Hermosa Beach lawn bowler in world championships in Australia
After a year living in Hermosa Beach, Aaron Zangl happened to walk past the Hermosa Beach Lawn Bowling Club two blocks from his home and stopped to watch. “I was invited in to give it a try — like we do to all that stop and look — and I was hooked,” Zangl said. That […]
On Local Government: “Big Data” enters politics, and your life
In the post-mortems from the Presidential election, the biggest news was how President Obama’s team used technology to win and how Nate Silver used technology to analyze. In both cases, the source that created the strategy to success was data, and lots of it. In general terms, it is known as “Big Data.” The discussion […]
Manhattan Beach’s Union Pizza Co. marries New York to Chicago
Midwestern food gets little respect among Californians; try to explain the allure of Cincinnati Greek chili or Milwaukee frozen custard and you are most likely to get a blank look in return. There is some appreciation for Midwestern barbecue, but beyond that it’s generally neck and neck between ignorance and apathy. This is unfortunate, because […]