Redondo’s girls volleyball team survives test to reach semifinals
Redondo survived un-chartered waters Saturday holding off a determined Dana Hills team to advance to the CIF Southern Section/Ford Division 1-AA semifinals on Tuesday when the top-ranked Sea Hawks will host fifth-seeded Corona del Mar at 7 p.m. After breezing to 25-13, 25-17 wins in the first two sets at Dana Hills, Redondo dropped the […]
Wicked+: Hermosa Beach’s accidental retail store [GIFT GUIDE]
Brian and Colin Cooley are accidental retailers. Wicked+ General Store, the brothers’ storefront on upper Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, began as an office for their marketing and PR firm. The brothers were formerly based in Atlanta. They fell in love with the South Bay, and Hermosa particularly, on frequent business trips to the LA […]
Martin Sexton would like your attention [MUSIC PREVIEW]
Martin Sexton, New-York-raised singer-songwriter, got his start busking on the streets of Harvard Square over twenty years ago and has come to be revered for his unique blend of rock, country, and soul. With a shockingly wide vocal range, a guitar sound that fills a room, and the ability to tell a heck of a […]
Man stabs co-worker, boss, in El Segundo
A 18-year-old man stabbed and critically wounded a co-worker and injured his boss last Wednesday afternoon in El Segundo. Nery K. Ramos was captured after briefly eluding a multi-agency manhunt. As Los Angeles County Sheriffs and El Segundo, Hawthorne, and Manhattan Beach police officers established a perimeter and searched with a helicopter and K-9’s, Ramos […]
Mira Costa advances to boys water polo semifinals with thrilling victory
The top four seeds reached the semifinals of the Division 3 CIF Southern Section/Ford Boys Water Polo Championship where second-seeded Mira Costa and fourth-seeded Palos Verdes hope to make it an all-Bay League championship contest. Second-seeded Mira Costa (19-9) will face third-seeded M.L. King (24-8) at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatic […]
Living the Dreams of the Past: Local teenage Longboard Sensation, Josh Gilberts’ Profile
Living the dreams of the past To make matters worse, an octopus had taken hold of his leash and right leg One day, when Josh Gilberts was just 13, he decided to paddle out with the locals at ElPorto during an 8-foot swell It took him a half hour just to get past the shore […]
In celebration of Donald Takayama: Donald and the Hawaiian Invasion
Donald and the Hawaiian invasion It was because of Donald that other big name Hawaiian surfers came to Hermosa Beach In 1950, the first issue of Surfer Magazine hit the stands with a bitchin’ photo of Donald Takayama in full flight, crouching with his front foot extended toward the nose racing through a thick Ala […]