I'm showing you a cut through using Castle Hieghts and Hughes to get into Culver City and other streets I'm familiar with to get there. It just reqires getting into Beverly Hills

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4440335
or http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4440375


or if you want to use Venice
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4440335