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MomsRising.org – Preschool Initiatve
If you agree that early education is the key to good education, then universal preschool is just what we need. At this very moment, MomsRising.org is gathering signatures to go to reach that goal. "One of the reasons I am excited about Obama’s proposed preschool-for-all initiative is that it is going to be so educational for parents. Preschool is not just valuable for children’s [...]
Celebrating RSVP – Sandra Coopersmith
Jill Thomsen, Volunteer Specialist at the Culver City Senior Center, could finally exhale and enjoy a few moments of relaxation – or whatever passes for relaxation in her frequently frenetic schedule. It was the afternoon of Friday, April 26 of National Volunteer Week, which was established in 1974 as a time to celebrate people doing extraordinary things through service and focus attention on [...]
Safe Routes to School Needs Your Voice for State Funding
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is pleased to let you know that the California Air Resources Board recently released its three year Draft Investment Plan (DIP) which outlines a proposal for how California should spend revenues generated by Cap and Trade. It's an environmental win-win-win; reduce pollution, generate income and spend those funds on educating our city towards a [...]
Plastic Bag Ban ? Click Here to Comment
On May 13, 2013, the City Council is scheduled to consider the: 1)Introduction of an Ordinance banning single-use plastic carryout bags and requiring a minimum $0.10 per bag charge for single-use paper carryout bags; and 2) Adoption of Resolutions adopting an Addendum to the Los Angeles County Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), Mitigation Monitoring Program, and Statement of Overriding [...]
Tell Sacramento No Fracking Way – Support AB1301 Now
As the fracking industry sets its sights on major fracking expansion in California, the practice remains dangerously unregulated. Pressure is mounting on state legislators to take action. A number of fracking bills have been introduced in the Legislature and state regulators have proposed an overhaul of the state's oil and gas regulations. With Culver City's proximity to the Inglewood Oil [...]
Success Breeds…More Success: Culver City Makes Morgan Stanley List of Development Destinations
Financial services firm Morgan Stanley is out with a new poll of Los Angeles-area investors on what they think about the local commercial development economy, and the results are ... not at all surprising. According to Eve Bachrach at Curbed, "Nearly half of Los Angeles investors see a development boom in Downtown LA (47%) and Beach Cities (44%). Entertainment-centered Culver City is seen as the [...]
Crime Blotter – Things Get Stolen
Burglary: On April 18, 2013 at 1:00 pm, a reporting party called to report her company’s office was broken into and their property missing. The R/P said the office was secured on April 18, 2013 at 12:30 pm, and located in the 9300 block of Washington Boulevard. On April 19th at 9:00 am, another employee arrived at work and discovered their property missing. Grand Theft: On April 19, 2013 at [...]
Fire Above Bill Botts Touches Inglewood Oil Field
A downed power line is considered to be the cause of the fire that broke out April 22 in the area above Bill Botts Field, according to CCFD Battalion Chief Chris Syverson. "It was called in to 911 just about 7 pm, so I'll estimate we had it under control in very short order, and completely out by about 7:30. After that, there's the mop-up, which takes considerably longer; we were still on it this [...]
Council Notes – Mayor Cooper Starts His Term
"One person does not run this city," noted Jeff Cooper in his first speech as Mayor,"and I'm grateful to everyone in the room, and everyone who gets involved with taking care of our city and each other." April 22 found the Mike Balkman Chambers full to capacity as the evening's main event, the mayoral rotation, waited at the end of the agenda. When Jeff Cooper had been named as Mayor and [...]
Democracy School – Corporate Rights Unraveled
The dozens of people filling the Garden Room at the Vets Auditorium late Sunday afternoon April 21 were there to listen to Ben Price, Projects Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (pictured left), and Shannon Biggs, Director of the Community Rights Program of Global Exchange. The presentation called "Democracy School" was a brief and blunt tutorial on how corporate [...]
