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Agency Authorizes City to Take Over Projects, Funds
“There is a significant amount of uncertainty, and you can’t attract public and private investment without certainty,” stated Murray Kane, the legal council to the Culver City Redevelopment Agency. “This is a staff effort to resolve to create as much control of our own destiny as much as possible.” On Saturday, Jan 15. The Culver City Council and Redevelopment Agency held a special [...]
Proposal to Eliminate Redevelopment Spawns Special Session on Jan. 15
This week, Governor Jerry Brown delivered one of the toughest state budget proposals in history — one that contains many plans worth serious consideration and yet includes a proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies. It has come to the City’s attention that the State Legislature may be prepared to consider, as early as Jan. 18, an urgency bill which would prohibit Redevelopment Agencies [...]
E-Waste Drop Off on Jan. 15
It's time to clean out the closet, and loose those old, broken printers, monitors and keyboards. Drop off your E-waste at the Culver-Palms United Methodist Church, 4464 Sepulveda Blvd., next to the YMCA. It's very important to our favorite planet not to toss this stuff into the landfill, so bring it to the drop off this Saturday, Jan. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info, call 310-253-6400.
MLK Celebration This Saturday at Senior Center
Culver City will recognize the achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader, on his birthday - Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Culver City Senior Center, 4095 Overland Avenue. CCUSD Board of Education member Patricia Siever will chair the event. This day of honor will be commemorated by a full-day of festivities. The event will [...]
Historical Society to Host Wende Museum Founder
Justinian Jampol, Founder and Director of the Culver City- based Wende Museum and Archive of the Cold War, is the featured speaker at the Culver City Historical Society’s general meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room in Veterans Auditorium. The Wende Museum preserves the cultural artifacts and personal histories of Cold War-era Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to [...]
Jazz Bakery Sounds Closer to Home
The best news from the Culver City City Council meeting on Monday Jan. 10 is that the plan to bring the Jazz Bakery back has cleared another hurdle. The space at 9814 Washington Blvd. will be the new home of the world famous venue. Five ayes from the council members passed the redevelopment agency's new design for the complex, and all the lights are green. Ruth Price, the president and [...]
Price Pushes for Oversight in Clinics
Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. (D-Los Angeles) introduced today, SB 100 legislation that will provide greater oversight and strengthen regulation of surgical clinics where cosmetic surgeries are performed, and of fertility clinics. These surgical clinics have come under closer scrutiny since the 2007 death of Donda West, mother of musician Kanye West. The death of Ms. West, less than 24 hours [...]
Students Wanted for Sister City Youth/Travel Program
The Culver City Sister City Committee invites students between the ages of 13 and 17 to learn about our student exchange programs and new Youth Program. Young people will learn about cultural and artistic opportunities, art and written word national competitions, and the chance to earn community service hours. Attendees will also learn about a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Iksan [...]
IWOSC – The Future of Publishing
According to Andre Schiffrin, former head of Pantheon Books, "The publishing world has been through more changes in the past 10 to 15 years than it had in the 100 years before that." And the facts seem to bear him out. Twenty years ago, there was no Internet (to speak of), self-publishing was strictly in the "vanity publishing house" ghetto, and partner- and small-press publishing barely [...]
Christmas Tree Pickup – Here’s the Scoop
If you can, the Culver City Sanitation Department requests that you cut up your tree and put it in the Green Waste bin. If you can't, then you need to call them at 310-253- 6400 and get on the list for a special pick-up. If you have friends and neighbors who are waiting or wondering why the regular trash collection didn't pick it up, spread the word. It's the 12th day of Christmas (today is [...]
