Mira Costa surf team tops Palos Verdes [PHOTOS]

[scrollGallery id=287]PHOTOS BY BRAD JACOBSON (CivicCouch.com) South Bay Surf League director John Joseph was starting to sweat halfway through the surf league season. Week after week, contests needed to be postponed because of fog, strong winds, rain, storm drain runoff or dead flat conditions. Last week the surf finally started to come up so John […]
Festive holiday outfits [PHOTOS]
These Manhattanites have dug into storage for their fun and funky holiday sweaters. What’s your most festive holiday outfit? Send your pictures to alene@easyreadernews.com.
Music previews: The return of Electric Blue, and a blues apostate

Electric Blue was almost famous. They were a locally-based band whose humble roots were playing gigs in the back of flatbed trucks at Grateful Dead shows in the 1980s but who later toured with the likes of Jane’s Addiction, the Blue Oyster Cult, and Greg Allman. Electric Blue founder and lead guitarist Dave Rizzo recalls […]
Police Reports Redondo Beach; Dec. 5- Dec. 12
Wheel and deal According to a police report, two bicycles within an estimated value of $2,000-5,000 apiece, were stolen from two different secured, underground parking structures near the Esplanade blocks of 500 and 600 on Dec. 6. Drive and dump At approximately 1:00 p.m on Dec. 7., a neighborhood resident observed a suspect enter […]
The Nutcracker
Under the artistic direction of Diane Lauridsen, more than a hundred young dancers – the youngest of whom is just four years old – will bring The Nutcracker to life in three, professional-caliber, full-length performances this weekend. South Bay Ballet presents The Nutcracker Friday, December 16, 7 p.m.; Saturday, December 17, 2 p.m.; and Sunday, December […]