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Within days, a new structure for paid parking will be introduced, first at City Hall and later at the three city-owned Downtown parking structures. Historically, parking beneath City Hall has been free for as long as a driver wants to stay, days, or perhaps years. Parking will remain free for people conducting business at City Hall, regardless of the length … Read More

Like Andy Cooper, the co-madam of the journalistic whorehouse that is CNN, USA Today is a reliably dishonest outlet. Like CNN, they do not report news that happens. They specialize in news the way they believe it should have happened, given their propensity for proudly smearing all that is non-left. They remind me of a left-wing pianist. He only will … Read More

The nightly trivialization of the news by the Boys of Winter, Donny Lemon and Andy Cooper of CNN, would have ended their careers in the 20th century but, unfortunately, not in the 21st. They drill into the Trump presidency with the enthusiasm of a barber shaving the unvarnished pate of a bald man every day for two hours. Their patent … Read More

Tom Camarella and Rebecca Rona-Tuttle, two of Culver City’s most seasoned activists, strode into Council Chambers last evening 45 minutes ahead of other oil field protestors. Well-armed with supporting documents, both had prepared statements they intended to deliver an hour later at the now-deflated special City Council meeting. Yes, Sentinel Peak Resources, operators of the Inglewood Oil Field, formally had … Read More

Had it been Jim Clarke’s call, Council Chambers would have remained dark last evening. The Councilman would have preferred staying home since no urgent business was on the agenda. He had to have been pleased with the outcome, 120 bumpless minutes As forecast by all non-protestors, the special City Council meeting to debate regulations for a piece of the Inglewood … Read More

Appearances to the contrary, last evening’s special City Council meeting went just as smoothly as worried Council leaders had envisioned. In and out in two tidy hours instead of the feared messy late-night brawl. Facebook took care of that. Facebook began buzzing shortly after 6 o’clock yesterday morning: Operators of the Inglewood Oil Field unexpectedly had cancelled their intention to … Read More

The operators of the Inglewood Oil Field this morning only momentarily stunned organized protestors due to storm Council Chambers this evening. Sentinel Peak Resources caught almost everyone off-guard by abruptly withdrawing its intention of trying to delay release of the oil field’s latest draft environmental impact report. This act drains the entirety of the long-promised drama of organized, raucous and … Read More

[Editor’s Note: Framing her report around her latest tribute poem, Culver City’s honorary poetess laureate brings an update on Cal State Long Beach rocket activities since the death last November of her beloved husband Charley, a rocket scientist at the campus.]   The last few months have been intense for the CSU Long Beach Experimental Sounding Rocket team. They completed … Read More

Third in a series Re “Why the Natatorium Never Reopened” Michael Eskridge, from Culver City’s best known florist family, does not employ flowery language when discussing the subject most closely identified with his School Board career. Swim headquarters, the long-idle Natatorium, finally is due to disappear this summer. Back in the ‘90s, Mr. Eskridge had hoped to re-open it after … Read More

Hello Friends and Neighbors, Who owns Culver City? The oil company – or the people?   Want to keep Big Oil from leaning on our City Council to veer decisions their way? Want to have a voice in Culver City’s oil field decisions? If you want Big Oil to stay out of Culver City politics show up and bring friends … Read More