April 1, 2010

See the light Dear ER: I don’t know Chris Miko personally, but my children do and for that I’m thankful (“Teacher gets NASA award and Pink slip,” ER Mar. 18, 2010).. He made a difference in their lives. He got my son off of dinosaurs and into space. My out of town friends still talk […]

Diego’s Umbrella Got Lasers and Lesbians

Diego’s Umbrella absolutely lit Saint Rocke on fire Saturday night with their muy caliente Latin-gypsy-polka, rocking jam-fusion music (if that makes any sense at all). They’ve been aptly described as a “Mexi-Cali gypsy pirate polka rock & roll band.” This is one of the most high energy and fun performances the South Bay can enjoy. There […]

Addi’s authentic southern cooking

Addi’s Tandoor celebrates the culinary tradition of southern India. Restaurant critic Richard Foss samples the restaurant’s beef vindaloo, “chillie mushroom,” prawns Kanyakumari, and bhindi dopiaza (okra with onions, tomatoes, cumin, and dried mango) and leaves dreaming of Indian voyages of long ago.

Theater Review: “Spit Like a Big Girl”

by Nate Lee The South is America’s place for stories. It’s always been a place that, particularly in the heritage of Scotch-Irish Appalachia, reveres its words, its stories and its storytellers. Southern writers, black and white, enjoy a prestige wrought from this heritage that no other American locale affords. In her one-person play, “Spit Like […]

Homegrown fireman named interim chief

Manhattan Beach can add “fire chief” to its list of positions staffed by interim employees, directly after the head post of city manager. Battalion Chief Ken Shuck was named Interim Fire Chief.