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Dateline Hawthorne – Mayor Chris Brown will make his third trip to the White House late next week, and for the second time he will be pleading with President Obama to support, if not supply, body cameras for every police department in the nation – to avoid future Fergusons, Staten Islands, Baltimores and South Carolinas. Hawthorne officers were outfitted – … Read More

Dateline Washington – In a significant victory for U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Culver City/Los Angeles), he House of Representatives today unanimously passed the “Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.” Ending human trafficking long has been a favorite cause of Ms. Bass’s, and this omnibus trafficking bill incorporates several bipartisan trafficking bills, including language from Ms. Bass. This legislation enhances the … Read More

July will mark the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, landmark legislation signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. The ADA ushered in civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities. It assured equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities for access to businesses, employment, transportation, government programs and services, and telecommunications. On Sunday, June 14, at the Senior … Read More

[Editor’s Note: Second day in a series of interviews Scott McVarish, a parent, is conducting with leaders in the School District for his project “For Great Schools.” Mr. McVarish’s entire interview can be seen at facebook.com/forgreatschools ] The second half of Mr. McVarish’s interview with School Board member Steve Levin. Mr. McVarish: What is next in terms of improving our high … Read More

A sophisticated calculator was not required to tabulate the crowd for yesterday’s opening round of budget hearings in Council Chambers. Four. With almost no pressure to change seats for a closer view, the four persons sat stoically as the Fire Dept., Parks and Recreation Dept., Information Technology Dept., Financial Dept., and Public Works Dept. presented their budgets for the fiscal … Read More

When Mehaul O’Leary succeeded Meghan Sahli-Wells last month as the elected leader of Culver City, John Nachbar, invoker of the Invocation, reflector of the Reflection, did not have to even turn the page. The unflappable city manager listened to the flap a year ago when Ms. Sahli-Wells changed the name of the longstanding religious-sounding Invocation to the secular-sounding Reflection. He … Read More

If Jim Clarke could pilot two 16-wheelers simultaneously, he might have driven both of them into Council Chambers for this afternoon’s round of budget hearings to emphasize the Stephanopoulos -sized crowd – since he is in the news and the budget may not be. No one was expected to be turned away, that is if any member of the public … Read More

The new leader of Culver City may have been one of its few residents who held neutral feelings about the crackling flap over presumed gaudy signage that allegedly would have accompanied the economic sprucing up of a mixed neighborhood at the south end of the community. Mayor Mehaul O’Leary said that fellow City Councilman Jeff Cooper’s suggestion at the outset … Read More