Wendy Taylor

Nancy Goldberg, recently retired after teaching 41 years at Culver City High School, today announced her candidacy for a seat on the School Board in the election to be held on Nov. 8.

A long-running, bitter legal battle over oil drilling in the Baldwin Hills has been settled, resulting in a reduction in the number of oil wells in the area, tighter restrictions on new wells and a series of measures to protect air quality, reduce noise and beautify the landscape.

[Editor’s Note: Here is the year-end letter the President of the Assn. of Classified Employees sent to members after last week’s School Board meeting.]

Back by popular demand, the annual Culver City Historical Society Picnic and Meeting on Wednesday, July 20, will be catered by the city’s own Santa Maria Barbeque Restaurant. A savory dinner will be cooked in the picnic area in Veterans Park by the restaurant’s owner, Jim Rodrigues, who will demonstrate the special techniques that have made his Downtown eatery so popular.

County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas yesterday introduced a motion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board calling for Metro to create a fund for business losses caused by construction of the Crenshaw/LAX light rail line.

In an effort to ensure that healthcare funds are equitably distributed throughout Los Angeles County, the Board of Supervisors yesterday agreed to carefully study how the County is spending new monies going to the private low-cost clinics that treat hundreds of thousands of County patients.

Four homeless veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and other disabilities today sued Dept. of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and the director of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System for misusing the VA campus in West Los Angeles.

Former Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner, who is exploring a run for Mayor in two years, will address the graduating class of West Los Angeles College class at commencement on Wednesday at 5 o’clock on the campus athletic field.

[Editor’s Note: After West L.A. College issued its on-campus summer bus schedule, outlined below, Bob Howells of nearby Lakeside Villas today offered an opposing view as a spokesperson for adjacent homeowners. The two views follow.]

A federal court has ruled that the Veterans Administration violated the free speech rights of a Veteran who protested the agency’s failure to use part of its property in West Los Angeles for the benefit and care of veterans, particularly those who are homeless.