Redondo loses first round in power plant extension fight
by Rachel Reeves The Statewide Advisory Committee on Cooling Water Intakes Structures (SACCWIS) voted, 6-1, last Friday to recommend to the State Water Board that the AES power plant in Redondo Beach be allowed to continue operating through the end of 2023. The committee’s mandate is to assess whether the Once-Through Cooling Policy — a […]
Candidates amicable, but differences expressed in first debate
by Dan Blackburn Five candidates vying for a single seat on the Hermosa Beach City Council squared off last Wednesday in a debate more amicable than antagonistic, with each describing concepts and ambitions for the city’s future. Seeking to fill the post formerly occupied by Hany Fangary, who resigned in December, the five hopefuls discussed […]
Monopoly gets local makeover by Manhattan Beach artist Keifer
by Jefferson Graham Monopoly maker Hasbro announced this week it is replacing the 85-year-old board game’s “outdated’ Community Chest cards, with new ones, to be chosen by the public during online voting at MonopolyCommunityChest.com. The cards showing a policeman with a baton dragging a player off to jail, and the card announcing the player has […]
“An Ordinary Woman” – As if [TELEVISION REVIEW]
“An Ordinary Woman,” the Russian television series launching on the Topic Streaming Service, is a sly soaper that combines high drama with low life dilemmas and always with a wink and a nod. Marina, a Moscow housewife, leads a seemingly mundane existence. Her husband Artyom is a surgeon at the local hospital, teenage daughter Katya […]
Key Steps You Can Take to Reduce the Stress in Your Life
There is too much going on in our lives every day. You wake up early and have to rush through breakfast and hurry to get ready so you can be at work on time. Once you are there, you have endless emails and projects you have to take care of. Lunch is usually a rushed […]