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Culver City's Public Works Environmental Programs and Operations (EPO) Division invites you to the world's largest environmental volunteer event. Culver City's annual La Ballona Creek Cleanup event will take place on Saturday, September 21st, from 9 AM to 12 PM. Every year, as many as 200 volunteers come together at five various sites within the Culver City to take action to remove unsightly and harmful debris from our beaches and inland waterways. California Coastal Cleanup Day is coordinated...
The Santa Monica College (SMC) Dance Department opens its Fall 2024 Masters of Dance series with a line-up of master classes and learning workshops led by dance professionals. The series starts Sept. 26 with movement artist Stephanie Liapis leading a class focusing on self-awareness as a tool for connection to the body and its relationship to space. The Masters of Dance workshops are free, and the public is invited to attend as participants or as observers. Seating is limited and on a first-arri...
Join the Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department and the Disability Advisory Committee (CCPRSDAC) in celebrating Disability Awareness Month at the 21st Annual Abilities Carnival & Resource Fair! The event will be held at the Culver City Senior Center on Sunday, October 6, from 12 PM to 3 PM. The event will feature: • Live Entertainment • Sensory Activities • Games & Prizes • Community Resource Information • Balloon Animals • Photo Booth • Lunch & Snacks • And More! This FREE event...
On August 14, LBOD Detectives arrested Jonathan Xavier Cabral, age 24, of Fullerton, California, following an investigation into him having sex and committing other lewd acts with a 14-year-old girl. on July 27, 2024, detectives were notified of the incident by the Culver City Police Department, who were already investigating Cabral. Detectives from the Laguna Beach Police Department and Culver City Police Department immediately began investigating the incident, which was determined to have...
The Board of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce has endorsed Councilmember Albert Vera, Denice Renteria and Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin for election to the City Council on November 5, 2024. The Board's vote, which followed careful consideration of endorsement questionnaires, was nearly unanimous. Board Chair and interim CEO Ed Wolkowitz noted that the upcoming City Council election is of critical importance to the community. The current council majority has effected a sea change in the direction...
Thursday, September 26, at 6:30 PM a public meeting will take place To discuss use of Military Equipment. An annual report by The Culver City Police Department, as required by state law. The meeting will be held in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers at city hall 9770 Culver Blvd. located in Culver City. A link will be provided on the day of the meeting....
The City of Culver City was recognized at 2024 Annual Homes Within Reach Awards hosted by Southern California Association of Non Profit Housing (SCANPH) for its work on Project Homekey, 73 total units of housing for chronically unhoused persons (38 interim housing units and 35 permanent supportive housing units). The Homes Within Reach Awards recognize and honor excellence in affordable housing. Culver City staff, Mayor Yasmine-Imani McMorrin, members of the Project Homekey lead operations...
Beach volleyball and Hollywood... what could be better to close out the summer of '24 following the Paris Games? Los Angeles will roll-out the red carpet for the AVP League's debut this Saturday, September 14-15, a 2-day event on sand at the UCLA Tennis Center. The Inaugural will feature Olympians Kelly Cheng, Sara Hughes, Chase Budinger and Miles Evans and stars such as Julia Scoles playing for the home team LA Launch. "We can't wait to... show fans just how exciting this new concept in beach...
Fri, Aug 30 Loss Culver City 32 @ San Jacinto 42 Fri, Sep 06 WIN Culver City 42 Narbonne 28 Thu, Sep 12 WIN Culver City 37 Salesian 7 - - Fri, Sep 20 Culver City @ Warren 9:00 PM - Fri, Sep 27 Culver City @ Dorsey 9:00 PM 0-1 (0-0) Non League Los Angeles, CA - - Fri, Oct 04 Palos Verdes@ Culver City 9:00 PM - Fri, Oct 11 Culver City @ Mira Costa 9:00 PM- Fri, Oct 18 Leuzinger@ Culver City 9:00 PM - Fri, Oct 25 Culver City @ Lawndale 9:00 PM Fri, Nov 01 Inglewood at Culver City 9:00...
The City of Culver City is seeking input from the community on what it should do with the City-owned property at 11029 Washington Boulevard, which it purchased in 2023. • Use the online visioning form to share your ideas with the City. The property is a 0.2777-acre parcel containing a 4,660 square foot, one-story building with a former retail and office use built in 1953. The site is a corner lot with 20 parking spaces. The parcel is zoned Mixed-Use Corridor 1 - 35 dwelling units per acre. G...
The Santa Monica College (SMC) Theatre Arts Department will perform "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" Sept. 27 - Oct. 6 in the Theatre Arts Main Stage on the SMC Main Campus, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" tells the story of two troubled couples - one gay, one straight - facing different challenges as the AIDS crisis explodes in the 1980s. The play, spiced with a bit of fantasia, looks at the social, sexual, and religious...
As the late great UCLA head basketball coach John Wooden would often say, "Succeeding is performing at your best when your best is required. Your best is required each day." Apparently, the Los Angeles Chargers are learning that lesson under new head coach Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh and the Chargers came from behind last Sunday at SoFi Stadium to defeat the Las Vegas Raiders, 22-10. The Chargers trailed at halftime 7-6 and had just two first downs and 83 yards in total offense in the in the first...
Culver City boys high school football team will travel to East Los Angeles to battle Salesian high school at 7 p.m. on Thursday instead of the traditional Friday night game. Bishop Mora Salesian is an all-boys school located in Boyle Heights. The 1-1 Culver City Centaurs will be playing their third game of the season and this will be their first road game. They were beaten by San Jacinto 42-28 on August 30, and they beat Narbonne 43-26 last Friday night. "Every week is different," said Centaur...
The UCLA Bruins football team will be back in action this weekend when they welcome the Indiana University Hoosiers in their first Big Ten conference ever. The Bruins recently moved from the Pac-12 conference to the Big Ten conference, a move that will be very lucrative for the UCLA athletic department but will also involve a great deal of travel. The game against Indiana will be played Saturday, September 14, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. It will begin at 4:30 p.m. and will be televised...
There’s something about the Motor City. The Los Angeles Rams began their 2024 campaign by losing their second consecutive game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field last Sunday night. Once again, the Rams shot themselves in the foot in the 26-20 overtime loss, courtesy of the offense failing to retain possession of the ball in the closing minutes after taking the lead with 4:30 remaining on the clock. “We had those opportunities to close that game out in that four-minute. We went up, def...
The Los Angeles Dodgers currently lead their division by 4 1/2 games ahead of the San Diego Padres with the Arizona Diamondbacks 5 games back in the loss column. They are also one game behind the Philadelphia Phillies (87-59) for the best record in Major League Baseball at 86-58, with 16 games remaining in the regular season. While other teams might be celebrating a successful season, the Dodgers view every year as a "World Series or bust" situation. This high expectation has many analyzing the...
California Department of Justice (DOJ) Releases Report on Officer-Involved Shooting of Guillermo De Jesus Medina California Attorney General Rob Bonta, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), today released a report on Guillermo De Jesus Medina's death from an officer-involved shooting in Culver City, California, on December 18, 2022. The incident involved officers from the Culver City Police Department (CCPD). The report is part of the California Department of Justice's (DOJ) ongoing efforts...
In a statement addressed to the CCUSD community, School Superintendent Brian Lucas offered "We mourn the lives lost and the lives forever affected by yesterday's events at Apalachee High School in Georgia. While this shooting took place in another state far away from us, we can't help but also be affected by the devastating toll it takes on everyone, particularly on families with school-aged children. "We'd like to remind you that in May 2024, the Culver City Unified Board of Education...
Mrs. Beverly Joanne Smith (nee Cox), 91, longtime Culver City resident passes away. Born on October 13, 1932 se died on August 25, 2024 She was preceded in death by: her Husband Arnold Smith (1990) and her son Michael Smith who passed away in 2017. She is survived by: her daughter Linda , grandchildren Jay and Lauren , Great grandson Wiley, Daughter in Law Amanda Beverly loved, Cooking ,Sewing , Especially enjoyed gardening visiting with family, friends and neighbors She has been a resident of...
The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard-forward Vincent Valerio-Bodon. Terms of the contract were not released. Valerio-Bodon (6'9", 200) appeared in 25 games (five starts) for the South Bay Lakers last season, averaging 6.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 blocks in 18.3 minutes. The 23-year-old scored in double figures in seven regular season contests, including a season-high 19 points at Santa Cruz March 27. On the international stage, he appeared in 83 games across four seasons...
On August 8, Panda Ridge at the San Diego Zoo opened to the public, allowing access to the two newest furriest friends from China, Xin Bao and Yun Chuan. This is the first pair of pandas to be sent in 21 years, and these adorable bears represent the hope of improving relations between China and the U.S. While entering, we walked downhill past other bear enclosures, such as the grizzly or sloth bear. While less cuddly-looking, they were very adorable! For the opening ceremony there was a stage,...
P.T Barnum once said, "There's a sucker bor nevery minute and two to take his money. On Sunday September 7 the Culver City Police Department said that they was investigating multiple recent reported cases of rental scams that were initiated on social media. In each instance, a victim responded to a Facebook ad for an apartment rental, police said. They agreed to meet the seller at a location in Culver City, where they exchanged cash and a rental agreement, according to a police statement. When...
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The Santa Monica College (SMC) Emeritus Art Gallery will present a free exhibition of works by USA Today bestselling, award-winning author, poet, artist, and Emeritus student Uvi Poznansky. The exhibition opens Thursday, Sept. 19, with a free, live Zoom Virtual Launch Event from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at smc.edu/emeritusgallery, where a link will go live at event time and take guests directly to the exhibition's opening reception. The online opening reception will feature the artist speaking about...
