Week in Review: School Resumption and Pageant Pursuit

This week, students filed into the first day of class across the Culver City Unified School District, Patch launched a project to scrutinize One Square Mile of the city in partnership with graduate students at USC, and the city foiled the efforts of a Mar Vista youth to secure city funding in her efforts to compete as Miss Culver City Teen USA.

Read on for a roundup of stories Patch covered this week. 

MONDAY

Students in the Culver City School District gear up for their first day back to school.

The third proposed One Square Mile project by the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism focuses on Westfield Culver City.

The from a woman's bank account sparks an identity theft report.

TUESDAY

Poppy, a pup named for California's state flower, seeks a permanent home from a Culver City family.

We take a look at the natural skin and hair products in James Derner's Clean Living line available at the farmers market.

WEDNESDAY

A new emergency homeless shelter gives families a chance to find work and look for more permanent living arrangements. 

The winning Square Mile is selected among the entries submitted by graduate students at USC, and the semester-long reporting project gets underway. 

THURSDAY

A judge will decide whether a key witness in a civil lawsuit brought by the mother of a slain woman will be compelled to testify. 

Just in time for the start of the new school year, 30 kids living at Upward Bound House's Family Shelter receive new backpacks filled to the brim with school supplies.

FRIDAY

West Washington Boulevard is getting a makeover under the Culver City Redevelopment Agency's three-phase West Washington Area Improvement Plan.

Patch weighs in on the best hot dogs in Culver City.

A take a peek at fun-filled options for Labor Day Weekend, from jazz performances to circus acts.

SATURDAY

Patch spends five minutes with Councilman Andrew Weissman, who addresses the city's financial concerns.

Culver City High football coach Jahmal Wright struggles to choose the next starting Centaurs quarterback. 
 
SUNDAY

The City Council denies the request for funding from Alizabeth Blackburn, a Mar Vista teen who entered Donald Trump's Miss California pageant as Miss Culver City Teen USA.

American Youth Soccer Organization and Farragut Elementary School volunteer Ann Bishop talks about the important role volunteers play in education.