Archive for March 31st, 2011
Cesar Chavez Day in Culver City – Michelle Mayans
Culver City has proclaimed March 31st to be Cesar Chavez Day of Community Service and Learning. The words, Yes We Can! Si Se Puede, recently united the cultural tapestry of our nation as chants rippled across America and the world in support of Barak Obama’s world changing 2008 presidential bid. Forty years prior, the same chant was the mantra first echoed by Cesar Chavez as he [...]
Hey – It’s the Crime Blotter
From the desk of the always astute Lt. Ron Izuka of the Culver City Police- It's the Blotter! Car Burglary: On March 23, 2011 at 7:30 pm, a victim of a car burglary called the station to report the crime. The victim said the following; he parked and locked his 2008 Cadillac near the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Slauson Avenue at 3:30 pm. When he returned at 7:20 pm discovered his [...]
Looking Up – Bob Eklund
When Is an Asteroid Not an Asteroid? On March 29, 1807, German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers spotted Vesta as a moving pinprick of light in the sky. Two hundred and four years later, as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft prepares to begin orbiting this intriguing world, scientists now know how special this object is, even if there has been some debate on how to classify it. Vesta is most [...]
Loco [Local] Media – A Short Series on Local News
![Loco [Local] Media – A Short Series on Local News](http://culvercitycrossroads.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/older-man-woman-reading-newspaper-278x300.jpg "Loco [Local] Media – A Short Series on Local News")
Editor's note- This post is part of a series on the media that covers Culver City, and while it will focus on facts, there will also be subjective opinions and critique. The purpose of this series is to give our readers a chance to learn more about our local media, and to respond via comments to create more community dialogue. This is the concept of a Crossroads- objective and subjective, looking [...]
