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Dawn Abraham gives her boyfriend Dennis Tito a kiss in Baikonur, Kazakhstan last Friday, shortly before he boarded a Russia rocket at the Baikonu cosmodrome and blasted off on the a trip to the International Space Station. Abraham is the daughter of Manhattan Beach Realtor Nina Michaels. She gave him a Beetles CD to listen to in space. (Sees story) |
On the Waterfront
POTTY POLICE: Hermosa Councilman JR Reviczky likes to peep inside the public restrooms on the beach. But don’t worry, he learned this behavior from recently retired Police Chief Val Straser. "It’s a police practice I picked up from Val, I guess. When I’m down there I poke my head in and see what’s going on in there," he told the rest of the council. "Watch out, you might run into George Michael," Councilman Sam Edgerton quipped…
GAY AND THESPIAN ISSUES? While Mira Costa High School’s production of "A Chorus Line" was drawing attention for its inclusion of a gay character, Redondo Union High School may have, um, skirted the issue entirely. In Redondo’s production of "West Side Story," the "I Feel Pretty" song was sung without the first verse, which features the line about being "pretty and witty and gay"…
COINS IN A FOUNTAIN: Pennies in a fountain will help fulfill the wishes of ArtsManhattan grant recipients. Manhattan Village Shopping Center marketing director Margo Heltzel scooped up over $1,000 in coins from the center’s fountain and donated them to the arts education foundation this week.