Six men burglarize Apple store in Manhattan Village Mall
Six men stole multiple iPhones and iPads from the Apple store in Manhattan Village Mall around 8:28 p.m. Thursday, according to Manhattan Beach police.
Local inventor gives GoPro a cinematic lift
In the mechanics of an old-fashioned eggbeater Ben Swanson found the bevel he needed to gear his videography. At 23, Swanson, a Rancho Palos Verdes native, is the creator of MicroJib, a portable camera jib for the adventurous everyday cinematographer. The MicroJib is, as the website touts, a GoPro Pole, reinvented. It can film 360 […]
True Food Kitchen brings farm-to-table dining into the mainstream
I have had an ongoing argument with a friend about which dining trends are fads and which are permanent. Our most recent point of contention was over farm-to-table style dining. He opined that now that chain restaurants are adopting seasonal dining, hipsters and trend leaders will move on to something else. I argued that […]
Surf Colossus
Dewey Weber’s 22nd Street cutback becomes history written in bronze Leroy Grannis’s 1966 photo of Dewey Weber doing a cutback is one of the most iconic images in the history of surfing. Most of the lengthy board is out of the water. The tail end is sunk into the wave, buoyantly fighting for the […]
Beach Charity Skechers Friendship Walk
Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk attracted 1,700 walkers and raised $220,000. From that auspicious start, the walk swelled this year to 12,757 walkers who helped raise $1.4 million.
GospelbeacH rekindle Beachwood Sparks
by Whitney E. Youngs Just like The Byrds, GospelbeacH got its start as an accidental rock band in Los Angeles. It all began with two guys playing the same gig and later jamming over a couple of beers in a studio named the Crabshack. “GospelbeacH got formed a piece at a time,” says lead […]
New school transfer law inspired by LA Air Force Base
Children of active duty military personnel throughout the state will have an easier time transferring to public school districts outside of where they live as a result of a new law with roots in the South Bay.
Woman’s Club of Redondo Beach seeks to protect its heritage, raising funds for its aging building
Redondo Beach has five sites listed on the National Registry of Historic Places within the city limits. The Woman’s Club of Redondo Beach is asking the community to help them rehabilitate one of those sites: the organization’s home at 400 S. Broadway. The 93-year-old building at the corner of Broadway and Pearl Street has been […]
Redondo neighbors band together to ‘keep the Esplanade beautiful’
A movement is growing along the Esplanade, South Redondo Beach’s oceanside street, and it’s being ushered in with blue shirts. The members of a Facebook group known as “Keep the Esplanade Beautiful” have banded together over the course of the last three years to maintain the beauty of a much-appreciated street in a desirable […]