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At Last: A Movie About Culver City
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter A new movie made its debut at the July 27 Culver City Council meeting. While it may not run at multiplexes around Southern California it might be playing soon at...
CicLAvia Returns Here This Weekend
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Get ready with your bikes-or your feet-CicLAvia is coming back to the Westside this weekend. "CicLAvia – Culver City Meets Venice Presented by Metro," will take p...
Water Conservation To Continue
With summer heat, people want to use water more often yet the drought in California necessitates water conservation. With this situation in mind, the City Council on July 13 adopted a resolution...
A Victory For Culver's Kids
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Community members who wanted to see improvements to the playground at Sid Kronenthal Park got their wish at the June 22 City Council meeting. The council approved...
The Battle Rages On
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter A standing-room-only congregation of community members gathered in a meeting room at Veteran's Auditorium on June 14 to discuss "mansionization" in Culver City...
A Vote For Mansionization
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Despite the growing rallying cry around Los Angeles against "mansionization"-the building of larger single-family homes in residential neighborhoods-the City Counc...
WRONG PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT?
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Neighborhood discontent about the playground facilities at Syd Kronenthal Park led to a meeting on June 2 for area residents to discuss the matter with members of...
NOT HERE-McMansions
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Residents of Culver City are becoming part of a growing movement against what is called "Mansionization" of neighborhoods-the building of residences that are too...
Council Splits on Indiecade
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Culver City will again be sponsoring the 2015 IndieCade videogame festival in downtown Culver City this October. But the City Council/Successor Agency’s vote to sp...
Playground Issue Catches Council by Surprise
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter What might have been a routine procedure of passing Consent Calendar items one by one turned into a major discussion at May 11's City Council meeting thanks to an...
City Dumps Billboards
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Twenty-five speakers had signed up at the May 11 City Council meeting to protest a component of the proposed plan for a Hospitality and Entertainment District in...
Council Likes Poet Laureate Idea But Not Yet
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter The City Council has agreed that a Poet Laureate is a good idea for Culver City. But the hope that a poet would be chosen immediately was squelched as the council...
It's O'Leary & Weissman One More Time
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Every April, Culver City's city council performs the spring rite of choosing a new Mayor and Vice Mayor. Since there are only five members of the City Council the...
La Mayor de la Bicyclette
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Although there were heavy clouds in the sky, the Culver City Mayor's Luncheon on April 22 offered indoor sunshine as city employees, business representatives, and...
Council Rejects Voting By Mail
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter On Monday night the City Council considered changing Culver City's elections to a mail-only voting system. However, the voting-by-mail idea was strongly voted...
Controlling Environment Hazards
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter In what may be a major step in the direction of controlling environmental hazards from the Inglewood Oil Field, Culver City has approved the appointment of the...
Controversy In Fox Hills
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Fox Hills may be up for a massive "revitalization" via a plan created by developers that would turn the area into a "hospitality and entertainment district." But...
Housing Crisis Averted?
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Last September, the City Council discussed a projected funding shortfall for the housing programs provided by the City and Housing Authority. At the Council's Marc...
Debate on ISIL Ignites Feelings Among Culver City Residents
In the tradition of town hall meetings, Congresswoman Karen Bass, whose district includes Culver City, held a town meeting on March 12 to present arguments involving authorization of the use of...
It's A Waiting Game At Culver DMV
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Culver City's Department of Motor Vehicles is having a problem that many DMVs around Southern California are also having-exceptionally long lines and slow...
Spelling Winner Honored by Council
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Cooper Komatsu was honored by the Culver City Council on Monday, March 9 for winning first place in the Los Angeles County Regional Spelling Bee toward the...
Freedom to Marry
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter In an action that proves the times are indeed changing, the Culver City Council approved support of an amicus (friend of the court) brief from Mayors for the...
Measles
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter The recent outbreak of measles in Southern California is of concern to parents and school districts. Both legislators and educators are taking action to control...
Fire At Culver Hospital Forces Evacuation
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Fire broke out at Culver City’s Southern California Hospital on January 29, forcing a partial evacuation of the facility. According to the Culver City Police and F...
Vice President Biden Visits West College
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter January 23 was a special day at West Los Angeles College as Vice President Joe Biden visited the campus, praised the dental hygiene department, and talked with...