Cozy Cafe: an unpretentious place [RESTAURANT REVIEW]

George Anagostu, the owner of the Cozy Cafe, checks a breakfast order. Photo by Chelsea Sektnan.

When I mentioned to friends that I planned to review the Cozy Cafe, most said they had always wondered about it, but never eaten there. Some asked if an optical illusion is involved; it has to be bigger than it looks, doesn’t it?

Waves roll through Hermosa to win USAV Collegiate Challenge

Former Mira Costa standout Kendall Bateman was a member of USC’s squad at the USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate Championships held in Hermosa Beach. Photo Highly recruited after leading Mira Costa’s girls indoor volleyball team to a 37-0 record and a national championship 2007, Kendall Bateman and Stevi Robinson believed their collegiate careers would end four […]

Local athletes medal in AAU beach volleyball tournaments

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) kicked off its 2012 Beach Volleyball Tour hosting two tournaments in the South Bay where 20 local players took home medals. In the Easter Classic held at Dockweiler State Beach in El Segundo, Emma Smith (Manhattan Beach) and Cait O’Connell (Huntington Beach) won silver medals and the Manhattan Beach team […]

Mira Costa takes over first place in Interscholastic Girls Volleyball League

In a battle of the unbeaten, the girls from Mira Costa defeated Valencia Saturday at the Annenberg Community Center in Santa Monica to stand atop the Southern Pacific Girls’ Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League (IBVL) after the third of four rounds in the regular season. Mira Costa’s outcome mirrored the second round when Mustangs Lan Nguyen […]

Beach Sports: Beach tennis, cycling, football, running, volleyball and more

Running: The 6th edition of the Hermosa Beach 5000 and City Walk will be held Saturday starting at 7:30 a.m. on Pier Plaza. The event includes separate 5K races for men and women along with a Stroller/Baby Buggy division, the first Skateboard 5K for kids 14 and under and running races for kids 12 and […]

Go-Go Indigo

Manhattan Beach slopestyle Beach snowboarder aims for 2014 Olympic Games