Dear Cassy: Listening helps

It is difficult to understand how to help someone struggling with depression or anxiety, especially if we haven’t struggled with depression or anxiety ourselves. As a friend or family member, it’s important to remember that we don’t have to have all the answers. We only need to be supportive. Here are some ways to do […]

God’s Li’l Acre

Photos by Tony LaBruno The small adobe home in Portuguese Bend doesn’t look like its neighbors. But it does conform to the Palos Verdes Estates     Corinne Gerrard believes her less than 1,400 square foot home on the crest of a hill on Narcissa Drive is the first adobe brick house on the Peninsula. […]

Merchant of memories

  Jürgen Käding’s celebrates 25 years of sharing what gives him joy at his Corners of the World with Peninsula residents.     When longtime Malaga Cove gift store owner Jürgen Käding was six years old, he set eyes on the beauty and majesty that is St. Mark’s Square in Venice. With his hands clutching […]

Beach Cities Sports

  Baseball: Beach City Baseball Academy will be holding Fall Prospect Tryouts on Sunday, June 2 and Saturday, June 15. Players born May 1, 2010, through Apr. 30, 2013 meet at 2:30 p.m. Players born May 1, 2007, through April 30, 2010, meet at 4:30 p.m. For more information, contact Ryan Lopes. ryanlopes10@gmail.com or call […]

Hermosa Beach About Town

Community Safety Fair The Hermosa Beach Police Department will host a Community Safety Fair on Saturday. Along with members of the city’s police department, Los Angeles County firefighters and lifeguards will offer safety demonstrations. There will be food, and games and prizes for kids. The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Community Center […]

Manhattan Beach About Town

Epipalooza to end epilepsy Mira Costa End Epilepsy hosts Epipalooza, a fundraising concert, this Saturday, June 1 at The Lighthouse Cafe, from 3 to 8 p.m., featuring five local bands, including End Epilepsy founder Slater Heidrich’s Good Vibe. Also performing will be XYZPDQ, Minor Problem, Pier Pressure, and Chroma Haze. Cooper Jones will also perform […]

Redondo Beach About Town

General Plan Advisory Committee to drill down on ‘focus areas’ Redondo Beach’s General Plan Advisory Committee will continue its work to aid the city in defining the future of Redondo’s foundational land use document on Thursday, May 30. This meeting will include a discussion of a series of “focus areas” that the GPAC is considering […]

Parras student fights stigmatizing dress code violators

Parras Middle School eighth-grader Ava Szymanski has long taken issue with school dress codes — the guidelines that state how a student should, or should not, dress at school, as well as  punishments. Last month she did something about it, setting up meetings with both Redondo Beach Unified School District Board Member Brad Waller and […]