Tonight's City Council meeting is expected to be a long one.  Up for discussion is the development of 4043 Irving, a block south of downtown.

Ever wonder what it is like to ride-along with the Culver City police?  Check out this article from Susannah Snider, a student of USC's Annenberg School of Journalism.

On Saturday (Nov 15), two renderings of a future Veterans' Memorial Park will be shown to the community.  Residents are encouraged to check out the renderings and provide comments.

At last night's meeting, the Culver City Council voted 5-0 to negotiate a contract with the Spca Animal Shelter in Hawthorne. 

CC is currently contracted with LA County for animal control, which means we use the county's animal shelter in Carson.  But that shelter has been widely criticized, and animal rights supporters, including Vice Mayor Gary Silbiger and Councilman Chris Armenta, were strongly in favor of switching to the Hawthorne shelter run by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

County officials at the council meeting last night said their supervisors at the county would probably be fine with delivering the majority of CC animals to Hawthorne instead of Carson.  The next step is to get that in writing from the county, then to get the contract with the Hawthorne shelter.

The most interesting part of this story, though, is not the outcome of the animal shelter vote.  It's the process and the politics that led to Monday's vote.

"To us, in Europe, this was the picture of America."

That's how pop culture historian Piet Schreuders describes the Culver City backdrop he saw in Laurel and Hardy movies growing up.  .

This 5 minute clip is from a Dutch documentary about his project of digitally creating a 3D replica of the city of 1920's.   There's some footage of Piet doing research, clips from the Hal Roach comedies, and a look at the digital model (matched with in-movie scenes).

Starting around 2:20, you'll see a digital overlay of Culver City in the 20's (as seen in Laurel and Hardy movies) over today's CC.

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