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Three steps forward and one step back. The Los Angeles Rams stubbed their toe as several key turnovers and failed offensive executions cost them the game against the Buffalo Bills, 30-19 last Sunday. It was the Rams' first defeat at home this season to run their record to 3-2 and 1/2 game behind Seattle in the NFC West Division. Los Angeles gambled and lost on a fake punt deep in their own territory late in the fourth quarter on a very hot October afternoon before 83,679 announced fans at the...
The Los Angeles Rams are turning heads while attracting media hits as they won their second consecutive thriller, 37-32, on the road in a hot, muggy Raymond James Stadium last Sunday. Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were trying to shove the ball down their throat on the final drive of the game but didn't succeed. All this, after the threat of lightning passing through the Tampa area had the NFL suspending the game for over an hour right at the two-minute warning and the Rams hanging...
For those of you who didn’t have their accounts depleted at Wells Fargo Bank by very nasty bank employees doing mean things, why not celebrate by taking that very special person to Las Vegas? Ever dream of commanding a gondola? The Venetian Las Vegas Gondola University offers instruction to up to nine participants per day that begins with a history of Venice followed by gondola fundamentals. Learn “Rowing 101” and the hands-on experience of rowing a vessel. At the end there is a ritual cerem...
The 2016 NFL regular season is suddenly staring the new Los Angeles Rams right in the face. Summer training and preseason games are now distant memories along with the HBO sports reality series "Hard Knocks." The real hard knocks are about to begin. The Rams' season opener is not only against the divisional rival San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium, it's the second game of a Monday Night Football package on September 12 starting at 7 p.m. Beginning the season on the road against a team that's...
The Los Angeles Rams have wasted little time in establishing the LA Coliseum as a home-field advantage. They improved their preseason record to 2-0 by defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 21-20 on Saturday night, August 20 before more than 60,000 fans. The Rams also stuck to the script of being down at halftime before scoring the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles held its opponent scoreless in the second half for the second consecutive game before a highly supportive crowd...
Walk With A Doc/Culver City will occur Saturday, August 20 at 8:45 a,m. at Veterans Park, 4117 Overland, Culver City near the tennis courts. Jeffrey Penso will briefly discuss “The healing powers of venom.” and lead the group on a walk through the neighborhood. Warm up with Culver Palms YMCA trainer, Brandon Webb, precedes the talk. This event is free and open to all. This international walking program http://walkwithadoc.org/ was started by an Ohio cardiologist looking to encourage individuals to move their bodies and give up their sed...
The Los Angeles Rams couldn't have asked for a better return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, August 13. On face value they beat the Dallas Cowboys 28-24 in a preseason game. But the real value was in the 89,140 fans celebrating the team's come-from-behind victory. Rams running back Aaron Green caught a nine-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Sean Mannion with 1:54 remaining on the clock to clinch the win. The Cowboys had a 24-7 lead at halftime before the Rams scored 21...
The Los Angeles Rams won their second consecutive comeback game as they defeated the Kansas City Cheifs 21-20 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and improved their 2016 preseason record to 2-0. The Rams gave up an early 7-0 lead but scored two touchdowns to take a short-lived lead. Running back Todd Gurley, playing in his first preseason game for the Rams, had four carries for 20 yards and scored the Rams' first touchdown up the middle for three yards. Starting L.A. quarterback Case Keenum...
The pre-preseason is now officially shining on the Southern California pro football community as the Los Angles Rams held their rookie minicamp on Friday and Saturday, May 6 – 7, at the Residence Inn River Ridge in Oxnard. The Rams' coaching staff put the six NFL draftees, 19 signed rookie free agents and a couple of tryout players through a number of drills, exercises and stretches at the two-football field playing facility. The weather conditions were ideal as the Ram coaching staff kept t...
The Los Angles Rams focused on the offense as the dust settled following the 2016 NFL Draft that concluded on Saturday, April 30. The team chose one quarterback, four receivers and one linebacker for its six choices in this year's draft including the league's No. 1 selection: Round 1 (#1): Jared Goff, quarterback, California Round 4 (#110): Tyler Higby, tight end, Western Kentucky Round 4 (#119): Pharoh Cooper, wide receiver, South Carolina Round 6 (#177): Temarrick Hemingway, tight end, South C...
Sahli-Wells, Small and Eriksson Are Sworn In By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Two new councilmembers, Thomas Small and Goran Eriksson were sworn in along with returning councilmember Mehaul O'Leary to a packed house in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers on Monday night. The new council elected Jim Clarke as Mayor and Jeff Cooper as Vice Mayor. Mayor Clarke had Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Abbott serve as his installing offer. Abbott and Clarke attended the same high school and...
It was well worth the wait. The 2016 NFL Draft officially ended today, April 30, with the Los Angeles Rams selecting six players over the past three days of the proceedings. The Rams' six picks occurred in only three rounds of the entire draft: Round 1 (#1): Jared Goff, quarterback, California Round 4 (#110): Tyler Higby, tight end, Western Kentucky Round 4 (#119): Pharoh Cooper, wide receiver, South Carolina Round 6 (#177): Temarrick Hemingway, tight end, South Carolina State Round 6 (#190):...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher With the counting of more than 1,000 mail-in and provisional ballots, the numbers for each candidate went up but the final result did not change, Meghan Sahli-Wells was elected to a second term while newcomers Thomas Small and Goran Eriksson will join her on the City Council. There are still 288 ballots to be counted. However, those are not enough to change the outcome. The current vote total as reported is: Megan Sahli-Well 3,631 Thomas Small 2,316 Goran...
Mayor Michael "Mehaul" O'Leary presided over his second Mayor's Luncheon last Thursday to a packed crowd at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. Sponsored by the Culver City Chamber of Commerce the event has become the most attended event in the city. Unlike his speech four years ago when he finished his first term as mayor, O'Leary announced to the crowd he wouldn't' keep everyone over an hour as he did last time. The speech was filled with humor and song to the delight of the crowd. He highlighted...
Culver City residents have long been familiar with Goran Eriksson, who frequently speaks at City Council and other civic meetings and chaired the Culver City Chamber of Commerce in 2012. Eriksson has a business background as president and founder of esi Techtrans, Inc., an international business development consultancy founded in 1987. He serves as chair of the Culver City Finance Committee, and in that capacity, encouraged the City Council to increase community involvement in the city budget...
The Marcus G. Tiggs campaign will be available to drive seniors and military veterans to the polls on April 12. To request a ride, please call Renee de Palma at 310.864.6249. Additionally, Marcus G. Tiggs campaign will be having an election night party at Mike Cohen's ("Mr. Culver City") home, 4378 Jasmine Avenue. Large screens will display election results and complimentary hors d'oeuvres / beverages will be provided. Party begins at 8 p.m. as election results are released after polls close at...
The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA), Southern California's leading advocate apartment owners, announce that it has supported small business owner Göran Eriksson in his bid for a seat on the Culver City Council. "I'm honored to have earned the support of AAGLA, which has fought for affordable housing for nearly 100 years," Eriksson said. "AAGLA knows we need Council members who will fight for more attainable housing throughout Culver City." Eriksson said he believes it is cri...
Culver City Mazda dedicates the newly constructed state of the art facility at last week's Grand Opening. The dealership is at the corner of Sepulveda and Washington Boulevards....
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Congresswoman Karen Bass (D. 37th District) believes in listening to her constituents. To that purpose, she holds periodic public forums such as the one held November 22 at the Culver City Teen Center. Given the issues that Culver City is most concerned with, there was no secret that this meeting would be mostly about airplane noise and pollution and what the Federal Government can do to control it. The Teen Center was packed and in the back of the room,...
Scott Wyant has joined the race for one of three seats on the Culver City Council next April. Wyant has lived in Culver City with his wife Leslie for 26 years. They chose the city because they found the level of community connection and safety to be unparalleled. Their daughter, Molly, attended the city's public schools, and they have remained deeply involved in city affairs. Wyant is finishing his second term on the Planning Commission, where he has served with distinction for seven years....
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter October 24 was “No Fly Day” in several American cities, including Culver City, as citizens protested airplane routes that cause noise and air pollution in their neighborhoods. Feedback from No Fly Day was offered to the City Council at October 26’s meeting, during public comment, by members of the grassroots group Culver City for Quiet Skies. The speakers had attended the October 24 rally and wanted to remind the city to support them in petitioning the FAA (...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Dr. Janet Hoult is Culver City's Poet Laureate-for now. The appointment was made at the September 28 City Council meeting and fulfilled a wish by many people to see Dr. Hoult win the appointment, which is honorary, unpaid, and will be for a term of two years, expiring on December 31, 2017. The Council, acting on the recommendation of the Cultural Affairs Commission, made the provisional appointment in order to allow Dr. Hoult to represent poetry during the...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Culver City will again be sponsoring the 2015 IndieCade videogame festival in downtown Culver City this October. But the City Council/Successor Agency’s vote to sponsor, at May 26’s meeting, did not come as easily as might have been expected. The vote to sponsor and give in-kind financial assistance per the requests of IndieCade CEO Stephanie Barish was 3-2, with council members Andrew Weissman and Jeff Cooper voting against Barish’s request. The two council...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Twenty-five speakers had signed up at the May 11 City Council meeting to protest a component of the proposed plan for a Hospitality and Entertainment District in south Culver City. But although they got their chance to speak, their actions of the past few weeks were what actually paid off as the City Council dropped the "signage component" of the plan. The proposed plan for the southern area of Culver City involves a district specifically designed for hotels...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Longtime Culver City resident and chair of Culver City's Finance Advisory Committee Göran Eriksson has become the first candidate to announce for one of the three seats available on the 2016 Culver City Council ballot. Eriksson has a long track record as a successful businessman and community activist, so while his announcement comes earlier than usual, he said planning ahead and being prepared is part of his nature. "I have created a campaign committee...
