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The Culver City Council recently held a meeting to discuss whether to implement an ordinance that prohibits camping in public spaces. Following a lengthy meeting that drew more than 90 speakers on both sides of the issue, the Council decided to direct staff to draft an ordinance which is similar to Santa Monica's anti-camping law and to explore safe camping sites in Culver City. The proposed ordinance, which will be considered by Council at its Jan. 23 meeting, will identify public places, such...
Culver City police responding to a domestic violence call shot and killed an unarmed man early Sunday, prompting an investigation by the California Department of Justice, authorities said. Officers responded to the call around midnight on December 18 and went to the 3800 block of College Ave., “where the husband/suspect was threatening the wife/victim with a handgun,” according to a statement from the Culver City Police Department. Upon seeing the officers, the suspect fled in his vehicle, tri...
Silvestre (Sal) Gonzales Wins National Recognition for Community Service and Industry Accomplishments (The nomination of Silvestre (Sal) Gonzales, dealer principal at Culver City Volvo/Mazda in Culver City, California, for the 2023 TIME Dealer of the Year award was announced by TIME. Gonzales is one of a select group of 48 dealer nominees from across the country who will be honored at the 106th annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Show in Dallas, Texas, on January 27, 2023. The...
Culver City Police Chief Manuel Cid has announced that he is leaving on January 15 to take a similar position with the City of Glendale. Cid has headed the Police Department since June 2020, following the departure of former Police Chief Scott Bixby. He has served Culver City for the past 18 years. At its recent meeting, the City Council appointed Assistant Chief Jason Sims as the Interim Police Chief to lead the organization effective January 16, 2023. The Police Department is comprised of 160...
Dear Editor, In a democracy, vigilance is required. Over the last decade, the City Council has created three Advisory Committees, in the areas of Bicycle & Pedestrian, Equity and Human Relations, and Finance. In a progressive worldview, these citizen groups would be used as a catalyst for public engagement and public transparency. (As an eight-year member and Chair of the Finance Advisory Committee, I can attest that public fiscal transparency was front and center in the work we did.) In the...
Early in November an ugly duckling was turned into a beautiful swan, but this time it was unused outdoor space next to the Venice Family Clinic’s Sandy Segal Youth Health Center on the campus of Culver City Middle School and High School. The transformation happened because the family of Dr. Sarah Carpenter (1952-2019), an adolescent medicine specialist, wanted to do something special to recognize her contributions to the health and well-being of young people. For more than 20 years Dr. C...
One of the most challenging jobs on a college or high campus is the athletic director. He or she is responsible for a host of athletic teams along with coaches, booster club members, the band, maintenance workers that that take care of the field and courts and sometimes out of control parents. For the last 12 years at Culver City high school that job belonged to Tom Salter and now the new athletic director is 2001 Culver City high school graduate Adam Eskridge. "I got this crazy notion of...
Culver City police responding to a domestic violence call shot and killed an unarmed man early Sunday, prompting an investigation by the California Department of Justice, authorities said. Officers responded to the call around midnight on December 18 and went to the 3800 block of College Ave., “where the husband/suspect was threatening the wife/victim with a handgun,” according to a statement from the Culver City Police Department. Upon seeing the officers, the suspect fled in his vehicle, tri...
IRST-TEAM OFFENSE: O-Line – Senior, Derrick Hayes, a big 6'2" 295 lbs versatile offensive lineman, played all the O-line positions. He also played some defensive line and had one sack and blocked one field goal. Wide Receiver – Sophomore, Myles Singleton is an all-around athlete playing both sides of the ball. He played in all 12 games catching 50 passes for 937 yards and led the team with total 14 TDs. As a defensive back, Singleton made 52 tackles and intercepted 3 passes-one pick, a sch...
In the complicated world of sports all over the world, coaches come and go. Coaches get fired all the time but when a very successful coach resigns red flags go up. What happened? Did he have a disagreement with his or her bosses? Are they having health problems? What would make a winning coach resign when his team is getting ready to dominate the California high school track and field world? The story behind the resignation of the former Culver City high school track and field coach, Rayfield...
The Culver City Unified School District,(CCUSD) announced the hiring of David Holley as the Principal of Culver City Middle School, effective immediately. Holley has served as the Assistant Principal at Culver City Middle School since July, 2021, where he has overseen MTSS, Technology, Intervention, Physical Education, Science and Custodians. During his time at CCMS, he has led professional development on technology use, updated the school's safety plan goals, and managed technology, behavior...
Culver City Council welcomed two fresh faces during Monday's swearing-in ceremony that culminated with Albert Vera taking over the mayoral reins and Yasmine-Imani McMorrin selected as new vice mayor. New Councilmembers Dan O'Brien and Freddy Puza were sworn in by City Clerk Jeremy Green during the ceremony that lasted more than three hours. The new councilmembers said they were humbled by the support they received from the voters and promised to work with various community stakeholders to...
Culver City police are looking for four Hispanic men who allegedly assaulted a motorist during a carjacking on Tuesday morning near Washington Boulevard. Around 1:30 a.m., on December 13, the Culver City Police Department received a call about a stolen vehicle at the Mobil Gas Station, located at 5776 Washington Blvd. The dispatched police officers found the stolen vehicle disabled in a nearby residential neighborhood, according to CCPD. The officers tried to approach the male driver sitting in...
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, is thrilled to announce the recipients of $50,000 in grants in our effort to support local nonprofit art organizations. This year for #GivingTuesday, instead of asking for donations for our own nonprofit organization, Culver Arts gave back to the arts community…because art changes e...
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra is making musical news with its first full season since the pandemic and a major talent search for a new conductor. Recovering from the loss of Frank Fetta, its iconic music director and conductor of 40 years, the symphony leaders have chosen three acclaimed maestros to vie for his position. Fetta died in 2021 after the orchestra was silenced for a time by the pandemic, a double blow. The orchestra has had only two music directors in the six decades since it...
The Culver City Lions Club provided pumpkin pies to members of the Culver City Senior Citizen Center. Before the pandemic, the Culver City Lions Club provided the senior citizens with the Thanksgiving Day lunch on Thanksgiving morning for many years. Since the kitchen in the Center remains closed, the Lions continue to support the senior population by distributing 200 pumpkin pies. The Lions Club also donated $1000 to provide 50 Thanksgiving turkeys to the Boys and Girls Club of Mar...
The nineteen-year-old’s upset victory for a seat on the Culver City Unified School District Board also makes him the first Black male to serve on the Board Triston Ezidore will become the youngest candidate to win a seat on the Culver City School Board, and the first Black male to serve on the Board. The first-time candidate will also become the youngest public official elected in Los Angeles County, and possibly in the State of California, as well as one of the youngest candidates to win an e...
A traffic accident in Culver City has led the arrest of an admitted Venice-13 gang member who was in possession of a stolen gun, 50 ID cards and 12 cell phones, authorities said. The arrest was made around 8 p.m. on Nov. 21 at the accident scene near Centinela Avenue and Washington Boulevard, according to the Culver City Police Department. “When the officers arrived, they determined that one of the drivers displayed the signs and symptoms of being under the influence of alcohol and placed under...
Maxim Kuzin, who studied and started his conducting career in his native Ukraine, will lead the season opening concert of the Culver City Symphony Orchestra on December 10. The Junior winner of the 2019 Parness Concerto Competition, Yirou (Ronnie) Zhang, will perform Alexander Glazunov’s Violin Concerto. Her appearance with the orchestra was delayed when covid-19 shut down concerts in early 2020. The concert will be presented free of charge to the public at 7:30 p.m. at The Robert Frost A...
The armed robbery occurred on November 29 around 11:20 p.m. at the Chevron station, located at 11197 Washington Place, according to the Culver City Police Department which released a video of the incident. The victim, an employee at the gas station., told officers the two suspects entered the store, “produced a semi-automatic handgun and demanded money from the cash register,” CCPD said in a statement. “After removing $200 from the cash register, the suspects fled in an unknown direc...
The Culver City Woman’s club will add a day of festive music at their December Meeting. Come and see and meet new and old friends. The guest performer will be Eric Coffey a well-known musician. We will be also offering a hot served lunch at a minimal fee. This will be a truly fun meeting, music, food, discussing all the upcoming fun things available. Please join us. Our club has so much to offer. The schedule is as follow: 10:00am - check in and shopping, followed by the meeting at 10:30 am. The Culver City Woman’s club is a non-profit phi...
Dan O’Brien and Freddy Puza were elected to the Culver City Council in last month's municipal election. They will take their seats on Monday, December 12. After swearing in the council will elect a new mayor and vice mayor. The final vote totals were: DAN O'BRIEN 7,535 FREDDY PUZA 6,906 HARDEN ALEXANDER "ALEX" FISCH 6,613 DENICE RENTERIA 6,401 KHIN KHIN GYI 1,517 DEVIN YAEGER 1,112...
An anti-Semitic publication has again been distributed in Culver City over the weekend, and local police have started an investigation. On Sunday, Nov. 20, the Culver City Police Department learned of “anti-Semitic hate” materials distributed in one neighborhood. Multiple residents reported receiving copies of this publication, police said. “The publication was produced by a known hate group who has distributed similar hate materials in surrounding cities,” CCPD said in a statement. Similar...
The Culver City Democratic Club is celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year with a weekend fundraiser at Village Well Books and Coffee on Saturday, December 10 (8:00am – 7:00pm) and Sunday, December 11 (8:00am – 5:00pm). Village Well is a community-focused and impact-driven bookstore café in the heart of Downtown Culver City. It features a superb selection of books, delicious food and drinks, and supporting the community is part of its DNA. Village Well regularly explores various social caus...
Culver City police are looking for two young men who held up at gunpoint a gas station on Washington Place, stealing $200 from the cash register. The armed robbery occurred on November 29 around 11:20 p.m. at the Chevron station, located at 11197 Washington Place, according to the Culver City Police Department which released a video of the incident. The victim, an employee at the gas station., told officers the two suspects entered the store, "produced a semi-automatic handgun and demanded money from the cash register," CCPD said in a...
