Beach Cities Sports: Aquatics, baseball, basketball, cycling, volleyball and more

Cycling: The 52nd Annual Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix will be held Sunday, July 7 from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. One of the West Coast’s oldest and most prestigious cycling street races features a thousand top cyclists in eight divisions racing the oval on Valley and Ardmore between 15th Street and Pacific. The popular community […]

June Surfboard Review

Davenport Surfboards: “The Thing” “Something is LURKING in the water. Beware…it’s “The Thing.” The Thing, a small wave Noserider, designed specifically for long drawn-out exploiting noserides and classic trim. “This Creature of the Black” Sea features 50/50 rails with low to moderate nose and loads of tail rocker. A distinct ten inch wide tail and […]

Winy’s Kitchen: Beet-Avocado-Pear “Carpaccio” Recipe

by Winy Chen, Registered Dietitian at Beach Cities Health District The first “American” vegetarian restaurant I dined in was the Moosewood Restaurant near Cornell University, where I studied. Bon Appetit magazine names the restaurant  one of the thirteen most influential restaurants of the 20th century. And thanks to the Moosewood Cookbook, I’ve been inspired to […]