Making it last: the Smart Brothers’ family song
Once upon a time, families sang. Take a trip back to circa 1860, say, somewhere in a house out in the hinterlands. There is no television, no radio, even, and most certainly no World Wide Web. Walk into the parlor, and what you might find are people, telling stories, singing songs, entertaining each other. As […]
Book Review
The bodies left behind
A 911 call comes in from a remote cabin on Lake Mondac. Deputy Brynn Mackenzie is closest, so she fields the call. The cabins on Lake Mondac are vacation homes for rich people from the city, so the call can mean anything, especially since it’s a hang up.
Look Out Fuel TV, Here Comes Havoc
Havoc TV is an innovative, top-rated Video On Demand (VOD) television network specializing in Indie music and action sports programming. In fact, they’re the leading Indie music and action sports On Demand content provider, filling over 30 million homes nationwide, currently ranked No. 1 for sports VOD, and No. 2 for music VOD – surpassing […]
On Local Government: OK, I was wrong.
During the past year, I was voluble in my support of a new kind of election structure called either “ranked choice voting” or “instant runoff voting.” The idea was to eliminate the expensive and, usually, low turnout runoff election that localities use when a 50 percent plus one electoral majority is required.
Through the Eyes of Another
Explorations and encounters in South Bay galleries The primary aim of “Dark Inheritance,” says Barry Krammes of the Biola University Art Gallery, where a version of this show appeared, is to “force the observer to look within and focus on his/her interior state.” And, further, “The curators of ‘Dark Inheritance’ selected the artists and their […]
Downtown trend buster
With all the pizza and pasta options in town, did we really need another? Pomodoro is proof we did
Redondo’s harbor hopes are rejuvenated
Mike Zislis is coming to town. Zislis, the entrepreneur who launched the boutique Shade Hotel and an array of restaurants that have become central components of Manhattan Beach’s thriving downtown, is once again raring to go. But this time he’s ready to make it happen in Redondo Beach. One of the most clear-cut results of […]
Big Wave Challenge, contest series announced by South Bay Boardriders Club
The surfer who is documented paddling into the biggest South Bay wave ridden this winter will be honored at the First Annual South Bay Big Wave Challenge awards dinner in April. The Big Wave Challenge is being organized by the South Bay Boardriders Club, which announced the contest this week. Prizes will include $1,000 and a Prime wetsuit from Body Glove. The winner will also be profiled in Easy Reader.
Measure G’s hangover
The passage of Measure G gave resolution to the harbor area zoning, but at least one last area of contentiousness remains – a $354,000 bill that the city was landed with after losing its legal battle with Building a Better Redondo. BBR’s victory in Superior Court last August compelled the city to put harbor zoning […]
Randy Newman’s “Harps and Angels”
Musical revues can seem like an easy way out if theaters present them and offer little more than a collection of unrelated songs. After all, if you go a step better, and dish up a “Dreamgirls” or “Jersey Boys,” you’ve got some strong material and a storyline in which the viewer can emotionally invest. “Harps […]
Barfly
Honky Tonk Adventure Continues… NY Deb L and Tennessee Mike had gone to the Jay Leno Sunday night Halloween show at the Comedy & Magic Club, Hermosa Ave, HB, and had Monday lunch in the sun at Kincaid’s, RB Pier and happy hour at Old Tony’s on the Pier. They made it home in one […]
Christian high school faces uphill fight
On the night of Oct. 4, Mike Barker knew he faced an uphill battle. He and the school board for fledgling Christian school, Ambassador High School, had little more than a vision and a prayer. They also had a $500,000 bid before the Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education to lease a surplus […]
Pages girls
From PA to LA is a great, inspirational read for anyone who enjoys college football, and especially for middle school, high school and college students.
South Bronx to South Bay
A TSA Thanksgiving
If you were sensitive about your looks in the past as you returned to your folks’ home for Thanksgiving and presented yourself before the groaning board, your imagination will run positively amok this year as you present yourself to the full-body scanner at the airport.
LA County’s plastic bag ban may support MB’s
The city hopes that a ban on plastic bags passed in Los Angeles County last week will give ammunition to Manhattan Beach’s fight to keep its own similar ban. On Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a preliminary ordinance to ban plastic grocery bags at supermarkets, pharmacies and convenience stores […]
MBAF hopes new athletic redesign hits home run
Two months ago, the president of Mira Costa High School’s Baseball Booster Club, Brian McLoughlin, feared that a proposed redesign of the school’s athletic facilities could wipe out its baseball and softball programs. At a Sept. 15 meeting, the Manhattan Beach Athletic Foundation submitted a proposal to the Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board of […]