
At the Candidate Forum held Tuesday, January 31, by the Culver City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors where they heard from all six candidates for Culver City Council the board endorsed four candidates, Current Mayor Mehaul O’Leary, Councilmember Andy Weissman, Jim B. Clarke and former councilmember Scott Malsin.
"The four endorsed candidates showed the…
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Added by Scupine on January 31, 2012 at 6:00pm —
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Thanks to an agreement ratified at this Monday's Culver City Council meeting, the Jazz Bakery will be returning to Culver City in a new Frank Gehry-designed, 250-seat theater at 9814 Washington Boulevard.
According to the agreement, the property was given to the Jazz Bakery at no cost, with the understanding that they will develop on the site according to plans the Jazz…
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Added by Scupine on January 30, 2012 at 8:47pm —
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Tasked with maintaining the city's vision for Parcel B (9300 Culver Blvd, above) and the Market Hall at Centinela & Washington in the wake of the state's elimination of redevelopment agencies, the Culver City Council voted on Monday to sell the properties to developers who have agreed to construct the already-vetted and -approved plans on each of the…
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Added by Scupine on January 30, 2012 at 8:30pm —
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The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City has been getting lots of love lately. Earlier this month, the New York Times profiled the museum. Now the always-entertaining Bullseye podcast, hosted by Jesse Thorn, offers a 10-minute analysis of the museum by Lawrence Weschler, author of Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants,…
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Added by Scupine on January 30, 2012 at 6:00pm —
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Every other friday, I'll post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.'
This time, the question is: Do you know where in Culver CIty this figure who exhorts us to "Start your adventure today" is? If you know, enter your response in the comments box of this post! I'll reveal the answer in two Fridays, when I post a new…
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Added by Scupine on January 27, 2012 at 6:00pm —
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“Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge,” opens at Luis De Jesus Gallery in Culver City this Saturday, January 28th, from 6 pm to 9 pm. The public is welcome. A series of free programs will be presented at the gallery during the run of the exhibition, including an…
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Added by Scupine on January 26, 2012 at 6:00pm —
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"Manifest Destiny," a photographic exhibition featuring eight artists opens this Saturday night, the 28th, from 6 pm to 9 pm at the Analog Salon in Culver CIty. It is open to the public. Music will be provided by Ethnomusicologist Marlon Fuentes.
Participating artists include Randi Berez, Claudio Cambon, Larry S. Clark, Nicholas Alan Cope, Amanda Friedman,…
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Added by Scupine on January 26, 2012 at 6:00pm —
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Meghan Sahli-Wells' campaign for Culver City Council is gaining momentum after winning endorsements from U.S. Representative Karen Bass, State Assemblymember Holly Mitchell, Culver City Council Member and former Mayor Christopher Armenta, and all five Culver City School Board members: Karlo Silbiger, Katherine Paspalis, Patricia Siever, Laura Chardiet and Nancy…
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Added by James Klein on January 26, 2012 at 10:54am —
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recent post on the CurbedLA blog offered a startling visual representation of the effect of redevelopment agencies on the city's landscape. The picture above is what the Los Angeles skyline would look like if…
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Added by Scupine on January 25, 2012 at 6:00pm —
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Aaron Swerdlow is Equitas Investments, LLC and Festival Development Partners, LLC. He has invested in 4436 Sepulveda Boulevard and wants to build a 7-Eleven. It would be Culver City's sixth 7-Eleven and would also be five short blocks from a "Mom and Pop" convenience store known as Overland Mini Mart.
http://www.equitasinvestments.com/index.html
Read about his company, their approach and what they have…
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Added by Bryan and Tongo on January 24, 2012 at 10:37pm —
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The Culver City Community Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit organization that seeks out and maintains funds to be given as scholarships to graduating seniors from Culver City HIgh School and Culver Park High School, has launched a website: …
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Added by Scupine on January 24, 2012 at 6:32pm —
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The Culver City Great Parks Association is actively seeking new CCGP Board members as well as residents from Culver City Park and Playground neighborhoods who want to be engaged in the best interests of their neighborhood park by joining a FAN Club. Details below in Park Neighborhoods.…
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Added by Culver City Great Parks Assn on January 24, 2012 at 12:30pm —
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Batch Restaurant & Bar in the Art District of Culver City opened in late-December. The restaurant's executive chef is Salvador Roldan of Ford's Filling Station, and its specialty cocktails are created by Mat Gries of Church & State, the french bistro in downtown Los Angeles.
Staff writer Leiloni de Gruy, in the…
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Added by Scupine on January 19, 2012 at 6:00pm —
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The Culver City Council candidate submitted election documents at City Hall on Tuesday following a standing room only campaign launch event on Sunday.
Meghan Sahli-Wells filed papers on Tuesday that will place her name on the ballot for Culver City Council. The longtime community volunteer is running for one of four Council seats up…
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Added by James Klein on January 19, 2012 at 1:10pm —
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The former car dealership on the southeast corner of Sepulveda and Washington Boulevard in Culver City will be remodeled and transformed into retail space, according to a representative of owner Continental Development Corporation. The company is in negotiations with Starbucks, Chase Bank, Chipotle,…
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Added by Scupine on January 18, 2012 at 5:42pm —
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Retired City Councilman Scott Malsin filed his candidacy papers with the City Clerk this morning, and soon thereafter he officially announced his candidacy in the April 2012 Culver City Council campaign.
Here's what Malsin had to say:
"Throughout the last several weeks, I have spoken to hundreds of community members about Culver City's future. People are…
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Added by Scupine on January 17, 2012 at 6:00am —
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In the lastest issue of LA Weekly, food reviewer Jonathan Gold examines the "intersection of cuisine and big business" that is the food court at a mall…
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Added by Scupine on January 16, 2012 at 6:00am —
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In front of the Senior Center
on Culver Blvd.& Overland?
Added by Evlynne Braithwaite Householder on January 13, 2012 at 9:43pm —
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Every other friday, I'll post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.'
This time, the question is: Do you know where in Culver CIty this smiling face is? If you know, enter your response in the comments! I'll reveal the answer in two Fridays, when I post a new game.
Last time, I posted this swirl of color:…
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Added by Scupine on January 13, 2012 at 6:00pm —
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The Culver 7 Theater Building is due to be demolished over the weekend, but according to a representative of the artist, Ed Massey's mural will be saved. The mural, entitled "Syncopation," will be taken down as early as Friday morning and will be moved to the Playa Vista campus of the Westside Neighborhood School. Our loss is Playa Vista's gain.
Here's some more views of Ed Massey's incredible mural, and be sure to…
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Added by Scupine on January 12, 2012 at 6:00am —
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