Aristocrats of the Sea [restaurant review]
Whoever named the Ali’i Fish Company after the Hawaiian aristocracy probably wouldn’t want his customers to actually eat like traditional Polynesians. The ruling chiefs and priests had a limited array of spices at hand, and their dining was so ritualized that men and women couldn’t eat the same foods. It was taboo for men and […]
Make coffee and comics at Redondo Library’s How-To Festival
The Redondo Beach Public Library is expanding its effort to encourage lifelong learning this weekend, holding its first How-To Festival on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at both the Main Library and North Branch Library. The Festival plans to pack 20 total workshops into four hours at the Main Library, ranging […]
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El Segundo Alpha Aquatics enjoys home pool advantage
Residents rally for Alpha Aquatics Alpha Aquatics was young, under-sized and outspent when it entered the competition for pool time at the El Segundo Wiseburn Aquatics Center. The top-ranked team was Redondo Beach-based Beach Cities Swimming. Beach Cities has over 400 swimmers, compared to Alpha’s 130. Beach Cities is a decade old, Alpha was founded […]
Home, $weet home
An El Segundo couple is caught between the city’s limits on granny units and the State’s mandate to legalize them By Ryan McDonald Check for cars while backing out of Karen Wolcott and Chris McPherson’s El Segundo driveway, and there’s a good chance you’ll see an airplane. Pull far enough in, and you’ll be certain […]
Bullish on SoCal
Christopher Thornberg made his name as an economic forecaster by predicting the 2008 Great Recession in 2006. — Photo The Bay Area has never been a dominant source of growth. It’s too small. It has seven million people. LA County alone has 10.5 million.— Economist Christopher Thornberg Economist Christopher Thornberg took the stage at Terranea […]
Carroll, Barahona, Saltzman in Blue Mango
At 71, Corky Carroll is still the coolest surfer around. The three-time International Surfing Champion, his lovely wife Raquel, Blue Mango Surfboards founder Joel Saltzman, and old friends John Joseph, Joey Lombardo and I had lunch at the HT Grill in Redondo Beach last month. I hadn’t seen Corky for 19 years, but as soon […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Rain drain A sinkhole closed 35th Street in Hermosa Beach, between Hermosa and Manhattan avenues last Thursday. The street was reopened Friday afternoon after work crews filled in the 15-foot-square hole. Lights out A light pole in the Trader Joe’s parking lot at Pacific Coast Highway and Aviation Boulevard landed on a car after being […]
Redondo Beach About Town – Mayor’s State of the City on Friday
Mayor’s State of the City Fri., Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. Mayor Bill Brand will once again present his 2019 State of the City address on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. This is the second year he’s elected to hold a State of the City address in […]
Joann Turk was an anchor of Redondo Beach King Harbor
JoAnn Turk’s passing at age 80 marked the further fading away of the World War II generation that built King Harbor and for whom community service was an unshirkable duty.
Narrative works by five artists at El Camino
Dismal swamps to urban jungles Narrative paintings by Zeal Harris in “Personal Truth” at El Camino College Years ago I’d catch a taxi to either the Greyhound or Trailways bus depot in downtown Norfolk, and after several hours and several stops (Newport News, Williamsburg, Richmond, etc.), we’d arrive in the heart of the nation’s capital. […]
South Bay arts calendar for Feb. 21 to 27
Thursday, February 21 Tea and gravestones “The Cemetery Club,” written by Ivan Menchell and directed by James Rice, opens at 8 p.m. at Little Fish Theatre, 777 Centre St., San Pedro. Much of the cast has been seen in Hermosa Beach and Torrance productions. The play explores enduring friendships and the power of love after […]