South Bay Community Calendar 12-6-18
Santa, Holiday events, celebrations, Nutcracker, Chanukah, Tableside melodies, Santa at the Peninsula
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Hope Zone: Local families help kids growing up in Zona Norte, North America’s largest red light district
Mackie Lauzon was 18 years old when she took a different kind of spring break. It was 2017 and she was a senior at Ambassador High School in Torrance. A group of kids from the school was visiting Tijuana as part of a youth mission. One day they were walking to a park called […]
Sepulveda Boulevard name change nixed in Manhattan Beach
Faced with a mixed bag of an agenda that included a name change to the city’s major thoroughfare, a potential ban on plastic water bottles, and a 40 percent hike to the hotel bed tax, the City Council Tuesday night mostly brokered compromise. A proposal to change Sepulveda Boulevard to Pacific Coast Highway in order […]
Chanukah celebration
Photos Local Jewish communities gathered for the fifth annual Hermosa Beach Chanukah celebration on pier plaza Sunday afternoon. The Jewish Community Center children’s choir sang traditional Chanukah songs, followed by the Redondo Beach Marching band, under the direction of Raymond Vizcarra. For more information visit JCCMB.com.
Hermosa Beach About Town
Armato sworn in as mayor Foul weather didn’t stop residents and well-wishers from packing the Hermosa Beach Council Chambers last Thursday, as Stacey Armato took over as mayor, and Councilmember Jeff Duclos surrendered the gavel. “I think it’s perfect that we had a huge storm tonight. The reason is that this woman is a force […]
Art show at Two Guns in Manhattan Beach December 6
Art show Suite 6, the art space attached to Two Guns Espresso at 350 N. Sepulveda, hosts a holiday art show Dec. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. featuring new works in watercolor & gouache by Carrie Deitz Brown, mid-century modern inspired, abstract expressionist works by Karla Ryan, adoptable animals by ATTY, resort-inspired, contemporary everyday […]
Redondo Beach About Town
Skatepark returns to the drawing board Plans to build a skatepark at Redondo’s Dominguez Park are being drawn back, after the Redondo Beach City Council was presented with a geotechnical assessment that drove estimated costs upwards of $1 million. The major cost driver is the park’s poor soil. Dominguez Park was built atop an old […]
Catch of the Day: Josh Barnes and Brandon Nonaka at Pacific Coast Gallery
Out to sea with Pacific Coast Gallery “Into the Deep” highlights artists Josh Barnes and Brandon Nonaka Is something fishy going on at Pacific Coast Gallery? You bet. “Into the Deep” is a two-man show opening Saturday in Hermosa Beach and featuring artists Josh Barnes and Brandon Nonaka. Last week at this time Josh was […]
South Bay arts calendar for Dec. 6 to 12
Thursday, December 6 Get up and shake it The El Camino College Dance Department presents its annual “Choreography Showcase” at 1 and 6 p.m. in the Campus Theatre, located at Crenshaw and Redondo Beach boulevards, Torrance. These are beginning and intermediate choreography students. A variety of dance styles will be performed. For tickets, call (800) […]