Archive for August 2010
Hermosa’s Buckley wins Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race
“I knew I came out strong,” Adam Buckley said. “And by the time I hit five miles I just kept my head down and kept going. I didn’t look back, and I didn’t want to hear anything from my boat crew about where anybody was.” The straight ahead strategy paid off for the 32-year-old, Hermosa…
Read MoreCharge is filed in weapon incident
Hermosa Beach Fire Department arson investigator Darryl Powers has been charged with one misdemeanor count for allegedly “brandishing a firearm at a woman sitting next to him” while he was off duty in a Sunset Beach bar, prosecutors in Orange County announced. Powers, 49, was charged with one count of brandishing a firearm capable of being…
Read MoreManhattan Beach Open Volleyball 50th Anniversary
Locals Aaron Wachtfogel and Sean Rosenthal win Old School. Photo by (Brent Broza) Click image for photo gallery
Read MoreMining for gold
Hermosan Holly Miagawa returns from the National Kidney Foundation’s U.S. Transplant Games in Madison, WI, with four gold medals in racquetball, the 100 meter sprint, long jump, and volleyball, one silver medal in the 200 meters, “and a pair of crutches” from a ruptured Achilles tendon received in her silver event. She flew home and…
Read MoreIs This The Most Interesting Bridge in Europe?
Words and photos by John Clayton Have you ever seen a movie about some historical event and then, later on, gone to the places yourself? When you got there did you find it was as you thought it’d be, or was it all totally different? I mention all this because longtime listeners to my shows…
Read MoreHere’s a Childhood Without Scandal
by Betty Lukas Memoirs seem to be in fashion now. Book reviewers seem to revel in the muck. So do readers. The worst parents are showing up on page after page as detailed by the most facile of authors—usually the daughters of those parents—who manage, by their literary acumen (or lack thereof) to captivate their…
Read MoreDr. Dapo Popoola: A man on a mission
Church and medicine combine to aid underprivileged in small African village by Paul Ero Contributing writer to the African Times Greatness is unachievable to those who rest on their laurels. Dr. Dapo Popoola has never been one to shy away from challenges, wherever and however they may happen upon him. Recently, he and the congregation…
Read MoreInquiring minds want to know
Kathy Mallon relies on her experiences to teach science at Peninsula Heritage School by Joan Erzer Behrens The adage that “those who can, do; those who can’t, teach” certainly does not apply to Kathy Mallon. Mallon is a science teacher at Peninsula Heritage School, educated at England’s prestigious Cambridge University, a trained genetic counselor and…
Read MoreAnother Opening, Another Show!
David Tomblin is really excited about the rain.
Not any ordinary rain, mind you, but production-value moisture due to fall onstage Sept. 24, when the Norris Center for the Performing Arts launches its 28th season with “Singin’ in the Rain,” a stage adaptation of the classic Gene Kelly film.
In High Gear
Peter Kunoth readies the Concours d’Elegance with a German theme and a grand marshal named Andy Granatelli.
Read MoreMagic ride ends for Mira Costa Senior All-Star team
Representing Manhattan Beach Little League, the Mira Costa Senior League All-Star team went 19-0 in tournament play before losing to the host team in semifinals of the Senior League World Series held in Bangor, Maine. Head Coach Carlos Rojas’ squad completed numerous comebacks and extra-inning victories during a summer the team will always remember.
Read MoreManhattan Beach Open – Rosenthal repeats as champion
The cloud that hovered over the beach volleyball community for a week ended up having a silver lining – at least for four players – who took advantage of the window of opportunity to have their names etched in history. When the AVP was forced to cancel its tour due to financial difficulties, the California…
Read MoreOrenic honored as AAU’s best on the sand
With summer winding down, Chris Orenic – like most South Bay high schoolers – will be forced to shift his focus from the beach to the start of a new school year. But while the Manhattan Beach teenager prepares to enter his junior year, Orenic can reflect on the summer with a smile knowing it…
Read MoreBeach Cities Sports
Aquatics The 35th Annual Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race presented by Honolua Surf Co. takes place Sunday. The longest, most grueling race of the season, the 32-mile course starts at 6 a.m. at the Isthmus on Catalina Island. Top finishers reach the Manhattan Beach pier just after 11 a.m. For more information visit www.CatalinaClassicPaddleboardRace.org. Volleyball…
Read MoreFormer Pennywise vocalist Jim Lindberg is now surfing The Black Pacific
“As soon as I made the decision to leave Pennywise I really didn’t look back,” says Jim Lindberg, who parted ways last summer – after 20 years and nine albums – with the most famous local band since Black Flag. The reason? Creative differences and shifting priorities. Only the band itself knows the full extent…
Read MoreSongbird in flight
Young songwriter Nicole Lexi Davis launches her career It began Sodium Free on the street. Three years ago, Nicole Lexi Davis and her little brother, Randall, took a couple of guitars and headed for The Strand in Hermosa Beach. They had decided, impromptu, to become a band. They called themselves Sodium Free and wore buttons…
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