Atkinson brings Olympic spirit to Palos Verdes High School Cross Country
Former Olympian Jeff Atkinson stood before the team of cross-country athletes he coaches on a recent afternoon at Malaga Cove Plaza. “How many of you are planning on watching the Olympics this week,” asked the Palos Verdes High School coach, wearing the same outfit as the students – red shorts and a white T-shirt. A […]
Palos Verdes Peninsula School District readies for potential budget cuts
The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District inked agreements with its teachers and classified employees that mark a sign of the times for a district struggling to prepare for the possibility of drastic budget cuts from the state. Representatives of the Palos Verdes Faculty Association agreed to a school year calendar that includes 176 days […]
Southern California Edison receives tongue lashing from Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor
Southern California Edison received a tongue lashing from Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor Anthony Misetich last month over power outages and fires that have plagued the Peninsula over the past several years and especially lately. “The number of power outages that I get complaints from residents about is staggering,” Misetich told Edison representative Marvin Jackmon at […]
Former Manhattan Beach City Manager Geoff Dolan must pay city $45K, judge ruled
Former Manhattan Beach City Manager Geoff Dolan must pay Manhattan Beach $45,187 in attorney fees stemming from his breach of contract lawsuit against the city, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Susan Bryant-Deason ruled on Thursday. The amount is half of the $88,760 the city had requested. “We are pleased to recover a portion of public […]
Leadership Redondo Class of 2011 promotes vitality
Outside the Mysterious Galaxy bookstore in North Redondo, next to a bustling road of congested traffic and honking horns, are five new bike racks. The metal racks were put there to encourage community members to forget their car and opt for an environmentally friendly bicycle instead. The racks outside the bookstore are thanks to the […]
Sand box- Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
The hulking industrial behemoth that has marred the South Bay waterfront for over 50 years needs to go. Permanently! Three power plants on the coast of California have retired recently and the AES Redondo facility should be next. Plants were retired due to public opposition and political pressure. In all three cases a power company […]
‘The Watch’ is slow [MOVIE REVIEW]
I wanted “The Watch” to be funny. I really did. Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill and Vince Vaughn have all made me laugh in the comedy classics that they’ve starred in individually. I’ve never heard of the fourth guy, Richard Ayoade, but he seemed nice enough. The premise seemed solid: Overzealous guys suddenly must address the […]
3-D Theatricals group breathing new life into South Bay arts scene
There’s no business like show business—and thanks to a new deal bringing 3-D Theatricals group to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, the South Bay show business will once again be alive and thriving. Siblings TJ, Daniel, and Gretchen Dawson (hence, the “three-D’s”) all grew up in the performing arts industry, and in 2009 decided […]
Erin Courtney brings ‘A Map of Virtue’ home
Playwright Erin Courtney, a Hermosa Beach native, started writing “A Map of Virtue” after reading a poem by Edmond Javes, an Egyptian Jew who was alive during the Holocaust and wrote about people witnessing horror and then how they find language to express it. Courtney, who was attending an artists “silent” retreat when she began […]
Photographic memories: Cannery Row exhibition
Jerry Hicks is sitting in the back room at Carrow’s in Gardena, shuffling through copies of photographs that are now on the walls of Cannery Row Studios in Redondo Beach. It’s an exhibition that features the work of five artists – Lawrence Manning, Mark Comon, Eric Raptosh, Janet Milhomme, and Hicks himself. The title is […]
Hermosa Beach schools converting multi-purpose rooms to classrooms
As summer winds down, the Hermosa schools are gearing up with renovations to their multi-purpose rooms so they can be used as classrooms this fall. A large third grade at Hermosa Valley and the move to full-day kindergarten at Hermosa View has prompted the conversion of the multi-purpose rooms to classroom space – and so […]
First Thursdays in Hermosa Beach: A little night music
He leaps from his seat! In the broad daylight of Pier Avenue, he throws his hands from right to left like a seasoned matador, then slinks his body to the ground to deftly avoid the imaginary bulls raging towards him. This is how he answered the question of “What was running with the bulls like?” […]
Beach Cities Sports: Baseball, basketball cycling, soccer, tennis. volleyball and more
Basketball: Dave Miller, former New Orleans Hornets/NCAA basketball coach and current co-host of the KIA Motors Laker Shoot Around Show and Laker Line Post Game Show on 710 ESPN Radio, will be hosting his summer basketball camp Aug. 6-10 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Aviation Gym, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd. in Redondo Beach. Open to […]