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  • 2024 – 2025 Property Tax Postponement Program Filing Period

    Oct 10, 2024

    Controller Malia M. Cohen today announced that the filing period for applications for property tax deferment are now being processed. California's Property Tax Postponement (PTP) Program, administered by Controller Cohen, allows homeowners who are seniors, are blind, or have a disability, and who meet income and other requirements to postpone payment of property taxes on their primary residence. In the 2023-24 tax year, California homeowners were able to postpone over $6.2 million in...

  • Senior Scams and How to Avoid Them

    May 5, 2022

    Support of National Senior Fraud Awareness Day, Adrienne Omansky of Stop Senior Fraud Acting Program (SSFAP) announced that “we have a new program this year with our actors and educators, Dr. Sherry McCoy and Ann Stahl. It will be on Wed., May 11 at 3 p.m., hosted by Exposition Park Regional Library, and is virtual so anyone can join in. Here is the Zoom link, https://lapl.zoom.us/j/82168053872, and no RSVP is necessary....

  • Stars Sparkle at Senior Center

    Sandra Coopersmith, Features Writer|Sep 19, 2019

    Age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow On Sunday afternoon, September 15th, under the auspices of the Culver City Senior Citizens Association, Inc. ("CCSCA") and the Culver City Exchange Club, those stars were delightfully visible in the search for Ms. Culver City Elegance 2019, the theme for which was "You are the star of your own life." I arrived...

  • Seniors, Beware – the Scams Never Stop

    Sandra Coopersmith, Features Writer|May 2, 2019

    Don't fall prey to predators! With May being Older Americans Month, this warning to seniors is timely. Fortunately, the con artists and scammers are up against a hardy band of superheroes. Adrienne Omansky's Stop Senior Scams Acting Program ("SSSAP"), founded in 1998, is actively involved at senior centers, libraries, community centers and other venues, offering presentations that use skits to entertainingly inform older adults about senior fraud and ways to prevent it. Be sure to check them...

  • Culver City Releases Survey for Seniors

    Mar 14, 2019

    The City of Culver City is pleased to announce its designation as an Age-Friendly Community by AARP. Culver City joins dozens of other cities and states within both AARP's Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities as well as the World Health Organization's (WHO) global network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. "The City is honored to be one of AARP's Age-Friendly Cities! It is great to be known as a community that can support the ambitions of all people, no matter their age," said Cul...

  • Culver City Senior Volunteers Feted At Breakfast Sponsored By Goldrich Kest

    Jun 21, 2018

    Thanks to the generosity of Culver City-headquartered Goldrich Kest and its 60 Acts of Kindness program, more than 100 Culver City seniors enjoyed an all-American breakfast at a volunteer recognition event. Presented by the Culver City Senior Center, the event is among the activities it organizes to further its mission of providing educational, recreational and social services that meet the needs and interests of seniors, residents with disabilities and all members of the general community....

  • Elegant ... Empowered ... Exciting!

    Sandra Coopersmith, Features Writer|May 31, 2018

    By Sandra Coopersmith "Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future." Coco Chanel To find vibrant, outgoing and elegant women, you need look no further than the Culver City Senior Center, where seven very capable representatives impressed the audience and judges Sunday afternoon, May 20, as Culver City Senior Citizens Association and Culver City Exchange Club presented their search for Ms. Culver...

  • Rx For Healing: A Visit From The CC Strummers

    Sandra Coopersmith, Features Writer|Feb 2, 2018

    For those served by Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, it could be said that the January 23, 2018 bimonthly visit from The CC Strummers, the ukulele group headed by Cali Rose who teaches two classes a week at the Culver City Senior Center and can be reached at [email protected], was just what the doctor ordered. Participating with her were Ed Daniel, Mollie Wine, Ann Cooper, Barbara Kernochan and Michael Kohan. Their rehearsed consisted of "Carpool Ukulele" in Kohan's van as they drove north on...