Serve on Second stuck on first [restaurant review]
There is an edgy feel that you get in a new restaurant, when staff is still figuring out how the system works, the kitchen is still experimenting, and the service staff is gamely trying to keep diners from noticing the problems. They do, but most forgive and decide to come back later when things have […]
Letters to the Editor 9-13-18
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South Bay Community Calendar 9-13-18
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Side to Side
Photographer Brent Broza’s new show delves into light and expands to paintings
PD barricade blocks access to HB bookstore
by Micah Worner One of my favorite bookstores is the Bard Street Bookstore off Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach. It’s run by the Friends of Library out of a small garage and stocked with hundreds of donated books. You can find everything from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” to the JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, all for […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Coastal Cleanup Day Heal the Bay’s 34th annual Coastal Cleanup Day takes place Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. to noon. The environmental nonprofit will organize more than 10,000 people at 70 coastal, inland, L.A. River and underwater sites. Local volunteers will meet at the Roundhouse Aquarium on the Manhattan Beach Pier. Last year, volunteers removed […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Pancake breakfast The Hermosa Heroes Pancake Breakfast will take place at the Hermosa Fire Station Saturday morning. Organizers say the event is a chance for residents to show their appreciation of local police officers, firefighters, and lifeguards. The event is sponsored by the city of Hermosa Beach and the Hermosa View and Valley Parent-Teacher Organization. […]
Manhattan Beach Police Beat
Vehicle break-ins and theft According to Manhattan Beach Police Department, a little after noon on Sept. 5, a Vespa scooter was reported stolen from the 1700 block of Marine Avenue. During the previous week, there were also four reports filed of vehicles that were burglarized. Sometime between noon on Sept. 3 and the following morning, […]
Gov. candidate Newsom delivers for Muratsuchi
Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom was carrying pizza boxes, seven deep when he stepped off his campaign bus at lunchtime on Tuesday at Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi’s Torrance campaign headquarters. Both Newsom and Muratsuchi are thought to have comfortable leads in their respective races. Nonetheless, Newsom is barnstorming through Southern California this week, in […]
Redondo Beach About Town
Artistic family pair ‘goes with the flow’ at chalk art festival Redondo Beach resident Penny Richards wasn’t shy as parents and kids alike came to admire her entry in this year’s Redondo Pier Chalk Art Festival, which she cheekily called the “Queen of Spades.” “Oh, she’s pretty!” one girl said as she […]