Body Glove co-founder, waterman legend Bob Meistrell dies on Catalina Island 
Hermosa Beach 2020 and Beyond forum July 13 
Hermosa Beach woman searches for missing ginger tabby cat 
About Town in Manhattan Beach: Week of June 13
The blissful investigation: the state of happy hour in the South Bay 
Beach Magazine: Destinations issue (June 2013) 
Destination Bliss: Carmel by the Sea 
Greek meets Texan in So Cal wine country 
Somebody had to do it.
The Easy Reader this week turned its investigative team loose on the one of the most incomprehensible, sprawling, engrossing issues facing the South Bay – the current state of the local happy hour.
Manhattan Beach’s Petros opens a new restaurant at Fess Parker Inn
A faded Texas flag flies over the Fess Parker Inn in Los Olivos, a wine lovers destination east of Santa Barbara.
“I can get traditional Vietnamese food with a view of a parking lot, or this with a view straight to Catalina,” I mused just after our drinks and starters arrived at Bashi.
By: Taji Marie, Executive Chef and Co-Owner of Simple Gourmet™
The weather finally feels like summer in Southern California!
I don’t often quote Confucius even in reviews of Chinese restaurants, but the old fellow had a gift for putting timeless thoughts into few words.
America is the country of hyperbole in advertising – every product claims to be best, every pop singer the hottest, every idea the most brilliant.
The big building on Grand Avenue has a pastry case full of fresh baked goods, and the counter is doing a brisk trade in sandwiches and breakfast plates.
By Winy Chen, Registered Dietitian at Beach Cities Health District
Alice Waters is the owner of Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California-based restaurant famous for using organic, locally grown ingredients.
First Look At FWD… I’m going to avoid explosive puns in my reporting of the opening of Fishing With Dynamite, as tempting as it is.
Most Americans associate Brazilian food with steak, lots of steak – and yes, there is other stuff on those churrascaria buffets that you graze from between chunks of steak, but the meat is the signature dish.
The big news this week is of a plan that fell through – the yellow sign that signifies a license transfer was already in the window announcing the return of the Ragin Cajun to Pier Avenue, but it’s not going to happen.
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We’re soon going to find out whether the fast food of other parts of America will catch on in the South Bay thanks to a pair of regional transplants.
By Winy Chen, registered dietician at Beach Cities Health District
Lemons are a common fruit in almost all households.
I find it odd when I’m in a restaurant where the basement has an ocean view, but in a neighborhood as steep as North Manhattan Beach it is possible.
One of the paths to success in the restaurant business is simplicity – find a recipe you can execute flawlessly and stick with a narrow set of variations on that idea.