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At Slauson and Buckingham traffic was closed in all directions for five hours last Fridaydue to a construction crew hitting an uncharted water main spilling water on Slauson. The break caused several parts of Slauson to buckle and CCPD quickly closed down the street. Crews from the water company were unable to completely shut off the water as there were three private elementary schools on Buckingham Parkway that required water. A worker at the scene said they had reduced the water flow so the schools were still able to opera...
The Culver City Democratic Club will hold its monthly General Meeting on Wednesday April 12 in the Rotunda Room of the Veterans Memorial Building 4117 Overland Avenue. Meeting starts at 7 pm. It is free and there will be refreshments.The speaker will be Brian Stiger, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs. The Executive Board of the Culver City Democratic Club adopted a resolution in support of naming the inner section of Overland Avenue and Culver Blvd. the “Judge Harold I. Cherness Plaza” in honor of...
The Clippers won by 30 points Saturday but a lot of fans in the sellout crowd at Staples Center were far from happy. “Refund, refund, refund,” they chanted because the Cleveland Cavaliers had rested LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Erving. If you were a Clipper season ticket holder you’d have to go a full season without seeing the star players of the NBA champions because it was the Cavaliers’ only road game against the Clippers in the current 82-game season. Worse, the Cavaliers had all the...
Does it matter that it was for kids and families? Not at all. You could have come; there was no family magnetometer. T'was like a hot summer day in a British beach resort, You see a group of kids sitting right on the sand, quietly, waiting expectantly, noiselessly. What's going to happen? Parents standing in the back, kids down in front, sitting in rows. How cute is that? That's a traditional Punch and Judy show, with old-fashioned puppets and red-and-white striped stage, beach and waves in the background. Full British summer. That's how it was...
Before President Obama left office he signed the 21st Century Cures Act to study Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and spur new disease treatments. The measure would provide nearly $4.8 billion over the next 10 years to the National Institutes of Health for cutting-edge research. Finally the tide is starting to turn. In Forsyth County, Georgia the Cumming City Council changed a retirement benefit rule. Council members upped the length of time a city employee has to work to qualify for retirement h...
Century Housing Corporation of Culver City was named among the nation's Top 25 affordable housing lenders in 2016, by Affordable Housing Finance magazine for the third consecutive year. "It is a major accomplishment to be included among lending giants such as Citi Community Capital, Wells Fargo, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and JP Morgan Chase. As the only CDFI lender on the list, our developments are targeted in both Northern and Southern California, where affordable housing demand is high and inventory is low, coupled with tremendous...
Students from around the country were admitted to Cornell College for the Fall 2017 semester, including Aden Twichell of Culver City. One of the select "Colleges That Change Lives," Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, is a national liberal arts college with a distinctive One Course At A Time curriculum. The One Course schedule provides students the chance to dive into their studies, focus more intensely on the disciplines of their choice, and learn authentically with the unique freedom to shed the confines of the traditional classroom to...
When it comes down to what is your favorite local college sports season, spring should be at the top of the list. March Madness for men and women, baseball, softball, womens gymnastics, mens and womens track and field and mens volleyball all swing into high gear starting in February. For UCLA and USC last weekend was a perfect example of exciting sporting events on both campuses and exhilarating television viewing. Both of the schools mens basketball teams were playing in the national spotlight...
