South Bay Community Calendar 4-12-18
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Letters to the Editor 4-12-18
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‘Everything in its place’ at Hermosa Beach’s Baran’s 2239
Baran’s 2239 in Hermosa Beach has become one of the most desirable reservations in the South Bay. How do they stay on top? On a recent Tuesday evening at Baran’s 2239 in Hermosa Beach, the first table to pay their bill was not the first table to be seated, nor the second, but the third. […]
Redondo Beach About Town
Inclusive kids gym seeks volunteers We Rock The Spectrum Redondo Beach, a gym with equipment for children and adults of all abilities or needs – including physical and mental needs – is seeking volunteers. We Rock The Spectrum’s facility combines sensory recreational play, dance, music, and art in a safe, clean, climate controlled supervised environment. […]
Council backs pilot program to put scooters in city skatepark
The wheels of change rolled through Hermosa Beach Tuesday night, as the City Council unanimously approved a pilot program to allow scooters inside the Community Center skatepark. Starting May 1, the skatepark will be open to scooter riders along with the skateboarders and in-line skaters, the park’s current users. Staff with the city’s Community […]
Assembly bill would boost state funding for local school districts
A bill proposed by local Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi could substantially increase the funds available to school districts throughout the state, providing aid for the Hermosa Beach schools and other local districts that are among the lowest funded in the state. Assembly Bill 2808 would tack on a 60 percent increase to the 2018-19 level […]
Come to church, and see the strippers
Working Girls In the pews with Gypsy Rose Lee If you’ve never seen a live striptease, you may want to head over to the Manhattan Beach Community Church. Well, let’s couch this another way. The church theater’s spring production is “Gypsy,” the 1959 musical, based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee with music by […]
South Bay arts calendar for April 12 to 18
Thursday, April 12 Some you win, some you lose “Almost, Maine,” written by John Cariani, is being presented by the Torrance Theatre Company, 1316 Cabrillo Ave., Torrance. The play consists of nine vignettes about love and loss, and it’s being directed by Gary Kresca. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at […]