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COMMENTARY By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist The Culver City Community Development Director of the Housing Division, Tevis Barnes, will soon be presenting to City Council a proposal for three areas of study related to affordable housing and homelessness. • Re-use of motels, with the goal of converting them to affordable-housing units. • Sites for small, pre-manufactured homes, which may include shipping-box style homes. • Seasonal homeless shelters. The tentative date for this prese...
School districts across our state need to encourage and hire new teachers to come into the profession as veteran teachers retire. The average rate of teaching staff retirements found in most school districts is less than 10 percent annually. Having your highest-paid teachers retire is one way that school districts can reduce staffing costs. But it’s those same teachers that usually have the most expertise gained through classroom experience. So, it cannot be done willy-nilly. If the retirement plan is not properly balanced, an “experience gap...
Culver City officials have set Oct. 22 as the deadline to register to vote in the crucial Culver special election on Nov. 6 that could result in higher local sales taxes and, possibly, another major change in the City’s 100-year-old Charter. Properly-registered Culver voters will be asked to vote on two key measures. The proposed sales-tax increase that will be on the November ballot is part of the City’s Measure C. It would hike the local rate to 10.25 percent from the current 10 percent, wit...
What some say was a record-breaking crowd, thousands of Culverites and others from across the Southland thronged to Veterans Memorial Park last weekend for the annual Fiesta La Ballona extravaganza. Children screamed with delight on a variety of carnival rides, teenagers exchanged furtive glances and adults visited dozens of community-related informational booths as well as mini-tents that hawked everything from $3-sunglasses to $200-skirts. Live bands provided constant entertainment at the...
Friday night entertainment is Culver City High Football. The Centaurs offense was on full display as they dominated West Torrance High in their season opener, 62-20, on Aug. 24. However, it was the defense that set the tone early on and smothered the Warriors' second-half chances. The onslaught began late in the first quarter and quickly ramped up to a 35-0 halftime lead. West High's defense had very few answers to Culver's speed and size as the Centaurs scored nine touchdowns in the game while...
The Culver City Centaurs thrashed Peninsula High. Read all the details later this week in Sport Reporter Fred Altieri's story on the game...
DEAR DAVE: My husband and I are getting divorced. He has a good job and wants to keep our house, so he says that he’ll make all of the future mortgage payments if I agree to sign a “quitclaim deed” that would give my half-interest in the home to him. This seems OK to me, but what do you think? ANSWER: I don’t know how much you trust your husband, nor the future of his job that would be needed to make the payments on the house. For legal purposes, though, the lender on the home that you and your...
The Culver City Democratic Club will hold its monthly general meeting on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Sepulveda Peace Center, 3916 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Members in good standing will vote on endorsement of the candidates and the local propositions on the November ballot. The candidates for the Culver City School Board have been invited to speak and will be seeking the endorsement of the Club. More information can be found at www.culvercitydemocraticclub.com....
In a major lawsuit that has started in New York but could spread all the way to Culver City, Airbnb is suing the city of New York over a new law that allows local officials to collect data on Airbnb hosts, including names and addresses. Airbnb claims such an ordinance violates users’ constitutional rights. The law, which aims to institute stricter checks and balances on short-term rentals in the city, is set to take effect this winter. “The ordinance is an unlawful end-run around established restraints on governmental action and violates cor...
By Bill Seals Sports Reporter Are the Chargers Super Bowl contenders? The Los Angeles Chargers have gone through the preseason as if the goal is to avoid injuries to their starters. Winning has been secondary to being ready for the regular season, which starts Sept. 9 against the Kansas City Chiefs at the StubHub Center in Carson. The Chargers lost to the New Orleans Saints 36-7 at the StubHub Center last week, yet there seemed to be little concern about the beatdown. Head Coach Anthony Lynn...
The Culver City High School Centaurs will host an improving football squad from Palos Verdes Peninsula on Friday, Aug. 31. The Peninsula Panthers opened the 2018 season in fine fashion when they derailed Oak Park, 42-21. Quarterback Ethan Gretzinger completed eight of 13 passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran the ball 12 times for 85 yards and a TD. Obviously, the Centaurs need to keep an eye on Gretzinger and also the Panthers’ strong running back, Mason O’Conner. Gretzinger is an athlete who can both run and throw well, whi...
Bruins, Trojans both Open at HThe Bruins and Trojans both kick-off their 2018 football seasons Sept. 1 at home, when USC plays UNLV at 1 p.m. at the Coliseum and UCLA facing University of Cincinnati at the Rose Bowl at 4 p.m. Both teams will have new quarterbacks and UCLA will have a new head coach, Chip Kelly. The Bruins, who are coming off a disappointing 6-7 season, are facing another major hurdle. They recently suspended six players for the game against Cincinnati for “unspecified v...
Dozens of Culver City residents showed-up recently at the Seniors Center to learn more about the Culver City Police Department's controversial plan to launch a fleet of "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." More simply put, drones. The City Council approved a plan earlier this year to purchase a handful of drones. They are about the size of a small microwave oven and can be operated by a police officer sitting at a desk, rather than walking the streets or driving a patrol car Police say that the drones...
Dateline: Friday, August 31, 2018 Aaron Donald is now the standard. The Los Angeles Rams announced today that they have agreed to a six-year, $137 million contract extension. It's the richest contract ever offered to a defensive player in NFL history. $87 million is guaranteed to the 2017 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and should keep Donald with the Rams through the 2024 season. Donald, who held out of training camp the past two seasons as leverage to signing a contract extension, finally...
