In the lab, above the world: Meadows Elementary’s Joanne Michael brings the varied wonders of science to her students
The young geneticists had decisions to make. Six legs, or four? Curly legs, or straight? Green or brown? Maybe most importantly, would their insect have a tail? “Six legs!” exclaimed a mop-haired blonde boy wearing a Green Bay Packer jersey. “I want green legs!” said a little girl with a plaited pony-tail. The Science […]
South Bay Community Calendar 12-14-17
Happy Holidays to all of the South Bay
Hermosa Beach eighth-graders bring packs o’ plenty to Skid Row
Arriving back to Hermosa Beach from Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, Finn Sullivan was struck both by the suffering he saw, as well as how little distance separated him from it. “It’s crazy how you can drive 30 minutes, and go from Hermosa Beach to a place where people are sleeping on the street […]
Teaching shifts from comprehension to analysis
Redondo Beach schools are shifting from traditional forms of literary comprehension toward deeper literary analysis, even in younger grades, according to a presentation before the Redondo Beach Unified School Board. “Back in the ‘80s, the teacher taught whatever the district thought, and probably whatever the textbook said,” said Madison Elementary Principal Drew Gamut. “But things […]
Redondo divide extends to home prices
Redondo Beach has an odd shape on the map for a city that has been around since 1892. A pinch point exists along the summit of Anita Street and 190th Street that creates a natural division between the north and south. By the time the zip code system was introduced in the U.S. in 1963, […]
Department of innovation: Redondo police embrace cutting-edge law enforcement technology
Part one in a series It was May 2016, the opening day of National Police Week in Washington D.C. The Police Unity Ride was rolling its way toward the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. On the sidelines, taking inventory of the bikes were Redondo Beach Police Chief Keith Kauffman and RBPD Sgt. John Bruce. […]
Cruising the channel for dolphins & whales
Commotion in the Ocean When all else fails, go and visit the whales I’d always thought, in a previous lifetime, that I’d been a star pitcher, a Lefty Grove or Cy Young, but no, sorry, the old woman said, sifting through the tea leaves as we sat in her darkened parlor. “You weren’t a baseball […]
South Bay arts calendar for Dec. 14 to 20
Thursday, December 14 A future Pavarotti? The annual “Opera Workshop,” featuring El Camino College’s top vocal performers, is set for 8 p.m. in the Campus Theatre, on campus (where else?) at Crenshaw and Redondo Beach boulevards, Torrance. The workshop, directed by Kevin Blickfeldt, showcases scenes from operas, oratorios, and musicals. Tickets, $10. Call (800) 832-ARTS […]