Neptune tower it was and Neptune tower it is again, for now
The lifeguard tower on the border of Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach was recently renamed Neptune, it’s long time name, until last winter when the County changed it’s name to !st Street.
Shuffling through history
Adam Malovani’s walking tour of Hermosa’s musical heritage exposes challenges of preserving town’s past Singer Joni Mitchell has said her hit tune “Big Yellow Taxi” — with its tinging triangle and immortal lament that “They paved paradise/And put up a parking lot” — was inspired by a trip to Hawaii. Mitchell told Robert Hilburn, the […]
South Bay Community Calendar 8-16-18
AVP in Manhattan Beach, Used Book sale in HB, and El Segundo Art Walk
Letters to the Editor 8-16-18
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CyberCamp students test internet skills in CyberPatriot competition
Local sixth through 12th graders studied computer sciences and cybersecurity last month at “CyberCamp,” a program hosted by AT&T and the Air Force Association at AT&T’s El Segundo office. “With kids on social media all the time, they need to understand that what they put on the Internet is always going to be there,” […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Draft EIRs available Draft Environmental Impact reports for two major projects in the city have become available for public comment. Portions of the draft EIR for the reconstruction of North School became available Aug. 3, and the Hermosa Beach City School District will be accepting comments until Sept. 17. The district initially circulated a […]
For one night only, 2nd Story Theater takes on gun control
The Russian playwright Anton Chekhov is reputed to have advised his fellow dramatists, “One must never place a loaded rifle on stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep.” At Hermosa Beach’s 2nd Story Theatre Monday night, firearms will be prominently displayed, but the […]
Anita Bunn in “Terra Firma” art show in MB
In the landscape sublime Photographer Anita Bunn is in “Terra Firma,” opening Friday in Manhattan Beach Several months ago I saw a photograph of a tree which held my attention. It was taken by Anita Bunn, now among those featured in “Terra Firma,” opening tomorrow (reception from 6 to 9 p.m.) at the Manhattan Beach […]