California is huge, so it’s a long...

California is huge, so it’s a long shot that you’d recognize any of the thousands of names on the state’s list of unclaimed property accounts. After all, neither their own financial institutions nor the state controller’s office could track down the names, which were published this week in The Times’ classified section.

Still, you never know. Richard Vera of Altadena writes to point out that you might know where to find some of the local names, such as:

1. Centinela Hospital.

2. Chatsworth High School Girls Swim Team.

3. Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards.

4. L.A. County Medical Assn.

5. Ross Loos Medical Group.

“They’re on the list?” asked a surprised spokesman for the controller’s office. “I don’t know how they slipped through.”

The list also has a Hollywood flavor, including Fess Parker, Andre Previn, Sabrina LeBeauf (name of an actress on TV’s “Cosby”) and Fay Wray (maybe former co-star King Kong could offer a clue).

And there’s also a local named Earvin Johnson. Isn’t there some “Magic” guy with that name?

We told of their aquatic wedding plans the other day, and, sure enough, divers Kristopher Lewis and Leslie Burcham did take the plunge off Catalina, as you can see from Keith Johnson’s photo. It’s always refreshing to see such a bubbly couple.

Mayor Bradley was puzzled when he received a faxed message from the city of Edmonton, reminding him to pay off the bet that L.A. lost over the hockey playoffs. You see, the bet was made by acting Mayor John Ferraro during Bradley’s most recent trip.

“He said, ‘What’s this?’ ” Ferraro related, “and I told him we’d lost the bet. He said, ‘What do you mean we? You made the bet.’ ”

So Ferraro agreed to pay up by shipping some California oranges and reading a five-minute paean to Edmonton before the L.A. City Council.

No doubt Bradley would have been more interested in participating if the bet had required L.A.’s mayor to fly to Edmonton.

Only in L.A. Ombudsmen Report: We wrote with some sadness Friday that the word reception had been crossed out on the invitations to members of the L.A. City Council for an appearance by Gov. Pete Wilson next week. A governor’s spokesman told us that it was no snub, merely a typo--no reception had been scheduled.

But after the item appeared, City Councilwoman Joy Picus’ office phoned the governor’s office and was told, of course there’ll be a reception, and of course the members are invited.

Which reminds us: Toastmasters International’s annual Tall Tales Contest will be held today at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. In case you’re wondering, politicians aren’t permitted to enter, since they’re considered professionals.

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