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AP and Wire Services A Los Angeles County jury on Sept. 17th found real estate heir Robert Durst guilty of killing his close friend following a drawn-out trial in which prosecutors painted him as a narcissist who killed and lied to cover his tracks. Jurors – nine women and three men -- deliberated for just over seven hours over three days before announcing a verdict, which also included a guilty verdict on a charge of lying in wait and killing a witness. A sentencing hearing scheduled for Oct. 18. Durst, 78, who was not in the courtroom when t...
By David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer 8/29: While there was a lot of prayer, it did not turn out to be the apocalypse by the sea that some predicted. Antifa or other opposing demonstrators did not show up and Sunday's was entirely peaceful. "Our Bodies, Ourselves" was a common theme, as speaker after speaker opposed mandatory vaccinations. Cal. SB 455 would require coronavirus vaccinations to enter any building. Speakers expressed anger at lockdowns. One man wore a T Shirt reading "Covid 19...
LA Teachers Unions Wants Mandatory Vax for Kids A Los Angeles teachers union wants more stringent coronavirus guidelines for the nation’s second-largest school district. The Los Angeles Times reports, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) “is calling for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all eligible students and stricter quarantine rules while raising some objections to a new district mandate for online instruction when students are in quarantine.” The Times obtained a document dated August 26 called “Counterproposal #2” that the outlet sa...
Council To Consider Mandatory Vaccinations The Santa Monica City Council will consider at its August 24th meeting, whether City employees should be required to obtain vaccinations for Covid-19, prior to reporting for their jobs and as a condition of employment. The City Council (should) express its position that to protect the health and safety of both City Employees and the public we serve, absent legitimate medical or religious concerns, all city employees volunteers and contractors should be required to be fully vaccinated against...
By David Ganezer There are two perspectives on the current state of the pandemic in the U.S. One perspective is that it's time to accept some sickness and return to our lives. The New York Post recently printed an editorial entitled "Ignore the Hysteria: It's Time to Move Past Covid, America." The Post, a conservative newspaper founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1790, argues that with the vaccines, Covid is now like Influenza. Although the flu kills thousands of people every year, we do not shut...
CULVER The nation's blood supply shortage has reached a critical point. The Red Cross is urging people to donate. There is an especially large demand for type O donations; the country has about a one-day supply of the highly needed blood type, according to the Red Cross. Hospitals are treating a high number of traumatic injuries this summer. There is also high demand fororgan transplants and elective surgeries. The Red Cross has distributed about 12 percent more blood donations to hospitals across the U.S. this year compared with the same time...
Santa Monica High School has announced another Covid case among its students attending one of its summer programs. The text of the email is below. While 60% of adults in Los Angeles County have been vaccinated and are not at risk for Covid-19, many younger people are not vaccinated. Opinions vary about how much risk teenagers have with respect to Coronavirus. Text of the email from SamoHi follows. Dear Samohi Summer School families, You're receiving this email because your child was enrolled or is currently attending one of the summer programs...
With the summer demand for blood unusually high the Red Cross needs to collect more than 1,000 additional daily blood donations to meet current hospital demand. The demands are high due to an increase of to the high number of high traumatic injuries along with the need for organ transplants and elective surgeries. Red Cross Blood Donation SCHEDULE: 7/19/2021: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m., Culver City Blood Donation Center, 5359 Sepulveda Blvd (Culver City) 7/20/2021: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m., Culver City Blood Donation Center, 5359 Sepulveda Blvd (Culv...
By David Ganezer As suddenly as they disappeared 16 months ago, salad bars and hot food bars have returned to local markets this month. According to one source at a market, who asked not to be named, LA County Public Health has removed protocols that forbade salad bars and hot food bars during the Coronavirus pandemic. At Publichealth.lacounty.gov, there are a list of "Retired Protocols – Not in Effect." It does in fact say that "these following protocols and guidance documents are no longer i...
LA County Says Masks Up On Monday, health officials in Los Angeles County followed suit, recommending that “everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public places as a precautionary measure.” Barbara Ferrer, the county’s public health director, said the new recommendation was needed because of upticks in infections, a rise in cases due to the worrisome Delta variant, and persistently high numbers of unvaccinated residents, particularly children, Black and Latino residents and essential workers. NIH head Dr. Anthony Fauc...
On Thursday the State of California scheduled a Sept. 14 recall election that threatens to drive Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, the result of a political uprising driven by widespread angst over coronavirus orders that shuttered schools and businesses. The election in the nation's most populous state will be a marquee contest with national implications, watched closely as a barometer of the public mood heading toward the 2022 elections, when a closely divided Congress again will be in...
On the last day of sports competition for Culver City high school the boys and girls track and field teams continued to keep Culver City high school in the Southern California sports spot light. From the award-winning football team to the CIF finalist boy's lacrosse team the Centaurs maintained athletic excellence during the pandemic shorten sports season in 2021. Last Saturday at the CIF Southern Section Division 2 Track and Field championship finals held at Moorpark high school Culver City pla...
(AP) - California no longer will require social distancing and will allow full capacity for businesses when the state reopens on June 15, the state's top health official said Friday. "We're at a place with this pandemic where those requirements of the past are no longer needed for the foreseeable future," Secretary of California Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly said. He said dramatically lower virus cases and increasing vaccinations mean it's safe for California to remove nearly all...
Garcetti to be Appointed Ambassador to India Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has been tapped to become President Joe Biden's ambassador to India. Garcetti has yet to comment on the reports, and his departure is far from final. The White House also declined to comment to the Associated Press, other than to say "no one is final until they're announced." If the mayor were to resign and accept the post, he would still face Senate confirmation, which could take weeks or months. Should he step aside,...
The past college football season was challenging for many schools due to the pandemic and Pac-12 schools were no exception. The Pac-12 conference played an abbreviated football schedule last season due to the Covid-19 pandemic and it showed in the 2021 NFL draft. The Conference had 28 players drafted, the lowest number for the conference since the 2013 NFL draft. From 2014 through 2020, the Pac-12 has averaged 34 players per year in the NFL draft. The USC Trojans, Oregon Ducks, and Stanford...
1 in 3 Californians Believe Daily Dog Walks should be law. • 43% believe dog owners who don't walk their pets should receive a life ban from owning pets. • Half think tying up dogs for over an hour should be illegal. • Pandemic has increased the Pet Obesity Epidemic Paws & Pandemics: As humans, it's easy to get caught up in the way in which the coronavirus pandemic has affected our daily lives, forgetting the impact that lockdown has had on our furry friends. Being home for months on end has aff...
Staples Center Reopens The Staples Center reopened Friday April 16, after a 13 month closure due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Just 2000 fans will be admitted to watch the Lakers play their traditional rival the Boston Celtics, in the 19,000 capacity facility. Fans must be able to show proof of vaccination, to gain entry to the Staples center. Last week, for the first time in more than a year, fans in Los Angeles were allowed to watch professional sports in person. Some 15,000 Dodgers faithful showed up for the team’s April 9 home opener, and a...
AP and Observer Staff Santa Monica police limited access to the Pier on Easter Sunday, a result of crowds, mostly wearing masks, that tried to access the 120 year old wooden structure. Even with some limitations that exclude drinking at a bar, a lot of activities Californians haven't been able to enjoy for most of the past year are suddenly within reach as the state reopens more widely. Tired of lockdowns, people are outside enjoying the weather. April is bringing a fresh breath of warm spring...
Culver City students in third through fifth grades will return to campus for in-person instruction beginning next Monday, April 12, the local school district has announced. This week, transitional kindergarteners through second graders began returning to their campuses, with various safety and health protocols, according to the Culver City Unified School District. The reopening of the middle school and high school will be announced in the near future, said district spokesman Geoff Maleman. In a...
By Jack Simon There is more for Santa Monica and Westside residents in the recently-passed $1.9 trillion federal stimulus bill than $1,400 checks. The City of Santa Monica is slated to receive $29.3 million in federal grants, according to a report from the League of California Cities. Malibu will get $2.2 million, Culver City $7.3 million, Beverly Hills $6.3 million, while West Hollywood is expecting $6.8 million. Santa Monica Interim City Manager Lane Dilg said the federal aid of $29.3 million will “help offset the substantial COVID-related r...
There is more for Culver City and Westside residents in the recently-passed $1.9 trillion federal stimulus bill than $1,400 checks. The City of Culver City is slated to receive $7.3 million in federal grants, according to a report from the League of California Cities. Santa Monica will get $29.3 million, Beverly Hills $6.3 million, Malibu $2.2 million, while West Hollywood is expecting $6.8 million. Culver City Mayor Alex Fisch posted on his twitter account: "I'm pretty excited that Joe Biden...
The French parent company of Westfield Culver City is planning to sell off most of its U.S. malls by next year. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield's (URW), based in Paris, has announced it would massively trim down its US presence by 2022 to tackle long-term debt problems amid the financial fallout of coronavirus lockdowns. "At the end of the day, the exposure to the US will be minimal, if not zero," the group's new chief executive, Jean-Marie Tritant, said in a call to journalists. URW had gross...
Dear editor, Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the United States, it's time for our leaders in Washington to put aside partisan bickering and do something to help. President Biden's American Rescue Plan to stop coronavirus and deal with the pandemic's impact on our nation does just that. And the American people agree. Real American unity is more than about politicians agreeing on a piece of legislation – it's about getting vaccines in arms, safely reopening schools for i...
The San Diego Zoo has vaccinated nine great apes for the coronavirus after a troop of gorillas in its Safari Park became infected, officials said Thursday. Four orangutans and five bonobos received COVID-19 injections in January and February. Three bonobos and a gorilla also were expected to receive the vaccine, which is experimental. It was developed by Zoetis Inc., a U.S. firm that produces medicine for animals. The vaccinations followed a January outbreak of COVID-19 at the zoo's Safari...
Culver City and other wealthy communities in the Westside have some of the highest Covid-19 inoculation rates in Los Angeles County even though their residents were less affected by the coronavirus, according to new data released by the Public Health Department this week. On the other hand, lower-income communities in the Eastside, which were devastated by the pandemic, have seen fewer vaccines for their residents, health officials said. More than 22% of the residents of Culver City have been...
