Learned Lumber in Hermosa Beach: 100 years of gratitude

Learned Lumber builds on a foundation of relationships stretching back 100 years by Kevin Cody Michael Learned began mulling over selling the family lumber yard he had run for four decades to his employees in the early 2000s. He and his brother Rick and sister Lynn were third generation owners. Learned Lumber was founded 100 years ago, in 1924, by their grandfather George, who bought it from Bert Cook, the grandfather of Jim and Bob Cook, the third generation owners…

A world of films comes to Rolling Hills

By Bondo Wyszpolski

A Chinese lantern Lynn Tang produces movies and runs the Universe Multicultural Film Festival by Bondo Wyszpolski After working hard for many years, establishing her own company and then selling it, Lynn Tang decided to retire and just relax. That didn’t last very long, because soon after she was contacted by a Chinese filmmaker who…

“Io Capitano” – Captain of all [MOVIES]

By Neely Swanson

“Io Capitano,” nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best International Film from Italy, is a complicated web and complex film. Written and directed by Matteo Garrone,  “Io Capitano” is the story of two teenage boys from Dakar, Senegal with stars in their eyes and Europe as a goal.  It’s not so much the endless…

Arabic open, sandwich shop closed, bar strange, and dining events

By Richard Foss

Finally Open: Work has been underway at the former Louis Burgers for almost three years, but the wait is over – the Pita Café on Artesia finally open. Given the amount of time it has taken, you might expect intricate murals, mosaic tables, or other labor-intensive decor. Instead, it much resembles the burger place it…

Not like Mom used to make

By Richard Foss

Mother’s Market on Rosecrans is not the type of place my mother would have shopped. She was a dutiful cook who never went beyond the recipes she learned in the 1930s. Any vegetable more exotic than carrots, broccoli, potatoes, cabbage, or spinach was viewed with suspicion. Healthy eating meant two of those veggies on a…