Kostich pounds rivals in Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim
When swimmer Alex Kostich hove into view of the Manhattan Beach Pier, he was so far ahead of his 1,000-plus competitors in the annual Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier 2 mile swim that spectators at the railing had trouble believing he was part of the race.
Currents-August 5
Fish Out of Water, specializing in rock, funk, reggae and hip-hop, play at 11 p.m. on Tuesday night at Patrick Molloy’s, 50 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach. (310) 798-9762.
Building a Better Redondo wins lawsuit against city, forcing harbor zoning vote
A Superior Court judge last week ruled in favor of citizens group Building a Better Redondo in its lawsuit against the city with a strongly worded ruling that will force a public vote on harbor area zoning changes.
Hotdogging-Week of August 5
Filthy Fifties: Brad Rader, artist for the DC/Vertigo graphic novel Fogtown, signs copies from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at The Comic Bug store, 1807 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach. Fogtown has been described as “a raw, ugly, and explicitly human pulp/noir detective series, set in the ferociously filthy underworld of ‘50s San Francisco.”
Barfly 5 August 2010
by Deb L
In this economy people seem to prefer a big plate of bad food to a small plate of great food.
Calendar-Week of 8/5/10
Thursday, August 5 Steely Dan tribute Steely Jam, a Steely Dan tribute band, plays 6 to 8 p.m. at the Redondo Beach Pier. For more see redondopier.com. First Thursday Hermosa’s downtown shops, cafes, art galleries, salons and gyms will keep their doors open and add special touches of food, drink or entertainment. 5 to 9 […]
Sand Soccer-Not just for kids anymore
When Steve Thornton was organizing the first sand soccer tournament in 2006 his main concern was fielding enough teams for pool play. The sport was new to the area and the tournament was tucked away on Torrance Beach because the City of Torrance had rejoined the Beach Cities as a co-host of the International Surf Festival.
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Former World Champ wins Legends division
Early Saturday morning, before the droves of Six-Man attendees arrived, bodysurfers from throughout the state met at the Manhattan Beach pier for the International Body Surfing Championships. Roughly 50 spectators gathered near the north side of the pier to watch men, women and children compete in what is arguably wave-riding for purists. “Bodysurfing is just […]
Junior International Badminton Championships
Scores of young athletes competed at the Manhattan Beach Badminton Club last week, thriving on international competition while demonstrating that the sport is much more than a recreational activity played at picnics.
Generation gap closing quickly in Velzy-Stevens Paddle race
In 1997, rookie Los Angeles County Lifeguard Kyle Daniels won the Catalina Classic Paddleboard race stock division by narrowly beating out his lifeguard mentor Mike Inscore. Following the race, Inscore extracted a promise from Daniels. “You have to race my son,” Inscore told the 21-year-old Daniels. Inscore’s son Hogan was four years old. On Sunday, […]
Watching the Detectives
A local film crew goes to jail To put it mildly, Wild Eyes Productions is a Hermosa Beach-based film company that specializes in setting foot in places a little less safe than usual. That’s how they’ve ended up in Afghanistan, Colombia, the Sudan, and Somalia. Executive producer David Keane once did a series that looked […]
Costa girls row to US Rowing Youth National title
The lure of the water was too much for Rochelle “Rockie” Curdes to ignore. A recent graduate from Mira Costa, Curdes played ice hockey, softball and basketball during high school but admits she was captivated by what she calls a “love-hate relationship” with rowing at the Marina Aquatic Center (MAC) in Marina Del Rey. The […]
Torrance Memorial Medical Center offers free health talks
Torrance Memorial Medical Center hosts H. Elena Rodriguez, MD, OB/GYN and Cynthia Williams, MD, Endocrinology in a panel discussion, “Hot and Getting Hotter? The Health of Women in their 40s, 50s and 60s,” on Tuesday, August 10, 7:30 p.m. at Shade Hotel. This free community health education lecture is part of the center’s Miracle of […]
Redondo Beach-About Town
Assaults At about 2:30 a.m. on July 22, officers responded to a family disturbance call and contacted a male and a female at a residence on 190th St. Officers observed redness on the woman’s face and scratches on the male’s face. The woman also complained of back pain. During the investigation officers determined that the […]
City faces harbor zoning conundrum
The City Council has a difficult determination to make in the wake of the city’s loss in court to Building a Better Redondo over a public vote on harbor zoning: figuring out what exactly the current zoning is.