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The Culver City Council voted Monday night in favor of an interim ordinance to extend the temporary moratorium concerning land use for oil drilling in Culver City. A four-fifths vote was required for passage, but all five Council members gave the ordinance the green light. The Council had adopted an ordinance on August 24 that established a 45-day moratorium on the use of land for the drilling, re-drilling, or deepening of “any wells within the jurisdiction of the City of Culver City that are a...
The Independent Writers of Southern California will present a program in Two Parts: “How to Speak on Radio/TV” and “How to Read your Books” on Saturday, October 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Blvd. Culver City. Parking is free. PART 1: If you are the subject of an interview on radio or TV, it is best to appear unrehearsed, sound concise, and upbeat. You need to do your homework to be easily understood through clear sound bites and short explanations. Emmy Award-winning TV host Barry Kibrick, our pre...
The Culver City Exchange Club has again helped to support the efforts of the Culver City Unified School District by donating funds to buy a mobile LCD projector station. The LCD projector station has the ability to be rolled from classroom to classroom allowing all the teachers in the school to utilize it in providing PowerPoint presentations and slides to their students. Accepting the funds that will buy the equipment was Patti Krause, Executive Director of the Culver City Education Foundation. Bob Montgomery, President of the Exchange Club,...
The new Westfield Culver City will open to the public Friday following a ceremonial ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at 3 p.m. There has been a $180 million revitalization of the mall which had been named Fox Hills Mall. Among the dignitaries today will be California State Senator Curren Price and Culver City Mayor Andrew Weissman. A highlight of the renovation is a new dining terrace. The new Westfield Culver City! “Taste & Tunes” showcases the new dining options available October 12 to 18. . Activities will include the KCRW Digital Music Lou...
On September 14, the City Council authorized the waiver of penalties under the Tax Amnesty Program (resolution 2009-R074). From September 21, 2009 through November 30, 2009, Culver City business entities that have not registered with the City of Culver City and have not paid their business license can benefit by applying under the Business Tax Penalty Amnesty Program. Chief Financial Officer Jeff Muir has explained this program as “the carrot” in the City’s newly-adopted business license enforcement program. “The stick” will be employed...
Suzanne DeBenedittis of Culver City addresed the Culver City Council Monday night regarding PXP oil drilling. Following is the text of her address. Mayor Weissman, Councilmembers, City Attorney Schwab and City Manager Scott: First, I must say, “Shame on you to PXP’s John Martini and Steve Rusch for trying to intimidate our City lawyer and Council with threats of a frivolous lawsuit. Do you not know that our officials are simply carrying out their civic responsibility to take the time needed to assure our health and safety, (as too that of the...
Enjoying a fun second career as a Director’s Assistant is Lynn Miller, who has been working on a new musical called "Children of the Night". The show opens this Saturday at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, 254 S. Robertson Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Call (310) 855 - 1556 for reservations (or check out Goldstar’s website for half price ($12.50) tickets on certain dates. Thoughts and prayers go out to Agnes Agzarian, seriously ill and hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center. Wife of the late Dr. George Agzarian and mother to Drs. Alice and Anita Agz...
School Board candidate Robert Zirgulis spoke to the City Council on Monday regarding their decision to hold a moratorium on new oil drilling. His comments: “Well the City Council’s decision to put a moratorium on environmentally safe oil drilling is the continuing saga of ineptness hiding under the false mantra of “in the interest of public health and safety”. This ineptness is costing the taxpayers over $500,000 in frivolous litigation and legal fees with hundreds of thousands of dollars more in future legal fees while the City Council...
Informal discussions of Culver City’s Workplan and Budget will be held every Wednesday in October from 7 p.m. to 9 in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers. The workshops are offered as a less formal, additional opportunity for community members to receive information and offer input to City Manager Mark Scott and staff. All who care about Culver City are invited to attend. The City Council will be working on the topic during its Monday night meetings this month and the public is welcome to attend those meetings....
L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and 26th District Senator Curren Price have announced their endorsements of Measure EE, the Culver City schools funding measure on the ballot for the November 3 L..A. County Consolidated Election. Measure EE, if approved by Culver City registered voters, would provide a stable source of local funds to support Culver City schools and maintain essential education programs that are presently facing severe reductions due to major state education budget cuts. Supervisor Ridley-Thomas said, “Culver City s...
Need to know is the phrase used by the government to describe the restriction of data that is considered sensitive. Even if one has the necessary clearance, such information would be given only as one has a ”need to know.” Winner of the Culver City Artist Award in 2008 and current Culver City resident April Fitzsimmons takes the audience at the Actor’s Gang on an untypical American journey in her one-woman show with that title. Her performance begins with her upbringing in a large, Irish Catho...
The Actors’ Gang will branch out from plays to a variey of entertainment in the next three months known as The WTF?! Festival. "The name of this festival came to me after a recent board meeting where I was told that due to the economic downswing and recent reduction in donations that we can no longer afford to produce theater," explains Actors' Gang Artistic Director, Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins. "I was told it would be less expensive to do nothing." The WTF?! Festival was Robbins answer to the board. "We're not very good at d...
