Labor Day Car Wash for CPY Youth in Government
Clean up and contribute, on Labor Day at the Y. On Monday, September 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m the Youth and Government program will be holding a fundraising car wash in the back parking lot at Culver-Palms Family YMCA. Cost is $5, and additional donations are welcome. Y&G gives students a chance to participate in model United Nations, legislature and court programs, giving kids a real taste [...]
The Football File – Graham Davis
Teondray Caldwell rushed for 293 yards and scored 7 touchdowns and the Venice Gondoliers routed visiting Harvard Westlake 47-16. Caldwell, a senior in his first year playing running back, had scoring runs of 5, 59, 2, 2, 9, and twice from 80 yards out. With the end of the first half nearing, Venice coach Angelo Gasca seemingly opted to run the clock out from the 20-yard line. Caldwell took [...]
Backpacks and School Supplies for Upward Bound Kids
Families of Upward Bound House, a community based, non-profit organization providing transitional housing and programs for homeless children and their families, gathered at Family Shelter for a back-to-school celebration. CBS arrived with two truck loads of donated back packs filled with supplies for the upcoming school year. “The supplies in the backpack will last us all year!” exclaimed [...]
Looking Up – Bob Eklund
Looking for the Coolest Forms of Life on Earth - Two UK scientists are traveling to one of the coldest places on Earth to help them understand how life could exist on other planets in our Solar System. Professor Liane Benning (University of Leeds) and Dr. Dominique Tobler (University of Glasgow) are traveling to Ny-Alesund on the archipeligo of Svalbard, only 600 miles from the North Pole, [...]
Join the New Culver City Bicycle Coalition
Do you want to turn Culver City into a place where bikes are more common than cars? Roll your wheels over to the Helms Bakery Building at 8760 Venice Blvd. on Saturday Sept. 11 at 11 a.m., and join the Culver City Bicycle Coalition and the Sierra Club - West Los Angeles Group for a meeting on how to go about it. The newly drafted Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan will be presented to the [...]
Big Oil Wins Another Round in the Plastic Bag Battle
California lawmakers rejected a bill this week seeking to ban plastic shopping bags after a lengthy debate, and heavy lobbying by oil industry. The Democratic bill, AB 1998, which failed late Tuesday, would have been the first statewide ban in the nation, although a few California cities already prohibit their use. Should Culver City consider banning plastic bags from our stores, or do we [...]
Auditions for “Annie” at Westchester Playhouse
Kentwood Players announces auditions for the musical "Annie” based on the popular comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and book by Thomas Meehan. Saturday, September 11 will be auditions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for children and 2 to 4 p.m. for adults. Sunday, September 12 from 6 to 9 p.m for everyone, and callbacks will be held on [...]
School Board Holds Special Meeting for Supervisor Search
The Culver City School Board held a special meeting on August 31 with the Cosca Group, a superintendent search firm, to begin the process of selecting a new superintendent of schools. Board President Steve Gourley characterized the meeting as "amicable" and expressed his enthusiasm for both the performance of the interim superintendent, Patti Jaffe, and the board's ability to move the search [...]
Ballona Creek Clean-Up Needs Volunteers
Saturday, September 25, from 9 a.m. to noon, Ballona Creek Renaissance will be having a Creek Cleanup, at three Culver City locations, and your help is essential. BCR will be registering and providing orientation for cleanup volunteers at the Overland Avenue entrance to the bike path next to the Culver City Julian Dixon Library, 4975 Overland Avenue, Culver City, where we'll also have an exhibit [...]
Fresh From the Farm – Katie Malich
School started on Monday for Culver City Unified School District students. This week's Fresh From the Farm marks the start of the school year with a short pop quiz. Please answer true or false: 1. A tomato is a vegetable, scientifically speaking. TRUE ___ FALSE ___. 2. A tomato is a fruit, culinarily speaking. TRUE ___ FALSE ___. If you answered FALSE to both questions, you were right. [...]





