Culver City is a city in

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. It is mostly surrounded by

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, but also shares a border with the

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of Ladera Heights to the east. The city was named after its founder, Harry Culver, who first attempted to establish it in 1913. In the 1920s, Culver City became a center for film and later television production. It was best known as the home of

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studios from 1924 to 1986. From 1932 to 1986, it was the headquarters for the

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West and

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have headquarters in the city.

History

Early history

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evidence suggests a human presence in the area of present-day Culver City since at least 8000 BCE. The region was the homeland of the Tongva-Gabrieliño Native Americans. For centuries, native people lived in areas currently part of and surrounding Culver City. California's native people were massacred by waves of Spanish, Mexican and Euro-American invaders through a combination of slavery, disease, relocation, forced labor, imprisonment, broken treaties and a genocidal war of extermination, including paid bounties for dead "Indians". The Spanish and Mexican governments offered concessions and land grants from 1785 to 1846 forming the

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. Culver City was founded on the lands of the former Rancho La Ballona and Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes. When Culver City was founded, native Latino people were not allowed to buy property. During the American Civil War, a U.S. Army post called Camp Latham was established from 1861 to 1862 on the south bank of Ballona Creek. Ballona_Road_-_1874_-_Washington_Boulevard_from_roughly_Elenda_Street_to_Hoover_Street

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Culver City

Harry Culver first attempted to establish Culver City in 1913. It was officially incorporated on September 20, 1917, and named after its founder. The area benefited from pre-existing transportation links; Culver's first ads read "All roads lead to Culver City". The city was explicitly founded as a whites-only

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, as were most of the suburbs and towns outside the downtown and Central Avenue districts of

. Culver ran ads promoting "this model little white city", while his close associate, Guy M. Rush, promoted lot sales "restricted to Caucasian race". The city also at times excluded people of non-Christian religious faiths. The weekly '' Culver City Call'' was the first newspaper in the community. The paper was founded in 1915. The first film studio in Culver City was built by Thomas Ince in 1918 for The Triangle Motion Picture Company.

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comedy producer

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built his studios there in 1919, and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) took over the Triangle studio complex in 1924. During

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and nightclubs such as the Cotton Club lined Washington Boulevard. Culver Center, one of Southern California's first shopping malls, was completed in 1950 on Venice Boulevard near the Overland Avenue intersection.

Hughes Aircraft Company

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opened its Culver City plant in July 1941. There the company built the H-4 Hercules transport (commonly called the "Spruce Goose"). Hughes was also an active subcontractor during World War II. It developed and patented a flexible feed chute for faster loading of machine guns on B-17 bombers, and manufactured electric booster drives for machine guns. Hughes produced more ammunition belts than any other American manufacturer, and built 5,576 wings and 6,370 rear fuselage sections for Vultee BT-13 trainers. Hughes grew after the war, and in 1953

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donated all his stock in the company to the

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. After he died in 1976, the institute sold the company, which made it the second-best-endowed medical research foundation in the world.Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' p. 49, Cypress, CA, 2013. .

The studios (1960s, 1970s and 1980s)

The Hal Roach Studios were demolished in 1963. In the late 1960s, much of the MGM backlot acreage (lot 3 and other property on Jefferson Boulevard), and the nearby known as

RKO Forty Acres RKO Forty Acres was a film studio backlot in the United States, owned by RKO Pictures (and later Desilu Productions), located in Culver City, California. Best known as Forty Acres and "the back forty," it was also called "Desilu Culver," the "RKO ...

, once owned by RKO Pictures and later

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, were sold by their owners. In 1976 the sets were razed to make way for redevelopment. Today, the RKO site is the southern expansion of the Hayden Industrial Tract, while the MGM property has been converted into a subdivision and a shopping center known as Raintree Plaza. In October 1975, Fox Hills Mall opened in the place of a golf course.

Rebirth of downtown (1990s and 2000s)

In the early 1990s, Culver City launched a successful revitalization program in which it renovated its downtown as well as several shopping centers in the Sepulveda Boulevard corridor near Westfield Culver City. Around the same time,

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's motion picture subsidiaries,

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and

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, moved into the former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot which was renamed Columbia Studios in 1990 and took on its current name, Sony Pictures Studios, a year later. There was an influx of art galleries and restaurants on the eastern part of the city, which was formally designated the Culver City Art District.

Geography

The city is surrounded by the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Mar Vista and Palms to the north; Westchester to the south; Mid-City, West Adams, and Baldwin Hills to the east; the Ladera Heights unincorporated area to the southeast; and the L.A. neighborhoods of

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and Playa Vista to the west, along with the unincorporated area of Marina del Rey. Culver City's major geographic feature is Ballona Creek, which runs northeast to southwest through most of the city before it drains into Santa Monica Bay in Marina Del Rey. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , over 99% of which is land. Over the years, it has annexed more than 40 pieces of adjoining land.

Neighborhoods

The city recognizes 15 neighborhoods within city limits: * Blair Hills * Blanco-Culver Crest * Clarkdale * Culver West * Downtown Culver City * Fox Hills * Jefferson * Lucerne-Higuera * McLaughlin * McManus * Park East (also known as Carlson Park) * Park West (also known as Veterans Park) * Studio Village * Sunkist Park * Washington Culver

Climate

Demographics

2020

Ethnic groups

According to the 2020 Census, the population of Culver City was 46.5% Non-Hispanic White, 16.1% Asian, 15.2% Hispanic White, 8.24% Black or African American, and 5.57% Other Hispanic. According to

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, Mexican and German were the most common ancestries in 2000.

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and the

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were the most common foreign places of birth.

Economy

Corporations with headquarters in Culver City include Beats Audio, MedMen, NantHealth, Sweetgreen and

Largest employers

According to the city's 2020–21 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were:

Movie and television production

Hundreds of movies have been produced on the lots of Culver City's studios:

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(originally MGM Studios),

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, and the former Hal Roach Studios. In 2017,

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announced plans to build a studio in Culver City.

Businesses

* Westfield Culver City, a shopping mall. *

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* MedMen * NPR West *

* The Ripped Bodice, one of the first

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bookstores in the northern hemisphere

Arts and culture

Museums

The Wende Museum possesses a collection of

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and East German visual art and everyday artifacts to promote an understanding of Soviet art, history and culture between 1945 and 1991. Additionally, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, founded in 1988 by David Hildebrand Wilson and Diana Drake Wilson, provides over 30 permanent exhibits displaying an eclectic mix of items that blend fact and fiction.

Library

The County of Los Angeles Public Library operates the Julian Dixon Culver City Branch.

Architecture

The architecture of Culver City reflects its history as an early location for film studios and, more recently, as a site for architectural experimentation, particularly for the projects of Eric Owen Moss at the Hayden Tract. The architecture office of

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headquartered here. Styles represented include

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and

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from the city's early days, to the PWA Moderne of the 1930s, to modern, postmodern, and deconstructivist styles from the past few decades. Notable architectural landmarks include: * Ivy Substation (1907), a Mission Revival building that houses The Actors' Gang *

(1918–1920), offices in the style of a Colonial Revival mansion * Culver Hotel (Curlett and Beelman, 1924), a six-story brick flatiron Culver by Night - Seiichi Niitsuma

* Helms Bakery (1930), in PWA Moderne style * Kirk Douglas Theatre (1946) * St. Augustine Catholic Church (1957), a Gothic Revival church * Robert Frost Auditorium, at Culver City High School, 4401 Elenda St. Constructed in 1963–64, its unique scallop shell design became an instant modern architectural landmark for the city. Its original 1,250-seat design was the inspiration of then 26-year-old Andrew Nasser, a consulting structural engineer with Johnson & Nielsen. Credit was claimed, however, by Ralph Flewelling of Flewelling & Moody, the project architects. The record was set straight 54 years later at the unveiling of a $16.3M renovation in 2018. Capacity was increased to 1,300 seats, acoustics improved, and a new 40-foot high steel proscenium arch supports catwalks, lighting, and air conditioning (Hodgetts + Fung architects). * Platform (2016)

Parks and recreation

The City of Culver City Parks and Recreation department operates 14 outdoor parks within city limits.

Government

Culver City has a five-member city council. In

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, Culver City is in the 2nd Supervisorial District, represented by Holly Mitchell. In the

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, Culver City is in , and in . In the

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, Culver City is split between , and .

Education

Primary and secondary schools

The Culver City Unified School District administers the following public schools: * Culver City High School * Culver City Middle School * Culver City Unified School District iAcademy * Culver Park High School * Culver City Adult School * El Marino Elementary School * El Rincon Elementary School * Farragut Elementary School * La Ballona Elementary School * Linwood E. Howe Elementary School

Private schools

* STAR Prep Academy, a middle and high school that shares its campus with an exotic wildlife rescue center. * The Willows Community School (elementary and middle school). * Turning Point School (elementary and middle school). * Kayne Eras Center (school for disabled). * Wildwood School (primary through high school). * Echo Horizon School (primary through middle school).

Colleges and universities

* Antioch University Los Angeles, a nonprofit liberal arts college in Culver City's Corporate Pointe district.

Media

Newspaper

* '' Culver City Call''

Movies

Movies filmed or partially filmed in Culver City include: * '' The Wizard of Oz'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Grease'' * ''

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'' * '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' * '' The Man with Two Brains'' * '' City Slickers'' * ''

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'' * '' Wag the Dog'' * '' Contact'' * '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' * ''

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'' * '' Bewitched'' * '' Fun with Dick and Jane'' * ''

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'' * '' Superbad'' * '' Killers'' * '' Dinner for Schmucks'' * '' Lincoln Lawyer'' * ''

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'' * '' Horrible Bosses'' * '' Jack and Jill'' * '' Think Like a Man'' * '' The Campaign'' * '' Matchstick Men''

Television shows

Television shows filmed or partially filmed in Culver City include: * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Mad About You'' * '' Lassie'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Wheel of Fortune'' * '' Tosh.0'' * '' The Wonder Years'' * '' CHiPs'' * '' The Hogan Family''

Infrastructure

Transportation

Transit

The

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of the Los Angeles Metro E Line sits at the Culver Junction near Venice and Robertson Boulevards in Culver City. The E Line provides a

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connection from Culver City to Downtown Los Angeles and

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to the east and Downtown

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to the west, mostly following the right-of-way that the

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Santa Monica Air Line used, also known as the Exposition Boulevard line. Culver City station was the western terminus of what was then known as the Expo Line from its opening on June 20, 2012, to the opening of Expo Line phase two on May 20, 2016. Culver CityBus was founded on March 4, 1928, making it the second oldest municipal bus line in California and the oldest public transit bus system still operating in Los Angeles County. Big Blue Bus was founded on April 14, 1928. Culver CityBus operates seven regular bus lines as well as a short-term downtown circulator shuttle. Culver City Bus New Flyer C40LF 7081

The Culver City Transit Center in the Westfield Culver City parking serves as a bus depot for three Culver CityBus lines and two Metro bus lines. The Washington Fairfax Hub, just across the border of the City of Los Angeles under the I-10 freeway, connects residents to seven bus lines, two operated by Culver CityBus and five operated by Metro. The Baldwin Hills Parklands Link is a shuttle service operated by Los Angeles County that stops at Stoneview Nature Center on weekends only.

Bike routes

The city is served by multiple separated bike paths: * Culver Boulevard Median bike route * Ballona Creek bike path, connecting to the Park to Playa Trail * Elenda Street bikeway, 12-block route between Ballona Creek Pedestrian Bridge and Washington Boulevard * Separated bike and bus lanes through downtown Culver City, part of the MoveCulverCity complete streets initiative

Air travel

The city is served by the

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, about south of the city. Smaller nearby airports include

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and Hawthorne Municipal Airport.

Freeways

Culver City is served by Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway),

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(Santa Monica Freeway), and California State Route 90 (Marina Freeway). California State Route 187 runs along Venice Boulevard in Culver City.

Public safety

Culver City is served by the Culver City Police Department, and the Culver City Fire Department, which operates three stations and a fire training facility.

Cemeteries

Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery The Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Culver City, California, United States. Many Jewish people from the entertainment industry are buried there. The cemetery is known for Al Jolson's elaborate tomb (designed by Los Angeles ...

* Holy Cross Cemetery

Notable people

* Art Alexakis, musician, founder and lead singer of the band Everclear *

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, actress * Shayla Beesley, actress * Big Boy, radio host *

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, actor *

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, singer, songwriter, and musician * Michael Bumpus, NFL player, Seattle Seahawks * Dean Byington, visual artistSelz, Gabrielle
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(1954–2012), Major League Baseball player, Hall of Famer * Michael Chacon, professional fixed-gear bike rider * Tiffany Cohen, double-gold champion in swimming at the

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* Glenn Cowan (1952–2004), table tennis player * Carolyn Craig, actress * Dee Dee Davis, actress * Jeff Fisher, NFL coach * Tim Foli (born 1950), Major League Baseball player *

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, actor * Kron Gracie, son of

Rickson Gracie Rickson Gracie (; born November 21, 1959) is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist. He is a member of the Gracie family: the third oldest son of Hélio Gracie, brother to Rorion and Relson Gracie, and half-brother to Rolker, Royce, Robin ...

, teaches Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in town *

Linda Gray Linda Ann Gray (born September 12, 1940) is an American actress, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the CBS television drama series ''Dallas (TV series), Dallas'' (1978� ...

, film, stage, and television actress, director, and producer * Charles Herbert, actor *

Win Headley Winthrop Sargent Headley (July 4, 1949 – January 18, 2023) was an American football offensive guard who played one season with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers of the National ...

, NFL and CFL player * Kelly Lytle Hernández, professor and Thomas E. Lifka Chair of History at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

, author, and MacArthur Fellowship recipient *

, founder of Hughes Aircraft * Helen Hunt, Oscar-winning actress * HuskyStarcraft, aka Mike Lamond, YouTube commentator * Darrin Jackson, Major League Baseball player and MLB sportscaster * Taran Killam, actor and comedian * Tim Layana (1964–1999), Major League Baseball player * Merry Lepper, set world record marathon time for women, December 16, 1963, in Culver City. * Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress and poet *

Ron Mael Ronald David Mael (born August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the keyboard player and principal songwriter in the band Sparks (band), Sparks, which he founded with vocalist, occasional songwrit ...

, musician, member of Sparks * Bill Monning, California State Senator *

Michael Richards Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American actor and former stand-up comedian. He achieved global recognition for starring as Cosmo Kramer on the NBC television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' from 1989 to 1998. He began his career as a ...

, actor and comedian * Michelle Horn, actress * Michael Ruppert, journalist and former LAPD officer * Ryan Sherriff (born 1990), Major League Baseball player * Dick Stuart (1932–2002), Major League Baseball player * Robert Trujillo, bass player with

Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band formed in 1980 in Venice, California, by vocalist Mike Muir. The band has undergone various lineup changes, with Muir as the only remaining original member. Their current lineup includes ...

Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which per ...

, and

Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...

* Gwen Verdon, four-time Tony Award-winning actress *

Michael Whelan Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is an Americans, American artist of imaginative Realism (arts), realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has ...

, artist and illustrator

Sister cities

* Capo d'Orlando,

Messina Messina ( , ; ; ; ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of 216,918 inhabitants ...

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Iksan Iksan (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. The city center and railway junction was formerly called "Iri" (), but merged with Iksan County (''Iksan-gun'') in 19 ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

* Kaizuka,

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

Lethbridge Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 106,550 in the 2023 Alberta municipal censuses, 2023 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

* Uruapan,

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...

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* {{authority control 1913 establishments in California Cities in Los Angeles County, California Incorporated cities and towns in California Populated places established in 1913 Westside (Los Angeles County) Sundown towns in California

History

Early history

Culver City

Hughes Aircraft Company

The studios (1960s, 1970s and 1980s)

Rebirth of downtown (1990s and 2000s)

Geography

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Demographics

2020

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