Archive for April 2010
Godfather of British Blues at Brixton
Dirty Hippie Radio reports on an amazing weekend in music in the South Bay, beginning with the legendary John Mayall and the Blues Breakers at Brixton tonight and finishing Sunday with The White Buffalo at Sainte Rocke and New Zealand’s Katchafire back at Brixton.
Yana Reznik brings concert hall musicians to Hermosa Beach
Anybody can move a car, but it takes just the right combination of people to move a mountain, and that’s what’s been happening with Classical Music L.A., a weekly gathering of exquisite musicians who perform on Saturday evenings at Live at the Lounge in Hermosa Beach. The venue, which adjoins The Comedy and Magic Club,…
Read MoreThe legendary John Mayall comes to Brixton Friday night….
“Something Happened” – a world premiere musical at Pacific States in El Segundo
“Something Happened” immediately transcends its particulars and becomes a probing and insightful look at relationships on every level, about identity and commitment and family and about figuring out who we are and how we fit in, and then dealing with and adapting to any new configurations that may eventually arise. You can be any color under the rainbow and still have to face this, many times, in your own life.
Read MoreFrom six man to six pack
Manhattan Beach struggles to reverse the deteriorating direction of its treasured six man volleyball tournament.
Read MoreCity launches campaign to save lagoon
A line has been drawn in the lagoon. And the troops are rallying on Facebook. The City Council last week reacted to a potential $21.2 billion fine by suspending operation of the saltwater pool in the Seaside Lagoon, indefinitely. At the same time, Mayor Mike Gin launched a “Save Seaside Lagoon” Facebook page to spearhead…
Read MoreFormer Malibu principal named new superintendent
Dr. Michael Matthews, currently the Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources of Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, will take over the reins of Manhattan Beach Unified School District on July 1.
Protecting the sea from underground
City officials have cut the ribbon on an innovative construction project longer than three football fields, which is invisible to Hermosans, but is being watched by officials up and down the coast for its potential to keep the ocean clean.
Rare visit pleases local Republicans
Republican Steve Poizner brought his message of tax cuts, spending cuts and a secure southern border to a town hall-style meeting that marked the first Hermosa visit by a major-party gubernatorial candidate since at least the 1980s. Flanked by two red signs reading “Tax Cuts for Everyone,” Poizner received a warm reception from a…
Read MoreArts campus launches on Aviation
The Redondo Performing Arts Campus, a newly formed partnership of four businesses within the Redondo Plaza, has made the 1600 block of Aviation an emerging artistic hub for kids.
Read MoreHermosa Beach police nab robbery suspect
Police arrested Daniel Guarisco, 19, in the early morning hours at his parents’ home in Wilmington, Hermosa Beach Police Detective Mick Gaglia said. “Detectives learned of Guarisco’s involvement in several robberies that occurred in the South Bay and Los Angeles on March 21, 2010 due to an anonymous tip,” Gaglia said. “Hours prior to the…
Read MoreCalifornia lawmakers come to Hermosa Beach for oil hearing
State lawmakers will travel to Hermosa on Friday to hold an investigative hearing into the hazards of oil drilling, citing as a reason the defunct drilling project of Macpherson Oil Company, which is claiming breach of contract in a $700 million lawsuit against the city. The issue of oil drilling in Hermosa was settled years…
Read MoreAbout Town
City savings? City officials offered early retirement packages to nearly three dozen employees in an attempt to reduce the municipal payroll. It was not yet known whether any employees are interested. The offer conforms to early retirement terms set by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. City employees total about 125. Closing time The City…
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Redondo, Mira Costa host Varsity Classic Tournament
Top-seeded Mira Costa leads a field of 32 boys volleyball teams that will begin play Friday, vying for the championship of the prestigious Redondo/Mira Costa Varsity Classic Tournament.
Read MoreAVP’s new commissioner Mike Dodd
Over the past four decades, Mike Dodd has peered across the sand at the greatest beach volleyball players the sport has ever seen.
But when Dodd – an Olympic silver medalist in his own right – was named commissioner of the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) in February, he changed his focus from the spikes and blocks at the net to something much deeper – the grass roots of the sport.
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