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Come to Downtown Culver City this Saturday, May 7, 2011, for the "Eighth Annual Cruisin' Back to Culver City Car Show." Hundreds of classic cars and hot rods from all across California will be on display.
George Barris -- car customizer and creator of the Batmobile, the Munsters' Koach, the Beverly Hillbillies' jalopy and many more vehicles from the movies and television -- will be there with some of his great creations.
Here's some great…
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If you've ever tried to drive southbound on Sepulveda during rush hour to get to, say, the Fox Hills Mall, you know how impossible it is. This Monday, May 9, 2011, construction begins try to alieviate the situation.The plan is to to widen southbound Sepulveda Boulevard to three continuous lanes between Sawtelle Boulevard and Green Valley Circle.
Currently, there are…
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Last week, Micheal (Mehaul) O’Leary, a Culver City councilman since 2006 and owner of Joxer Daly's Pub, was selected as Culver City's new mayor.
As we know, Culver City's City Council is made up of five members. The City Council selects from among their members a mayor and vice mayor, to serve in those positions for a period of one year. At the same meeting where…
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Check out the amazing footage of Culver City in this instructional movie Pacific Electric made for its conductors in 1914.
The sequence from 1:00 to 1:35 was filmed at the corner of Venice and Sepulveda. Look all those trees!
A little less amazing but still worth watching is the sequence from 3:50 to 4:15. That's a view of 1914 Culver City, facing…
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The Electric Lawn Mower Exchange Program allows residents to turn in their working gas-powered lawn mower and purchase a new cordless rechargeable electric mower at a discounted price. Using a typical gas mower for one year…
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If you've ever had a slice of their pizza from the Abbot's Pizza on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, you'll know why we're so excited by the new Abbot's Pizza on Sepulveda Blvd., at Braddock Drive.
Whatever your favorite…
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Let us now praise lost pet signs. Foremost, they are utilitarian tools – and, of course, we sincerely hope they will have their intended effect. Please keep your eye out for these animals!
But, in…
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On Saturday, April 30th, from 12:30 to 4pm, join your Culver City neighbors on a bike tour of some of the most beautiful and environmentally friendly gardens in Mar Vista.…
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According to City Manager John Nachbar in the April 21-27 Culver City Observer, the commercial buildings from 12469 to 12477 Washington Blvd. (including Gloria's Cake & Candy Supplies and the Pacific Eye Care) as well as the properties from 12453 to 12461 Washington Blvd. are scheduled to be renovated as a project of the Community Development Agency.
So . .…
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is coming to our neighborhood and we're all invited.
One of Southern California’s most cherished and engaging weekend celebrations kicks off its 16th storied year in a new home on USC’s University Park campus April 30 and May 1, 201.
Here are the…
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Two weeks ago "the Rush Street Guys" -- Brian McKeany and Ken Kaufman -- opened a new restaurant in downtown Culver City: City Tavern. It offers refined comfort food (according to their website) or artisanal foods (according to our waitress), which in this case means good burgers, a couple of fish…
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According to DailyIndia.com, President Obama briefly geeked out about his love for Spiderman during his recent trip to Sony Studios:
ContinueAt the three fundraisers at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City and Tavern restaurant in Brentwood, the President appeared most star struck not at the sight of Steven Spielberg or George Clooney but by the fact that he spoke…
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Are you passionate about something in Culver City? Contact us! Whether it's food, family, schools, government, business, social issues, exercise, fashion or business—if it's your thing, we'd like you to consider blogging for Patch. Anyone may apply.
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The newest mural in Culver City is also one of the most jaw-dropping. In conjunction with his solo show at the Corey Helford Gallery, British street artist D*Face painted this piece across the entire side of the gallery building during the first week in April.
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Reminding us that all movies are, on some level, documentaries, this video does an great job of identifying the locations around Main Street in downtown Culver City where Laurel and Hardy did their thing. Their "thing" being, in this case, involving things like inexpertly stealing a bicycle and being persistently pursued by a goat. That's a clip from…
In a recent profile in the Los Angeles Times, screenwriter Max Winkler -- son of the Fonz himself -- said he wrote most of the script to his new movie "Ceremony" while sitting in the tea room at the Museum of Jurassic Technology. One can only hope that some of that museum's weird vibe made its way into the finished product.
Read the whole story…
ContinueGallery 9 on Washington Blvd. is hosting an evening of art and wine this Wednesday, the 21st, between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Participating galleries include Cardwell Jimmerson,…
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The good news is that if you want to see President Barack Obama in person, you'll be able to do so right here in Culver City on April 21.
The bad news is that it's a re-election fundraiser at Sony Pictures Studio, so I'll cost you. Tickets for the event are $250 for general admission and $2,500 for VIP seating.
Go to President Obama's re-election…
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I spend a fair amount of time at the Helms Bakery whether it's the eclectic cool HD Buttercup furniture, the great French cafe La Dijonaise,…
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