A steak in Manhattan [restaurateur profile]

To find out about the next big restaurant opening in Manhattan Beach, I went to Stanton, a city in north Orange County. It isn’t where you would expect to find a fine restaurant. The top employers are a senior living center and HomeDepot, and almost 20 percent of the population is below the poverty line. […]
A Touch of the Dead [at BeachLife]

by Edith Johnson The snow was just starting to melt in the Wasatch Mountains on Sunday night. But I was far from my new home, back in my old one, sun-kissed and salty-haired with blistered feet from barefoot dancing as I took in the official BeachLife Festival after party at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach. […]
Summer calendar – Summer Reading May 9, 2019
Summer reading Summertime is story time. This summer LA County libraries’ summer reading program (SRP) theme is “It’s Showtime at Your Library.” Our libraries offer entry to new worlds, new experiences and new friends, so grab your library card, because it’s showtime. Hermosa Beach 550 Pier Ave. (310) 379-8475 Kids Fridays at 3:30 p.m. June […]
Beach homes – 46th Annual Sophisticated Snoop Home Tour

From Colonial to Costal
The BeachLife Festival reimagines Redondo

Ten thousand people came to the beach last weekend in Redondo Beach, all because a teenage boy lit a fire 28 years ago. Allen Sanford was a thoughtful juvenile delinquent. He didn’t want to do harm. He just wanted people to stop and wonder for a second. So as a 13-year-old kid, he snuck out […]
Summer Calendar May 9, 2019

Women’s Conference, Historical audio tour, coffee with an Assemblyman, Classic car, get in shape
Letters to the Editor 5-9-2019

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