Street side attack prompts citizen aid in Hermosa Beach 
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 
What’s Old is New Again: We all get sentimental towards year end, don’t even try to be all macho about it, and I can open the food gates with this one: Listen up Hermosana, Uncle Stavros is back!
Random Holiday: December 8 is National Bad Hair Day – what?
Tee off at cancer: The 16th Annual Shea-Hurley Golf Classic takes place this Saturday, November 5 at The Lakes Golf Course, PCH, El Segundo.
Charity Event: The Second Annual Pink 100 charity event to raise cancer awareness will take place at Spectrum Club, North Harbor Drive, RB next Tuesday-Saturday, October 25-29.
Local Celeb: Local restaurateur Mike Zislis was given a seven minute spot on Fox News a few weeks ago, just days after opening his newest venture, The Strand House, formerly Beaches, Manhattan Beach Boulevard at the MB Pier.
Celeb Sightings: Abby Wambaugh, the USA women’s soccer captain who recently went toe to toe with the Japanese for the World Cup championship title, was spotted lunching in the sun on the patio at Sangria, Hermosa Beach this past Sunday.
Say “Hi” to Ozzie for Me: Last week we lost one of the good ones.
First Sunday Firsts: As my regular readers well know, every year for the opening Sunday of the NFL season, I join a group at Sharks Cove, Hermosa Beach to catch all the firsts: First TD, first interception, first fumble, first meltdown, (I think we can award Romo and my Cowboys that one), etc.
The Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Club Sixth Annual Taste at the Beach is going off on Sunday, August 21, 3-7pm at the Hermosa Beach Community Center, corner Pier Ave/PCH to benefit various Kiwanis charities.
Bar Rescue: It didn’t take long for Kilkenney’s on the Redondo Beach Pier to go through its cycle but the sisters are getting another chance as we saw on last night’s episode of the Spike TV show, “Bar Rescue.” Jon Taffer and his crew revamped the joint which is now called, “Breakwall,” (because the bar is built on a breakwall, the large rock formations designed to control the ocean’s break), and will be a “sportsbar” in the same vein as most bars consider themselves sportsbars.
Winner Winner: Laissez les bon temps roulez, (that’s N’awlins not France, Habel!), every other Wednesday at Charlie’s, PCH, Redondo Beach as Charlie Byrd and Steve Roberts, former owner of Café Boogaloo, bring Boogaloo’s old style fried chicken dinner, (1/2 chicken, vegetable, mashed potato with gravy), to the new Charlie’s Italian, (formerly Cialuzzi’s).
Farewell Dear Friend: Last week we lost a true South Bay legend.
Where Everyone Knows Your Drink: Names are tough to remember but when you are a barfly like me, most people remember your drink.
Wine Dinner: Tonight, Thursday, June 16 Delzano’s by the Sea, North Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach is hosting a wine dinner featuring the wines of Murphy-Goode and Byron.
