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West Los Angeles College will host a seminar on hydraulic fracturing and the democratic process entitled “Fracking: The LA Story” Saturday, March 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Registration will take place from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Coffee will be served. Co-hosts of the event along with West Los Angeles College are Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community, Baldwin Hills Oil Watch, Make Culver City Safe, and Transition Culver City. Hydraulic fracturing is the highly con...
The Culver City Friends of the Library are developing plans for some upcoming renovations to the Culver City Julian Dixon library. This “face lift” should be a great way to celebrate the upcoming library centennial, in 2015. While funds are available for much of the planned furniture purchases, they will be doing some fund raising to make up the shortfall. A fund-raising kickoff get-together is planned for Sunday, March 17 at 2 pm at Menchie’s (5622 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City) . This will not only be an opportunity to have some frozen yogur...
Luck O’ The Irish Brownies If thoughts of Irish whiskey, corned beef and cabbage, and visions of dancing leprechauns are beginning to cloud your head, you are probably right in thinking that this Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day. Although some details are still unclear about St. Patrick’s life, Ireland’s esteemed patron saint, March 17 commemorates the death of St. Patrick, 461 A.D. at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. As an integral part of Irish history during the fifth century, St. Patrick was the Chr...
Classic Greek mythology reveals that the Centaurs originated from clouds. So it was very apropos when omniscient gray clouds made their entrance just as the Culver City High baseball team took the home field against Palisades on Tuesday, March 5. Fittingly, the Centaurs responded to the elements with a very convincing 10-1 victory. Starting pitcher Jay Sterner recorded two innings of perfect ball and four strikeouts. Balancing his efforts were the Culver City bats as senior centerfielder Tim Ste...
There may be more worthwhile topics in sports today – college basketball’s March Madness, the upcoming NBA playoffs, NFL free agency, the resurgence of Tiger Woods – but the one that intrigues me is the plight of the New York Yankees. Injuries are a part of athletics and teams must adjust. What’s different about this is it’s happening to the Yankees, baseball’s long-time biggest spenders until they pulled back the dollars this spring and were bypassed by the Dodgers. And it’s fascinating t...
Senator Price Convenes Oversight Hearings State Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. (D-Culver City) will convene oversight hearings of the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development this month to examine the operations of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and 13 regulatory bodies within the Department. Through these hearings and accompanying reports, the Committee performs a top-to-bottom review of boards, bureaus and commissions in DCA, known as “Sunset Review,” and determines whether these entities should continue to...
