Jackass 3-D – Wee Man and his “Jackass” party poopers strike it rich – again
The Merry Pranksters There’s one scene in “Jackass 3-D” where Jason Acuña, better known as Wee Man because of his diminutive stature, is dressed as a leprechaun and is standing beside a big pot of gold. After last weekend’s incredible box office take – $50 million, with some of that about to come out of […]
Manhattan Beach agrees to become Vitality City
The Manhattan Beach City Council unanimously approved the city’s participation in the Vitality City initiative, a cutting-edge, three-year program aimed at measurably improving the health of beach city residents. Manhattan Beach, along with Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach, will be the next Vitality City, bringing a team of the nation’s top health experts into the […]
Man robs downtown bank
Police and the FBI are jointly investigating a bank robbery that occurred Monday morning at a downtown Manhattan Beach bank by a lone man who made off on foot with cash, authorities said. At 8:50 a.m. the suspect allegedly walked into Chase Bank, 201 Manhattan Beach Blvd. and passed a note to a teller that […]
Pumpkin race will celebrate its 20th year at the Manhattan Pier
For his 28th birthday in 1990, Karl Rogers decided to celebrate by plopping a pumpkin on a skateboard and rolling it in down Longfellow Avenue with 20 of his friends. After all, what South Bay man in his late 20s with a birthday two days before Halloween wouldn’t? “It was just for kicks and goofing […]
The viper of melody
Wayne “The Train” Hancock brings swing back to country It doesn’t happen very often, but a couple decades ago, a music executive in Nashville actually spoke some truth. The man had just heard Wayne “The Train” Hancock sing. And he basically told the young singer to get the hell out of town. “You are too […]
Police stings target Redondo Beach massage parlors
Two women were arrested on suspicion of prostitution last week in a sweep of Redondo Beach massage parlors conducted by undercover police detectives. Meanwhile, local authorities, a pastor and a patron of the massage parlors described an illicit and increasingly sophisticated Redondo Beach sex trade. The arrests, part of an ongoing operation by the Redondo […]
Wedding Announcements
Bernard-Anthony Richard Bernard, son of Ed and Kitty, and Jeanine Anthony, daughter of Tom and Patty, were married Aug. 14, 2009 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Both graduated from Peninsula High School in 2002. Jeanine received her Masters of Fine Arts from Parsons in New York and currently […]
Barfly
One Appetizer, Two Entrees, Three Beverages: Four Daughters? Earlier this year Clint Clausen, former senior VP of restaurants/nightlife for Los Angeles based SBE hospitality, which represents Katsuya in Brentwood, Gladstone’s Malibu, Hyde Lounge Hollywood, The Ritz Plaza South Beach, The Sahara Las Vegas, among others, honored his four daughters by opening a neighborhood restaurant on […]
“Engaged Observers: Documenting Photography Since the Sixties”
The photo essay reached its apogee in such weekly, large format picture magazines as Life and Look in the years before television installed itself in virtually every home. As advertising revenue decreased, so did the once widespread prevalence of those formerly ubiquitous publications. The best of these photographic essays were journalistic on the one hand, […]
The Hibachi: old Manhattan meets new Hermosa
If you grew up in Manhattan Beach, you might remember a restaurant that was synonymous with Oriental mystery, a place where low tables were separated by paper screens adorned with Japanese-style paintings. It was everyone’s favorite date spot, thanks to the seductively low light, exotic atmosphere, and strong drinks served by waiters who rarely checked driver’s licenses.
Pacific Stages shows its mettle
Nominations for the Ovation Awards, the highest honor for Los Angeles theater companies, were announced on Monday evening at the Autry National Center for the American West, and L. Trey Wilson’s “Something Happened,” which received its world premiere at Pacific Stages in El Segundo, came away with four nods: Best Production of a Play [Intimate […]
Sara Dee Recording Debut
In June, I shared with you my discovery of the great voice of Sara Dee. “…a singer/songwriter with an acoustic guitar and a voice strong enough to clean the rust off of nails… with a vocal range that runs from beautiful and soft to severe and raw. Pretty meets gritty. Tribulation finds hope,” was how […]
Easy Way Out
Eyes, lips, cheekbones, popcorn Editor’s note: In an effort to review upcoming feature films without having to see them, we decided to review the movies by just watching the in-theater trailers. “True Grit” In a remake of the John Wayne redemption classic, western gunman Jeff Bridges strives to be an alcoholic nightmare for the bad […]
“What’s in a Name?”
by JB Kennedy What’s in a name? the Bard asks. A query of looming gravity in a period of human depravity. (In the endless tradition of frenzied acquisition Prophets are despised when Profits are prized; Prophets are ripped when Profits are worshiped; and Prophets are damnified now that Profits are deified.) What’s in a name […]
On Local Government: Ballot propositions: Part III – 25, 26, 27 and Redondo Measure G
Proposition 25: Approval of State Budget: The State budget, due to begin on July 1, was only recently approved. Contractors, including people running day care and health care centers, were closing their doors or borrowing money to stay afloat. The primary reason: California is one of only three states in the US that requires more […]
The Roundhouse Aquarium faces budget woes
Eighty percent of Paramount High School teacher Cara Cruzan’s ninth grade students have never visited the ocean, though they’ve spent their entire lives only 18 miles away from it. So three times a year, Manhattan Beach’s Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium brings the ocean to them. For the past five years, the aquarium’s outreach […]