Surf kite coach Matt Sweeting
The South Bay is spoiled when it comes to kitesurfing. We have Torrance Beach, El Porto and Marina Del Rey for the advanced and surf inclined rider. And yes, kitesurfing is as easy as it looks, providing you have the proper equipment and instruction.
New cafeteria to get rooftop deck
The $95 million overhaul of the Redondo Union High School campus was expanded Tuesday night. The Board of Education voted to add a new student union and cafeteria that will include an outdoor quad area and rooftop dining.
Formative punk band Strung Out plays Brixton Friday night
Reggae Nation – South Bay Station
Dirty Hippie Radio features a reggae weekend at Saint Rocke (Pato Banton, Iration, and Toots and the Maytals) and formative punk band Strung Out at Brixton.
Letters to the editor, May 13, 2010
Gift card confusion Dear ER: Please allow me to clarify a few points on which Doug Christensen was mistaken (“Real teacher appreciation, ” ER Letters, May 6, 2010). Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week is a function of the PTA, and as such has nothing to do with the RB Teachers Association or RB Education Foundation. […]
Toots and the Maytals ‘Do the Reggay’
The legendary Toots and the Maytals continue their never-ending journey of love and funky reggae with a stop in Hermosa Beach this Saturday.
Split vote upholds eatery hours
The City Council on a split vote declined to challenge plans for Il Boccaccio restaurant on the Pier Plaza to remain open past midnight. Closing hours for downtown establishments have triggered debates on and off the council dais because of persistent allegations of rowdiness and noise on the part of late-night patrons.
Ten might take early city retirement
The City Council on Tuesday received news that about 10 city employees might take early retirement incentives that are being offered as a way to trim the municipal payroll, which makes up the largest single expenditure in the annual budget. The city currently has 14 vacant, unfunded positions. The early retirement offer, based on a […]
Ex-Club Sushi owners take deal
The married owners of Club Sushi restaurants in downtown Hermosa and Hollywood have been placed on three years probation and ordered to work 90 days of community service, after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of making a false credit application, their attorneys said. In addition, Gregory Alan and his wife, Melissa Downing-Alan, have […]
Notes from a solo relief effort
Editor’s note: Bryce Toney, owner of the Curious store on upper Pier Avenue, was so moved by January’s devastating earthquake in Haiti that he raised donations from friends and loved ones and flew there to put the money and his building skills to use. He wound up about 20 miles from Port-au-Prince at an […]
Good growing
A single garden at Pacific Elementary School has sprouted fruit and veggie patches throughout LA County, Hawaii, and San Francisco Bay area schools, all tended by little green thumbs. Growing Great celebrates its Healthy Living Festival this Sunday.
About Town
Ocean commotion The South Bay Coastliners barbershop singers, along with the C-Nile Quartet, The Perfect Gentlemen and female groups After Five, the Serotonins, Weeda Bass, Ready, Willing and Mabel and the Hot Tamales present “Commotion on the Ocean” Wednesday, May 19 at the Hermosa Beach Community Center. Trinidad native Francis Lynch will accompany the singers […]
Seaside Lagoon’s season is saved
The Seaside Lagoon will open again this summer after the city won an unexpected reprieve from the regulatory agency that had previously threatened up to $21 billion in fines for past water quality violations.
Costa, Redondo dominate Bay track finals
Athletes from Mira Costa and Redondo boys and girls track and field teams combined for 56 top-three finishes, including 19 event champions, while dominating the Bay League finals held at Redondo Friday.
Beach Cities Sports
Aquatics Redondo Union High School alumnus Danny Ching paddled his way into the record books winning the Steinlager Kaiwi Channel Solo OC1 World Championship. Ching became the first non-Hawaiian paddler to win the 32-mile race from Molokai to Oahu, completing the course in 3 hours, 38 minutes, 51 seconds, the second-fastest time in the 18-year […]