My friend, Neil Armstrong
I met Neil Armstrong at an aerospace industry retreat on Charlie Gates’ A-Bar-A ranch in Wyoming in 1979. I was then a VP for Flying Tiger Line. After dinner one evening we were sitting outside in the moonlight when one of the coeds waiting tables said, “Oh Mr. Armstrong, I want you to know I […]
New Christ Episcopal Church hall is perfect for pictures
“The show was the idea of Barbara ramsey-Duke,” says Jianulla Zimmerman. “She’s an artist, and she wanted to do something that would bring art into the church.” Zimmerman, a Redondo Beach resident who’s also an artist, is referring to “Collections… Art from the Heart,” a group exhibition that opens tomorrow (reception, 6 to 9 p.m.) […]
Mira Costa’s girls volleyball team battles top-ranked teams before heading to Las Vegas
Mira Costa girls volleyball coach Lisa Zimmerman doesn’t believe in easing into a season. Ranked No. 7 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1-AA poll, her Mustang squad is facing the top three ranked teams in the division in its first three games. A true litmus test to be sure, but the high level of […]
Manhattan Beach teachers and district reach tentative agreement
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District has reached a tentative agreement on a two-year contract with its largest teachers union that would provide a 3 percent salary increase. But Manhattan Beach Unified Teachers Association president Karl Kurz said that the teachers’ protest, which has controversially included not writing letters of recommendation for students, will not […]
Hermosa Beach to increase police on plaza this weekend
In response to the stabbings that occurred last weekend, the Hermosa Beach police plan to increase their presence on the plaza as well as throughout the city this weekend. “In particular, we will saturate the Pier Plaza area, as well as along Hermosa and Pier avenues,” Interim Police Chief Steve Johnson said in a press […]
Whale rescued in Manhattan Beach
It began with a search for an injured sea lion and ended in a whale rescue. Peter Wallerstein, director of Marine Animal Rescue, was searching for a sea lion with a wound from a gill net Thursday when Baywatch Redondo called about a whale with a rope line trailing from its fluke. When he and […]
Blue zones project kicks off
Mayor Duclos of Hermosa Beach, Mayor Powell of Manhattan Beach, and Mayor Pro-tem Pat Aust of Redondo Beach kicked off the Mayors’ Challenge and Blue Zones Project™ at Polliwog Park for the Summer Concert Series last Sunday.
Fireman Currie’s favors
When the firefighters came to the recently-widowed woman’s home, they realized that she did not need to go to the hospital, nor did she need emergency care. She needed a different kind of care, a kind that is in large supply at the Redondo Beach Fire Department.