again bolted in the cement where it belongs. So now you can once again mail a letter 24/7 in Santa Monica. The mailbox was gone during an 18 month absence, mostly to prevent thieves from stealing the mail...
By Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer Alex Villanueva is responding to controversy surrounding a campaign ad filmed in a local church. In the ad, the candidate and incumbent LA County Sheriff prays for compassion and guidance in solving problems such as crime and homelessness. Villanueva says the ad was filmed in the church he and his wife attend, and he was given permission to film it by the church. But the Archdiocese of Los Angeles released a statement saying it was filmed without its...
The LAPD responded after a 911 call reported a group of people fighting just north of the Venice pier on Wednesday, May 18th. A video going viral on social media (Twitch has the video); shows one of the women telling a man to stop harassing her and to stop taking pictures of her and the other women with his cell phone. The man refuses and starts to walk away. As he walks, he insults the bikini clad young females, who had asked him to stop filming. The video shows the women continue to follow the...
Concentrating on the ridiculous foibles of the rich and famous on the streets where they earn their political-correctness tickets, this book tastes like a cool drink of cage-free, paleo-friendly water. If you're looking for a locally-sourced, light and humorous summer (or anytime) read, Peter Borresen's Jones of the Bay might just hit the spot. This episodic detective novel blends comedy, Santa Monica satire, and murder mysteries that increase in intensity leading up to a final nail-biter and a...
By Christine Peake, Peakeprgroup.com 5.18: Mash Gallery successfully opened it's new location doors this past weekend and hundreds of the Los Angeles art community were on hand to admire the stunning collection of works on display at the new 'Formless Form' exhibit. The much anticipated red carpet event was the place to be with crowds spilling out onto La Cienega Blvd for the duration of the four hour event. Gallery owner, Santa Monica resident, the stunning Haleh Mashian was the Queen Bee of...
This Memorial Day weekend, May 28, Laurence Juber, guitarist extraordinaire, will be making a special solo acoustic appearance at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. First internationally recognized as lead guitarist in Paul McCartney's Wings, with whom he won a Grammy, Juber has since established himself as a world-renowned guitar virtuoso and entertainer. As a solo performer, recording artist, composer and arranger, his playing fuses folk, jazz, pop and classical styles. He is known througho...
Enlightening, thought-provoking, intriguing, profound, insightful, funny, heartbreaking, hopeful, inspiring – you name it. That describes Dear Friends, which was published in April and is the eighth annual anthology from POPS the Club, (https://popsclubs.org/). POPS stands for “pain of the prison system,” so this is not just any book. It delineates the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of students with incarcerated loved ones, who have created their stories, poetry, and artwork mainly in is...
The U.S. Postal Service has announced that it is closing its post office at 11111 Jefferson Blvd. on May 27 and relocating it two miles away to the Fox Hills area. Five years ago, the Postal Service was notified by the landlord of the Jefferson property that he was interested in redeveloping the parcel and would not renew their lease. Last September, the Culver City Council approved a mixed-use development which would replace the post office, Coco's Bakery and an auto repair shop at the...
