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  • Annual Report on Use of Military Equipment used in Culver City

    Sep 19, 2024

    Thursday, September 26, at 6:30 PM a public meeting will take place To discuss use of Military Equipment. An annual report by The Culver City Police Department, as required by state law. The meeting will be held in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers at city hall 9770 Culver Blvd. located in Culver City. A link will be provided on the day of the meeting....

  • Move Culver City Moves Down Boulevard

    Stephen Hadland, Culver City Observer Editor & Publisher|Sep 19, 2024

    Move Culver City enters next phase with signing, stripping, and traffic signal modifications are coming to Culver Blvd between Duquesne Ave and Canfield Ave and Washington Blvd between Canfield Ave and La Cienega Blvd. The improvements include: A protected, 24/7 bus-bike lane on Culver Blvd from Duquesne Ave to Canfield Ave and on Washington Blvd from Canfield Ave to Helms Ave. Extension of the existing bus-bike lanes on Washington Blvd from La Cienega Ave eastward to La Cienega Blvd (approx....

  • California's Earthquake Warning System Notified Millions

    Sep 19, 2024

    What you need to know: The state's earthquake Early Warning System notified millions of Californians through emergency alerts - some up to 20 seconds before shaking started. California's first-in-the-nation Earthquake Early Warning System provided advance notification to millions of Californians in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties this morning about a 4.7 magnitude earthquake that occurred near Malibu. The 7:28 a.m. earthquake, centered 4.4 miles north of Malibu in the Santa Monica Mount...

  • Sister Ellen Mary Conefrey Obituary

    Sep 19, 2024

    Conefrey, Sister Ellen Mary (Mary Colmcille), DMJ. Born October 3, 1927, in Corglass, Co. Longford, Ireland, the fifth of seven children. Died on September 3, in Paramount, California, one month shy of her 97th birthday, in the 72nd year of her religious life. At the time of her death, Sister Ellen was surrounded by her loving community and family members. Sister Ellen was preceded in death by her parents John Joe Conefrey and Bridget McKeon, brothers Seamus, Sean, Tommy and Charlie, sisters...

  • Culver City Questions What to do with former Retting Gunstore

    Sep 19, 2024

    The City of Culver City is seeking input from the community on what it should do with the City-owned property at 11029 Washington Boulevard, which it purchased in 2023. • Use the online visioning form to share your ideas with the City. The property is a 0.2777-acre parcel containing a 4,660 square foot, one-story building with a former retail and office use built in 1953. The site is a corner lot with 20 parking spaces. The parcel is zoned Mixed-Use Corridor 1 - 35 dwelling units per acre. G...

  • General Plan 2045, Zoning Code Updates Approved

    Sep 19, 2024

    Five years in the making, the City Council approved the General Plan 2045 and Zoning Code Updates The General Plan establishes the City's long-term vision to guide how the city will develop for the next 20 years. The General Plan update kicked off in 2019 and was developed through a robust community outreach process including over 50 public meetings, 14 community pop-up informational events, 18 General Plan Advisory meetings, 20 Technical Advisory Community Meetings, 13 Planning Commission and...

  • Lendlease and Aware Super Close $316M Financing for Habitat a Culver City Mixed-Use Project

    Sep 19, 2024

    Habitat is an office, multifamily and retail project at 3401 S. La Cienega Boulevard. Scheduled for completion in 2026, Habitat will comprise a six-story office building, a 260-unit, 12-story luxury apartment complex and 2,900 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant spaces. Lendlease and joint venture partner Aware Super closed on $316 million in construction funding for Habitat. Habitat, designed by SHoP Architects and Steinberg Hart, will feature a, a six-story creative office...

  • Seeking Community Input on Future of Former Gun Store Property

    Sep 19, 2024

    The City of Culver City is seeking input from the community on what it should do with the City-owned property at 11029 Washington Boulevard, which it purchased in 2023. On Monday, City Council approved the community outreach plans, as well as the proposed art project led by Artist Laureate Katy Krantz. Mayor Yasmine-Imani McMorrin, Vice Mayor Dan O'Brien, and Council Members Goran Eriksson and Freddy Puza all voted in favor of the motion. Council Member Albert Vera was absent for Monday's...

  • Morris Price of Culver City Dies

    Sep 19, 2024

    Morris (Morrie) Price of Culver City, CA, passed away peacefully in his home at the age of 97, surrounded by family and friends, on September 13, after a long battle with dementia. Morris was born on April 1, 1927, in Wolbrom, Poland. He was the youngest of six children. His life was brutally disrupted following the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. Morris was sent to a forced labor camp at the age of 12, later to Auschwitz, and finally to Dachau, where he was ultimately liberated by American...

  • Bus Detours During Construction

    Sep 19, 2024

    Bus detours began on September 5 and will continue through the end of construction. All transit buses will detour onto Venice Boulevard between Clarington Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard. These detours will affect Culver CityBus Lines 1, 1C1, 5, and 7, LADOT CE437A, Big Blue Bus Route 17, and Metro Line 617. In general, Culver CityBus buses will use existing Metro bus stops on Venice. Use the NextCCBus app or visit the Culver CityBus website for updated bus stops, detours and closure...

  • Culver Football Scores and Schedule

    Sep 19, 2024

    Fri, Aug 30 Loss Culver City 28 San Jacinto 42 (Culver City won on a forfeit). Fri, Sep 06 WIN Culver City 42 Narbonne 28 Thu, Sep 12 WIN Culver City 37 Salesian 7 - - Fri, Sep 20 Culver City @ Warren 9:00 PM - Fri, Sep 27 Culver City @ Dorsey 9:00 PM 0-1 (0-0) Non League Los Angeles, CA - - Fri, Oct 04 Palos Verdes@ Culver City 9:00 PM - Fri, Oct 11 Culver City @ Mira Costa 9:00 PM- Fri, Oct 18 Leuzinger@ Culver City 9:00 PM- Fri, Oct 25 Culver City @ Lawndale 9:00 PM Fri, Nov 01 Inglewood at Culver City 9:00 PM...

  • Department Statement Regarding Viral Video

    Sep 19, 2024

    The Culver City Police Department is aware of a video circulating on social media depicting a group recording a "scam the scammer" confrontation at a Culver City hotel. To mitigate any potential misunderstandings, we are sharing information on what occurred. In April 2023, Culver City Police responded to a call about a subject inside a hotel room refusing to leave. The officers diffused the situation and documented the facts in a report. Edited video clips of the encounter, later posted by a...

  • Santa Monica College Theatre Arts to Stage "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches"

    Sep 19, 2024

    The Santa Monica College (SMC) Theatre Arts Department will perform "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" Sept. 27 - Oct. 6 in the Theatre Arts Main Stage on the SMC Main Campus, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" tells the story of two troubled couples - one gay, one straight - facing different challenges as the AIDS crisis explodes in the 1980s. The play, spiced with a bit of fantasia, looks at the social, sexual, and religious...

  • GUEST COMMENTARY The Bumpy Road To Self-Driving Cars

    l DeVries|Sep 19, 2024

    A slew of recent announcements suggests that the self-driving cars of the future have arrived. Google sibling Waymo is rolling out paid autonomous taxi rides in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Elon Musk announced plans to unveil Tesla's robotaxi this October. This momentum is enough to make city planners hopeful for an imminent transformation. But widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles could be a long time coming. Before self-driving cars can live up to their potential, we need major changes...

  • Register to Vote Today

    Sep 19, 2024

    National Voter Registration Day is here, and with the California General Election less than 3 months away, now is the perfect time to ensure you're ready to vote! Earlier this year, CAUSE partnered with UCLA's Asian American Studies Center and Loyola Marymount University to conduct a study on Asian American Voter Access in Los Angeles. Understanding their voting experience and how effective voting materials and resources has offered important insight and shaped CAUSE's work this election...

  • Light in the Piazza Comes to Broad Stage for One Night Musical

    Sep 19, 2024

    An intimate story of contemporary and timeless romance produced by the Musical Theatre Guild is coming to the Broad Stage in Santa Monica for a one-night only, semi-staged reading at the end of September, launching the first of many performances for the guild's 2024-2025 season. "The Light in the Piazza" is a Tony-award winning lush, sophisticated and classical musical about a mother and daughter discovering their true selves while visiting Florence, inspired by the 1962 romantic comedy film...

  • Public Health Investigating Unprecedented Cluster of Locally Acquired Dengue Cases

    Sep 19, 2024

    The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating two additional cases of locally acquired dengue in residents of the City of Baldwin Park. These residents have no history of travel to areas where dengue is endemic prior to their symptoms. This now brings the total number of cases of locally acquired dengue in LA County in 2024 to three, which is an unprecedented number of locally transmitted cases for a region where dengue has not previously been transmitted by mosquitoes. Pub...

  • ERBA Markets

    Sep 19, 2024

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  • Sean "Diddy" Combs Denied Bail

    Sep 19, 2024

    U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter said Wednesday that the government had proved "by clear and convincing evidence that there is no condition or set of conditions" that will ensure that Mr. Combs doesn't mess with witnesses or anything else involved with the case. Mr. Combs pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom to federal charges of sex trafficking by force, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday painted a...

  • Community Events Calendar

    Sep 19, 2024

  • Sep 19, 2024

    If you have already filed your DBA and it needs to be published, just scan the front page of the certified copy and email it to: publisher@culvercityobserver.com. We will publish it for 4 weeks. After the final run we will file a Proof of Publication with the county clerk. Our fee is $59. Be sure to include your phone number so we can call you for payment .I need to have this information to prepare the paperwork for your DBA: 1. Name you’ve selected for your business 2. Any additional names 3...