Today’s Special [Profile of Chef Luis Alvarez]
Imagine this awkward situation: you leave the highest-paying job you’ve ever had in order to work with a colleague whose talents you revere – and then as soon as you get there, he leaves and the business is sold to someone else. Very quickly the inexperienced new owner decides he doesn’t really want to own […]
Uncle Bill’s Bountiful Breakfast [Restaurant review]
This morning I was considering the possibility of writing a review of the sunrise. There are tiny differences in every one, variations on the patterns of clouds and the degree to which a morning haze might add a glow, and some pretty writing could come of it. What couldn’t happen in such a piece is […]
Surfer Alex Gray in “Luckless Pedestrian” [Video]
South Bay’s Alex Gray takes a trip up north with buddy Timmy Reyes to score some cold water slabs.
Frank Grannis Paddle Out [Photos]
A few shots from the Frank Grannis Paddle Out. Photos
Fearless surfer, loyal friend Skyler Nelson remembered [Updated]
Over 100 friends and family members gathered Thursday night at the end of the Hermosa Beach pier to celebrate the life of Skylar Nelson, who passed away October 6. Nelson was would have been 23 on October 17. He died in his sleep, apparently from a seizure, for which he took medication.
Roy Choi revisits Redondo
The chef credited with starting the food truck frenzy now has his sights on a new kind of culinary empire. Roy Choi says it all began at the Redondo Beach pier. Whack! The poised swing of a wooden mallet cracks open the exoskeleton of a crab that was alive only minutes ago, revealing its steaming, white […]