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CCUSD Offers Free Summer Lunch Program Because kids need to remain healthy, connected, safe and “whole” during the summer months, CCUSD has created a free lunch program complete with a variety of daily activities for students under 18. There is still time to sign-up for the program which began June 24 and includes, not only free lunch, but a lineup of activities, games and more, all for free. What: Free Summer Lunch and More (the “more” is the real fun part – books, board games, special guests, arts and crafts, physical activities, etc.) Whe...
Police Blotter For June 18 through 25. Grand Theft Person: On June 18 at 3:05 pm officers responded to the 4300 block of Mentone Avenue regarding a grand theft person. The officers met with the victim who told them the following; she was walking southbound on Mentone when she saw the suspect walking toward her. As she was about to walk past the suspect, he grabbed her property and fled the area. The suspect was described as a male Black, 19 years of age, 5’-10”, muscular build wearing a white tee shirt and gray shorts. Vandalism: On June 18...
Culver CityBus Reveals Westwood Detour Effective Monday, July 8 UCLA’s Ackerman Turnaround will close for a period of three years due to the construction of a new conference center. Culver CityBus Line 6 and rapid 6 will utilize the northbound bus stop at Westwood Medical Plaza as the ending point for northbound trips and the starting point for southbound trips. Bus stops at Westwood/Strathmore and southbound Westwood Medical Plaza will be closed throughout the construction period. For more information about service alerts, bus routes and s...
Democratic Club To Show Important Film At its meeting on Wednesday, July 10 the Culver City Democratic Club will feature a free screening of Brave New Films' "War on Whistleblowers," directed by award-winning filmmaker, Robert Greenwald. Brave New Films is based in Culver City and the club is honored to present this very important work. Here is a synopsis: "In a Democracy, citizens are entitled to the freedom of information and the freedom of the press, but what happens when that democratic government turns its back on the truth and begins to...
Guest Editorial A CCUSD Board Member Speaks: “Machiavelli: Do the Ends Justify the Means?” The Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) Board of Trustees voted last month (June 2013) to give our employees a “well deserved” 2% across the board raise because our employees had not had a raise in several years. Without any prior public discussion from the full Board of Trustees or the public, there was an Action item placed on the June 25 Board Agenda to raise the Board of Trustees monthly stipend 2%, and to make it retroactive to July 1, 2012...
Kentwood Players Announce Auditions Kentwood Players will hold auditions for the comedy rock musical “Little Shop of Horrors” with book by Howard Ashman and music and lyrics by Alan Menken, on Saturday, July 13 from 11 am to 4 pm and Sunday, July 14 from 6 pm to 9 pm. Callbacks will be on Monday, July 15 from 7 pm to 10 pm at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester. Production dates are September 13 to October 19 for a six-week run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm with Sunday matinees at 2 pm. The production is directed by Mi...
Kentwood Announces Marcom Masque Winners Kentwood Players was founded in 1949 by Jan and Arky Marcom. At the end of each Kentwood Players season, all Kentwood Players members in good standing who have seen all six shows vote by secret ballot and then the group presents its annual Marcom Masque Awards to the winners in each category at an awards ceremony. The first Marcom Masque Awards were presented for the 1957-1958 season with “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” winning the award for Best Play. For the 2012-2013 season, every cast member and tec...
Here’s The 10th Season At Kirk Douglas Theatre The Center Theatre Group will celebrate its 10th anniversary at the Kirk Douglas Theatre with a season that encapsulates the variety and artistry that has filled the first nine seasons. Since the theatre’s birth in late 2004 more than 70 productions, workshops and readings have been presented – new, edgy, boundary-pushing pieces along with the best of American classics and of international fare. Twenty of these productions were world premieres. “I’m really looking forward to the premiere of the ro...
JULY 4th MOVIE REVIEW SPECIAL: THE LONE RANGER and THE WAY, WAY BACK While air temperatures may be cooling down a tad for this 4th of July weekend, things are heating up at the movie theatre as some long awaited blockbusters, THE LONE RANGER and DESPICABLE ME 2, join an already crowded field of popcorn goodness which currently heralds MONSTERS UNIVERSITY with the beloved Mike and Sulley; THE HEAT - Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy hit the streets of Boston in what can easily be called a...
Price Vacates Senate Seat Armenta Plans To Run On July 1 Curren Price assumed his new role as a Los Angeles City Councilmember thereby vacating his seat in the State Senate’s 26th District which represents Culver City and parts of Los Angeles. Under California Law, Governor Jerry Brown has called a special election for November 19 to fill the seat. State Assembly member Holly Mitchell, Culver City’s Assembly member in the 54th district, has announced her intentions to run for the 26th Dis...
School Bond Vote Dumped In a bizarre twist the proposed school bond measure was rejected by the CCUSD School Board Monday night. Karlo Silbiger, Professor Patricia Siever and Nancy Goldberg rejected the move to rush the measure on the November ballot. This means, for all practical purposes the measure would not be on the ballot until June 2014 at the earliest. The deadline to place a measure on the November ballot is August 9. It would have taken four votes to place the measure in front of...
