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	Crenshaw Leader Calls for Ouster of Metro CEO Leahy By Ari L. Noonan @ 8:00 AM June 19, 2013 Found in: News Second of three parts. That the Metro staff, which advises the Metro Board, turned down the offers by three of four contract bidders to build a tunnel at the end of the Crenshaw light rail line within the budget guidelines “is a statement about the staff’s obtuseness,” says Damien Goodmon of the Crenshaw Subway Coalition.read
	Culver Park’s Splendid Rally and Comeback Triumph By Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM June 18, 2013 Found in: News First in a series. Four days before Friday afternoon’s grand graduation ceremony at Southwest College, on Imperial Highway, it is mind-stretching to believe that a year ago this month Culver Park High School partisans were...read
	Goodmon Explains Mayor Villaraigosa’s Flip on Light Rail By Ari L. Noonan @ 8:00 AM June 18, 2013 Found in: News First of two parts. The central question going into last evening’s meeting – actually, rally – of Damien Goodmon’s Crenshaw Subway Coalition was whether Light Rail Miracle No. 2 can be pulled off at the next downtown meeting of the Metro Board a week from Thursday?read
	South L.A. Teens Learn Business Development from Serial Entrepreneur By Juan Vasquez @ 8:00 AM June 18, 2013 Found in: News URBAN Teens eXploring Technology, a tech nonprofit in South Los Angeles, hosted Krishna Gupta, CEO of Sortfolio, to discuss lessons on business successes and failures as part of the organization’s 15-week summer coding academy. “Failure is not trying,” said Krishna Gupta, current CEO of Sortfolio and Bean Genius, two rising start-ups that mesh creative thinking and technology with profitable ideas.read
	September Is the Target for Advisory Committee’s Opening Plan By Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM June 17, 2013 Found in: News After last week’s monthly meeting of the Finance Advisory Committee, it can be reported that the just-organized nine-person body is proceeding methodically, as would be expected from ladies and gentlemen seeking to understand City Hall’s complex fiscal apparatus and the governing rules.read
	The Learning Component in Free Lunch Program By Ari L. Noonan @ 8:00 AM June 17, 2013 Found in: News Second of three parts. The School District’s inaugural Free Summer Lunch program that starts a week from this morning at 11:30 at La Ballona Elementary for students 18-and-under, is about feeding minds as much as bodies, says Supt. Dave LaRose.read
	A New Way for (Hungry) Students to Spend the Summer By Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM June 14, 2013 Found in: News To the dismay of kvetching pessimists and previously undefeated old-fashioned mamas who have failed to update their Book of Bromides, there is a free lunch in this world. For six weeks this summer, down the street at La Ballona Elementary, a first-time experiment in Culver City, a comprehensive plan to...read
	Doggedly, Fusaro Fights for the Under-Dog By Local News @ 12:00 PM June 14, 2013 Found in: News Animal photographer Lori Fusaro, who is the editor of the Culver City News, has a special place in her heart for the under-dog. She has been helping pets find homes for more than a decade, inspiring her to create an art book called Silver Hearts.read
	Culver City No. 1 in America – A Golden Feat By a Golden Fleet By Ari L. Noonan @ 11:00 AM June 13, 2013 Found in: News The announcement from San Antonio was succinct: Government Fleet magazine and the 100 Best Fleets program named the Top 20 fleets in the 100 Best Fleets program, as well as the No. 1 fleet, at the annual awards ceremony held at the Government Fleet Expo & Conference. The No. 1 fleet is the City of Culver City.read
	Jesse, Amelia, Daejah – Twinkling Stars in the Culver Park Galaxy By Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM June 12, 2013 Found in: News Three Culver Park High School students who separately wrote comeback stories of the year were saluted at last evening’s School Board meeting with scholarship awards from the Balfour Beatty, the construction company upgrading facilities throughout the School District.read