Cori Desmond’s family and friends address killer as Tony Perez sentenced [AUDIO]
On Monday, the long-awaited day that no father should ever have to hope for finally came for Mark Desmond. It was the day he addressed his daughter’s killer. Desmond, 54, the father of popular Manhattan Beach bartender Cori Desmond, read a prepared statement to the court Monday in the sentencing hearing of theRedondo Beachman convicted […]
Mira Costa varsity volleyball wins annual Alumni Game
Youth prevailed over experience Monday evening when Mira Costa’s varsity girls volleyball team swept a highly-accomplished group of alumni players in the program’s annual match. The varsity team will join other South Bay representatives Redondo, Palos Verdes and South Torrance this weekend at the 48-team Durango Fall Classic tournament in Las Vegas.
Mira Costa football dominates Inglewood for first win of season
Mira Costa’s football team dominated Inglewood for its first win of the season, but the game went into the fourth quarter before the effort showed on the scoreboard. Nursing a slim 3-0 lead provided by Gavin Jerrigan’s 35-yard field goal late in the first half, Mira Costa’s offense got on track with an 11-play, 72-yard […]
Beach Cities Sports: Basketball, bodybuilding, cycling, football, volleyball and more
Fundraisers: On Tuesday, Sept. 13 Mama D’s, 1031 Hermosa Ave. in Hermosa Beach, will donate 20% of all money spent to the Mira Costa girls volleyball program. The Redondo Union High School Alumni Association will hold its 2nd annual Homecoming Celebration Friday, Oct. 14 beginning at 5 p.m. prior to the Redondo-Peninsula football game. Tickets […]
Mediterranean Bounty
Faya Gerges with her Zayna’s Flaming Salad and lamb kabob plate. Photo by Alexandra Mandekic Mediterranean cuisine is a broad term. Zayna’s Flaming Grill brings it into focus I used to carp at restaurants that claim to serve Mediterranean cuisine because cooks in the various Mediterranean cultures have invented so many ways of using the […]
Today: Artful Days lecture
Sept. 13 After the conquest “Artful Days: Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World” is a free lecture that addresses the continuation of the indigenous styles in the colonial period, and how colonial artists, European artists, and native people evolved a new style. It takes place from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in the George Nakano […]