Hazmat team called to investigate leaking container in Redondo Beach
A hazmat team was called to DSD trucking at 2400 Marine Ave early Friday afternoon after a leaking container was discovered. Photos The Torrance police and fire department, the Redondo Beach Fire Department, and the Torrance hazmat division were called to DSD Trucking at 2400 Marine Ave earlier Friday afternoon after workers opened a damaged […]
Incendiary: powerful film shows how an innocent man was put to death in Texas, under Governor Rick Perry’s watch [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Incendiary” in every sense of the word. Like an onion, as layer upon layer is pulled away in Steve Mims’ and Joe Bailey, Jr.’s film “Incendiary: The Willingham Case,” more and more is revealed and exposure to the deeper layers pulls at the tear ducts both in frustration and sadness. On December 23, 1991 a […]
Film on Charles and Ray Eames a winner [MOVIE REVIEW]
He understood function, they understood form, and she understood color. He was the concept, she was the artist, and together Charles and Ray Eames formed the very definition of conceptual artist. In “EAMES the architect and the painter,” Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey unspool the career of Ray and Charles Eames, because, as what becomes […]
Longtime Hermosa Beach treasurer and civic volunteer dies
(Updating with services and additional quotes) John Workman John Workman, the city’s 18-year treasurer who was a tireless civic volunteer and 1989 Chamber of Commerce man of the year, passed away Friday morning. He was 73. Workman collapsed at home, where he was discovered by his wife of 50 years, Mary Ellen Workman. She had […]
Beach Volleyball Hall of Famers, as photographed by Robi Hutas [PHOTOS]
[scrollGallery id=253] The Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame will hold a kick-off party Friday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. in the Hermosa Beach Community Center, the site of the new exhibit. The California Beach Volleyball Association (CBVA) founded the Hall of Fame in 1992 but until recently lacked a location. The party will include a […]
Veteran’s Day Services
Veteran’s day at the Redondo Beach pier in the 20s Veterans Picnic Redondo Beach will observe Veterans Day at the new Veterans Memorial in VeteransParkat the beach at 1 p.m. on Nov. 11. The solemn observance will include reflection and remembrance, music, commentary and honors to all those members of the military who have served […]