Top 10 Things to Do When It Heats Up in Redondo Beach [PHOTOS]
When the weather heats up in Redondo Beach, residents find hot ways to cool off.
Straight outta El Segundo: Cab 20
When asked where their band name comes from, Cab 20 replies with a facetious question in return… “Where did we all come from?” Some would say the loins of the Almighty. Crosby, Stills, and Nash imply that we’re all stardust from the remnants of a supernova explosion (looking for that nebula to fertilize). As for […]
An alien answer [VIDEO]
A mentor told artist Wilfred Sarr, “If you can’t be holy…then at least be funny.” A conversation with artist Wilfred Sarr is about as linear as an axe murderer’s path to heaven. Or at least an alien’s path to the White House lawn. Discussing his upcoming show “Mox Nix,” opening at Cannery Row Studios in […]
Marines, the Green Pickle, waves make for memorable Miller Fest
The first of roughly a dozen community South Bay surf contests scheduled for the 2011-2012 season will prove hard to top. [Jimmy Miller PHOTOS] [Jimmy Miller Fest Alaia PHOTOS] The weather was balmy, the surf head high and 175 surfers helped raise over $20,000 at the Sixth Annual Jimmy Miller Surf Fiesta on Sunday at 42nd […]
Sand in my Suit: Baguette Me Not
I take all of my seasonal cues from Starbucks. It doesn’t feel quite like Christmas until I cradle that jolly, holiday cup in my hands. There’s not a crispy leaf beneath our feet, yet there are leaves seemingly falling on the corner of 13th and Hermosa Avenue — falling down the entrance doors to Starbucks, […]
TEDx Manhattan Beach, a conference on education
What if every school’s walls were made of chalkboards so the whole campus facilitated interactive learning? Do students really need to attend school during certain hours or can school be available 24 hours a day? How can digital technology facilitate new education models?
Former Hennessey CFO arrested for alleged embezzlement of $1.1 million
Former Hennessey’s Chief Financial Officer James Cram was arrested last week by Redondo Beach Police Department detectives for allegedly embezzling $1.1 million from the local restaurant chain. Police arrived at Cram’s Rancho Palos Verdes home last Thursday morning with an arrest warrant for 19 felony counts, including grand theft, money laundering, and tax evasion. The […]
Manhattan Beach man sentenced 3 years for lewd act upon a child
Manhattan Beach resident Ronald Balmayne, 76, pled guilty to one count of lewd act upon a child, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office.
Marines, the Green Pickle, waves make for memorable Miller Fest
The first of roughly a dozen community South Bay surf contests scheduled for the 2011-2012 season will prove hard to top. The weather was balmy, the surf head high and 175 surfers helped raise over $20,000 at the Sixth Annual Jimmy Miller Surf Fiesta on Sunday at 42nd Street in El Porto. Among the participants […]
Hermosa Beach seeking worker concessions
Seeking to cut its $26 million budget by 10 percent, the Hermosa Beach City Council voted unanimously to seek cuts in workers’ pay and/or benefits, offer another round of early retirement packages to workers and study a “pay for performance” approach to replace pay raises for city workers based on seniority. Council members also agreed […]
‘Footloose’and fancy free
The script is creaky, the characters are stereotypic, the acting is often flat (or worse), the plot lacks depth and yet… “Footloose” is fun and engaging and a hoot. A classic example of how much an audience can forgive if there’s a great opening and terrific ending. I can still hold my head up and […]
South Bay High School Surf League Kick-Off Classic
Each year at this time, the South Bay High School Surf League Kick-Off Classic is held to give coaches and their surfers a chance to size up the competition. This year’s contest for the girls’ shortboard and boys’ longboard and body board division was held on Saturday at Torrance Beach in fun, three-foot, hollow peaks. […]
City of Hermosa Beach: jury should hear from council
Attorneys fighting for the city’s solvency will argue that a jury should hear testimony from former officials who cancelled an oil drilling contract in 1998, as the city and a spurned oil company prepare for a $700 million breach-of-contract trial. At a pretrial hearing Oct. 31, lawyers for the city of Hermosa Beach will argue […]
On Local Government
A different Jobs plan Much ink and many electrons have been spilled following the untimely death of Steve Jobs. Much of that discourse has focused on the primary area of his business life that he was expert…leadership. I had some of my best and worst business meetings with him. I was not a friend, nor […]
Crush Bistro: Liberating dining hard to resist [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
Some restaurant meals invite introspection, even demand it; when a chef has sculpted some ornately garnished tower of unlikely ingredients, and served it forth, you don’t just toss it back and see what’s next. It would be like sprinting through the Louvre, glancing briefly at the Mona Lisa as you sped by. This, in a […]
Websites used for Syria cause by ‘The Shadow’
The websites of Intellivision vintage videogames and the “Making It” comic strip were hacked over the weekend, apparently by a supporter of the Syrian government nicknamed “The Shadow,” who replaced the websites’ content with bloody images and political messages. The sites’ internet service provider removed the hacker’s content and took steps to report the incident […]