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Madness and mayhem are the watchwords of the day when it comes to STONEHEARST ASYLUM. Directed by Brad Anderson from a script by Joe Gangemi based on the 1844 story "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather " by Edgar Allan Poe, STONEHEARST ASYLUM abounds with twists and turns set against a richly textured and lush, stylized Victorian-era visual palette. Boasting a cast of Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Michael Caine, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Sturgess and Kate Beckinsale, among others,...
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter In a seemingly sudden move, Dylan Farris has resigned as principal of Culver City High, effective as of October 24. Farris announced last week he had been appointed to the position of Executive Director of Human Resources for the El Segundo Unified School District, a post which he will assume on October 27. According to a letter he sent to the district, assistant principal Lisa Cooper will succeed Farris as interim principal. In the resignation letter Farris...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The unofficial changing of the guard for Ocean League football took place in Jerry Chabola Stadium at Culver City High on Friday, October 17 as the undefeated and new-league upstart El Segundo High Eagles shut out the current league title-holding Centaurs, 41-0. The Mercy Rule was in effect for the fourth quarter, meaning the game continued on running time. That happens when there's a difference of 35 points with one quarter remaining. For Culver City the game...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Suicide Hill and Agony Hill are not fictitious flash points, downloads of the latest recording artists, reality show entrees or sub-portal links to popular online video games. They are physical land features that impose themselves upon the local runners who test their paths. The slew of SoCal high school cross country athletes that challenge these dominant peaks and their respective courses do not suffer lightly. The Culver City High cross country team competed...
Did you know that more than 45% of CCUSD students receive free or reduced price lunches at their schools every day? For many students, this vital resource includes free breakfast. In some circumstances, healthy, reliable meals on the weekends are not a guarantee. Since 2013, the CCUSD Backpacks for Kids program has been serving students at all CCUSD school sites, serving more than 10,000 meals to students throughout the year. "Once the word got out about CCUSD students needing food for the...
University of Maryland researchers just concluded that hydraulic fracturing -- the process of shaking oil and gas free from below -- could endanger the health of nearby residents by exposing them to air and water pollution. This would certainly be cause for alarm, if true. But it's not. The study doesn't hold up to scrutiny. And its baseless claims could threaten a drilling technique that has actually lessened the harmful health impacts of the energy industry by reducing our reliance on coal. Ma...
Nicholas Sparks. At the mere mention of his name, images of love, romance, peaceful serenity, his beloved Carolina coastline, among others, all vividly spring to mind. So does the idea of second chances and purity of the heart and character. Nicholas Sparks is a storyteller who grabs the heart, touches the soul and evokes powerful emotions within each of us who read his books or see film adaptations of them. And Nicholas Sparks is synonymous with tears and tissues. Now, as the ninth adaptation...
"It was a game that was a tale of two halves." The opening words from Culver High head football Jahmal Wright aptly describing his team's 42-10 loss at Lawndale High to begin the 2014 Ocean League season last Friday night, October 10, cut to the chase. He continued: "In the first half I thought that we were able to keep the game close with some good defensive plays. Our offense had that one drive down the field to get a field goal. We were able to end the first half with an interception return...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Theo and I just returned from a great and interesting vacation to Georgia, South Carolina and Florida lasting almost four months. In Nahunta, Georgia we were invited to a high school ROTC flight program where we addressed three classes for an hour each from my perspective as an Army NCO in an Armored Cavalry Regiment. We also spoke at a city commendation award presentation to Angela Lee for spearheading a group to beautify Waycross, Georgia. Theo and I...
By Sandra Coopersmith Features Writer A huge deterrent to accomplishing the goals on one's bucket list would be falling and breaking a hip, an experience which, for those in their golden years, could well accelerate kicking that container. Studies have shown that 90% of hip fractures are caused by a fall, one in three adults over age 65 fall each year, half of the seniors who fall will do so repeatedly, and fear of falling increases that risk. Fortunately, participants in Phyllis Farrell's...
Farragut Elementary School’s eagerly anticipated 9th annual Fall Festival is on Saturday, October 18th from 11am to 4pm on the athletic field just off the main parking lot behind the school. Parking is free. All families are invited to come and enjoy a day of Halloween fun. Take advantage of discounted pre-sales ticket pricing before and after school by the front main doors starting October 13-17th – 25 tickets for $20 and an all-day pass for inflatables is $10. Tickets can also be bought on the day of the Festival for $1 each and the all...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The 2014 Ocean League football season cannot start soon enough for Culver City High as they are still searching for their first victory of the season. Their last preseason contest against the Channel Islands High Raiders in Jerry Chabola Stadium on a rare Thursday night game, October 2 resulted in a 21-14 loss. Again the Centaurs rallied for a touchdown in the fourth quarter only to come up on the short end of the final score. Culver lost all five non-league...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist I just know there are many, many of you out there who are in deep shock over the passing of Alexander Shulgin. He was born in Berkeley, CA on June 17, 1925 and is the scientist who created over 200 compounds used in psychotherapy, including Ecstasy. Back on Jan. 28, 2014 an Artesia woman’s home was broken into by a man breaking a kitchen window. He was covered in blood as he wrestled her in the living room. The victim broke away, ran to a neighbor’s hom...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The school of hard knocks is alive and well and still in session for Culver City High football in 2014. As the fading twilight sky revealed a sliver of an autumn moon dipping toward the Pacific Ocean beyond the western hometown bleachers the Centaurs were playing host to the Paramount High Pirates on September 26 at Jerry Chabola Stadium. This particular test was going to become another rough but purposeful one. Ultimately, Paramount imposed themselves with...
Donald Ormand "Don" Chandler was born in Oregon City, Oregon, on September 19, 1924. He grew up on a small beef ranch owned by his parents, Harry and Frieda Chandler, and had his primary and high school education in Oregon City schools. After completing high school, Don enrolled at a local junior college, where he studied engineering until he was drafted into the United States Army. Don served with the U.S. First Army and after basic training was shipped to England. He entered Occupied Europe...
Here is a way for all of us to obtain some great bargains and help the Friends of the Culver City Youth Health Center in their fundraising efforts for this year. Bidding For Good is an online auction site where nonprofit groups can run auctions to assist in their projects. The Friends group is the fundraising arm of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center which is located on the campus of Culver City High and Culver City Middle School. The proceeds of this auction will support the free ongoing physical and mental health programs at the Center....
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist It was one hundred years ago the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was started. Sixty years ago the Supreme Court ruled public school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, and the country moved ahead with such laws as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Fair Housing Act signed into law in 1968 and affirmative action policies in education and in the workplace. But today all is not we...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The inviting nights of a cooling autumn were still just around the corner when the undefeated San Pedro High football team visited Jerry Chabola Stadium at Culver City High on Friday, September 19. But the scoring was still hot as both teams meeting for the first time combined for seven touchdowns, seven extra-point kicks and one field goal each as the #3 city-ranked Pirates held off the host Centaurs and a fourth quarter comeback for a 38-17 victory. The game...
Lowell Rose, a 2008 Culver City High graduate, has signed a contract to play cornerback for the Miami Dolphins. Rose has taken a circuitous route to the NFL, but his dream of playing in the NFL has finally come true. He was deflated when he was recently cut by the San Diego Chargers on August 25 but His agent, Jason Chinn, called and said, "You did a good job during the time you were in (with the Chargers), and you should be hearing from some teams." On the nest Tuesday when he cleared waivers...
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...
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 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...
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...
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....
