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Budget Presentation Previews Expected Challenges – Culver City Crossroads

Lisa Soghor, Culver City’s Chief Financial Officer, began by thanking her staff for the presentation on the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 at the Budget Presentations meeting on May 19, 2025. But then she said that “as soon as the book was produced…it needs updating. The budget numbers are correct, it has a lot of moving parts.” […]

Paolo Cirio – Hacktivism at Work – Culver City Crossroads

The Glorya Kaufman Community Center saw a crowd on Saturday, May 17, 2025, listening to artist Paolo Cirio discuss his work in ‘hacktivism.’ He defined this as using the data on the internet to get people to reflect on how data is used, with a number of compelling examples.  Originally from Italy, but now based […]

CC Democrats United to Host LA Mayor Karen Bass – Culver City Crossroads

Culver City Democrats United is proud to announce that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Basswill be the special guest speaker at the club’s upcoming Membership Meeting on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM, held via Zoom. Mayor Bass, a longtime champion of social justice, public safety reform, and housing equity, brings decades of public service […]

Juneteenth! June 21 – Culver City Crossroads

The City of Culver City invites you to celebrate Juneteenth with us on Saturday, June 21st, from 1 PM to 4 PM at Ivy Station. In partnership with local artists, businesses, and organizations, this free, family-friendly event will be a day of reflection, education, and celebration. Enjoy: aperformance of the Black National Anthem, Live music […]

Los Angeles Chargers Sign Omarion Hampton

The Los Angeles Chargers today signed running back Omarion Hampton (selected No. 22 overall). Hampton finished his career at North Carolina as one of the most prolific running backs in college football, ranking No. 2 in the nation over the last two years with 3,164 rushing yards. He was the only back in the nation […]

Chargers will open the 2025 regular season in Brazil

The 2025 schedule is out for the Los Angeles Chargers, and it will involve a lot of travel and five prime time games. The Chargers open the season with a home prime time game on a Friday Night in São Paulo, Brazil, against their AFC West rivals, the Kansas City Chiefs on September 5. The […]

CCUSD Wins NAMM Honors – Best Communities for Music Education – Culver City Crossroads

Culver City Unified School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for their outstanding support and commitment to music education. This marks the sixth consecutive year that CCUSD has earned this nationwide honor. Now in its 26th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is […]

Completion of Debris Removal from Nearly 2,000 Properties in the Palisades

L.A.’s Disaster Recovery Effort On Track to be Fastest in Modern California History Mayor Karen Bass today announced that nearly 2,000 properties have been cleared of all debris by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and have received final sign off from L.A. County, a required step for rebuilding to begin. The Mayor spoke outside […]

Another West LA College Student Awarded Up to $55K Scholarship

Once again, the highly competitive Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship has selected a student from West Los Angeles College (WLAC). The scholarship aims for its scholars to complete their undergraduate educations with as little debt as possible and provides as much as $55,000 per year to complete a bachelor’s degree. Recipient Charles “Spenser” […]

District Attorney Hochman Announces Aggressive Actions to Prevent and Prosecute Retail Theft

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman to has announced aggressive actions to protect local businesses, deter retail theft and restore public safety in communities, including ramping up joint operations with law enforcement against organized criminals and filing over 1,000 Proposition 36 felony theft charges against repeat offenders. “Ending the cycle of catch-and-release that […]