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Good day Culver City! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Culver City is rallying after a beloved bus driver's killing
  • What new robotaxi rules did Culver City just put in place?
  • How a Culver City nonprofit says bottle deposits are going missing.

Also on today's calendar: Chamber Music Palisades concert: Webern String Quartet and Flute and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Hot, with a high of 95 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Very warm, temps: high: 91, low: 71.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Family Launches GoFundMe for Culver CityBus Driver After Fatal Shooting (westsidecurrent.com) — Culver City residents are mourning Culver CityBus driver Bruce Rodriguez, fatally shot during an altercation with a passenger in Mar Vista, prompting a temporary suspension of bus service from Friday through Sunday. A GoFundMe is raising money for his young family, while Mayor Freddy Puza and city officials offer crisis support to staff and urge the community to show kindness to transit workers.
   

• L.A. now has more driverless cars, involved in more crashes. A look at the data (latimes.com subscription) — Culver City recently approved rules governing where robotaxi fleets can be charged, stored, and cleaned, as driverless cars expand across Los Angeles County. New data show Waymo crashes rising in number but generally minor, while experts debate whether autonomous vehicles are truly safer than human drivers and how much local control cities should have over their deployment.
   

• Underreported sales may cost bottle bill states up to 40% (resource-recycling.com) — A Culver City–based nonprofit, the Container Recycling Institute, warns that underreported beverage sales may be quietly draining hundreds of millions of dollars from bottle-deposit programs nationwide. Their new guidebook details how weak audits, loopholes, and staffing shortages let fraud and errors persist, and offers concrete recommendations for California and other states to better protect recycling funds.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Inglewood

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  • How Inglewood's Homeless Seniors Are Finding Relief Through Housing and Trauma-Informed Care (sdvoice.info)
  • Ben Crump, Maxine Waters renew call for federal investigation into death of Nolan Wells (wxxv25.com)

Beverly Hills

  • Meet Judith Manouchehri, Candidate For Beverly Hills Unified School District Board (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: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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