Hermosa Beach selects new city manager
The City Council has selected Tom Bakaly, who is currently running a resort town in Utah, to become the new city manager. The City Council is expected to officially hire Bakaly, 48, as city manager at Tuesday’s council meeting. Bakaly would begin as Hermosa Beach city manager in early September. The city council reviewed 76 […]
“War Horse”
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy wins girl back; but this time it’s with a horse. Set prior to and during the First World War in England and in France, “War Horse” also portrays “Victorian sensibilities pitched into a twentieth-century war,” in the words of songwriter John Tams. The play, of operatic proportions, is […]
Studio lights up Hermosa Beach
“Why are the dinner lights still on right now?” It’s nearing 10:30 p.m. and Berry Bly, co-owner of Hermosa Beach’s newest hot spot, Studio Restaurant and Lounge, darts his eyes from one end of the brightly lit bar to the other. Bly, no stranger to a club opening, understands that even the most miniscule of […]
The perfect Fixx
When the Twin Towers were hit on that tranquil September morning in 2001, The Fixx’s frontman, Cy Curnin felt it was time to leave the States. “After 9/11 I started to get bored of the way that big cities were just full of fear,” Curnin explains. “I started wondering what would happen if the supermarkets […]
Howlin’ Rain pours on Hermosa Beach
Do you ever get tired of doing the same thing? Ever wish you could just take this job and shove it? Go reinvent yourself and pursue a new direction? And embrace subdued passions that were boiling beneath the surface for too long? The life of the artist may not always afford security, but it does […]
Drift on over to “Ice Age: Continental Drift” [MOVIE REVIEW]
Two concepts that most people don’t usually associate with children are vulgar stand-up comics and gangster rappers. So the decision to have Denis Leary, Wanda Sykes, Nicki Minaj and Drake provide voices for animated arctic animals in a children’s movie should, in theory, end in disaster. However, the potty-mouthed stars kept it clean and professional, […]
USA Today’s Jeff Graham simplifies video in new book, Video Nation [VIDEO]
Scattered in Jefferson Graham’s Manhattan Beach garage are tall tripods, microphones, lighting gear, cables, cords and other technology knickknacks. The 56-year-old produces about three technology-related videos a week for USA Today from his Manhattan Beach garage-transformed-studio. Blown up pictures of brides hang on the garage walls – last year, he booked a personal record of […]
BarryBob beach volleyball tourney provides mix of young and old
Manhattan Beach’s elite volleyball players came to engage in a friendly competition at The BarryBob Invitational tournament Saturday on the beach near Ninth Street. The event attracted some of the best volleyball players in the world, with Olympic Gold Medalists and Volleyball Pro Tour winners composing some of the teams. Despite the high skill level […]
Stanley Cup to visit Redondo Beach
The Stanley Cup will finally be making an appearance in Redondo Beach next Wednesday to celebrate the Los Angeles Kings’ big win. The 35.25 inch cup, which circulates to each team member throughout their 100 off-season days, will be on display from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Redondo Beach Café, a local hangout for […]