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Los Angeles police are looking for a sexual predator who broke into a Westwood apartment and groped a sleeping woman Friday morning. The assault occurred around 4 a.m. in the 11000 block of Strathmore Drive, near UCLA, according to Los Angeles Police Department. The victim reported that she was awakened by movement in her bedroom. "She saw a white male standing over her," LAPD said in a press release. "He groped her over her clothes before she jumped up and pushed him out of the apartment." Suspect is described as a white male, 25 to 30 years...
A shopper at the Westfield Culver City mall was severely wounded in a shooting last Thursday night and local police are searching for two suspects who remain at large, authorities said. The victim was shot multiple times in the leg and he is listed in critical condition in a local hospital, Culver City Police Department said. The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. on August 26 near the JC Penney store inside the mall, located at 6000 Sepulveda Blvd., said CCPD. The reporting party told police...
Contending with the highly transmissible Delta variant, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department reported yesterday that Covid-19 cases have been increasing most rapidly among children 5 to 11 years old, who are not eligible for vaccination. Between August 14 and August 21, the rate of infection rose by 50% among children 5 to 11, 13% in children 0 to 4 years old, and 24% in children 12 to 17 years old, public health officials reported. Over the last week, the rate dipped 2-4% among the...
For many of us the most strenuous birthday activity we engage in is blowing out the candles. Not so for Ajae Clearway. Clearway, a cinematic video game producer and director who resides in Culver City, turned 50 in July and wanted to celebrate in epic style. The result: a 21.5 mile swim through the Catalina Channel that started August 15th and ended the following day at Palos Verdes Estates. She got her wish, completing the most ambitious swim she had ever done. "People have been attempting and...
Dear Alex Fisch, Daniel Lee and Yasmine McMorrin, I do not support your program of gentrifying Culver City and displacing people of color and the middle class by eliminating R-1 zoning. You are advocating a program that will decrease housing for people of color, older residents on a fixed income and young families. It is trickle down Ronald Reaganomics of deregulation that will only enrich institutional investors and out of state and foreign corporate interests. The measures that you support...
The Culver City Centaurs successfully kicked off the 2021 varsity football season on the road with a 31-0 shutout over West Torrance High at Fred Peterson Stadium last Friday night. The tide has definitely turned between the two schools in the past decade. It was Culver City High's fourth consecutive win over the Warriors after having lost the previous five meetings in the series. The game also marked a new quarterback chapter in Culver City Football history as freshman quarterback Alonzo...
The Los Angeles Chargers have their 53-man roster and are ready to go. Despite an uninspiring 27-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks last Saturday night in Seattle, the Chargers accomplished what they set out to do in the preseason. They kept their starters healthy and were able to evaluate the rest of the roster in the three preseason games. The Chargers ended up 1-2 in the preseason. On Tuesday, the Chargers announced their initial 53-man roster for the 2021 season: Quarterbacks (3): Justin...
By LAFC Communications LAFC announced today that the Club has agreed to send Diego Rossi to Turkish Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe S.K for an initial loan period that will begin immediately. "This is an exciting next step in Europe for Diego," LAFC Co-President & General Manager John Thorrington said. "We are forever grateful to Diego for the way he helped build this Club both on and off the field from day one. To see him grow into a great player who will now perform in the Europa League with F...
By Sarah Storkin First line responders and their supporters rallied at Tongva Park on Saturday to protest impending vaccine mandates. About 2500 people gathered under cloudy skies to hear speakers declare that if the city of Santa Monica makes vaccines a condition of their employment, they will lose their jobs. Several said they have put themselves on the front line and risked their lives for 18 months, starting before there were Covid vaccines. And now, with their livelihoods threatened, they...
By Stan Greene 8/24: Santa Monica will no longer tolerate the use of non-permitted combustible fuels on or around the Pier nor the dumping of commercial trash or liquid waste in city receptacles and storm drains. At its Tuesday night's meeting, the Santa Monica City Council approved an emergency ordinance to address "public safety and environmental risks arising from increased crowds and commercial activities, particularly in the Pier and beach area." "The Santa Monica Pier is a historical woode...
Home-security footage was the bearer of bad news for a Connecticut woman expecting an Amazon package. Kristin Levine of Bristol shared video Monday on Facebook of a black bear lumbering down her driveway - with her package in tow. At first, Levine thought the package "likely was one of the back-to-school bulk snacks I ordered for the kids," the woman wrote of the grizzly theft. It turns out the bundle contained rolls of toilet paper, and the disinterested bear dropped it off in the neighbors'...
By Jack Simon, Observer Staff Writer A woman cyclist reportedly riding in circles in the middle of a Venice intersection was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver last Friday and Los Angeles police are asking for the public’s help in finding the suspect. The deadly accident occurred around 3:05 a.m. on August 20 at the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Rose Avenue, according to Los Angeles Police Department press release. The cyclist was struck by a vehicle traveling northbound on Pacific Avenue, police said. “The vehicle continued nor...
The manager of Chase Bank, the manager of Footlocker, two property owners, a property manager, and I would like to meet with you today or tomorrow. Early this morning before dawn, Downtown Santa Monica was out of control. There is NO SECURITY, and no adequate response from your department from 12 midnight until 6 am, .or from DTSM, Inc. Here is what happened this morning, I have videos - - 1) My cleaning crew was again blocked from accessing the rear of my property on the 3rd Street Promenade...
New Polls: Newsom in Trouble Earlier this month, results from a SurveyUSA poll showed that 51% of likely voters in California’s upcoming recall election would vote to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. It was the first poll to show a majority favoring his removal and led to a dramatic shift in polling averages. Before these results, polling averages calculated by the politics and data website FiveThirtyEight showed a seven-point margin favoring keeping Newsom in office. But with SurveyUSA’s data, the margin narrowed to less than one poi...
Weiner: what if you ordered a Lyft and received a 27-foot hot dog? Kristen Zeis From the NY Post: The iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is hitting the street like a dog in heat across select neighborhoods in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, surprising unsuspecting Lyft riders. "Lyft has been helping riders get back to the summer fun they missed in 2020, whether you're headed to a family picnic, BBQ with friends, or attending a sports game or concert," said Ethan Eyler, Director of...
By Jack Simon, Observer Staff Writer Following in the footsteps of its neighbors, the Santa Monica City Council this week voted to require all city employees, volunteers and contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But the vote was not unanimous at Tuesday night's meeting. Councilmember Lana Negrete abstained, stating that, though she is vaccinated, she respects people who don't believe in vaccines. Voting against the measures was Councilmember Oscar de la Torre. He said he supports...
By Alyssa Erdley, News with Attitude August 25, 2021 - In an email addressed to the Santa Monica City Council and the Downtown Santa Monica Inc business improvement district, Promenade property owner John Alle described a Monday afternoon series of incidents at Parking Garage 3. Alle has been documenting stories of vagrants camping out in areas of the garage, distributing their trash and human waste, and harassment of the public for over a year now. Even after a horrific attempt to rape a woman...
By David Ganezer Randy's Donuts getting a touch of paint Time to get excited people! Randy's donuts at 9th Street and Wilshire will be opening next week, the owners have announced. What makes Randy's Donuts different? "We only use the freshest ingredients. We throw out donuts that are older than an hour," says one of the perky kids who will soon be selling donuts. Randy's Donuts is a bakery and landmark building in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles International Airport, in a style that...
By Samuel Alioto The City Council has resolved more pending claims and lawsuits against the City of Santa Monica arising out of allegations of sexual abuse by former city employee Eric Uller. Tuesday night, the Council approved settlements with 61 individuals who allege that Uller sexually abused or attempted to sexually abuse them between the late 1980s and early 2000s when many were youth participating in the Police Activities League (“PAL”) program, city officials said. “To each of the individuals impacted by these horrific crimes, we are d...
By Jack Simon The Santa Monica City Council this week revisited an emergency ordinance it voted down four months ago which would ban certain items that "can be weaponized" at public assemblies and community events. And after a lengthy debate and a friendly amendment at its Tuesday night’s meeting, the Council voted 6-1 to pass the emergency ordinance “to keep the protesters safe.” The reconsideration of the ordinance was prompted by the upcoming the “Rally of Freedom” – slated for this Sunday, August 29, at the Santa Monica Pier – which wil...
