Redondo advances to CIF Division 2AA girls basketball quarterfinals behind Shiota’s 3-point game
Redondo girls basketball coach Marcelo Enriquez said he wasn’t surprised at the Sea Hawk’s slow start in their first playoff game of the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA championships. Having a first-round bye, top-seeded Redondo had not played for 13 days and found itself in an unfamiliar position trailing by six points at halftime. But […]
Environmental issues at the heart of Hermosa Beach’s Measure O debate
The arguments for and against oil drilling in Hermosa Beach are about many things, including money, health, and the community’s sense of identity. But the success or failure of Measure O hinges perhaps most fundamentally on its real or perceived environmental risks.
Letters 2/26/15
O why? Dear ER: As a South Bay resident, local businessman, and leader of one of our region’s most-respected environmental organizations, I feel compelled to simplify the economic choice facing Hermosa residents. There has been much discussion about the $17.5 million settlement fee payable to E & B should Measure O not pass. What is […]
Hey 19’s inventive, homey cuisine sings like a good pop song
There’s a subtle art to good smart pop songs, the ones that you find yourself singing along with and liking more each time you do. They have some musical or vocal hook, the thing that makes you listen to it in the first place, but sonic layers beneath – on the tenth listening you may […]
In Search of Hope and Tolerance
Jerry Prell directs “The Laramie Project” at El Camino College It was one of those tragedies that could have slipped away from the headlines and into obscurity. But in 1998, after Matthew Shepard – a 21-year-old student who lived in Laramie, Wyoming – was beaten up and left to die because he was gay, playwright […]
Parents, principal at odds over reading materials
Two students have left Our Lady of Guadalupe School after a showdown between their parents and principal, April Beuder, regarding reading assignments.
South Bay entertainment calendar: roller derby, eighties music and art shows
What to do in the Beach Cities this week.
Local survivors team up to fight cancer
The South Bay is home to two prominent cancer survivors: Adrienne Slaughter, 48, who survived bone cancer as a teen and breast cancer years later, and Jack Witherspoon, 14, who survived three bouts of leukemia. Now the two survivors are teaming up to help raise money for blood cancers.
A Short Distance, But a Long Way
Artist Richard Stephens has found his little Santa Cruz Where’s Richard Stephens, the guy who used to run Cannery Row in Redondo Beach? Let’s follow the trail of dripping paint. There he is, in his new, intimate studio at Destination Art, a stone’s throw from Old Torrance and an easy lob from The Depot. […]
South Bay Community Calendar 2/26/15-3/04/15
Thursday 26 ELECTION STRESS The Beach Cities Health District is presenting a mindfulness-based stress reduction workshop just in time for the March 3 city council, Measure B and Measure O elections. Gloria Kamler of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center will lead the workshop from 6 – 8:30 p.m. at St. Cross by the Sea […]
Hermosa Beach oil numbers a moving target
One year ago, dollar projections for E & B Natural Resources’ proposed oil drilling and recovery project in Hermosa Beach appeared clear, if broad-ranged. Since then, those numbers have become a moving target.