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Culver City police arrested two suspects last week, shortly after they allegedly stole a catalytic converter near the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Cota Street. The arrest occurred a few minutes after midnight on September 14, according to Culver City Police Department. Residents reported the theft to CCPD and provided information about the suspect’s vehicle and the direction of travel, police said. “An officer was patrolling the area and located the suspect vehicle near Overland Ave...
Some roads are smooth, and some roads are bumpy and last Friday night in Downey the Culver City football team hit a bump on the road when they were beaten by a very good Warren high school team 54-20. Now the Centaurs will face another solid team when they travel to Whittier to play La Serna on Friday at 7 p.m. The Centaurs will go into the game with a 2-2 record, and they will battle a 4-1 La Serna team. "They are a physical football team," said Culver City head football coach Jahmal Wright...
September 24 marks the return of the Culver City Rotary Community Foundation’s Walk & Roll Festival. The Walk & Roll Festival is a free, family-friendly event focused on teaching kids how to safely ride their bikes to and from school. As part of the city-wide Safe Routes to School program, the Festival is open to all Culver City students as well as neighboring schools. Now in its 10th year, the Walk & Roll Festival has proven to be a valuable community event for kids of all ages. Participants h...
Culver City police arrested a motorist in the early hours of September 13 on "suspicion of manufacturing assault weapons." The arrest occurred around 1:45 a.m. near the corner of Sepulveda Boulevard and Pigott Avenue, after officers conducted a traffic stop for numerous hazardous violations, according to the Culver City Police Department. "While speaking with the driver and passenger, the officers could see illegal drug paraphernalia in plain sight," said CCPD in a Facebook post. "Through their...
The Culver City High School lost their football game Friday night 54-20. Read the full story in this week’s Culver City or online at www.culvercityobserver.com. The Centaurs next game is this Friday at LaSerna in Whittier at 7pm....
The Culver City Chamber of Commerce will hold two Candidates’ Forums over the next two weeks to find out more about those running for the City Council and School Board this November. The Chamber will host a forum for City Council Candidates on Tuesday, September 20, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Exceptional Children's Foundation - Kayne Eras Center, 5350 Machado Road. Culver City. All six Candidates are expected to attend the event and provide answers to important issues facing Culver City in the comi...
So far this football season Culver City's defense coached by defensive coordinator Derrick Huezo has proven to be a bright spot for on a team that has several bright spots. Everyone wants to talk about the Centaurs high powered offense but it's the defense that has come up with big plays. Last Friday night in the high desert against Palmdale they came up with five turnovers. "I am proud of the defense," said Culver City head varsity football coach Jahmal Wright. "I was very pleased the way they...
By David Ganezer Observer Staff Writer "He's survived by his wife Jennifer and his kids Dominic and Jenna. He was a loving, genuine and caring person." .11.22: A Culver City neighborhood came out to wash cars to honor the memory of Byron Simmons, who died in a motorcycle crash last Sunday. He was 42. The carwash is a fundraiser for his family, to cover funeral costs and other expenses. The carwash is on the corner of Sawtelle and Hayter Avenue. This is about 3 blocks west of the intersection of...
The Culver City Sister City Committee, a non-profit organization that fosters international friendship, seeks four high school students (two boys and two girls) to participate in an exchange trip to our sister city in Kaizuka, Japan from Feb. 10-21, 2023. We will hold an informational meeting on Sept. 21, 2022, beginning at 3:30 at the Julian Dixon County Library/4975 Overland Ave/Culver City, CA 90230 Applicants must fulfill the following requirements: • Be in the 8th-11th grade. • Be an excell...
More than 4 million residents in Los Angeles County are being urged to suspend outdoor watering for 15 days — starting this week — while the Metropolitan Water District repairs a leak in a major delivery pipeline. The repairs will continue through Sept. 20, and will impact the cities of Beverly Hills, Burbank, Glendale, Long Beach, Pasadena, San Fernando and Torrance. Since MWD is a source of water for Golden State Water, customers in many Westside communities – including Culver City, El Segun...
The culver City Police Department made one arrest for driving under the influence at Friday nights DUI checkpoint with one additional for driving with an invalid driver’s license according to Sgt, Solve Loken Eight hundred twenty-five vehicles passed through the checkpoint, twenty-nine were questioned an eight hundred twenty-five were just waved through and not stopped....
On the 21th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Culver City Police and Fire Departments will hold a remembrance ceremony this Sunday at Culver City Fire Station 1, 9600 Culver Boulevard, to honor the men, women, children, and first responders who lost their lives. The public is invited to the 8-minute ceremony which starts at 6:55 a.m. The details include: 6:55 a.m. Crews assemble in front of the flag. 6:59 a.m. Time of the South Tower collapse. 7:00 a.m. One minute of complete silence. 7:01...
Dana Winslow was a soprano who was first an entertainer. For many years she toured throughout the West Coast with the late baritone Phil Harvey performing vignettes from musical comedies, operatic arias, and medleys arranged by the late John Rarig, their accompanist. Her first love was opera, having sung the title roles of “Tosca”, “Aida”, and “Madame Butterfly”. Other roles included the Countess in “Marriage of Figaro”, and the mother in “Amahl and the Night Visitors”, and Lady Bellow in “Alber...
Summer isn't over yet! Enjoy the final days in Downtown Culver City with local band Samba de Duas and their Brazilian jazzy tunes at the Culver Steps on Saturday September 10ay from 4 - 6 PM. Come early and enjoy DJ, games, crafts by Walker N Rollers and beachy lounge atmosphere on Main Street starting at 3PM. Free raffle for area businesses, free drinks at Village Well and other specials through the day! Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KKoiLTxlJc...
Samuel Biner, John Blessing, Greg Griffin, Kevin Griffin, and Jonah Hiraoka, of Culver City, El Segundo, and Los Angeles have earned Scouts BSA’s highest rank of advancement, the Eagle Scout Award. Because of the global pandemic and limited in-person Scout activities over the last couple of years, the five Eagle recipients will be recognized in a group ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, at Westchester Lutheran Church, 7831 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. Members of Westchester-based Troop 927, chartered by Covenant Presbyterian Church, the f...
The good news is it's cooling down in Palmdale, California but the bad news is it will still be 85 to 90 degrees at 7 p.m. on Friday when Culver City and Palmdale kick off to start their game between two 1-1 teams. For the first time in school history the two teams will face off on the football field. Both teams won their first game of the season a few weeks ago and both teams were beaten last Friday night. The Centaurs fell to Loyola 24-19 and Palmdale lost to Oak Hills 55-14. That's where the...
With the help of a K-9 unit, Culver City police have arrested a man accused of robbing at gunpoint two people using a Chase Bank ATM on Sepulveda Boulevard last week. The accused robber, 23-year-old Randall Wiley, was captured on September 1 after he crashed his car into a telephone pole while trying to evade officers, Culver City Police Department said in a press release. According to CCPD, the suspect robbed two people withdrawing money from the ATM at 5670 Sepulveda Boulevard just minutes apa...
Dear Editor, On Aug. 8, 2022, the City Council majority of Mayor Daniel Lee, and Councilmembers Alex Fisch and Yasmine-Imani McMorrin voted to eliminate R1/single-family zoning, deliberately evading California’s new housing law SB9. Laws such as SB9 were recently passed to encourage the building of more housing, while at the same time protecting neighborhoods from profit-only-driven Wall Street investors and speculators that have no connection to our city and our community. SB9 allows h...
Culver City, August 29, 2022 - The Culver City Arts Foundation (Culver Arts), which supports the arts in Culver City through its mission to preserve the past, enrich the present and create the future of arts and culture in the community, announced the launch of its third round of the Arts Resiliency Fund, with a focus on local non-profit creative organizations serving the community. Following on the success of the initial rounds of individual grants, the Arts Resiliency Fund will now offer...
Culver City Mayor Daniel Lee will host an evening of roundtable conversation among neighbors on Thursday, September 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Culver City Middle School Cafeteria, 4601 Elenda Street. Topics will include sustainability and the environment, equity and inclusion, housing and homelessness, public safety and the future of Culver City. Everyone is invited to attend and participate in the informative session. There will also be entertainment and refreshments. Participants are urged...
Culver City High School won a non-conference game against Palmdale by a score of 44-7 Read the full story in this week’s Culver City Observer....
Culver City football team lost to Loyola 24-19 last Friday night at Culver City. The Centaurs were down 17-0 in the first half but made a comeback in the second half scoring 19 points after halftime. The 1-1 Centaurs travel to Palmdale on Friday for a 7 p.m. game....
Culver City police have arrested two suspects in connection with a car burglary near Washington Boulevard and Fay Avenue. Officers recently responded to a call about a burglary to a motor vehicle and found near the crime scene “two subjects that matched the suspect’s description in the area,” Culver City Police Department said in a Facebook post this week. “Both subjects were identified and revealed to be on parole.” Police officers conducted a search of the suspects’ vehicle and recovered m...
A plan to redevelop the former site of a 99 Cents Only Store in the Triangle Center has been submitted to the Culver City Planning Commission. Bastion Development Corp., which bought the site at 12727 Washington Boulevard for $17.7 million in 2018, has proposed a mixed-use project which would include up to 144 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments and 19,100 square feet of ground-floor commercial space above two levels of subterranean parking for 187 vehicles, according to Urbanize LA....
The Culver City Council has moved forward with an ordinance governing the use of military equipment by the local police and approved funding for such equipment. By a 3-2 vote, the Council at its recent meeting voted approved the military equipment policy required by Assembly Bill 481. The dissenting votes were cast by Mayor Daniel Lee and Councilmember Yasmine-Imani McMorrin. AB 481, which went into effect in January, required the Council to create a policy dealing with how and when the military...
