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  • Los Angeles Sparks Draft Zia Cooke 10th Overall in the 2023 WNBA Draft

    May 18, 2023

    The Los Angeles Sparks selected Zia Cooke out of South Carolina with the 10th overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm. “We are thrilled to add Zia to a growing list of quality players on and off the court,” said Sparks CAO and GM Karen Bryant. “In evaluating Zia, there are so many aspects of her game coupled with intangibles that made her an obvious choice with the 10th pick.” The 5-9, Toledo native played in 137 games (all starts) for the Gamecocks, holding averages of 13.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.9 steal...

  • LAFC ADVANCES TO CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL WITH 3-0 WIN OVER PHILADELPHIA UNION

    May 18, 2023

    The Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) advanced to the final of the Concacaf Champions League with a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Union on Tuesday night at BMO Stadium. LAFC won the series 4-1 on aggregate, having played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg last week in Philadelphia. Knowing that a win would see the club through to the Champions League Final for the second time in the last four years, LAFC took the lead in the 13th minute when Timothy Tillman scored his first-ever goal in the...

  • Council Restores Lost Car Lane

    Stephen Hadland, Publisher & Editor|May 18, 2023

    The City Council voted 3-2 to end the land dedicated to bicyclists in downtown Culver City. In areas of Los Angeles County along a corridor from downtown Culver City to La Cienega Boulevard, cars share the road with buses and bicyclists, each in their own protected lanes. The stretch of changes on Culver and Washington boulevards make them the first streets in L.A. County to feature a designated bus lane for 2.6 miles and a bike lane for 1.4 miles. The bus lanes are marked with cardinal red...

  • PASADENA TOURNAMENT OF ROSES ANNOUNCES EIGHT 2023 ROSE SCHOLARS AND AWARDS $20,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS

    May 18, 2023

    PASADENA, Calif. (April 13, 2023) – The Pasadena Tournament of Roses® Association has selected eight high school seniors as the 2023 ROSE Scholars. This year, the program awarded $20,000 in scholarships to eight graduating seniors from the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD). ROSE Scholars, presented by Citizens Business Bank, is a program designed to help students in our community thrive and to foster their potential. 2023 ROSE Scholars: Arleth Angeles – Marshall Fundamental Sec...

  • CCPD Officers Arrest Convicted Felon with Gun

    May 18, 2023

    Culver City Police officers on Morning Watch observed a vehicle run a red light while patrolling near the Westfield mall. The officers conducted a traffic stop and developed legal reason to search the driver and his vehicle. In the vehicle, the officers located a handgun and a loaded magazine. It was also learned the driver had a violent criminal history and was prohibited from owning or possessing any firearms. The driver was subsequently arrested for a convicted felon in possession of a...

  • Owners of 33 Apartments in Ocean Towers Indicted For Allegedly Embezzling Funds From Ocean Towers HOA

    May 18, 2023

    15: John Spahi, 70 and his son, Omar Spahi, have been arrested after a grand jury indicted them for converting HOA funds to their personal use. Ocean Towers is the only Cooperative apartment building in Santa Monica....

  • Over 80 Westside Ballet Pre-professional Dancers Share the Stage with Professional Alumni Memorial Weekend

    Anne Slattery|May 18, 2023

    Westside Ballet practices the "GRAND DÉFILÉ," A Presentation of the Full Company, staged by Artistic Director Martine Harley to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Heath Olvera and Christopher Toledo (front left), Francisca Bugacov (center left) Sawyer Jordan and Dylan Weinstein (center), Isabel Bugacov (center right) Spencer Collins, Evan Hull (front right), Gabriella Calderon (front right). The cast of over 80 student dancers-including over 40 Santa Monica and Culver City residents and s...

  • 'Macbeth' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' kick off Theatricum's magical 50th anniversary season

    May 18, 2023

    ill Geer's Theatricum Botanicum opens its 50th Anniversary summer Season with two of William Shakespeare's most mystical offerings: the thrilling supernatural tragedy, Macbeth, and that most magical of romantic comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream. There's no better place to commune with the spirits than Theatricum's spectacular outdoor amphitheater, carved into the rustic hillside and surrounded by the Topanga woods...