The Proud Bird Flies Again
As thoroughfares go, Aviation Boulevard has a shortage of interesting sights. There’s one exception, and it’s a big one – the restaurant just south of the runways at LAX where a sprawling building sits next to an eye-catching gaggle of antique aircraft. Most are warbirds from both World Wars but a few are vintage […]
Local Establishment [Restaurant review]
On my first visit to new surf-themed restaurant Tower 12, the people next to us were actually talking about surfing. That was a novelty, because at many surf-themed restaurants the sport is a marketing gimmick to be appreciated or ignored by a clientele who have never surfed. I count myself among the latter, despite growing […]
Lawsuit threat from Manhattan Beach looms over Vista del Mar lane closures
Amid mounting regional concern over impact on commute times for South Bay residents, Manhattan Beach has authorized a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles over road reconfigurations in that city. By a unanimous vote, the City Council last week directed City Attorney Quinn Barrow to initiate litigation should ongoing attempts at negotiation fail to […]
Hermosa Beach older adults work to steer city services
In the early 1970s, President Nixon and Chairman Mao thawed relations between the United States and China through the exchange of table tennis players. This week, the Hermosa Five-O Advisory Committee had to do a bit of ping-pong diplomacy of their own. The committee had gathered Tuesday morning for its monthly meeting at the Senior […]
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Hermosa Beach City Council digs into nitty-gritty of General Plan provisions
After months of fiery discussions and fundamental disagreements about the future of the city, the Hermosa Beach City Council had reached a tipping point: “Meet” or “Meet and exceed”? The debate was one of several at Tuesday night’s council meeting surrounding the city’s goals for municipal greenhouse gas reductions that will eventually be embodied in […]
Luke’s Legacy: Remembering Mira Costa alumnus Luke Gilroy
Luke Gilroy did not seem like the kind of person in need of drastic change. He had a rewarding job Fidelity Investments as a research analyst. What free time remained he filled with volunteering at food banks and homeless shelters, and spirited athletic pursuits, like organizing hikes and ski trips. So it came as […]
New York the spawning ground for Americana’s Hollis Brown
by Whitney Youngs The “Ballad of Hollis Brown,” the second song on Bob Dylan’s 1964 album, “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” tells the story of a poor, unemployed man living in a crumbling cabin on a farm on the outskirts of a South Dakota town with his wife and five children. Mr. Brown cannot […]