Mama Liz Thanksgiving Dinner [PHOTOS]

Nearly 500 guests and volunteers enjoyed the 27th Annual Absolutely Free Thanksgiving Day Dinner at the Hermosa Beach Kiwanis and Rotarian halls. The event, sponsored by Easy Reader and its readers, was founded by former Easy Reader typesetter and Garden of Eden owner Mama Liz Turner. Chefs Rick Hankus of Ocean Diner and Victor Salas […]

Palos Verdes, Hermosa Beach plane crash victims recalled as adventurous, charitable

Sunday afternoon, the three took off in Chambers four-seat, Beechcraft Musketeer for the 400 mile flight to Zamperini Field in Torrance. They departed from San Felipe in Baja, and stopped to clear customs and refuel across the border in Calexico. About 25 miles short of their destination Chambers radioed to air traffic control at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport that he having fuel problems.