The art of dining (food optional)
If you look at a picture of a dining room without knowing what is served there, you will make judgements about the place from the décor. Paper napkins and bare formica say you’re in a diner, white cloth napkins and tablecloths make you expect classic cuisine, and black table dressings with patterned napery say you’re […]
Beach business – Lazy Acres makes waves in Hermosa
October 13th Opening night for Lazy Acres
Beach sports – Scare N’ Tear helps save lives
Thick fog and scary surf provided ideal conditions for the annual Spyder Surf Scar N’ Tear contest at the Manhattan Beach pier on the weekend before Halloween. Over 50 rippers and ghouls participated in the contest, founded in 2005 by Charlie Ninegar to honor Mira Costa High schoolmate Adam Frand, who died from cardiac arrest. […]
Beach haunts – Hair-raising fundraising at Carnival
The annual Halloween Carnival at Hermosa Valley
Beach people – Residents urged to choose life at Tree of Life Synagogue vigil
Oct. 27 mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh
Steve and Brad Visit Randy’s Donuts in El Segundo (video)
Steve and Brad Visit Randy’s Donuts in El Segundo Steve and Brad are back at it and this time they’re making a run for donuts! Follow them as they start in the Lounge at Manhattan Beach Toyota and head off for donuts at Randys in El Segundo. Produced by Civic Couch. Hosted by Steve Napolitano […]
Redondo loses 2nd-round game in Ryse Williams Pacific Shores tournament
The Redondo boys basketball team failed to hold onto leads before Bishop Montgomery scored 10 unanswered points to win a quarterfinal game in the Ryse Williams Pacific Shores Tournament. Redondo was held to only eight points in the fourth quarter and Bishop Montgomery erupted for a 63-53 win despite losing point guard Gianni Hunt to […]
Redondo Beach About Town
Dedication set for new fire equipment The Redondo Beach Fire Department invites the public to its traditional dedication ceremony for the City’s newest fire engine and ladder truck on Saturday, Nov. 24, at 10 a.m., at Fire Station 1, 401 S. Broadway. This ceremony, known as “wet down and housing” dates back to the era […]
Hermosa Beach man found dead in Mexico
Kris Meyer was in the Tower 12 restaurant on Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach this past weekend when a man he did not know approached him. The man, a military veteran, said that several years ago his dad, living in Maryland, had died suddenly. The veteran was overcome with grief and overwhelmed at the prospect […]
Early season’s greetings from Surf City Theatre
Christmas and Hanukkah stories, gift-wrapped and parodied Surf City Theatre’s “A Very Special Holiday Special” opens Saturday Here’s how it started. At last year’s cast party for “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” the actors read aloud a few vignettes that were in the holiday spirit. They must have had a few chuckles […]