Hermosa Beach Lawn Bowling club lights up the night
The days may run long in the summer, but when the night does arrive, the Hermosa Beach Lawn Bowling Club will be prepared. The club celebrates its 80th birthday this year with the addition of flood lights. Players will be able to lawn bowl into the evening hours for the first time in the club’s […]
Police chase ends when stolen car crashes into Manhattan Beach mattress store
Manhattan Beach resident James Pringle was returning home from dinner with friends Thursday evening when he glanced in his rear view mirror and saw a white SUV about to plow into him. The SUV was being pursued by police cars with red lights flashing and sirens blaring.
“He was going so fast, I knew he was going to hit me. Luckily, he swerved and just clipped me. Then he swerved again and hit another car. Then he crashed into the mattress store,” Pringle said.
Top-seeded Redondo advances in CIF-SS Division 3 baseball playoffs
Top-seeded Redondo remains on course for back-to-back CIF-Southern Section Division 3 championships after two impressive wins to open the postseason. The Sea Hawks took advantage of multi-hit games by five players for an 8-1 victory over La Salle at Arcadia County Park. Catcher Marco Valenzuela led the offensive barrage for Redondo going 3 for 4 […]
A Purpus Endless Summer: 60s and 70s surf star Mike Purpus is inspired by Bruce Brown’s “The Endless Summer”
In the early 1960s, surf movie posters were hung in the windows of all the hangouts. Hermosa Beach’s Foster’s Freeze, Winchell’s Donuts, (both long gone) and Mickey’s Deli (still kicking) and Stan’s Liquor Store in Manhattan Beach (also long gone) were just a few of the establishments with posters in the window. I was a […]
An Endless Journey: New work by Ed Moses, Andy Moses, and Kelly Berg is featured in “Family Plot,” opening Thursday in Manhattan Beach
Three individual painters, and yet a strong underlying bond is at the core of “Family Plot,” the Homeira Goldstein-curated exhibition that highlights recent work by Ed Moses, his son Andy Moses, and Andy’s wife Kelly Berg. The show opens at 6 p.m. this evening at the Manhattan Beach art Center. Ed Moses doesn’t need much […]
Yellow Fever has style and flavor to burn [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
If I tell you that there’s a restaurant in Torrance that has been featured in an article for Interior Design magazine, you’ll probably start wondering which high style mall place I’m talking about. A lot of the action has been in malls lately, though quirky brewpubs and nightspots have also been raising the temperature around […]
Horger was long-time Hermosa Beach activist
Longtime Hermosa Beach activist Sue Horger died Friday, May 13 at her home in Hermosa Beach after telling her husband John, “I’m going to take a long nap.” She was suffering from Parkinson’s disease and was 75. During her 40 years in Hermosa Beach, Horger was a founding director of the Hermosa Beach Historical Society, […]
South Bay Community Calendar May 26 – June 4, 2016
Ongoing Ruby’s Car Shows The soundtrack to “American Graffiti” every summer Friday evening, from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Ruby’s parking lot while owners of hot rods, street rods and muscle cars share stories with one another and visitors. Ruby’s Diner is located at 245 N. Harbor Dr., Redondo Beach. Through July 31 […]
SMALL BUSINESS – Torrance Brewing Supply keeps local brewers going, beer flowing
by William Foss Have you ever seen something you never knew existed, and decided you needed it immediately? That’s what happened to Daniel Teruya, and it led to a new career. Teruya worked at Boeing in Torrance, and had gone out with friends for dinner in Long Beach. Next to the restaurant was a business […]
14th Annual Surfer’s Stomp at Suzy’s Bar & Grill
by Ed Solt There’s something about catching a wave that inspires music. Vocals are not necessary, as the kinesthetic energy translates very well to the hyperactive twang and dripping notes of a guitar swelling with reverb and the animalist back beat of a deranged drummer. This sound is called “Surf Music” and it has been […]
About Town in Hermosa Beach
Women’s Club Donation The Woman’s Club of Hermosa Beach presented a check for $22,300 to Walk With Sally at a banquet earlier this month. The money was raised at the 10th Annual Adrienne’s Search for Children’s Cure fundraiser on March 5. Walk With Sally is an El Segundo-based charity that comforts children suffering from the […]
South Bay Arts Calendar May 26 – 29, 2016
Thursday, May 26 Gone girl Kim Hooper, author of “People Who Knew Me,” about a woman who runs away from everything after 9/11, discusses her work at 7 p.m. in {pages}, 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach. RSVPs appreciated. Call (310) 318-0900 or go to pagesabookstore.com. Anything goes The North High School Dance Dept. presents its […]
Letters to the Editor 5/26/16
Generosity of strangers Dear ER: When I was five years old, people I never met paid for my first kindergarten classroom. In fact, they paid for the whole school. It had a big auditorium where I took my first steps on a stage. It had a large grassy field where you could run and run, […]