The return of the Toad
Toad the Wet Sprocket was, and occasionally still is, a rock and roll band. But Toad was also an unusually varied enterprise, an adventure, and a fleeting phenomenon in its own right.
Toad the Wet Sprocket play Brixton South Bay on the Redondo Beach pier on Thursday night.
Most fashionable Best of the Beach winner gather at Shade
Photos by David D’Angelo Hermosa Beach photographer David D’Angelo gathered our most fashionable BOB winners at Shade, this year’s returning Best Hotel winner, to show off why they are so popular. Voters showed us that when it comes to style, there are a few people and places they trust year after year. Arnil Pabalan and […]
Jiu Jitsu Gold: Jean Paul LeBosnoyani
Hermosa Valley School fifth grader Jean Paul LeBosnoyani readily admitted to having felt nervous on the drive to the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation Pan Kids Championships.
Best of the Beach 2010: Entertainment
Live music is enjoying a resurgence in the South Bay, and Saint Rocke’s Allen Sanford is leading the charge.
Best of the Beach 2010: Sports
Best Shop Shaper: Dennis Jarvis, Spyder Surfboards Best underground shaper: Dennis McGivern Surfers who wonder why a consensus has never been reached on what makes the perfect surfboard, should talk to our readers’ picks for best shop and best underground shaper. This year’s Best Shop Shaper Dennis Jarvis and Best Underground Shaper Dennis McGivern both […]
Best of the Beach 2010: Kids
Best Kid’s Party, The Gym (tie): AdventurePlex
Parents can sit back and relax while AdventurePlex takes care of their child’s birthday party, from sending out invitations to loading the car with gifts to mailing thank you notes
Best of the Beach 2010: Drinks
Best Bartender – Rico De’Alba, Shellback Tavern Rico De’Alba, 32, has been working for Shellback Tavern owner Bob Beverly since he was 12 years old. Over the 20-year stint he has become one of the most well-known faces in the South Bay bar biz. He says he gets great joy from making every customer feel […]
Dead newborn found in trash can
Trash collectors made a grisly discovery last week when a deceased newborn infant was found inside a trash can on the 700 block of Irena Avenue. A subsequent police investigation led to the arrest of a 24-year-old former Redondo Beach resident, Jessie Canfield, who was arrested under suspicion of murder. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s […]
RBUSD moves to lay off 24 teachers
The Redondo Beach Board of Education Tuesday night moved to lay off as as many as 24 elementary school teachers and eliminate eight other positions, including three high school teachers, a principal and an assistant principal. In a unanimous vote, the board approved a recommendation authorizing that layoff notices be sent to teachers by March […]
Worker buried in building accident
A worker was presumed dead Wednesday morning after he fell into a trench that apparently collapsed around him, burying him in loose dirt, at a large building under construction at Cypress Avenue and Sixth Street, in a mixed commercial-industrial area near South Park.
Mayor sees city’s silver linings
Mayor Michael DiVirgilio used the annual State of the City address as a pep talk, telling civic leaders that innovative Hermosans will find unexpected silver linings in the economy’s dark cloud, and holding out hope for a positive outcome in a $500 million lawsuit that overarches other local issues. DiVirgilio devoted a front portion of […]
Radio figure accused of fraud
Federal authorities have filed a civil lawsuit accusing Hermosan Sean David Morton, well known for frequent radio-show appearances, of fraudulently raising $6 million after telling investors he could use psychic powers to predict the highs and lows of the stock market. “Morton’s self-proclaimed psychic powers were nothing more than a scam to attract investors and […]
Hearts for Schools
Event co-chairs invite one and all to the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation’s signature fundraiser, the ‘Hearts of Hermosa’ dinner-dance-auction 5:45 to midnight Saturday, March 20 at St. Rocke, 142 PCH. This year’s event will feature a pre-dinner cocktail hour with New Orleans style appetizers. Auction items range from breakfast at the Firehouse for four kids, […]
About Town
Oil gambit Attorneys for the city will ask the state Supreme Court to dismiss a $500 million breach-of-contract lawsuit by an oil company that once planned to slant-drill under the Pacific Ocean from city-owned land. The move comes on the heels of an important ruling by a state appeals court that allowed the city a […]
Volleyball teams among Best of the West
Costa, Redondo compete in prestigious tourney
Local girls bring home the gold
Club volleyball is in full swing and things look promising for Beach Cities Volleyball with four teams in its club winning gold in recent tournaments. The Beach Cities 13 Gold girls team traveled to American Sports Center in Anaheim where it defeated Seal Beach, Mission Viejo and T-Street VBC en route to a gold medal. […]