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Fire Chief David White’s recent presentation on Disaster Preparedness alarmed many, because we live near the largest urban oil and gas producing field in the USA. It made me realize that we are in a severely high fire risk zone that can destroy our homes and all that we own. The poisonous toxic fumes can destroy our health or even kill us. Winds can spread these chemical fires and fumes for miles. Do we need to live with this ever-present threat? No! We can do something about it NOW! Besides c...
The Los Angeles Rams spent three days of the 2019 NFL Draft trading away their first-round pick, swapping draft choices and adding selections. Safety Taylor Rapp became the Rams top choice at No. 29 in the Second Round and 61st overall. Eventually the Super Bowl finalists settled on three third-rounders, one fourth, one fifth and two seventh picks. We didn't feel like we would get him, but through it all we're always like, 'Wow, Taylor Rapp,' because of his rare instincts, short area...
Residents on the westside of Culver City and Mar Vista are growing increasingly nervous after a shooting Monday at a homeless encampment underneath the freeway bridge at the corner of Venice Blvd. and Globe Ave. While in Los Angeles the encampment is directly across the street from Culver City. While Culver City is quick to remove tents and other structures the homeless put up, Los Angeles appears to lack the resources to deal with the growing problem. Residents have long reported increases in...
Culver City High School has earned the Civic Learning Award of Merit for 2019, a prestigious award co-sponsored by Chief Justice of California Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye's civic learning initiative, known as the Power of Democracy; and California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. The award program also identifies models that can be replicated in other schools. Culver City High School, which is accredited as a California Democracy School by the Los Angeles County Office of E...
Well folks, I think I might have gotten the solution to our female firefighter problem. But first, it seems we are getting more and more dangerous forest fires every year. The State of California uses both men and women prisoners to help combat fires on the “line”. Now, if it were up to me, I would send our fire chief to Sacramento and offer jobs to those female prisoners when they get paroled. It’s good for everyone, since the ladies get training behind bars. California gets skilled fire perso...
Kid Scoop Media Mentor By Sharmin Shanur- On November 3, 2018, March For Our Lives, coordinated a pre-election rally starring the Parkland Survivors, Gilbert Cisneros and many other famous faces in an effort to galvanize young people to vote and, consequently, increase voter turnout in Orange County Throughout the day, the Vote for Our Lives Team, organized buses that would take UCI students, as well as community members, to early voting polls and allow them to submit their ballots. The Parkland...
Austin Ekeler was raised on a farm in Colorado and loves to go ice fishing. He played his college football at Western State Colorado University, a Division II school. There is nothing in his background that would indicate he was going to be an NFL running back. But Los Angeles Chargers national scout Tom McConnaughey liked what he saw of Ekeler and eventually the Charger management did as well. The Chargers used a big play from Ekeler on Sunday to break a 3-3 tie late in the 2nd quarter and...
By Sami Shanman, Age 14 Kid Scoop Media Correspondent March For Our Lives was started by a group of Marjory Stoneman Douglas students after 17 students died on their Parkland, Fla. campus in one of the largest school shootings in American History. It has now grown to include students who have been victims of gun violence from all across the country. Those students soon put together "March For Our Lives" to lead protests across the country in response to the inaction of politicians who have...
By Ron Bassilian I suppose my name has gotten out a bit ahead of me. In the past few months I’ve gone from casual observer of Culver City politics, to concerned citizen, to specter of the "Alt Right" that the City Council must defend against in the interest of all things human. It’s gotten a bit out of control, a bit much for any mortal voter to bear. So, I figure you should all know a bit about me, the man who was behind the June 8th Brown Act complaint against our Council, and how a few simple queries on rent control and policing have met...
By Greg Goodyear and Jerry Weiner Special to the Observer For the first time in recent memory, Culver City won the El Rancho passing tournament for the second year in a row and also won back-to-back tournaments on consecutive weekends. The Centaurs faced a slightly better level of competition this past weekend than they faced in the Western Tournament the weekend before. In addition, two of Culver’s better players were unable to attend last weekend’s tournament as Dominick Tatum was on an official trip to the University of Nevada and Khary Cru...
A Girl's View By Colette Presant Kid Scoop Media My name is Colette and I am 10 years old. I am reporting for Kid Scoop Media. I flew to Washington D.C. to go to the White House to attend 'BE BEST' a campaign to address the major issues facing children today created by First Lady Melania Trump. Mrs. Trump's goal is for children to 'BE BEST' in their own life. Walking into the White House was an amazing experience. First, we had to walk up to a big black gate and tell the security guards who we...
Wednesday night at 8:25 the Culver City Police Department received several calls of gun shots at the intersection of Barman Avenue and Elenda Street. Although after hours the location was close to three Culver City Schools including the high school. Culver City Police units arrived on the scene minutes after the reports. Witnesses reported they had observed shots being fired between a gray van and a blue Audi sedan, One shell casing was found on Elenda Street, and one bullet strike was located...
Culver City High School teacher Kathleen Rowley gave her ninth-grade students an assignment to write letters to the editor based on independent research they did on subjects that matter to them. The research was peer-reviewed by fellow students; students later voted to choose the most popular subjects. Students were asked to write to the editor on topics with import for them. Here are some more of the students' letters detailing their concerns. The First part is on our website at: www.culvercityobserver.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist After all these years scientists found a new body organ. It’s called Interstitium and just might help to better understand its impact on diseases, such as cancer. A study was published in Scientific Reports on March 27th, 2018. At this time additional research is needed. Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley -Thomas agreed to pay a $3500 fine for violating campaign finance rules to California Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to properly report c...
During the last few weeks Culver City residents have had the opportunity to attend more than 15 candidate forums throughout our neighborhoods where they were able hear our council candidates speak about Culver City issues and residents could ask questions and voice their concerns. But take heed, dear readers: these much needed informative sessions, a tradition for 100 years, could end and Culver City Council elections would never be the same! Why? The California State Legislature found that although the Constitutional right of Charter Cities (a...
Dear Editor, Why I am supporting Albert Vera: I have spent the last two months walking with him and listening to the way he answers questions and talks to voters. Why would this 24-year resident support him? At heart Albert is Culver City born and raised. He is not running for city council because he wishes to continue a political career elsewhere, he is running because he has a deep and abiding love and concern that our city continues to thrive and evolve, yet retain as many elements as...
"A stunning, disgraceful example of greed." That's how Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives (D-CA), described Donald Trump's tax agenda, speaking Wednesday morning in Culver City. Pelosi spoke at a "TrumpTax Town Hall" in the Veterans Memorial Building. Other speakers included Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA 33rd); Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA 44th); Donna Norton, Deputy Director, Moms Rising; Edward D. Kleinbard, USC Gould School of Law; and Jennifer Taub, Vermont Law School. There...
In the wake of the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida business owner, Civil Service Commissioner and lifelong Culver City resident Albert Vera has stepped up to the plate to initiate a local effort to get guns off the street. Vera, along with four other local business owners, have each agreed to donate $1,000 to provide a total of $4,000 in seed money to kickstart a gun buy-back program in which people can anonymously turn in their handguns, rifles, shotguns and semi-automatic...
At its February meeting, the Heart of LA Democratic Club, a new Los Angeles County-wide Democratic club which promotes equality and the full representation of women in local, state and national politics, voted to endorse Alex Fisch and Albert Vera for Culver City Council. The City elections will be held Tuesday, April 10. HLADems President Lindsay Carlson says, "Our candidate questionnaire, townhall, and interview questions covered a wide-range of topics-from policies and issues that concern...
We all want the same thing; to feel safe at school. Today, March 14, 2018, the nation is walking out of school to show their support for the 17 victims who tragically died in the Parkland shooting. We completely support more gun control. There is solid evidence that less gun control will cause more homicides, suicides, and gun deaths. So, this walkout seems great, right? It’s a place where students can protest our current, ineffective gun laws in a safe manner, and express our political o...
On March 14 students from Culver City High School, Culver Park High School and Culver City Middle School will participate in a nationwide walkout to voice their opinions about gun violence and honor the victims of the Parkland shooting. At 10 a.m. students will congregate on the CCHS football field to rally and deliver speeches expressing their views on the issue. The demonstration will end promptly at 11 a.m., and students will return to class. Inspired by the protests organized by the...
Tom Lloyd of Culver City may be onto something to provide affordable temporary housing for the homeless and for victims of disasters, a proliferation of which have occurred locally in California as well as in Texas, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, etc. A few years ago, he and friend were discussing the difficulties faced by returning military vets trying to reintegrate into civilian life. Given the shortage of housing everywhere, temporary housing would be a vital asset in smoothing...
Just when you thought road rage was taking a break it reared its ugly head in the Big Lots parking lot in Culver City. It was reported that two women were fighting over the same parking space. One of the women, Endria Nowella Castillo, 41, pulled a gun on the other driver. No shots were fired. Castillo then sped off into Sunkist Park when she was a caretaker at a home across the street from El Marino School. With the proximity to a school police advise the school of the situation and El Marino...
In what police thought would be a difficult case to crack, police said a KTLA news story, in which police asked for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect, resulted in an anonymous tip that led to the suspect’s arrest. Lucian Wayne Bingham-Jackson, 24, of Los Angeles was arrested on Nov. 30 and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The run-in occurred about 11 a.m. Oct. 28 when the woman was near Culver and Overland Avenue. The car pulled up alongside her as she hit a red light on Overland between Palm Court and Son...
Many police departments throughout our country took part in celebrating National Police Week. In 2016 one hundred and thirty-five officers were killed in the line of duty according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The Department of Homeland Security recently reported a sharp drop in the number of people trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico illegally. In April 2017 the number of arrests by the Border Patrol dropped 71 percent from the same time last year. The Census Bureau...
