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A section of Sepulveda Boulevard was closed to traffic last Monday following reports of an underground explosion. The Culver City Police Department this week said there was an underground electrical vault explosion near Sepulveda Boulevard and Slauson Avenue, but no injuries were reported. The explosion caused damage to the road, police said. Eastbound Slauson Avenue, from Sepulveda Boulevard, was shut down for several hours as Southern California Edison investigated the explosion and repaired...
Culver City police have arrested a Long Beach man who allegedly stabbed a passenger on Culver City Bus and also attempted to rob a customer at Trader Joe’s on Tuesday afternoon. On May 31, around 4:30 p.m., police officers were dispatched to the Culver City Bus transfer station, located at 6000 Sepulveda Blvd., where they found the victim of a stabbing, according to the Culver City Police Department. Culver City Fire Department also responded to the scene and provided medical aid to the victim w...
Two people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a man opened fire inside a Culver City bar last Saturday night. The shooting took place around 10:50 p.m. on May 28 at the bar located on the 13400 block of Washington Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, Police said a man in his 30s walked into a bar and began shooting at the bar’s security guards, who returned fire, striking the shooter and a bystander. The shooter and the bystander were transported to the hospital f...
At the Thursday June 9th meeting of Protect Culver City, city council candidate Dan O’Brien will be appearing to meet the people. He will be taking questions. The meeting will take place at7pm @at Rush Street located at 9546 Washington Blvd. in downtown Culver City. This meeting will be. In-person and not available online....
All nine colleges of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) will serve as official in-person Vote Center locations operated by the Los Angeles County Registrar- Record/County Clerk Office for eligible voters to cast ballots in the California Primary Election on June 7, 2022. Registered voters can cast their ballots early at the centers or drop off their completed ballots per times and locations noted below. Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles Southwest College and Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) will each host 11-day Vote...
The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, Ed.D., is making a special appearance as the keynote speaker for the Los Angeles City College Commencement Ceremony on June . The event begins at 5 p.m. at the historic Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Dr. Biden is a long-time advocate for higher education, especially community colleges. Since 2009, Dr. Biden has been a member of the faculty at Northern Virginia Community College. Dr. Biden has strong ties to Los Angeles City College (LACC) as well....
Betty Trepany, 98, longtime resident of Santa Monica, was born in Detroit to George and Elizabeth McClellan. After graduating from high school, she entered the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent in Monroe, Mich. She realized she was being called in a different direction and left before taking her final vows. She continued teaching after leaving the convent and always looked fondly on the years she spent teaching elementary school. She was overjoyed when students she taught in fourth grade at St. Augustine in Culver City...
UCLA softball is a super program. A dynasty. They are headed back to the College Softball World Series for the seventh time in a row. For the past 40 years the program has been one of the best in the nation. Thirteen National Championships is their calling card. The head coach, Kelly Inouye-Perez is 267-102 in her 16 seasons as the manager of the Bruins. The Bruins will played Texas in the first round of the World Series last Thursday. If they win, they will play Saturday at 12 p.m. and if they...
After adding two cornerbacks, one safety and one defensive tackle through the NFL draft, it would have been easy to assume that the Los Angeles Chargers were done accruing talent on the defensive side of the ball. After all, they had added three free agent starters, including All-Pro cornerback J.C. Jackson, and traded for All-Pro outside linebacker Khalil Mack. The assumption that the Chargers were done would have been wrong. Since the 2022 NFL draft ended on April 30th, the Chargers have...
The USC women’s volleyball team will add graduate transfers Kelli Barry (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) and Kalyah Williams (Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS) to its fall 2022 roster head coach Brad Keller announced on Friday, May 27. “We are excited to announce the additions of Kelli and Kalyah to our fall roster,” said Keller. “Kelli brings so much to the table both on and off the court. She has an infectiously positive attitude along with a great work ethic, that we feel will fi...
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 Sunday, May 29. 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 third a...
People say you should save your best for the last performance. That’s just what the Culver City girls track team did when they competed against some of the top track and field athletes in the nation at the California State track and field finals last week in Clovis, California at Buchanan high school. Every year the track and field eyes are on this meet because the student athletes produce some of the best times and marks in the world. “It was an awesome experience to see our girls track tea...
By Stan Greene Three young women found unresponsive, in apparent fentanyl overdose in Santa Monica Tuesday night 5.25: Three young women found unresponsive in apparent fentanyl overdose in Santa Monica. A large number of police and fire fighters responded to the incident, near Santa Monica college late last night. Two 16 year old girls were said to be in critical but stable condition. A father had gone looking for his daughter, who sent him a text message. He came by to check up on his daughter, and discovered the three in distress. One police...
Sheriff on the Beach The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. will conduct enhanced patrols starting Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day at all L.A. County beaches from Playa Del Rey to Malibu. County beaches such as Santa Monica are patrolled both by the Sheriff and the Santa Monica Police, who have overlapping jurisdiction. Santa Monica’s population can increase by as much as 300,000 people on a holiday weekend, if the weather is nice. Most behave well, but a few do not. The additional force should help secure the pier and the Venice B...
By Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff Writer May 26, 2022 - Property owners surrounding the former downtown Santa Monica parking structure 3 noticed that the lights attached to the building were permanently shut off on Tuesday evening, May 10, by Southern California Edison. These lights illuminate the alley behind the parking structure for about 225 linear feet. . In addition, 8 city light poles from Arizona to Santa Monica Boulevard are out. On top of the lack of light at night, the construction site is left unlocked at night. In letter to City...
"Two Marines killed, several wounded. I was hesitant to write about this, however, it's the reality of this place. Everyone in the battalion is getting through this." - Ricardo Crocker, in one of his e-mail dispatches to his Santa Monica Police Department colleagues About 100 runners took place in the second Rick Crocker memorial run on Thursday 5.2622. The run started at the Santa Monica Pier Inglewood mayor James Butts said "I hired Rick Crocker, we all loved the guy." Butts was the police chi...
By Jack Simon, Observer Staff Writer 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 t...
Associated Press 5.27.22 The baby formula shortage took a dramatic turn for the worse last week, according to data on 130,000 stores across the US. Out-of-stock rates spiked to 70% nationally for the week ending May 21, up from 45% the prior week, based on data from the retail-tracking firm Datasembly. In many cities and states, the situation was far more dire. More than two-thirds of states had shortage rates over 70%, with California, Missouri, Minnesota, Nevada, Montana, Louisiana, Arizona...
. LOS ANGELES - (KTTV) Navy veteran Michael Williams came back from the Gulf War decades ago but says he feels like he's still fighting. "We are a small group of people fighting the rich," Williams told KTTV. He showed us the tiny home he now lives in on the Veterans Administration lands in West Los Angeles. It's a shelter he got after the tent encampment outside the VA gates incensed local leaders and neighbors. "We're living in sheds," he said. "This is supposed to be my home and look how I'm treated." He explains that this land was deeded...
Two concerts that you don't want to miss will be landing at the Saban Theatre. Justin Hayward on June 7th and Bob Eubanks presents Backstage with the Beatles on June 10th. Having chalked up over fifty years at the peak of the music and entertainment industry, Hayward, Moody Blues frontman is currently touring the U.S. and England, this time solo with his own band. He has one of the all-time most distinguished voices and is also lead guitarist and composer for the Moody Blues. The band has sold...
The Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC) will celebrate 25 successful seasons with a Benefit Gala to be directed and produced by OPC Artistic Director Robert Egan at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City on June 4. This is their first major OPC event in LA. The gala tilted “Caring and Daring Together,” will feature scenes from some of the best known plays developed at OPC and will also honor the inspiration, vision and commitment of Luis Alfaro, Olga Garay-English and Kerry English (po...
By Baylor College of Medicine After countless school shootings, parents and children are terrified and confused. Parents and guardians struggle with explaining the terror to their children, while they also fear sending them back to school. Baylor College of Medicine experts offer tips for those struggling during this difficult time. Talking to your child Before talking to your child about traumatic events, ask your child what they know about the event. According to Dr. Laurel Williams, child...
Dear Editor, The recently-expired monthly federal Child Tax Credit payments cut child poverty dramatically in California by over 33%.1 California has an opportunity now to step in and keep those children from falling back into poverty. California has a budget surplus in the tens of billions of dollars this year.2 Providing low-income California families with $2,000 per child would cost the state less than $5 billion. Data shows that in January, right after the Child Tax Credit expired, the...
When: Saturday, June 4 at 7:30pm Tickets Start at $50 Box office at 1310 11th St. Santa Monica CA 90401 A multi-generational and globe-spanning supergroup of six female jazz greats, ARTEMIS, performing on the Main Stage at The Broad Stage on Saturday, June 4 at 7:30 PM. Artemis is comprised of pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, clarinetist Anat Cohen, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, bassist Noriko Ueda, and drummer Allison Miller. The group is distinctive not...
