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By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Who wouldn't want to run in The Great Cow Run, one of the best-named athletic events in Southern California? And that's exactly how the Culver City High 2014 cross country team began its season at Cerritos Regional County Park to compete against 29 other high schools on Saturday, September 6. According to the race's website: "The invitational has grown in order to incorporate the theme of the cow due to the history of Cerritos formerly known as Dairy Valley." Th...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Game, set, match. The 2014 Culver City High girls tennis team won its season home-opener, 11-7 on Tuesday, September 9, against Windward School, an emerging local private school athletic rival. The win didn’t come as easily as expected but the Centaurs evened their season won-lost record after falling in the season opener at Torrance High last Thursday. Leading the way for the Centaurs was Danielle Garrido, who demonstrated why she is one of the elite junior t...
By Sandra Coopersmith Feature Writer What do you call a woman who transformed herself from a "morbidly obese couch potato" (her words) to a vibrant Zumba® instructor whose busy schedule includes teaching several one-hour classes each week at various locales? How about perpetual motion machine? Someday we may produce one; until then we have longtime Culver City resident Yvonne Griffin Beraldi, who will be hosting a Zumbathon® charity event to be presented by the City of Culver City in ass...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer columnist I didn’t know and nobody told me about the law which took effect on Jan. 1, 2013 and set a 2018 target date for public employees to pay half their retirement costs. Please raise your hand if you frequently take the Metro Rail or AMTRAK in and out of Union Station. Boy oh boy, do I have good news for you and the other travelers. To save 15 to 20 minutes either leaving or arriving at Union Station, the Los Angeles transportation officials will soon start m...
Adam Campos of Culver City graduated from Coker College May 17 with a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education (Sport Management). Coker College has a total undergraduate enrollment of approximately 1,200 students and offers 50 areas of study. The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the National Association of Schools of Music, the Council on Social Work Education, the South Carolina Board of Education and the National Council...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor After many years of rumors about the National Football League returning to Los Angeles it’s easy to dismiss such talk now. But one of these years an NFL may move here, after all. NFL sources say the teams are paying more attention to Los Angeles now because they saw that $2 billion was paid by Steve Ballmer to buy the Clippers. The feeling is that if that kind of money is being poured into LA they’d be glad to get some of it. Three teams are believed to be at...
The 34th annual Norwegian Heritage Faire will be held at 3835 Watseka, Culver City on Saturday, and Sept.27 from 11 am to 5 pm. Admission is free. Scandinavian imports and gifts will be for sale. There will be demonstrations of Scandinavian crafts and a drawing for door prizes every hour. For information call (323) 634-7605....
Heralded UCLA basketball signee Jonah Bolden has been ruled ineligible for the coming season by the NCAA. The 6-foot-9 power forward, a native of Australia, was ruled a partial qualifier after he left Australia after last season had started to play for a high school in Nevada. He will be allowed to practice with the team. The other members of Coach Steve Alford’s Top 10 recruiting class are eligible, including 6-foot-9 Thomas Welch from LA Loyola High....
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter Get ready for a blast-from-the-past as the triumvirate of famous classic rockers - Stephen Bishop, John Ford Coley and Bill Champlin make an appearance at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on September 20. Collectively, having sold over 100 million records, these three musical giants will take the stage simultaneously performing all of their great hits and also entertain the audience with stories from their experiences on the road and background of the...
The Guardhouse that formerly watched over the legendary media headquarters of the German Democratic Republic in East Berlin (Allgemeine Deutsche Nachrichtendienst "ADN," Public German News Service) is coming to Los Angeles in time for the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Salvaged by acclaimed artist Christof Zwiener, the ADN Guardhouse will become a part of The Wende Museum's permanent collection in Culver City. From 1971 until its closure in 1992, the ADN headquarters in East Berlin was guarded by a member of the secret...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The first line in this story easily could have read: 'On any given Friday night...' Ultimately it was a game that evoked an element often missing from high school football now as the focus frequently evolves around big-time recruiting football programs: the thrill of the unknown until the final seconds tick away. The fans at Friday night's 2014 Centaur home-opener in Jerry Chabola Stadium were fortunate to have experienced such as the Peninsula High Panthers...
By Matthew Hetz Guest Commentary There are theories, and there is reality. The emerging Metro light rail system in Los Angeles, and particularly Phase II of the Expo Line, is facing the conflict between the two: Should new light rail stations have parking for riders (reality), or should they not (theory)? Once I was of the opinion that parking should be limited, if just no parking at all, and make the entire transit journey as car free, and transit dependent, as possible. With the Southern...
Ray Moselle, 98, of Culver City,died on September 10 after a long illness. He is survived by his sons Raymond and Richard (Nancy), his grandchildren Amanda Hyder (Travis), Vanessa Moselle (Anthony), Natalie Phillips (Christopher), Bryan Moselle (Anne) and five great grandchildren. Ray was born in Milwaukee on July 6, 1916 and came to Los Angeles in 1932. He graduated from Hamilton High in 1936, where he met his future wife, Ramona. Ramona passed away in 2005 after 69 years of marriage. Ray...
Edward C. Little, long-time Culver City Rotary Club member-among many of his community contributions-and the director of the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility in El Segundo, passed away last month at 87. Little's contributions to the community are many. Following his years as a Culver City Council member in the 1960s, he went on to serve on the county Water Resources and Reclamation Advisory Commission, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and West Basin. At West...
West Basin Municipal Water District was awarded $538,530 by Southern California Edison for implementing energy-efficient improvements during its most recent expansion of the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility. With its latest expansion, the facility has increased the production of recycled water to potentially produce 62 million gallons of water every day, at full capacity. As part of the recent expansion, West Basin included the installation of six Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) for large product and feedwater pumps to ensure...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor I never like to see anyone lose their job. If someone screws up I look for ways he or she can learn from a mistake. But this does not apply to Ray Rice, the Baltimore Ravens’ running back who’s been released from the team and banned from signing with another one in the National Football League, pending approval by the commissioner. It’s going to be a long time, perhaps never before Rice can play in the league again. After a video was released this week showi...
7. That's the number of games the De La Salle High School Spartan football team won - consecutively. That's right. In a row. Without a loss. A 12-year winning streak. It's a record that will stand for the ages. It's a record that no professional sports team, no college team, no other high school team, no Pop Warner or Little League team, no international team - in any sport - has even come close to touching. And it was all done under the leadership of De La Salle head coach Bob "Coach Lad" Lad...
I admit it. I had some doubts when it was announced James Gunn (whom I admire and am a fan of his work) would be directing GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. Although I had no doubts about Gunn nailing the humor and action ideology of the film, I had to wonder, could he execute it on such a grand scale? Given the anticipated scope and magnitude of the film, the large cast, the ideologic concept as a whole, just the pure majesty of the Marvel universe and perhaps most importantly, the heart of the story...
On August 13 the Culver City Fire Department received International Accredited Agency Status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) for meeting the criteria established through the CFAI's voluntary self-assessment and accreditation program. The Culver City Fire Department is one of 200 agencies worldwide to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status by meeting the high standards set by the CFAI and the Center for Public Safety Excellence, Inc. (CPSE). CFAI is...
Continuing with themes of old adages and films lensed within a single confined space, I turn your attention to NO GOOD DEED. As your mother always told you, no good deed goes unpunished and that's exactly what happens to Taraji P. Henson's "Terry" in NO GOOD DEED. Terry is a devoted wife and mother of a four-year old daughter and newborn son. From the looks of her plush, suburban wooded Atlanta neighborhood and her house, her husband provides well for the family. From the exterior of the house...
I have long been an admirer of Kevin Smith’s filmmaking ethic; although not always a fan of some of his films. He has taken the bull by the horns - in this case, the walrus by the tusks - and ignored the naysayers, to do what he wants to do - make movies. Inexpensive and cost effective by filmmaking standards, Smith’s films are all stories that he wants to tell and told the way he wants to tell them. As a result, he and his work have developed a core following that guarantees investment mon...
By John Nachbar City Manager City Clerk’s Office • Vacancies to be filled on Culver City's Commissions and Committees - The City Clerk’s Office is pleased to announce the application period for the following two vacancies: 1) Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission – Seat #1 (for an unexpired term ending on June 30, 2016) and 2) Disability Advisory Committee – Seat #9 (for an unexpired term ending on June 30, 2015). Applications will be accepted by the City Clerk’s Office until 5 p....
Units of the Culver City Police and Fire Departments last Friday responded to a report of a body near the paddle tennis courts at the corner of Culver Boulevard and Elenda Street. The male victim was deceased. According to Lt. Jason Sims from the Culver City Police Department it appeared the man died of natural causes, however they are awaiting a report for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office before closing the investigation. The name and residence of the victim were not released....
On Saturday, September 20 from 9 am to noon the Ballona Creek Renaissance (BRC) will be meeting at the Ballona Creek bike path entrance next to the Culver City Julian Dixon Library at4975 Overland Avenue to conduct the annual Ballona Creek cleanup. As part of the biggest global volunteer day, you can participate to help clean the creek and bay right next to BCR's very first project, the Postcards From Ballona mural. You will meet other motivated volunteers, pick up trash, learn about the creek and still enjoy the rest of your day. BRC invites...
