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Culver City Times

Multimedia Journalist Germany Kent Honored as first African American Woman to receive prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Independent Deadline Reporting

Germany Kent is an American print and television journalist, radio personality, author, and producer. Her 2018 coverage of the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California won the Sigma Delta Chi in Online Independent Deadline Reporting; Kent is the first African American woman to achieve this honor in this category from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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reDiscover Center’s Tinkering Camps Filling Fast

 LOS ANGELES, CA: reDiscover Center, LA’s largest public kids makerspace, is proud to announce enrollment for their 10 week summer camp season is nearing capacity. The camps, called “Tinkering School LA,” are held at reDiscover Center’s main location on Washington Blvd. in Culver City and at satellite locations in Manhattan Beach, Los Feliz, and Pacific Palisades.

 

“Tinkering School LA has been extremely popular here at reDiscover since we started the camps in 2011,” stated…

Culver City Elks recognize the new Elk of the Year and other tireless members

Culver City Elks Lodge #1917 held their awards ceremony Friday night, celebrating the achievements of our local members throughout the 2018 year.

Genevieve Santiesteban earned the title of Elk of the Year with her tireless work on the activities we held throughout the…

San Pedro News Pilot

San Pedro's Renee Ketner Is 2020 CIF-LACS Scholar Athlete Of The Year

Announced in mid-May, San Pedro High School senior Renee Ketner was bestowed upon the highest individual honor by the CIF-Los Angeles City Section as the 2019-2020 Female Scholar Athlete Of The Year.

Ketner's athletic prowess at San Pedro will be notably remembered for being on four straight undefeated Marine League championship teams for soccer, and…

San Pedro Prep Sports 2019-2020 Final Year In Review

San Pedro News Pilot 2019-2020 Prep Sports Players Of The Year
Football: Joshua Ward (San Pedro).
Girls Volleyball: Sammie Sabra & Serena Ramirez (Mary Star)
Boys Basketball: Ian Hietala (San Pedro).
Girls Basketball: Isabella Serrano & Sarah Leyba (Mary Star).
Boys Soccer: Billy Lopez (San…

Class Of 2020 Spotlight: San Pedro Baseball Infielder Joshua Duarte

As we continue this special San Pedro News Pilot Class Of 2020 Spotlight feature series on student athletes at the San Pedro-based high schools whose senior years were cut short due to the coronavirus, here is our feature on San Pedro High School baseball infielder.

In three years time, Duarte has carved his own path in a very…

Culver City Times

Multimedia Journalist Germany Kent Honored as first African American Woman to receive prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Independent Deadline Reporting

Germany Kent is an American print and television journalist, radio personality, author, and producer. Her 2018 coverage of the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California won the Sigma Delta Chi in Online Independent Deadline Reporting; Kent is the first African American woman to achieve this honor in this category from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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reDiscover Center’s Tinkering Camps Filling Fast

 LOS ANGELES, CA: reDiscover Center, LA’s largest public kids makerspace, is proud to announce enrollment for their 10 week summer camp season is nearing capacity. The camps, called “Tinkering School LA,” are held at reDiscover Center’s main location on Washington Blvd. in Culver City and at satellite locations in Manhattan Beach, Los Feliz, and Pacific Palisades.

 

“Tinkering School LA has been extremely popular here at reDiscover since we started the camps in 2011,” stated…

Culver City Elks recognize the new Elk of the Year and other tireless members

Culver City Elks Lodge #1917 held their awards ceremony Friday night, celebrating the achievements of our local members throughout the 2018 year.

Genevieve Santiesteban earned the title of Elk of the Year with her tireless work on the activities we held throughout the…

Silver Lake Star

HOPE FOR UNITY ART SHOW AT NEUTRA GALLERY

Silver Lake's Neutra Gallery features an exhibition inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr., Bobby Kennedy, Black Lives Matter and Silver Lake diversity. Organized by Steve Meek of the Los Feliz & Silver Lake Community Guide and sponsored by Baller Art Ware, children to adults expressed how they identified with a world of…

COMEDY PAUSE presented by Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce and Comic Cure

The Silver Lake Chamber welcomes businesses, associations ... the neighborhood! to enjoy a Pause on 2020 for laughter and friendship. Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsdO-prTktHdctHy6ayFUsDpYZX5_cmurV…

 

Blog Posts

LIZ WHITTED DAWSON Jazztet "Womens' Herstory Month / Concert Series" |_ive Audience or |_ivestream Fri Mar 31st, 2023 8PM PT *updatez* [Next-up: Purple Gums 4/7]

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Liz Whitted Dawson, Jazztet Leader, singer & songwriter - voice "sets her mark on Jazz standards, w/ a soulful, eccentric style, tempered w/ gospel influences." (pic. @ The good O'World STAGE)…

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Nedra Wheeler "Women Herstory Month" Concert Series "Live In-House or Livestream Online" Fri Mar 24th, 2023 8PM PT *updatez* [Next-up: Malachi Whitson 3/25 · LIZ WHITTED DAWSON 3/31]

Posted by Jo- Koo of DojO- on March 27, 2023 at 7:50am 0 Comments

Nedra Wheeler, Band-Leader, Musician & Educator - bass

"She all-about-dat bass 'n singz soprano. (treble)" -

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Personnel:

Jamael Dean - piano 

Don Littleton - drums 

Justo Almariro - clarinet, saxes &…

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"☾omp²" CNN TV: Wkend Schedule - Su. Mar. 26th, 2023 PT; NEWs + Mark TWAIN Prize / LONGORIA Searching for Mexico / TAPPER &/or BASH / ZAKARIA / *PHILLIP* *updatez*

Posted by Jo- Koo of DojO- on March 26, 2023 at 5:43am 0 Comments

 Larry Fire on LinkedIn: The Kennedy Center Presents The Mark Twain ...  Eva Longoria presents! #SearchingForMexico CNN Original Series // TV ...

 5PM & Replay 8PM PT                                                    7PM & Replay 10PM PT

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"☾omp²" CNN TV: Wkend Schedule - Sat., Mar. 25th, 2022 PT; NEWs + Film: / Series: / SMERCONISH *updatez*

Posted by Jo- Koo of DojO- on March 25, 2023 at 1:18am 0 Comments

Record snowpack, nearly full reservoirs: Here's the state of California's drought after an epic winter  Record snowpack, nearly full reservoirs: Here's the state of California's drought after an epic winter This winter’s precipitation will undoubtedly help the state’s reservoirs in the short-term, which have for several years been running @…

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Sabine Trio @ The 'new' World STAGE "Concert Series: Live In-Person/-In-House or Online: Livestream" Fri Mar 10th, 2023 8PM PT *updatez* [Up Next: *MEDUSA* 3/17]

Posted by Jo- Koo of DojO- on March 13, 2023 at 5:29am 0 Comments

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Sabine, trio leader, Jazz Pianist & Composer - piano

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Personnel: Trio - feat. ~

Jonathan Kirsh - bass

Izaak Weatherwax - drums

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Resources, restaurants and respites

24th Street Theatre

Bacaro LA Wine Bar

The 2-9 Cafe

Rosso's Pizzeria



Ragazzi Room

Farmers Markets



University Avenue Farmers Market
Tuesdays 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Jefferson and Hoover


Expo Center / CSU Produce Stand

Thursdays 3 - 5 pm
3980 Menlo Ave. at Martin Luther King Blvd. in front of the pool
F.A.M.E. Church Farmers Market, parking lot on the southwestern corner, every Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Expo Park Farmers Market
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturdays
South lawn of Natural History Museum

Adams/Vermont Farmers Market

2 - 5 p.m. Wednesdays
1432 W. Adams
323-777-1755
L.A. Urban Oasis Farmers Market
5010 11th Avenue
323-291-8748
7 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturdays
Central Avenue

8 a.m. - noon Saturdays
Carver Middle School
4410 McKinley at Vernon 90011
Trojan Fresh Market

11 a.m. - 4p.m. Thursdays
USC campus - Alumni Park

Exposition Park 160 acres of culture and green space in the middle of a metropolis


Expo Center - an Olympic-sized pool, a kids pool with water features and a gym
Expo Park Farmers Market
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturdays
South lawn of Natural History Museum

California Science Center California African American Museum
Natural History Museum of LA CountyRose GardenAhmanson Senior Center
Parsons Preschool

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LIZ WHITTED DAWSON Jazztet "Womens' Herstory Month / Concert Series" |_ive Audience or |_ivestream Fri Mar 31st, 2023 8PM PT *updatez* [Next-up: Purple Gums 4/7]

Liz Whitted Dawson, Jazztet Leader, singer & songwriter - voice "sets her mark on Jazz standards, w/ a soulful, eccentric style, tempered w/ gospel influences." (pic. @ The good O'World STAGE)Personnel: Jazztet - (pic. @ The 'new' World STAGE)…See More
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What's Hot @ The 'new' World STAGE "Concert Series +: Live In-House Audience / Livestream" Mar/Apr 2023 *updatez* [Print 'n Distribute] at The World Stage

March 27, 2023 at 8pm to April 2, 2023 at 9pm
DON'T MISS! LIZ-WHITTED DAWSON INTERVIEW! Performing w/ her Jazztet @ The 'new' World STAGEFri Mar 31st, 8PM PT.                                                         Concert Series: Fri. nites wkly 8PM PT - (ltd.) In-House Audience requested Artist Support Fee: $20 (donation based/cash @ door) - Online: Livestream (pay2view)…See More
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LIZ WHITTED-DAWSON Jazztet "Womens' Herstory Month" Fri Mar 31st, 2023 8PM PT *updatez*

In-house - Live performance or Online - Livestream ~The World Stage: Website / EVENTS CALENDAR -https://tockify.com/the.world.stage/detail/513/1680318000000Facebook/Meta:…
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Malachi Whitson "Something w/ Soul" @ The 'new' World STAGE Sat Mar 25th, *6:00* PM PT *updatez*

18th Street Arts Center Presents: Annual Jazz Artist Competition Winner - Malachi Whitson Culmination Concert @ The 'new' World STAGE ~Live (free) In-House Concert / Livestream (free)*Tune-In*:…
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"Re: MetalJazz in time - /\/\etal_|azz.com e-mail ~ Record review: Xochi Cuicatl, "Resiliencia." For Christopher Garcia, it's in the blood.Links: This week's L.A. shows by Nedra Wheeler, Steve Smith, Oscar…"
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Nedra Wheeler "Womens' History Month" *updatez*

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University Park Schools

Foshay Learning Center, a K-12 school, which was named one of America's Best Schools by Newsweek and the Washington Post

Manual Arts High School
became an Innovation Design School in 2008

32nd Street/USC Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School
is one of the the most popular magnet schools in the LAUSD

Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center School, designed by renowned architect Thom Mayne, is a collaboration between the California Science Center and LAUSD

John W. Mack Elementary School
opened in 2005 and is named in honor of the man who headed the Los Angeles Urban League for 36 years

Lenicia B. Weemes Elementary School

Norwood Street Elementary School
has its own Farmers Market

Vermont Avenue Elementary School

St. Vincent School opened in 1911 and is the second oldest school in Los Angeles

St. Agnes Parish School just created a new website

University Park Services and Officials

311 call this number for all non-emergency needs. The operator, who is there 24 hours a day, can transfer you to the department that should help answer your questions and solve your problems. It works.

Councilwoman Jan Perry and her personal website.

Councilman Bernard Parks
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County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.

North Area Neighborhood Development Council website and blog.

Daily Trojan

FINANCE: Experts, students weigh interest rate hikes amid bank turmoil

iThe Fed raised interest rates March 22, which could extend a series of bank failures March.

The post FINANCE: Experts, students weigh interest rate hikes amid bank turmoil appeared first on Daily Trojan.

Students learn renting rights with Gould School of Law

Attendees learned about different renter protections at the student workshop.

The post Students learn renting rights with Gould School of Law appeared first on Daily Trojan.

Acceptance rate 11.5% for 2023 cycle

USC received nearly 81,000 applications this season and accepted 8,032 students.

The post Acceptance rate 11.5% for 2023 cycle appeared first on Daily Trojan.

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