Straight Outta South Bay: Pennywise at The Palladium
by Heidi Siegmund Cuda How to describe the Pennywise Reunion Weekend at the Hollywood Palladium? It’s not easy to put into words what you want to say about the boys who give you strength, who taught you the poetry of defiance, and whose lyrics have become mantras to thousands of fans. Some of those fans […]
Poet JB Kennedy doesn’t like what he sees. Do you?
Poet JB Kennedy doesn’t like what he sees. Do you? For several decades, Redondo Beach resident JB Kennedy has eyed politicians and religious fanatics with wariness and contempt, often expressed in these pages as literary commentary or biting poetry. One thing’s for sure, he won’t be lacking fuel for fire between now and November, […]
Letters to the Editor 3/17/16
A Sketchy Gelson’s Dear ER: I was heartened to learn about the effort Sketchers has made to revise their proposed development straddling the Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach border, in response to residents’ concerns. This is in stark contrast, unfortunately, to the Paragon Gelson’s development project at 8th Street and Sepulveda Boulevard in Manhattan Beach. […]
Yoga-themed board game stretches fun beyond the studio
Amy MacConnell and Nicole Rijelle Thompson have crafted a consumer product with no glowing lights or Internet connection — a board game — and wedded it to an ancient discipline, yoga. You could call it old-fashioned. But the two Hermosa Beach yoga teachers believe that their game, Turasa, is more relevant than ever in the […]
About town in Hermosa Beach
Community garden The sign-up process for for a plot in the forthcoming community garden at South Park begins Thursday morning. South Park, which reopened earlier this year after a multi-year redesign, features a community garden in the place of a former roller rink. Residents can obtain plots in the garden for growing their own produce. […]
Coyote spotted in Hermosa Beach
A coyote was seen in South Hermosa early Tuesday morning. A resident observed the canid near the Green Belt along Second Street about 1:30 a.m., according to a news release from the City of Hermosa Beach. Police officers responded to the area but were unable to locate the animal. Cops in neighboring Manhattan Beach reported […]
RESTAURANT REVIEW – Slide into the The Slip
A few years ago I attended a demonstration at which a talented street fighter took on practitioners of a variety of different martial arts. The soundtrack for this was an insanely catchy pop version of an old standard called “It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it.” When not being attacked […]