Sean “Smitty” Smith passes after surfing in the morning, playing volleyball in the afternoon.

Former AVP volleyball player Sean “Smitty” Smith passed away April 22, following a morning spent surfing and an afternoon spent playing volleyball in Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii. He was 52.
Hermosa Beach Green design leaving mark on schools

Tomorrow may rain, so North School will follow the sun. The Hermosa Beach City School District campus is set to be totally rebuilt with funds from Measure S, the school construction bond approved last summer. The facility is situated where 25th Street, heading uphill, begins to bend into a half circle, and starts […]
Three decades of high standards keep Houston’s a fixture on Rosecrans [RESTAURANT REVIEW]

Every once in a while I have to dig through my archives to help historians and researchers, and when I do it’s a trip down memory lane. Whatever my original goal was, I find myself lingering over reviews of places from decades gone by, remembering meals when arugula in salad, Asian fusion, and housemade […]
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False alert triggers Coast Guard search north of King Harbor The United States Coast Guard has called off a search for the possible downed plane in the area north of King Harbor, believe that they may have had a false alert. According to USCG Petty Officer Andrea Anderson, a signal from an emergency beacon […]
South Bay art calendar for May 18 to 24

Thursday, May 18 Jazz standards their way The Derek Bomback Trio performs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, as part of the Tunes at TAM monthly music series that complements the exhibitions (“Bakers Dozen No. 6” and”Redoubling Peter Lamb”). Bomback is a guitarist-composer and also jazz […]