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Search Expands for Missing Culver City Hiker Efforts by search-and-rescue personnel to locate missing hiker Edward Rosenthal, 64 of Culver City were expanded on Tuesday. Park rangers and volunteer searchers are combing an area of rugged hills and canyons near Yucca Valley, California for the missing hiker. Rosenthal, 64, has been missing since Friday evening when he failed to return from a hike near Black Rock Campground inside Joshua Tree National Park. Rosenthal was reported missing to park rangers on Sunday afternoon. A helicopter from the S...
A Culver City man accused of supplying illegal drugs to a street gang was still on the run earlier this week, while a woman who owns a massage business on Sepulveda Boulevard is awaiting a hearing in connection with what the Department of Justice says was the largest human-trafficking ring in U.S. history. Authorities in the drug case were still looking for Culver’s Nathan Nwobi, age 36. He was among 20 individuals—most of them already in custody—implicated in a multimillion-dollar drug ring...
Culver City resident and businessman Jin Sung Kwak Passed away on September 23, 20 months after being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. Jin was born on January 13, 1940 in Seoul Korea. He received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Chung Ang University. Following graduation Jin served 2.5 years in the Korean Army and was honorably discharged. In 1966 Jin emigrated from Korea with only $100.. Jin began working as a chemist for a pharmaceutical company based in Culver City and also worked at Lawry’s Restaurant and a hamburger stand to m...
On Monday night the City Council and Redevelopment Agency approved an amendment to the Settlement Agreement between the City and West Los Angeles College regarding the 2010 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) for the College’s Facilities Master Plan. The Master Plan had been approved by the WLA College District Board of Trustees on August 11, who also certified the FSEIR. Previously, on July 12, the Council/Agency considered, but did not approve, a prior version of the A...
Sept. 14 through Sept. 21 This column is based on information provided by the Culver City Police Department and supplemented by reporting and editing by The Observer. Car Vandalized in Fox Hills Sept. 20: Culver officers responded at 8:35 a.m. to the 6500 block of Green Valley Circle in Fox Hills, where the victim said that her car had been vandalized. The victim said she had parked and locked her car about two days earlier. When she returned, both the windshield and driver’s side window were s...
Are language immersion programs working? That was the question School Board President Steven Gourley had for Tracy Pumilia, principal of El Marino Language School and project director for FLAP (Foreign Language Assistance Program), which gives grants to schools’ language programs. Pumilia and FLAP Grant coordinator Mina Shiratori gave a presentation on CCUSD’s language immersion programs at the School Board’s meeting Tuesday night Pumilia noted that CCUSD only received one FLAP grant last year,...
When the Lakers moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles for the 1960 season Frank O’Neill was hired as their trainer. O’Neill held the job until 1974. Many years later he returned to the team, briefly filling in for Gary Vitti and he also worked with the Clippers. O’Neill, who died last week at 81, is an example of a professional, dedicated to his work. Trainers aren’t paid anywhere close to what NBA players make, but for most of them it’s a valued profession. I bring this up to offer a contrast...
The odds were against the Culver City High football team winning last Friday’s non-league game against Redondo. The Centaurs went into the game without two of their top running backs, then lost a third during the game. Then they lost their starting quarterback during their final possession. And they trailed 17-14 in the final minutes, with the ball at their own 28-yard line, needing a 72-yard march to win the game. But Centaurs coach Jahmal Wright always tells his team that it doesn’t do any good to make excuses. “We always talk about overc...
On the right track: This Monday the Culver City Public Works Department, Linwood E. Howe Elementary School staff and the Culver City Police Department will be participating in the “International Walk to School Week,” with CCPD officers providing extra information on bicycle safety. It’s getting perilously close to October (egad, it’s tomorrow) and it’s “Happy Birthday” time for Cathy Lugo, Kathleen Tepley, Elaine Hente, Agnes McClain, Marina Tidwell, Eric Seeburger, Buddy Carranza, Ken Leung, and Natalie Meyers. Lots more will be listed next w...
