The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has again instituted the Gifts for Guns program and is asking for local residents to safely surrender any firearms. This program, as in recent years, hopes to reduce the number of firearms in the community, which could potentially be stolen or used in criminal activity.  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, with the assistance of local churches and community organizations, and with local retail stores are offering $100 gift cards to either Wal-Mart, Target, Von's or Ralph's Grocery stores ($200 for assault weapons) for each firearm surrendered during this program.The largest challenge to this program is to ensure that the local residents understand that this is a completely anonymous process, where we will ask no questions of the perso... 04/13/2009

View   April2009   Program Select All Events Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentGovernmentGovernment MeetingsKids & FamilySports & Recreation   Monday, April 13 City Council Meeting 7:00 pm City Council Meeting   read more Tuesday, April 14 Cultural Affairs Commission 7:00 pm Regular Meeting   read more Tuesday, April 14 Musical Adventures with the Definiens Project 7:00 pm On the 2nd Tuesday of each month from February through June, the musicians of Definiens Project will present an interactive Musical Adventure for children and their families. The short musical pieces performed by the musicians are accompanied by participation from the audience. Though designed for elementary school age children, all ages are welcome. This month's selection is a tale of "Dunley the Rabbit", a private ... 04/11/2009

BRING YOUR FAMILY TO A FREE EVENT AT CULVER PALMS FAMILY YMCA 10:00 AM With events for the children and family. Rock Climbing,face painting, Arts & Crafts,Games, Prizes, Raffels and Food! All activities are Free   4500 Sepulveda Blvd.Culver City, California 90230 03/31/2009

Spring Day Camps Day Camp is a camp offered during the two-week spring recess to kids ages 5-13. Call Culver City School District for Information.   03/31/2009

Where: BALDWIN HILLS SCENIC OVERLOOK 6300 HETZLER ROAD CULVER CITY When: Saturday, April 18TH Press Event: 10am-Noon Community Celebration: Noon until Sunset   Musical entertainment, guided tours, bird watching station, native plant restoration, kids eco crafts, refreshments, healthy food and entertainment for the whole family! * Due to limited space, off-site parking and free shuttle service will be provided. CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS, in collaboration with the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, and the Audubon Society, Los Angeles Chapter cordially invite you "Back to Nature in the City" for a Grand Opening celebration at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook on April 18, 2009. A press event is scheduled from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm with the public welcomed from noon to sunset for fun and festivities.... 03/30/2009

Culver City Town Hall Meeting 7:00pm Monday March 30, 2009 Venue:  Mike Balkman Council Chambers 9770 Culver Blvd Culver City, CA 90232 Contact/Info:  Martin Cole (Asst. City Manager/City Clerk) (310) 253-6000   The focus of this Town Hall Meeting will be to discuss the public notification process; early community involvement in the development process; and the financial condition of the City. All members of the public are welcome to attend.   03/30/2009

If you happen to be in the Culver City area (south and west of LA) and are looking for a great breadkfast place (and now lunch and dinner on some days), Café Laurent may suit your taste buds.    This little French bistro at the corner of Barman and Overland (4243 Overland, just south of Culver Blvd.) is a delight. With the classic French posters of the black cat ("Chat Noir") and of French waiters, colorful table linens, a staff that is friendly and efficient (you will hear some French spoken here, along with French music), and a tasteful breakfast and brunch menu (omelettes, quiche, salads), this place is a great eatery for a Saturday or Sunday meal before heading out to enjoy the city.      Café Laurent is small, even with the additional outdoor dining patio and it gets crowded on wee... 03/22/2009

      March2009         Sunday, March 8 DOCTORS SYMPHONY PRESENTS YOUNG PIANISTS IN CONCERT 3:00 pm Six young winners of the Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition of the Westside Music Foundation will perform with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ivan Shulman, music director. Each soloist will play a movement of the Beethoven Piano Concerto, No. 1 in C Major or the Saint Saens Piano Concerto , No. 2 in G minor. The Orchestra will also perform "Dream Children" by Edward Elgar. Tuesday, March 10 Musical Adventures with the Definiens Project 7:00 pm On the 2nd Tuesday of each month from February through June, the musicians of Definiens Project will present an interactive Musical Adventure for children and their families. The short musical pieces performed by the ... 03/07/2009

Ok, I admit it. When I wrote that follow up blog last night I was TIRED...really tired after a long day of work and a long week preparing for the seminar. Then my husband surprised me by coming home early (if you can call 9:30pm early!) and I was anxious to wrap up my blog and spend some time with him. So unfortunately I left out some pretty important details about the Senior Staging Seminar I gave yesterday at the Culver City Senior Center. I hope you don't think I'm beating a dead horse here, but since so many Stagers seem interested in holding similar seminars in their areas, I thought you might be interested in how I structured my talk. I originally got the idea for the seminar from another senior seminar I did with Michelle Minch and Karen Thornton last fall. We spoke to close to 1... 02/28/2009

If you saw my blog earlier this week, you'll know that today I gave a free seminar for seniors at the Culver City Senior Center. The seminar focused on Preparing Your Home for Sale in a Soft Real Estate Market and was geared toward seniors who may be ready to move into a retirement community or assisted living but may be worried about selling their homes in a buyers' market. Well it was a great success! There were 10 seniors who attended, and they all gave me wonderful feedback and said they learned a lot from the presentation. One in particular was ready to sell in the near future and had several specific questions. At the end of the presentation, I had one of my Realtor partners give a 5-minute introduction to our next seminar (scheduled for Saturday April 4th at the Keller Williams o... 02/27/2009

Home Staging for Seniors: Preparing Your Home for Sale in a Soft Real Estate Market Ready to move into a retirement community or assisted living, but worried about selling your Los Angeles home in this tough market? Professional Home Stager Annie Pinsker-Brown of Stage to Sell will provide you with easy and affordable tips to prepare your home for sale. From de-cluttering to paint and wallpaper removal, we'll cover it all.Come ready with your questions! Friday, February 27th, 200910:00amCulver City Senior Center4095 Overland Ave.Culver City, CA 90232   ************************************************************************************* Annie Pinsker-Brown | Stage to SellOwner & Principal Designer310-384-1084www.stagetosell.biz"We get you to SOLD so you can get on with your life!"******... 02/23/2009

Valentine's Day with the Nucleus Ensemble Celebrate Valentine's Day by traveling to far away lands with The Definiens Project in the second concert of their 2008 Culver City Crescent series. The Nucleus Ensemble will perform their "Landscapes" program on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 3pm at the Culver Hotel in Culver City, CA.Admission: $10 General; $5 Student; Children Free. Discounted (pre-order) tickets available at www.nucleusensemble.com.The Nucleus Ensemble will perform the following works: Hypnosis and Orange Dawn by Ian Clarke Prairie Etudes by Brooke Joyce In the Central Steppes of Asia by Alexander Borodin (arr Greg Milliren) Rat$tar by Dante De Silva Vox Balaenae by George Crumb Prefacing the concert will be a FREE interactive family-based Musical Adventure beginning at 2pm, a... 01/30/2009

Culver City Real Estate Overview Today, January 9, 2009 Market View for Culver City Info Avg. Listing Price $579,602 Wk ending Dec 31 -$15,067-2.5%w-o-w Median Sales Price $624,545 Oct '08 - Dec '08 +$25,545+4.3%y-o-y 89 Homes For Sale 15 Open Homes 260 Recently Sold 92 Foreclosures Market Trends for Culver City Embed Info Average Listing Price $579,602 -2.5% w-o-w Median Sales Price $624,545 +4.3% y-o-y Average price/sqft $386 -16.6% y-o-y Number of Sales 86 +38.7% y-o-y More Culver City Market Trends 01/09/2009

Art Galleries & Exhibitions Culver City now features one of the highest concentrations of fine art galleries in Southern California with over twenty galleries located inside the city's borders and as many just over the border within the City of Los Angeles.  Many of the galleries in and adjacent to Culver City are well-established, others are newly established.  Although art galleries are located throughout the city, the highest concentration is in the Culver City Art District which includes Washington Boulevard between Helms Avenue and Fairfax Avenue, and La Cienega Boulevard, between Venice Boulevard and Blackwelder St. Bandini Art2635 South Fairfax AvenueCulver City, CA 90232310.837.6230www.bandiniart.comBilly Shire Fine Arts5790 Washington BoulevardCulver City, CA 90232323.297.0600w... 12/14/2008

Market View for Culver City Info Avg. Listing Price $605,181 Wk ending Dec 03 +$4,922+0.8%w-o-w Median Sales Price $515,000 Jul '08 - Sep '08 -$75,076-12.7%y-o-y 99 Homes For Sale 9 Open Homes 267 Recently Sold 95 Foreclosures Market Trends for Culver City Embed Info Average Listing Price $605,181 +0.8% w-o-w Median Sales Price $515,000 -12.7% y-o-y Average price/sqft $423 -21.4% y-o-y Number of Sales 102 +4.1% y-o-y More Culver City Market Trends 12/11/2008

Community Info for Culver City Info More Culver City Community Info @                                                                                                       www.doreneslavitz.com   12/11/2008

When you say "Culver City" what comes to mind? Some people connect it with the home of Sony Pictures, the Studio. Culver City calls itself "The heart of Screenland" with good reason.  How did this happen? Well, we can thank this to the Ballona Creek, Thomas Ince and Harry Culver. Harry Culver saw Thomas Ince shooting one of his famous western movies "on location" on Ballona Creek. Culver convinced Ince to move his Studio to Culver City. The rest  is history. Culver Studios calls Culver City home. This Studio is known for one of the most famous epic movies that were filmed here. "Gone With The Wind" was filmed in 1939 and in those days the Studio took up a lot more space then today.  In the late 1920's you could see Joseph Kennedy and Gloria Swanson walking on the Lot. (He was one of the... 12/04/2008

How did the Turkey get it's name? It may have come from the noise a wild turkey makes when it become frightened: it sounds like 'turk - turk - turk.' The original inhabitants of America called the bird a 'firkee.' Christopher Columbus, the explorer, took some of the wild turkeys of North America back to Europe. People enjoyed eating the meat. It is possible that traders along the Mediterranean casts , known as Turkes, may have brought some of these birds hence they came to be called 'turkey birds.' Some say Columbus thought the turkey was part of the peacock family. So he decided to call them 'tuka' which is the word for peacock in Tamil, a language spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka. 11/26/2008

Breakfast with Santa Enjoy a catered breakfast, arts & crafts, face painting and a chance to share your Christmas wishes with Santa. This program is especially designed for the younger child, walking to 6 years old. 2nd Saturday in December at 9:00a.m. Where to RegisterSign up at the Recreation Offices 4117 Overland AvenueCulver City WhenLocation of EventVeteran's Memorial Auditorium4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City FeesAdvance registration $5.00 per personDay of registration $6.00 per person Bring the Kids and have a fun Morning! 11/19/2008

For those of you who do not know California, our climate is similar to the Mediterranean areas. Our population continues to grow and expand into the outlying foothill areas that are covered with scrub and grass most of the year. Unfortunately, when we have very dry years, these plants dry out and become a fire hazard to the homes and developments in those areas. We also have a weather condition called the Santa Ana's during October-January. They are a warm wind condition, that under normal circumstances, causes no damage..but when there is a fire..these unpredictable winds can take the embers from one location and place them miles uphill. This is exactly what has happened the last few days. So far, this particular Widlfire has destroyed over 2,000 acres of land. We in California struggl... 11/16/2008