National Guard deployed to Westfield Culver City

So far Culver City has avoided the levels of looting and vandalism experienced elsewhere in the Los Angeles area. But acting on "specific threats" made to stores in the Westside city, the Culver City Police Department (CCPD) has requested National Guard assistance at the Westfield Culver City mall to provide security. Some 25 National Guard servicemembers were deployed to the shopping center located at 6000 Sepulveda Boulevard at 1 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. "The current danger to the Culver…