Five years ago, a Redondo family followed their child’s heart to Haiti. Their orphanage, Maison de Lumiere, has served as a triage and a beacon of hope since last week’s earthquake.
Mark McDermott
January 20, 2010
Five years ago, a Redondo family followed their child’s heart to Haiti. Their orphanage, Maison de Lumiere, has served as a triage and a beacon of hope since last week’s earthquake.
A squirrely community
Dear ER:
Since the article about the squirrel wars was published (“Neighbors embroiled in squirrel quarrel,” ER Jan. 7, 2010), we have received numerous calls, emails, and hand written notes from friends, family, neighbors and people from the community we didn’t even know. People have been leaving bags of peanuts at our doorstep. One rather large bag had the following note attached, “A gift from the Irena Street Squirrels to the Spencer Street Gang. Hang in there! Bon Appetit.”
It wasn’t the first time I’d raised a glass (or plastic cup) in a toast. It was the first time
And what better way to start the New Year than with the song, dance, food and crafts of aina folk during the 2010 Southern California Slack Key Festival at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Sure, music and hula are the main attractions of the day-long event Sunday, but bring an appetite.
Thursday, January 21 Haiti Disaster Relief sites Immediate Haiti Disaster Relief donations can be made through Congregation Tikvat Jacob
Poor Haiti. It almost makes you think the country has been cursed by God, or by some voodoo spirit, or by the ghost of Papa Doc. The first modern Black nation, independent of colonial rule in 1804, Haiti was born in hope but for most of its history has been battered both by the elements of nature and by human avarice.
by Deb L
Bad News First: The South Bay began the year with the loss of two restos Brix, PCH, HB and Le Saint Raphael, PCH, RB. Neither were a surprise but for very different reasons. Brix’s owner had heart, soul, ideas, visions, friends, a great chef, and a sommelier but it wasn’t enough.
A dozen or more western Hermosa buildings would sport large painted murals depicting the city’s history and culture, if a newly forming nonprofit group with three ex-councilmen has its way.
As a series of storms pounded the South Bay, city workers once again concentrated their attention on keeping open the large outfall pipes that carry rivers of rainwater from the roads to the beach.
A new Hermosa school board signaled it is unlikely to ask voters for more money unless City Hall signs on as a partner for a fresh ballot measure.
After Mira Costa’s girls basketball team thwarted a Redondo comeback with a 40-29 victory over the Sea Hawks Tuesday at
Competing in his final game as a high school football player, Mira Costa’s Kyle Nunn made the most of his
Football The Coed Flag Football on the Beach Sunday season kicks off Feb. 14 at 10th Street and The Strand
Legendary baseball coach John Stevenson — who coached in El Segundo for a half century — passed away last week.
