Garth Sanders

If some hearts were broken and other persons had their dreams surprisingly fulfilled, nary a sound was heard at Monday night’s City Council meeting when appointments were made to 11 open seats on city commissions.

As the date nears for the formal Culver City opening of the homeless shelter Upward Bound House, the Fraiche restaurant of Culver City partnered with Upward Bound last Saturday to help children, from ages 8 to 12, learn what it is like to work in the food and restaurant industry. Upward Bound is a community-based social service agency assisting homeless families with minor children. In Culver City, Upward will be at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Beethoven.

With Mother’s Day weekend at hand, in Culver City that has come to mean it is time for George Barris’s "Cruisin’ Back to the ‘50s" car show.

On Saturday from 9 to 3, amidst a gala environment for the sixth year in a row, hundreds of classic automobiles will be showcased along the main arteries of Downtown.

Assemblymember Curren Price today praised President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in the White House.

“He has demonstrated tremendous leadership in the face of the worst economic conditions our country has faced since the Great Depression,” said Mr. Price, favored to capture the vacant state Senate seat for West Los Angeles in the May 19 runoff election.

These scenes from a previous Stussy, Inc.-sponsored fundraiser for the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts of Culver City High School may get you in the mood for Saturday’s renewal, from 10 to 2, on the campus of El Rincon School. (See The Lowdown for details.)

Assemblymember Curren Price (D-Inglewood) announced today that he has sent a letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger to determine why the California Dept. of Consumer Affairs conducted joint enforcement actions with the Moreno Valley Police Dept. on six African-American-owned barbershops in Riverside County in April of 2008.

Assemblymember Curren Price has launched his runoff campaign as the Democratic Party nominee in the May 19 General Election for the 26th Senate District with a strong emphasis on jobs, environment and health.

A South Los Angeles community collaboration, Citizens' Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line (Fix Expo), officially launched a grassroots campaign and petition on Friday to the Mayor, Governor and MTA requesting resources from the Obama stimulus package and Measure R to add grade separations — train underpasses or train overpasses — to the current street-level portion of Expo Light Rail Line Phase 1 in South L,A.

Some disappointed people believe that U.S. Diane Watson (D-Culver City) failed miserably when she bobbled a chance to make a significant positive impact on the lives of about 50 Culver City Middle School students.

Four dozen Middle School students have a prearranged trip scheduled for next week with Social Studies teacher Rick Garcia.

Saturday night, the sounds of 1970s and ‘80s rock permeated Gardena Bowl as the Culver City High School Booster Club held its First Annual Charity Bowling Event.