Japanese art show at Cannery Row [PHOTOS]
Wa: South Bay and Japan. Read the full story.
A Scotsman’s last ride at the rodeo
Tom MacLear has been on a wild wander. It started the day that the Roger Wagoner Chorale came to Bozeman, Montana. His parents, William and Mary MacLear, were singers and actors, and they didn’t believe in missing gigs, pregnant or not. “It was kind of a medium light opera, somewhere between the Mormon Tabernacle Choir […]
Councilman Bill Brand leads protest against power plant
Councilman Bill Brand led a rally Friday afternoon that sought to send a message to local, state, and AES Corporation officials: power plant, be gone. About 30 protesters lined the intersection between Pacific Coast Highway, Catalina Avenue and Herondo Street – with the AES power plant looming in the background – and waved signs in […]
Blue wonder – Local biologists, whale watchers, paddlers and boaters are experiencing a rare up-close look at the world’s largest animal
Craig Stanton was sitting on the deck of his condo overlooking King Harbor in Redondo Beach a little more than two weeks ago when something in the ocean caught his eye. A white plume rose from the blue water not far from the harbor’s entrance. Stanton, a 100-ton captain and longtime harbor hand, was puzzled. […]
A la carte
Cajun Goes Mobile – Twice!… By now you’ve probably heard that the Ragin’ Cajun restaurant in Hermosa Beach is closing at the end of the year, to the great sadness of locals who have frequented the place. Steven was stunned when his landlord decided to terminate his lease so that his son could try his […]
“Elektra”
Seeking justice or demanding revenge? From the slightest remove, these two aggressive qualities can be hard to distinguish, one from the other. And, as we see all too clearly in “Elektra,” which the Greek playwright Sophocles wrote in 413 or maybe 412 B.C., revenge mostly arrives in the packaging of violence, and of course violence […]
A Floating Bridge of Dreams – Japanese art show opens at Cannery Row
“It started two years ago when we first met in Tokyo,” says Emiko Wake. “It was quite a coincidence that we had the same idea for a long time.” There are three of us sitting upstairs at Cannery Row Art Studios in Redondo Beach, and Emiko is replying to questions about “Wa,” the all-Japanese art […]
Help Heal the Bay Sept. 25
With the help of tens of thousands of citizen volunteers, Heal the Bay will attack trash on Los Angeles County Beaches and inland waterways as part of its 21st annual Coastal Cleanup Day, Saturday, Sept. 25. The Southland troops will mobilize from 9 a.m. to noon at more than 60 cleanup sites from Compton to […]
Letters
Healthy openness Dear ER: The beach cities have been selected as a finalist in a project called Vitality City (“BCHD makes bid to become Vitality City,” ER Sept. 2, 2010). The Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) is promoting this project. It is advertised as a project to work with the community to improve the health […]
MBUSD goes from 5th to 3rd in state API scores
Manhattan Beach Unified School District continued its strong upswing in standardized test results, improving from fifth to third in the State’s Academic Performance Index (API), a composite measure of student testing results released by the California Department of Education (CDE) last week. The district raised its overall score from 914 to 926, representing an all-time […]
Montgomery will head Independent Cities Association
Under Friday’s crescent moon, Manhattan Beach Mayor Pro Tem Montgomery was officially named president of the Independent Cities Association (ICA) at the organization’s installation dinner, held in the city’s upper pier parking lot. Montgomery is the fourth Manhattan Beach official to hold the position. “The goal of the ICA is to educate elected officials and […]
Costa searched after a bag with explosives is found on campus
Authorities put Mira Costa High School on lockdown for 45 minutes Wednesday, Sept. 8 after a backpack filled with lighter fluid and a large number of matches was found unattended on campus. The Manhattan Beach Police Department continues its investigation this week to identify the person responsible for bringing the backpack to school. At press […]
Bodysurfers save pier jumper
An intoxicated Hawthorne man was rescued by two bodysurfers after he jumped off the Manhattan Beach Pier Saturday, according to officials. Police and fire personnel responded at roughly 11 p.m. to a report of the 21-year-old man going over the south side of the pier into dark waters, which, according to L.A. County Lifeguard Officials, […]
About Town
Correction A story in last week’s Easy Reader (“Bike rental station to go in at pier, p. 10) incorrectly stated that the Manhattan Beach City Council approved a pilot bike rental service near the pier. The council did not approve the program, however, and no final decision was made. The item will be continued […]
On Local Government
Why infrastructure matters Residents of the City of San Bruno thought that either an earthquake had occurred or a plane had crashed at nearby San Francisco Airport when their world was shaken by a natural gas explosion last week. At least seven people are dead and others still missing. One of the great frustrations for […]
About Town
Farmers’ Market Beginning Sept. 17, there will be a certified Farmers’ Market in Riviera Village, Friday afternoons from 3 p.m. to 7 pm, on the corner of Avenue I and Catalina Avenue. For more information, contact Ellen Engelke at (310) 377-0205, or visit www.rivieravillage.org. Brixton on TV Brixton South Bay, the pier nightclub, will be […]