When King Harbor liveaboards Bob and Jody Lipkin moved to Berry Creek, they liked to joke that they almost made it to Paradise.
It started with a robocall from the electrical company. They might cut off electric service due to the Red Flag warnings. Being a beach bum for over 40 years, I was not really clear as to what made up a Red Flag warning, but the local news explained it. A combination of low humidity, […]
Letters to the Editor 11-29-18
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South Bay Community Calendar 11-29-18
Photo with Santa, Home Tour, 5th Annual Holiday Festival, Winds Concert, Santa, and more Santa
Redondo renames school to honor ‘most treasured citizen’
Redondo Shores School Principal Anthony Bridi introduced Patricia Dreizler by noting he stopped counting the Redondo Beach awards she has received when the number reached 100. And for the same reason, he stopped counting the community organizations she had worked with. “Instead, I decided to simply read the titles she has held,” he said. They […]
Warren Miller ski film tribute
“Face of Winter,” the 69th Warren Miller Entertainment film, and the first since the legendary Hermosa Beach filmmaker’s passing, screens at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7 at the Hermosa Beach Community Theatre. The film features tributes to Miller from the world’s top skiers. Prior to the screening, the Hermosa Beach Historical Museum will […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Crosswalk tweaks The Hermosa City Council unanimously voted to solicit bids for crafting and installing customized crosswalks made of specialized material at its Tuesday night meeting, after learning that the existing estimate had come in almost twice as high as expected. Earlier this year, councilmembers approved decorative designs for the “scramble” intersection at Pier and […]
Manhattan Beach Police Beat
Traffic death study The Manhattan Beach Police Department this month was awarded a $70,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a year-long program of special enforcement and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic related deaths and injuries. After falling to a 10 year low in 2010, the number of persons killed […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Manhattan Beach resident Anita Stichter turned 100 last week, an event marked by a celebration of her life at Live Oak Park. City Councilmember David Leader awarded Stichter with a certificate of Recognition from the City. She is the longest living resident of MB (90 years) and has served in numerous charitable and service groups […]
Tree lighting to rock first Saturday
When Jeremy Buck sent out a list of songs in late October to work on for this Saturday’s Hermosa Beach Tree lighting, his fellow musicians on the receiving end reacted with enthusiasm, but also a bit of uncertainty. Co-host Kevin Sousa recalled that the ambition of the setlist inspired a collective “Whoa,” from the baker’s […]
Ely-Smartt Shops mural celebrates 75 years in Manhattan Beach
Three-quarters of a century ago, a woman named Exa Ely took notice of a patch of scrubby land along Sepulveda Boulevard in Manhattan Beach. It’s hard to figure what exactly about it struck her imagination. The land was on the downward slope of a hill, just below the sand dunes that criss-crossed the town. Maybe […]