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Happy Kwanzaa, Culver City! As I am resting from Christmas figgy pudding, I thought it a nice post-Christmas treat to share my favorite five stories from the week.
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<b>Bio </b>Winter is a Los Angeles resident with a Master of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University. While she considers herself a Californian at heart, she has had the privilege of living in Seattle, Wash., as a young girl, New York for an internship and Chicago (of course) during grad school. As a passionate reader, she majored in American Literature at UCLA, but found her calling in journalism after graduating with her bachelor's. Since graduation, she has worked for Brentwood magazine, Essence magazine, the Santa Monica Daily Press and most recently, Momlogic.com. At Momlogic.com, she covered everything from green news to issues affecting children with special needs. Now in Culver City, she is devoted to listening, learning and writing about the issues that matter most to its citizens. Check out her welcome video by clicking here. <br><br><b>Beliefs</b><br>At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. However, we also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. So in the spirit of simple honesty, our policy is to encourage our editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable. This disclosure is not a license for you to inject your beliefs into stories or to dictate coverage according to them. In fact, the intent is the opposite: we hope that the knowledge that your beliefs are on the record will cause you to be ever mindful to write, report and edit in a fair, balanced way. And if you ever see evidence that we failed in this mission, please let us know.<br><br><b>Politics </b>
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Happy Kwanzaa, Culver City! As I am resting from Christmas figgy pudding, I thought it a nice post-Christmas treat to share my favorite five stories from the week.
Stories regarding changes to the community music festival and a school board meeting that doubled as a rally for Interim Superintendent Patti Jaffe made my list of favorites this week.
Simon Johnson confidently spelled 'pizzeria,' beating his opponents to win first place for the district spelling bee. Thus, he is the first-ever Culver City Patch Whiz Kid, featuring stellar kids in town.
The Board of Education votes Tuesday night to allow the interim superintendent to apply for the permanent job.
At tonight's school board meeting, the possibility of Patti Jaffe becoming the school district's next superintendent will be a hot ticket item on the agenda.
The acquisition of three Culver City office buildings spells good news for the local business community.
One Sunday. Two contenders. Big eats. All in Culver City.
Editor's note: In light of the residents' protest to increased oil drilling in the Inglewood Oil Fields, we at Patch want to hear your story.
Our weekly crime roundup features a slew of attempted and successful burglaries that hit Culver City.
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Our weekly crime roundup includes multiple foiled burglaries as we head into the holiday.
More than half of the city’s registered voters showed up and voted their own way, with a majority backing legal pot and a car tax for parks.
Now that Ed Rosenthal is back at home in Culver City, he recounts his six days in the desert with no food or water.
Our crime roundup includes two cases of identity theft and a victim who discovered that his car was broken into.
After six days lost in the desert and a hospital stay in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Culver City's Ed Rosenthal is ready to speak to the press.
Our crime roundup includes a woman who had her purse stolen and a CVS that got some unexpected visitors.
This week, Patch reporters saw some intriguing art at the Corey Helford Gallery and the city got a visit from the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
The three men, who were under surveillance as suspects in a Torrance robbery, were arrested when they allegedly assaulted and robbed two victims on Hannum Street.
Officials from Culver City and the district plan to meet in the hopes of reaching a settlement on noise, parking and traffic issues at West Los Angeles College.