Blake Griffin’s dunk: Manhattan Beach resident’s play of the year [VIDEO]

Blake Griffin’s Huge Dunk Over Kendrick Perkins Vs OKC 1.30.12 [NBA] HD

Redondo firefighters fight for IKEA Rescue Remodel

The Redondo Beach Fire Department is one of five fire departments competing in IKEA’s Rescue Remodel contest to win a new $25,000 kitchen remodel. But despite the fact RBFD firefighters live in a leaky 60-year-old building with 28-year-old kitchen cupboards [...]

Hope Chapel hosts car wash benefiting family of Priscilla Ruiz

A car wash benefiting the family of Priscilla Ruiz, the 19-year-old girl killed in a car accident in Redondo Beach, will be held at Hope Chapel tomorrow (Jan. 27) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday from noon til [...]

Surf’s Up: El Porto and the Manhattan Beach Pier Jan. 22 [PHOTOS]

Waves at the Manhattan Beach Pier and El Porto ranged five to seven feet with an occasional eight-footer Sunday and photographer Mara Laine shot several surfers, including up-and-coming competitive surfer Natalie Anzivino surfing one of her favorite spots, the southside [...]

In search of purpose: Richard Leider brings a vital question to the Beach Cities

Richard Leider has a question for you. How you answer this question goes a long ways towards determining how long, and how well, you will live. Why do you get up in the morning? The nationally recognized author and executive [...]

The Descendants: Slack Key Festival continues a tradition that goes back to the ancient kings of Hawaii

Long ago in the backyards and byways of Hawaii a secret music of a sort was played.

Its roots went back to the last kings of Hawaii and to the wandering Portuguese and Mexican cowboys who’d arrived to tend to their cattle. But the style – which later would be called “Slack Key” – was uniquely adapted, family by family, place by place, to become a truly native Hawaiian music.

Return of the King: Elvis comes to Hermosa Beach

James Kruk didn’t realize it until much later, but Elvis was on his trail. He remembers traces of the King from his early childhood in New York in the 1970s. Elvis Presley by that point had transcended mere coolness and [...]

New Year’s Eve: Chris Robinson, Motorboats, Berry Bly, feasts

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Saint Rocke This booking qualifies as a musical extravaganza: Chris Robinson, who as lead singer of The Black Crowes sold 13 million records, brings his newly formed The Chris Robinson Brotherhood (curiously minus brother Rich) [...]