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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...
On April 25 the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors presented awards to 15 grand prize and honorable mention student winners as part of the District’s annual Water is Life Student Art Contest. More than 300 entries were submitted this year from public and private schools throughout West Basin’s service area. Winning artwork was chosen based on the creativity of students’ portrayal of water conservation messages coupled with their artistic skills. One grand prize each was awarded in the elementary, middle and h...
Who remembers the movie "Lost Horizon" that came out in 1937 starring Ronald Colman, directed by Frank Capra, and based on a novel by James Hilton? It introduced us to Shangri-La, a mystical, harmonious valley in the Himalayas, an earthly paradise hidden away from the outside world. Welcome to Culver City's version, the Jackson Market at 4065 Jackson Avenue between Braddock Drive and Culver Boulevard, (jacksonmarketanddeli.com), an unexpected delight tucked away on a residential street. This...
Linwood E. Howe Elementary School has been named a Gold Ribbon School by the California Department of Education. The Gold Ribbon Awards recognize California schools that have made gains in implementing the academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education. These include the California Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics, California English Language Development Standards, and Next Generation Science Standards. Schools applied for the award based...
Jacob Weiner, a senior at Culver City High, has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Hawaii Pacific University on an academic and athletic scholarship starting in Fall 2016. Jacob has lived his entire life in Culver City. A true scholar athlete, Jacob will graduate CCHS with a 3.9 weighted GPA. He plans to pursue a degree in journalism and mass communication. He wants to be a sports writer or to work in the field of sports management. Jacob started playing baseball when he was five...
If you could talk to Mozart's mother, what would you ask? I found myself sitting next to the mother of a young soloist at a concert Saturday night by the Culver City Symphony Orchestra. I hadn't realized yet how special the young musician was. Then Tristan Paradee, the soloist, sat next to me when his mother changed seats. So you're sitting next to a young person about to give a solo piano performance. What would you ask? "Are you nervous before the concert?" I asked. "I do get nervous but it...
On April 12, with complete confidence and high hopes, I will be casting one of my three Culver City City Council votes for Thomas Small. My confidence stems from my long-standing and deep friendship with his family. My high hopes arise from my distinct impression that he is an expert in disciplines that matter immensely to our fair city at this important juncture. Thomas, the only non-incumbent candidate who parents children in the CCUSD, has demonstrated his commitment to our schools as both a...
There are about 160,000 zero-emission cars in California, but Governor Jerry Brown wants 1.5 million in use by 2025. California drivers use 14 billion gallons of gasoline and four billion gallons of diesel annually. Eating more homemade meals and fewer foods from restaurants may help protect against the development of type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented in November 2015 at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions. The researchers analyzed data on almost 100,000 study p...
Scott Wyant has secured more key endorsements with the addition of the Culver City Firefighters as well as winning the ‘Ask to Know’ straw poll conducted after hearing presentations from City Council candidates. Participants of the poll included high school, middle school and elementary school students from Culver City. Firefighters and students alike support Scott Wyant. Wyant said of the outpouring of support, “Firefighters are some of the most admired people in our community, and rightly so. I am deeply honored to have received their colle...
Casino Night 2016 lived up to its billing as Culver City's most fun event of the year. Hundreds of citizens, parents, faculty, staff and administrators supporting Culver City High athletics enjoyed the annual fundraising affair Las Vegas style at Veterans Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, March 19. The action was hot as the blackjack tables, roulette wheels, crap tables, slot machines and a coaches' wheel of fortune entertained a lively decked-out crowd as they feasted on delicious food, drinks...
Mary Ann Bradford (nee Lealy), 77, passed away Wednesday, March 2nd at her home in Oakdale, CA with family by her side. Mary Ann was born in Los Angeles to Pete and Mary Lealy on February 20, 1939. She was reared in Culver City and graduated from Culver City High in 1957. In 1961 she graduated from California Hospital Medical Center School of Nursing in Los Angeles. She worked as an RN primarily in Pediatrics during her career and the last 12 years for Kaiser Permanente in Pleasanton and Walnut Creek, CA. Retiring in 2002. She earned her...
Somewhere a very special high court is in session and the case being heard involves Judge Hal Cherness, a prolific purveyor of wisdom, justice, and humor, who has been charged with being a genuine honest-to-God mensch. Permit me to offer my testimony. One of my earliest stories in 2005, my first year as a journalist, was about him, and when I learned that he died March 10 at the age of 93 I recalled how challenging it had been to conduct that interview and take notes while laughing non-stop. Goi...
¬¬Introducing the song "New York, New York" to audiences worldwide in its 1944 Broadway de-but, Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins' classic American musical On the Town is coming to Culver City. The spring production of AVPA's Blurred Vision Theatre Company, directed by Jill Novick, will run March 11-13 and March 18-19 in the Robert Frost Auditorium at Culver City High. An instant hit that has enjoyed multiple revivals, On the Town follows the story of three sailors on 24-hour leave in New Y...
The last time I looked, seven people have taken papers to run for Culver City Council and why not, since there are three seats to be filled. Like many whom I have spoken to, I plan to vote for Marcus Tiggs, Megan Sahli-Wells and Thomas Small. At this time, we are trying to catch up with the U.S. Mail. We spent almost three weeks in Georgia over Christmas and New Year’s, coming home to a ton of letters and magazines. I just read what those mean Texas Republicans are doing to redraw the d...
Support from the architecture community for candidate Thomas Small continues to grow as more architects become aware of his bid for a seat on the Culver City City Council. To date, nearly 40 prominent and influential architects, designers, and engineers from Culver City and across the Los Angeles region have announced their support of Thomas Small's candidacy. The world-renowned architect Clive Wilkinson, who has designed spaces for some of the most creative companies in the world, is among...
Cellist William Ellzey of Culver City earned top honors at the fourth annual Music Guild Competition, where six high school seniors competed for Westmont music scholarships March 5. Ellzey won the Guild Scholarship, receiving up to $10,000 in annual music scholarship funds (up to $40,000 over four years) to study at Westmont. Significant music scholarships were given to the other contestants: flutist Marissa Condie of Santa Barbara, cellist Marlena Gonzalez of Los Angeles, soprano Nyajima Tut...
Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother Marguerite Sylvia Grunseth Wild age 93 died peacefully in her sleep on Valentine's Day in Culver City,where she had lived since 1946. Marguerite was born on August 8, 1922 in the village of Ingram, Wisconsin. Of Norwegian descent, her parents were Butler A. Grunseth and Karen (Carrie/"Ma") Malina Waage Grunseth. Marguerite was the 10th of 11 children, born over a 28 year period. A veteran of World War II, Marguerite enlisted in the WAVES, where she...
The Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center held their annual fundraiser "Reach for Rainbows" On Saturday, February 20 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Culver City. The honorees at this year's event are The Culver City Woman's Club, and John Riordan, owner of John Riordan Plumbing, Inc. The members of the Woman's Club and Mr. Riordan have contributed to the fabric of our community for decades through monetary donations and supportive events. Their efforts have helped many families reach...
The 2015-16 Culver City High girls basketball season ended at Redondo Union High in the 3rd Round of the 2016 CIF Division 1AA Playoffs as the Centaurs lost 71-30 to the perennially ranked Sea Hawks on Wednesday, February 24. The Centaur girls were overwhelmed by Redondo's tight defense and well-balanced offense from the opening tipoff. Culver kept the contest close for the first eight minutes of the game as Kailey Tooke scored six of the team's seven first quarter points. Eight minutes later...
Elementary, Middle and High School students will question Culver City City Council candidates at a special "Ask 2 Know Kids Forum" on Wednesday, March 2 from 6:30 pm 8 pm. For nearly 25 years television personality Art Linkletter hosted a show where he interviewed children and shared their often surprising responses. Well, kids ask the darndest things too. There's a freedom from adult conventions that enables children to pose uniquely probing questions that can unsettle even professional politic...
The Culver City Democratic Club last week overwhelmingly endorsed candidates Meghan Sahli-Wells, Thomas Small and Daniel Lee for the three open seats on the Culver City Council. The endorsement, voted by Club members, immediately followed a forum during which all Democratic candidates responded to questions about their experience and perspectives. The previous evening, the Los Angeles Democratic Party endorsed the same three candidates for the Council seats. The three were endorsed on the first...
The life of Lesa Longstreet will be celebrated Saturday, February 27 at 1 pm at Grace Lutheran Church, 4427 Overland Avenue. Although she was married four times she found the love of her life in 1999 when she met Greg Goodyear, a teacher at Mountain View High School and a coach at Culver City High School. They met on a chat line and talked for three months before their first meeting, and they hit it off immediately. Within a couple of months they decided to date each other exclusively and remained an item from that day forward. One of the...
He was your friend, he was my friend, and he was our friend. He was Lester “Les” Silverstein, the man with a crazy sense of humor and a twinkle in his eye. We kept each other laughing; sometimes the giggles would be out loud, other times expressed by a big smiling grin. We first met in the Culver City Senior Center in the summer of 2000. Having just retired from the Boeing Aircraft Company, I decided to check out what programs were available. Out of the blue I heard a voice say, “Take this,...
You can help “Reach for Rainbows” at the annual fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center. The group’s major fundraiser is on Saturday, February 20 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Culver City. The honorees at this year’s event are The Culver City Woman’s Club, and John Riordan, owner of John Riordan Plumbing, Inc. The members of the Woman’s Club and Mr. Riordan have contributed to the fabric of our community for decades through monetary donations and supportive events. Their efforts have helped many families re...
In three special performances, the Culver City High School AVPA Music program will present Jazz Cabaret: Two Acts, Two Spaces, One Jazzy Night, Jan. 22-24. The first half of the program will take place in the Robert Frost Auditorium. There, featured vo-calists will perform big band hits like Moondance, The Lady is a Tramp, and Come Fly with Me with the full Jazz Ensemble. The event will then move to the more intimate space of the Sony Pictures Theatre, where vocalists will be backed by the Jazz...
