Blue Zones Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach health initiative
Click on Blue Zones Memorial Magazine for a collection of articles about the Beach Cities Health District/Healthways Blue Zones Project, which arrived in the Beach Cities three years ago. Blue Zones’ goal was to give residents of Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach measurably longer, healthier, and happier lives. Easy Reader committed itself from the outset to […]
Bob Meistrell Paddleout by Balzer
Photographer Mike Balzer put the Bob Meistrell Paddleout in perspective by shooting from down the beach
Spooking Good Time: The Riviera Wave Riders 5th Annual Halloween Surf
By Candace Stalder The Riviera Wave Riders held their 5th annual Halloween Surf on October 26th at Torrance Beach. The gloomy skies and fast breaking waves didn’t stop this group of characters from putting on their best costumes and paddling out. Each year the RWR holds the “Halloween Surf” to celebrate the birthday of Kahuna […]
About Town in Manhattan Beach: Week of Oct. 31
What’s happening around town in Manhattan Beach?
Survivor’s Guilt: “Dallas Buyers Club” [MOVIE REVIEW]
by Michael Nordine The last month has been dominated by survival narratives: “Gravity,” “Captain Phillips,” “All Is Lost,” and “12 Years a Slave” all chart the will to live in face of seemingly insurmountable odds. “Dallas Buyers Club” follows suit, but it tweaks the formula by focusing on a figure as unsympathetic as he is […]
Skechers’ fundraiser walk in Manhattan Beach breaks $1M for special needs children, local education
For the first time ever since its inception in 2009 , Skechers’ Pier-to-Pier Friendship Walk at the Manhattan Beach pier on Sunday raised more than $1 million for children with special needs and local education. With presenting sponsor Nickelodeon and celebrities Jimmy Kimmel, Brooke Burke-Charvet and Tommy Lasorda leading the charge, more than 10,000 supporters […]
Girls volleyball teams prepare for playoffs in Redondo Power Classic
South Bay volleyball fans have grown accustomed to watching high-caliber teams and players in the area and on Friday and Saturday, spectators can watch some of Southern California’s best when the annual Redondo Power Classic takes place. Hosted by Redondo Union High School, the tournament features 32 teams that will be competing at Redondo, South […]
Beach Cities Sports: Golf, running, soccer, tennis and more
Soccer: Registration is open for the Manhattan Beach Sand and Surf Winter Development League. Open to boys and girls in U6-U10 divisions, the league includes: experienced, top level, professional coaching; a T-Shirt; technical skills clinic one hour before each game; one game on Saturday or Sunday; and individual player evalutions. The league is held at Pennekamp […]
The Battle of Measure B – Will the Quiet Nights initiative save downtown Hermosa Beach or destroy it?
Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, crowds of slightly inebriated 20-somethings made their way out of the downtown Pier Plaza Hermosa Beach bars. American Junkie and Baja Sharkeez, bars known for party-like atmospheres, dimmed their late night lights and began turning down the volume and turning up the speed of departure of the evening’s cliental. Bouncers barred […]
New campaign targeting underage drinking launched in Manhattan Beach
The city of Manhattan Beach surpasses the national average by a number of measures — top-ranked school district, household income, real estate value — but they’re not all gleaming trophies. According to a 2012 county survey, 53 percent of Manhattan Beach youth between ages 12 and 17 admitted to consuming alcohol in the past month, […]