Stephanie Cartozian

by Stephanie Cartozian Steve and Chris Tight’s hacienda-style home on a quiet street in Palos Verdes Estates doesn’t announce itself with extravagance. It reveals its story slowly, through stone terraces, thoughtful architectural details, and interiors layered with the memories of a life lived across continents. It feeds into the belief that some homes are waiting […]

Rep. Lieu wants Battery Barnes for Wayfarers Chapel Peninsula Congressional Representative Ted Lieu (D–36th District) plans to introduce legislation for rebuilding the landslide-damaged Wayfarers Chapel on a federally owned property adjacent to Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall. In written testimony submitted to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in January, Lieu wrote he intends to introduce a […]

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by Stephanie Cartozian Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez, author of the 2022 book “Independence Day: What I learned about retirement from some who’ve done it, and some who never will,” will co-host the Palos Verdes Village’s annual luncheon on Tuesday, September 30, at the Palos Verdes Golf Club.  Henen Dennis, a nationally recognized leader […]

“Garden of the Season” honor goes to Kathleen Fitzgerald When Kathleen Fitzgerald saw the house she was to buy 40 years ago, a major attraction was that it had so much room for a flower garden. She particularly wanted roses and jasmine, and lots of colors. The property is a large corner lot in Palos […]

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”111″ display=”pro_tile” animate_images_enable=”0″ animate_images_style=”wobble” animate_images_duration=”1500″ animate_images_delay=”250″]On April 12, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, along with Los Serenos de Point Vicente hosted its 40th annual Whale of a Day at the main grounds of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center (PVIC). The celebration commemorates the migration of the Pacific Gray whale from the frigid […]

Stars of the Sea at The Aquarium  The Aquarium of the Pacific has just unveiled a new experience that highlights their collection of starfish: there are over 20 species. Not all in the same tank, which means you have to search for them throughout the many exhibits that represent their natural habitats, from coastal tidepools, […]

The owner wanted an Old Spanish style home, but with a modern openness, with a tree in the middle by Stephanie Cartozian What sold Vicki Kraft on the 1948 house in the Mayberry-like Valmonte neighborhood was its mature Jacaranda.  Her initial plan was to remodel the house without disturbing the tree. But even after realizing […]

Architect Gerard R. Colcord’s Peninsula masterpiece was a surprise find for a family with two children and an extensive art collection  by Stephanie Cartozian Between 1924 and 1984, “Hansel and Gretel” cottage and sprawling country colonial farmhouse architect Gerard R. Colcord designed hundreds of residential estates for prominent Los Angeles residents, and Hollywood celebrities. One […]

Mike McGowan’s dogs won’t chew the couch or have ‘accidents’ in the house. But they will protect their families   by Stephanie Cartozian After 30 years in the family protection dog business, in January of this year, Mike McGowan began an elite family protection service he named Palos Verdes K9. “These are working dogs from […]

photos by Ralph Doyle The Hermosa Beach Friends of the Park jump-started Halloween on Saturday, October 19 with its Annual Pumpkins in the Park festival at Edith Rodaway Friendship Park. The day included pumpkin painting, face painting by the legendary Mijo, and the equally legendary Franklin Haynes Marionettes. Organizers included Steve Francis and Howard Fishman, […]

by Stephanie Cartozian Peninsula resident Horace Higgins shared secrets for a long, healthy life on his 102nd birthday on October 9. “The first is good genes. My family has a history of long lives going back 10 generations to 1634 in Massachusetts on my mother’s side. The average lifespan has been 86 years old,” he […]