Garth Sanders

Subsidized housing activists went home frustrated after last evening’s City Council meeting. With Housing Division coffers registering nearly empty, the nine traditionally funded programs are at a standstill.

Who knew the very busy Culver City Exchange Club, fresh off its fireworks winner last week, had branched into education? When Jon Pearson, the popular principal of the Middle School for the last six years, accepted a promotion last month to the Torrance Unified School District, the South Bay not only tooketh but gaveth backeth.

Like an old family friend, Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival returns home in 48 hours. By 4:30 on Thursday afternoon, fans who have been along for most of the nearly two-decade ride, accompanied by their favorite picnic baskets, will start to congregate adjacent to the makeshift stage in the Courtyard of City Hall.

After a year of absence, the Exchange Club’s Fourth of July Fireworks Show will resume at West Los Angeles College this evening in spite of a protest from Culver Crest neighbors worried about fire potential. Gates open at 4. Fireworks start shooting at dusk.

Dateline Pasadena – Expecting to learn the job-pursuing fate of President Mark Rocha any day now, the Pasadena Board of Trustees finally approved a 2014/15 calendar at Wednesday night's board meeting. The war between the PCC family and Dr. Rocha, along with his reliable Board allies, continues. Against the stated wishes of faculty, staff, student representatives and the college's calendar committee, Trustees approved ...

After a year of absence, the Exchange Club’s Fourth of July Fireworks Show will resume at West Los Angeles College one week from Friday, the holiday, in spite of a protest from Culver Crest neighbors worried about fire potential. Gates open at 4, and fireworks begin at dusk.

Dad will – could—should – be on the run Sunday, and not just because it is Father’s Day. The second annual Culver City 5K/10K Run, will take place on Father's Day, starting at 7 a.m.

In a novel response to House Speaker John Boehner’s continued refusal to allow the Senate-passed federal unemployment extension benefits bill to go to a vote in the House, one long-term unemployed Culver City resident has put her creativity to work. Shireen Daytona, who has designed an intriguing new game, is hoping to get back on her feet and keep a roof over her head.

Three members of the most successful Culver City High School girls basketball team in 35 winters are reaping prized accolades for its brilliant 31-5 season. While winning the CIF Division 2AA championship for the first time since 1979, the Lady Centaurs brought home the school’s first CIF championship in the last 32 years. They defeated ...

The fundraiser for City Council candidate Christopher Patrick King at The Culver Hotel last week filled the Crystal Room. Coordinated by former School Board President Barbara Honig and Culver City Democratic Club Secretary Pat Levinson, the theme of “From the Gilded Age to the New Age” was present throughout the room. The historic hotel transported guests back to ...