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A La Carte column for 20 Feb. 2025 by Richard Foss Pier Plaza Blues: Just a few months after the Brews Hall served its last pint, another Pier Plaza restaurant is closing. Watermans lasted 15 years, but recently sent a gracious message thanking fans for their patronage. At least one other restaurant on that block […]
Palos Verdes Blvd. Freeway Dear ER: It’s 4:05 a.m. The windows rattle, the rumbling grows louder. I shake my wife awake. “Joyce, get up, we’re having an earthquake.” But no—it’s just another 18-wheeler barreling past our house. Like a wave, its noise ripples down Palos Verdes Boulevard until it reaches Pacific Coast Highway, serving as […]
by Garth Meyer Barbara and Wes Chock couldn’t be present when daughter Madison finished fourth with partner Evan Bates in ice dancing, and earned a silver medal in the team competition at the Beijing Olympics. But they helped make it happen. Barbara and Wes Chock took Madison, their only child, to the Promenade Ice […]