Now Accepting Applications for Culver City Performing Arts Grants
Grant Guidelines, Eligibility, Instructions and Applications for 2026 Performances The City of Culver City offers grants to support theatre, dance, and music performances. This program brings performing arts events to the community and helps make them accessible to everyone. Culver City wants everyone to have a chance to experience and enjoy the arts. Our grants […]
Ocean Water Use Warning for Los Angeles County Beaches August 20
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the below Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters: BEACH AREA WARNINGS: · Latigo Shore Drive in Malibu 100 yards up and down the coast from the public access steps. · The Bel Air […]
Chamber Announces Support of Culver City’s Measure CL
The Culver City Chamber of Commerce has announced its support for Measure CL, the Culver City Neighborhood Services and Community Safety Measure, which will appear on the ballot in the upcoming all-mail election. That election will end on August 26, 2025. Measure CL proposes a quarter-cent local sales tax, that would generate approximately $5–6 million […]
Centaurs face a tough preseason schedule before league play
Culver City’s high school varsity football team will kick off the 2025 season on the road against one of the best teams in the Los Angeles City Section, King Drew, on Thursday, August 28, at 7 p.m. at Southwest Community College. Last year Drew was 11-4 and they made it all the way to the […]
Long Beach Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Charging Him with Sending a Dozen Payments to Suspected ISIS Terrorists
A Long Beach man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he sent a dozen payments to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, 28, is charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, a felony offense that carries a […]
Culver Cops Foil Cosmetics Store Burglary
Late Sunday night, July 27 three suspects broke into a cosmetics store at the 6000 block of Sepulveda Boulevard in Culver City, stuffing bags with nearly $50,000 in merchandise. But thanks to security partnering with sharp-eyed officers, and a fast-footed response, their plans were anything but flawless. One tried to run. One tried to hide. […]
The Chargers may have found their big-play Wide Receiver
The Los Angeles Chargers have been looking for a big-play wide receiver rookie wide for the last few seasons and they may have found him in rookie 5th round draft pick KeAndre Lambert-Smith, who continues to impress in training camp. Lambert-Smith, known on the team as KLS, had another productive practice last Saturday, August 2, […]
Villanueva Plans Run to Regain Sheriffs Job
After a resounding defeat in his bid for reelection in 2022 former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva officially announced Tuesday he is running to regain his job in the November 2026 election. Villanueva served as L.A. County sheriff from 2018 until 2022, when he lost to Robert Luna, who already declared he’s running for […]
Whittier Man Arrested on Federal Indictment Alleging He Used Dating Apps to Con Victims Out of More Than $2 Million
A Whittier man was arrested today on a 14-count federal indictment alleging that he used dating apps and websites such as Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble to con victims of his romance scams out of more than $2 million. Christopher Earl Lloyd, 39, is expected to make his initial appearance and be arraigned on the felony […]
Engineer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secret Technology Designed for Missile Launch Detection
A Santa Clara County man and former engineer at a Southern California company pleaded guilty today to stealing trade secret technologies developed for use by the United States government to detect nuclear missile launches, track ballistic and hypersonic missiles, and to allow U.S. fighter planes to detect and evade heat-seeking missiles. Chenguang Gong, 59, of […]