Archive for June 2010
Dave Gregerson: Doing what comes naturally
Photos by Dave Gregerson After a 15-hour day in Hawaii shooting the Pipeline Masters for the Associated Press, a few years back, Dave Gregerson found his gas tank had been siphoned. It had already been a challenging day. Just getting the mandatory podium shot of the winner had meant jostling for position with 50 other…
Read MoreDirty Hippie Radio: Her name is Sara Dee
“Blue whales are the largest mammals in the world, bigger than dinosaurs,” says the lady with enough heart and soul coursing through her music to challenge those very same dinosaurs with her guitar and voice. Introducing: Miss Sara Dee. I chanced upon a fundraiser block-party in Hermosa beach over the weekend – a Mardi Gras-flavored…
Read MoreRedondo Beach USD struggles to find new property revenue
The Redondo Unified School District sees a decline in the value of its surplus property as it seeks increased lease revenue to offset state education cuts.
Read MoreFinding bliss in South Bay summer surf
Summertime in the South Bay offers dismal surf. With the natural breakwalls of Palos Verdes and Catalina shading our southern-most corner pocket, south swells on the right angle tease and might just flirt with Manhattan. Waves are generated by local wind swells that would stoke a Floridian surfer, make a Gulf surfer count his blessings…
Read MoreSports
John Featherstone’s 16th Annual Volleyball Clinic begins Tuesday at 16th Street in Manhattan Beach.
Read MoreAbout Town
The annual Fourth of July celebration
Read MoreCarbon neutrality gets push
Hermosa Beach, the first city in Los Angeles County to pledge to become carbon neutral, will partner with AECOM Technology Corporation to seek grants and other funding to fulfill its promise to eliminate its carbon footprint, Mayor Michael DiVirgilio has announced. The Los Angeles-based firm will provide consulting and grant-writing services to help Hermosa get…
Read MoreChurch looks to Heaven for power
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and School is used to turning heavenward for the sunlight of the spirit, and with the completion of the largest installation of solar panels in Hermosa, Our Lady will begin using the sunlight itself for the lion’s share of its electricity. The parish becomes the first in the Los Angeles…
Read MoreUpscale offices face foreclosure sale
An upscale, 53-unit office condo complex on Pier Avenue is faced with a foreclosure sale July 22. The 53-unit development on the corner of Pier and Manhattan avenues, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, is in default of its loan by $16.1 million, according to the lender. Bryn Stroyke of Vintage Properties Company Inc., a partner in…
Read MoreOil freezing plan met with cold shoulder
Tim Beck is accustomed to getting nowhere with the government. For months he appeared before the Hermosa Beach City Council to push for limited beach nudity, and to explain that beach sand could be frozen to prevent its migration to other shores. Council members listened obligingly and treated him respectfully, but the beachgoers remain clothed…
Read MoreIron Gift
Carbon neutrality gets push
Carbon push Hermosa Beach, the first city in Los Angeles County to pledge to become carbon neutral, will partner with AECOM Technology Corporation to seek grants and other funding to fulfill its promise to eliminate its carbon footprint, Mayor Michael DiVirgilio has announced. The Los Angeles-based firm will provide consulting and grant-writing services to help…
Read MoreDonation check
Hermosa Beach Fourth of July ‘Iron Man’ representatives Annie Seawright, Chris Brown and Erin Wasden hold a $1,018 check they are donating to the Jimmy Miller Foundation
Police say no guns on beach
Police Chief Greg Savelli said people may not legally carry guns onto the beach, after gun rights advocates raised the possibility of carrying unloaded weapons in holsters onto the sand.
Read MoreHarbor lights
Richard Lawrence works for Brutoco Engineering and Construction, Inc. as a project superintendent. His company recently completed a project about one-third of a mile off the King Harbor breakwater. West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD), the company that hired Brutoco, has spent a bundle on improvements at the Redondo SEALab, including construction of a new…
Read MoreFilm: “Toy Story 3”
When his son was four, my friend Chris explained the appeal the purple dinosaur Barney has to children. “When Disney or the Muppets make a film,” he said, “they always put something in it to entertain adults, too, so you don’t kill yourself when you have to watch it with your kid. And the kid knows there’s stuff in there that’s going over his head.