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Los Angeles County reached a grim milestone this week, reporting it surpassed 10,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths, as its ICU capacity dropped to 0%. Yesterday, the state reported another 30,921 new cases of the virus and the deaths of 432 Californians, marking the highest number of fatalities in one day since the pandemic began. In addition, California extended its stay-at-home order for two regions - Southern California and San Joaquin Valley - as hospitals are running out of ICU beds, treating p...
The Covid-19 surge is continuing to have a devastating impact on Los Angeles County, including Culver City. Public Health Department has again reported record numbers for new Coronavirus-related deaths and hospitalizations in the county since the pandemic began. On Wednesday, the county reported 145 new deaths, the highest total recorded in the past 10 months, and 16,525 new coronavirus cases. In addition, Public Health has confirmed that 6,155 people with Covid-19 are currently hospitalized...
By Alyssa Erdley, News with Attitude The state's Stay Home Order has been extended past the 3-week term originally given at the beginning of December. This is no surprise. Officials warned us when they instituted the additional restrictions on activities that the Stay Home Orders would automatically extend so long as ICU capacity fell or remained below 15% for a region. Los Angeles County currently claims to be at 0.0% capacity in the area's hospital ICUs. By now, California residents are used to officials promising one thing and delivering...
by Alyssa Erdley, News with Attitude LA County had over 11,000 cases of COVID in one day yesterday - that is 16 times higher than what is necessary to reach Tier 2 On Thursday, December 17, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School Board voted on a plan to support a modified hybrid learning model once Los Angeles County reaches a Tier 2 level regarding COVID-19. Parents and teachers arrayed against each other for the contested decision, with parents wanting an in-person learning experience for students and teachers wanting the safety of virtual...
The coronavirus has disrupted high school sports like the Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald creates havoc in an opponent's backfield. Every month good and bad information comes out of the CIF offices regarding the state of high school sports in California. Although no sports have been played Culver City continues to post winning records when it comes to winning scholarships. The highly ranked football program is not the only Centaur sport that is producing highly rated student-athletes. Every...
With the pandemic worsening daily in Los Angeles County and California, Public Health officials are urging all residents to stay home to curb the spread the virus that has so far claimed more 8568 lives in the Southland, including 37 in Culver City. In the past week, the County has recorded record numbers of Covid-19 deaths, cases and hospitalizations. New Coronavirus cases have tripled while deaths rose by 600% in the past month, health officials said. Yesterday, the state reported another...
Culver City and L.A. County continue to experience a surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths than at any point during the pandemic, health officials have announced. The number of Culver City residents with Covid-19 has shot up to 786 cases, a 50% increase in the past 19 days, as of press time yesterday. Coronavirus-related deaths also rose by 8 over the same period – a 35% increase – and now total 38 in Culver City, the County Health Department reported. County-wide, the total infected with Cor...
The show must go on. There will be no fans at the Rose Bowl because of the coronavirus when UCLA will host USC in their annual football but the excitement that surrounds the game will evident. The Trojans are 4-0 and the Bruins are 3-2. If the Trojans win, they will be champions of the Pac-12 South Division which means they will play the winner of the North for the overall conference championship. If UCLA wins it will give UCLA head coach Chip Kelly his first winning season in three years at UCL...
In an attempt to limit the spread of Covid-19 in courthouses, the Los Angeles County Superior Court announced Wednesday that it would extend the time for criminal trials and Juvenile Dependency matters. Los Angeles County, which has escaped the kind of coronavirus statistics seen in greater New York, has recently seen diagnosed cases skyrocket to around 5000 per day. The County has closed restaurants, which had only allowed outdoor dining, in an attempt to avoid the spread of Covid-19. Litigants are urged to socially distance in courthouses,...
City Councilmembers in Lancaster unanimously approved a symbolic "vote of no confidence" of Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Thursday, and reportedly decided to eventually break away from the agency she heads and form a new independent department. Dr. Ferrer has faced harsh criticism from some local politicians, business owners, and many of the more than ten million people who live in the nation's most populous county directly affected by her public health orders. She...
Mirroring an alarming countywide trend, Culver City recorded a sharp uptick in the rate of Covid-19 infection and deaths in the past 2 weeks, the Los Angeles County Health officials has announced. As of press time yesterday, the number of Culver City residents with Covid-19 shot up to 659 cases, a 25% increase in the past 12 days. Deaths related to Coronavirus also rose by 3 over the same period and now total 31 locally, health officials said. More than half of the fatalities occurred in...
With Covid-19 cases surging and hospitalizations nearing records, the Los Angeles County Health officials has announced new restrictions to curb the spread of the virus that has so far claimed more 7360 lives in the Southland, including 28 in Culver City. The new restrictions, which take effect today, will limit the restaurants, bars and wineries to half their capacity and shut them down by 10 a.m. Non-essential businesses - including retail stores, offices, personal care services - will be...
Culver City's football team is training hard and everyone is keeping their fingers crossed that their will be a season played despite the coronavirus. The Centaurs have a lot to lose if their season is cancelled. They are ranked 24th in the State of California and 16th in Southern California. These are the highest rankings in Culver City history. "Our physical distancing workouts are going well so far," said Centaur head coach Jahmal Wright last week during a telephone interview. "It's very...
by Alyssa Erdley News with Attitude California Governor Gavin Newsom was outed as having flouted his own state's guidelines and rules when he was caught attending a birthday party on November 6 at the exclusive French Laundry restaurant in Napa. At the time of the gathering, which consisted of at least 10 people seated together at a table, Napa was in the Orange Tier of Covid restrictions, which is somewhat looser than others. However, the entire state had been prohibited from attending...
2/19 LA County Dept. of Public Health reports 2,301 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and 25 new deaths, bringing countywide totals to 344,523 cumulative cases and 7,299 deaths. This means that about 3% of the County’s population of 10 million have developed coronavirus, since March 1. And 0.03% of the population have died, half of those older than 78 years of age. Of the 25 new deaths reported, seven people were over the age of 80, eight were between the ages of 65 and 79, seven were between the ages of 50 and 64, two were between the ages of...
Experiencing the same surge as its neighbors, Culver City recorded a sharp uptick in the rate of Coronavirus infection over the past month, the County Health Department has announced. As of press time Wednesday, the number of local residents with Covid-19rose to470cases, representing a 17.5% increase in the past 4 weeks. Deaths related to Coronavirus totaled 28 in Culver City. More than half of the deaths occurred in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. County-wide, the total infected...
For the past three years Culver City high school has had one of the best football programs in the state. Now the Centaurs have arrived. They are ranked 24th in the state and 16th in Southern California. "I believed this is the first time we have been ranked that high in the state," said Culver City Athletic Director Tom Salter this week. Usually those type of high rankings are reserved for Division 1 schools, but the Centaurs have reached that elite level with outstanding players and coaches....
By David Ganezer Thousands took to the streets of major US cities Saturday, to celebrate as Joe Biden seemed to have clinched the 2020 Presidential election. Hundreds of people walked down main street in Santa Monica. Most wore masks, some carried flags and expressed hope for the future. Motorists honked their horns and waved in approval. An even larger celebration took place in downtown Los Angeles. Some wore masks in response to the Covid-19 epidemic, which has killed 250,000 Americans and...
It is better late than never. UCLA and USC football teams will take the field for the first time this season, three months behind schedule because of the coronavirus. A lot of the other major football conferences started playing a few months ago but the Pac-12 will kick off their season Saturday. USC will play a rare west coast 9 a.m. game against Arizona State and UCLA will travel to Colorado to take on the Buffalos at 4 p.m. Both teams have a lot of question marks, but both teams have...
By David Ganezer It has been said that SMRR could run monkeys, and people would pull the levers. That’s usually true, but it was not true in 2020. In an historic repudiation of Santa Monicans for Renters Rights, Phil Brock and Christine Parra appear to have won seats on the Santa Monica City Council. More incumbent city councilmembers (three) were voted out of office this week than in the past thirty years. The 4 members slate (Brock, Parra, de la Torre and Mario Fonda-Bonardi) had promised to slow the growth that has chewed up every parking l...
It's a great time to be a Los Angeles sports fan, especially for the last few weeks. The Lakers won the NBA championship a few weeks ago, the Dodgers won the World Series last Tuesday, the LAFC soccer team beat the Galaxy last Sunday, the Chargers won their game last Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars at SoFi Stadium and the Rams dominated the Chicago Bears on Monday Night football at SoFi. How sweet it is. Out of all of the victories, the Dodgers ' win maybe the icing on the cake for...
Public health officials this week reported that young adults are still driving up L.A. County's Covid-19 cases but the rate of inflection is slowing down, especially in Culver City. Throughout the pandemic, people between18 and 49 years old have had the highest number of Covid-19 cases but now they account for 58% of all the infected, the County Health Department noted in a press release. "When you add teenagers, a group who may be out socializing, individuals between the ages of 12 and 50 now...
The owner of the luxury spa where Gwyneth Paltrow famously recommended a 'vaginal steam' has landed in hot water with the courts. Niki Schwarz, 55, owner of Tikkun Holistic Spa in Santa Monica, plead guilty in US District Court to hoarding and then selling N95 masks for eleven times list price, said the US Department of Justice in a press release. Schwarz, who was last week charged in federal court with one count of hoarding and price gouging, agreed to plead guilty to the misdemeanor offense....
It was opened sometime in the 1990's. But Starbucks on Main Street has closed permanently. Staff were offered transfers to one of Santa Monica's ten open locations. "As part of Starbucks' standard course of business, we continually evaluate our business to ensure a healthy store portfolio," Allison Clark of Starbucks said in a statement. "After careful consideration, we determined it was best to close the store at 2671 Main Street in Santa Monica, CA. Our last day at this location was October...
UCLA is seeking people who were tested for Covid-19 no more than 5 days ago and were positively diagnosed, who still have symptoms but haven't been hospitalized. Or those close contact with someone who has Covid-19 no more than 3 days ago, who don't have any symptoms. UCLA and Johns Hopkins University are conducting a medical trial, to determine whether antibodies from people who have recovered from Covid-19 can help others overcome or avoid the illness. "The researchers want to make sure older...
