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Council Reverses Firings Orders City Lifeguards Reinstated

The Culver City City Council rejected a move a Tuesdays meeting to replace lifeguards at the plunge by hiring USA Pools to assume the lifeguard responsibilities. Dozens of residents along with the terminated employees showed up to protest the termination of the lifeguards and the proposal to contract out for the services. Source link

Ballona Creek Beautification – Culver City Observer

Please join as we pickup trash and invasive plants from the path and creek on Saturday June 14 from 8:30am until noon. Bring your own water bottle and wear closed toe shoes. Children under 14 must have adult accompaniment. Meet at Overland Ave. and Ballona Creek on West side of street next to the Julian […]

Kamlager-Dove Attacks Budget Bill – Culver City Observer

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) released the following statement after House passage of the Republican reconciliation bill: “House Republicans just sold out their constituents to the highest bidders: Donald Trump and his billionaire boys club. Debated and brought to the House Floor in the dead of night, they passed a monstrosity of a bill that strips […]

Ballona Creek Clean-Up – June 14 – Culver City Crossroads

Volunteers needed! Please join Leadership Culver City and Ballona Creek Renaissance as we pick up trash and remove invasive plants from the path & creek. Bring you own water bottle, and wear close-toed shoes. Children under 14 need adult accompaniment. Saturday June 14, 2025 from 9:30 to noon.  Meet at the gate for Ballona Creek […]

8 Opera Singers Wrap Year’s Final Performance at Zipper Hall

The Opera Buffs, celebrating their 41st season supporting young, emerging opera singers in Southern California, held their season finale at the Colburn School in the acoustically-sound Zipper Hall on Sunday. Eight special opera singers were invited to perform with accompaniment by music director Brent McMunn on piano. They were in good hands with McMunn since […]

NASCAR Cup Series Nashville Storylines and Insights

• This weekend marks the fifth running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway (2021-2025). • At 1.33 miles, Nashville is the longest concrete oval on the NASCAR schedule. • Four different drivers have won at Nashville Superspeedway in the NASCAR Cup Series – Kyle Larson (2021), Chase Elliott (2022), Ross Chastain (2023) […]

Culver City High School wins its first boy’s track and field championship

The Culver City High School boys’ track and field team ran their way into the CIF history books last Saturday in the CIF Division 2 Finals at Moorpark high school when they captured the school’s first boys’ championship. The Centaurs turned in a dominant performance when they scored 51 points against some of the best […]

Dear Editor – CCNU Telling Lies About Affordable Housing – Culver City Crossroads

Dear Editor and Culver City residents: Did you receive a flyer from Culver City Neighbors United (CCNU) on your doorstep? Did you know that CCNU is a Political Action Committee funded primarily by developer Michael Hackman, a billionaire who owns the Culver Steps downtown and the property leased by Amazon Studios? (https://culvercitycrossroads.com/2025/06/03/dear-editor-are-these-the-people-in-your-neighborhood/) Lies people are […]

State Moves Towards Pay Raise for Firefighters – Culver City Crossroads

Flames lick above vehicles on Highway 162 as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) On Thursday, June 5, 2025,  the California Assembly has advanced legislation authored […]

Dear Editor – Jubilo Village is Good for Culver City! – Culver City Crossroads

“Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth–even if they decide to help the less fortunate–while others are short-changed, then even acts of kindness end upsupporting unjust arrangements. We must never ignore the injustices that make charity necessary, or theinequalities that make it possible. […]