St. Lawrence Martyr School wins mock trial hit-and-run case
The St. Lawrence Martyr School Mock Trial team qualified for the quarterfinals for the first time last Wednesday. They ended the competition 8th out of 53 Los Angeles County teams. Team member Kalina Poprac was awarded with the title of ‘Outstanding Defense Attorney.’
Nordstrom to leave Redondo Beach South Bay Galleria for Torrance’s Del Amo Fashion Center
Redondo Beach’s South Bay Galleria mall is likely losing its anchor store, Nordstrom, Inc. to neighboring Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance at the end of store’s lease in 2015. In response, Redondo Beach officials filed a request for an injunction with the Los Angeles Superior Court, citing environmental and city code violations, alleging that […]
Drama and Devotion [Art review]
“Drama and Devotion: Heemskerck’s ‘Ecce Homo’ Altarpiece from Warsaw” Ten years ago, in connection with the Getty Center’s exhibition, “The Sacred Spaces of Pieter Saenredam,” I journeyed by rail to Utrecht and looked at or wandered through several of the churches that Saenredam documented through his meticulous paintings in the early- and mid-1600s. In a […]
Manhattan Beach City Council takes stand on marriage equality
Amid a heated discussion that lasted over an hour, Manhattan Beach City Council addressed Tuesday whether to sign a petition in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples. The divisive issue, which brought out disparate opinions from both the community and the council, concluded with a motion to comprehensively review city policies and employee benefits […]