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🌱 Patch AM: Why fall is the prime time to plant in Culver City
Coming up on the Culver City Patch calendar: Water Harvest
Hi there, Culver City! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why fall is the prime time to plant in Culver City
- How a Culver City rape case ended before trial
- How a visually impaired Paralympian trains in Culver City for LA28
Also on today's calendar: Water Harvest and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy and comfortable, with a high of 78 and low of 69 degrees.
- Sunday: Breezy with a little rain, temps: high: 73, low: 62.
- Monday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 69 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fall Planting? Plan Now (culvercitycrossroads.com) — Culver City gardeners are encouraged to use the cooling fall weather to start planting cool-season vegetables, from lettuces and leafy greens to root crops like carrots and beets. The piece explains why fall is ideal locally, suggests soil amendments, and highlights nearby nurseries, while stressing flexibility around exact planting dates during this year's lingering heat. 
• Man Accused Of Kidnapping UCLA Student, Raping 2nd Woman Found Dead: Report (patch.com) — A Culver City sexual assault case has effectively ended after the Santa Monica man accused of attacking a woman there and kidnapping a UCLA student was found dead in an apparent suicide before his court hearing. Prosecutors had charged him with multiple serious felonies, and investigators had linked him to both the Culver City assault and the later UCLA kidnapping.
• Paralympic Medalist Isaac Jean-Paul Prepares for LA28 (lamag.com) — A Paralympic medalist who trains at West Los Angeles College in Culver City shares how severe visual impairment has shaped his journey in high jump and long jump. As he prepares for the LA28 Games, he describes learning to embrace his disability, trust his body despite limited eyesight, and use sports as a way to define himself beyond labels.
📸 Around Culver City
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Culver City
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★ Featured events ★
- Water Harvest →
Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility, 1935 S Hughes Way, El Segundo
10:00 am
Saturday October 24
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Other local events
- Rain Barrel Giveaway - October 10 (West LA College) →
West Los Angeles College, 9000 Overland Ave, Culver City
8:00 am - California Rare Fruit Growers Annual Plant sale →
Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City
10:00 am - Fall into a Sound Bath →
Fabletics Westfield Culver City, 6000 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City
10:00 am - Samizdat Sundays →
The Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City
10:30 am - Culver City Welcome Event For Student Delegation From Iksan City, South Korea →
Culver City Teen Center, 4153 Overland Ave, Culver City
1:00 pm - Public Broadcast Stereo @the Wende →
The Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City
4:00 pm - PUBLIC BROADCAST STEREO →
The Wende Museum's Community Center, 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City
4:00 pm - 🎃👻 SPOOKY SATURDAY is back at Coeur d'Alene Elementary! 👻🎃 →
Coeur D'Alene Avenue Elementary, 810 Coeur D Alene Ave, Los Angeles
3:00 pm - APLA Health's 42nd Annual Aids Walk returns to West Hollywood →
West Hollywood Park, 647 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood
10:30 am - An art exhibition showcasing Artists with Developmental Disabilities →
L.A. GOAL, 4911 Overland Ave, Culver City
11:00 am - Hip & Historic Halloween: Haunted Trick-or-Treat →
The Culver Hotel, 9400 Culver Blvd, Culver City
4:00 pm
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
Saturday October 24
Sunday October 25
📣 Culver City Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ⚠️ Magnitude 3.19 earthquake reported
Oct 9 at 12:44 AM PDT: 3.19 magnitude earthquake occurred near Signal Hill, CA. More than 1072 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )
- Denny's Corporation posted a job opening for Cook - Franchise in Culver City. Apply here.
- Macy's posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate, Culver City Center - Full Time in Culver City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Culver City here.
🗞 Nearby News
Inglewood
- (Undisclosed Address), Inglewood, CA 90301 (zillow.com)
- Mayor Butts Moves for Full Accounting of Every Tax Owed to Inglewood from Hollywood Park and SoFi Stadium (pacenewsonline.com)
- Inglewood voters, your November ballot has one of your candidate's names spelled wrong (thelalocal.org)
Los Angeles
- Massive Fire Rips Through Chinatown Commercial Building, Sends Smoke Skyward (patch.com)
- Major 105 Freeway Closures, Metro C Line Disruptions Planned This Weekend (patch.com)
- Man Accused Of Kidnapping UCLA Student, Raping 2nd Woman Found Dead: Report (patch.com)
Ok Culver City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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