Artist Diane Strack: gone to the heavens
For Diane Strack, a fond goodbye Artist and Hermosa Beach resident Diane Strack (b. Sept. 4, 1946) passed away May 30. Her work had been shown in venues throughout the South Bay, including ShockBoxx Gallery in Hermosa Beach and in the recent “CA 101” shows held in Redondo Beach. “Her creativity always left her family […]
Consolation Kids prevail at Manhattan Beach Live Oak Park 3 on 3 basketball tourney
“This is like watching the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons play the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons.” Three brand new Live Oak Legends – Jersey Joe, The Kid, and Turbo – were born last Friday afternoon during the 48th Annual Live Oak Park 3 on 3 Basketball Classic. They achieved legendary status by pulling off the […]
The Moose Lodge High School Prom: a prom do-over for grownups
An unusual and arguably long overdue event takes place Saturday night just across the Manhattan Beach border: a prom for grownups. The event, which features local bands Spendtime Palace, The Charities, Royal Rats, and Jesse Erikson and the Prom Band, takes place at the Moose Lodge in El Segundo and is targeting all those (read: […]
Team Beach Cities, Southern Section All CIF
Six of this year’s 12 Southern Section All CIF volleyball players, enough to field a team, are from the Beach Cities. All CIF honors are based on the recommendations of the CIF Southern Section Volleyball Coaches Association. The Beach City honorees, announced last Thursday, are Mira Costa’s Jack Walmer (setter) and Ben Coordt (outside hitter); […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Prom for grownups An unusual and arguably long overdue event takes place Saturday night just across the Manhattan Beach border: a prom for grownups. The event, which features local bands Spendtime Palace, The Charities, Royal Rats, and Jesse Erikson and the Prom Band, takes place at the Moose Lodge in El Segundo and is targeting […]
Fire destroys new Hermosa Beach Strand home
A Hermosa Beach home under construction in the 800 block of The Strand was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning. A suspect lingering in the vicinity was taken into custody, though the cause of the fire has not been determined, according to a City of Hermosa Beach statement.
Mayor targets stormwater protection in Manhattan Beach
Every day, nearly every resident in Manhattan Beach sends waste towards the Pacific Ocean. A walk on the beach reveals the obvious stuff — the thousands of pounds of plastics, pop cans, cigarette butts, paper, and miscellaneous detritus left behind by beachgoers each year. But there is a category of waste that makes its […]
World Cup, world stage: Alex Curry covers Team USA
Sometime early in the 1st Century the Roman philosopher Seneca, better known for stoicism than soothsaying, purportedly remarked, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” He was talking about Alex Curry. Curry has been hustling ever since Sand Dune Park, the North Manhattan Beach landmark, where she was the wild-eyed warrior pipsqueak queen of […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Bike route honors Katz Standing in front of Hermosa’s 10th Street Bike Corral last week, Todd DiPaola told the story of a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge hanging in his office: or, rather a photo of where the Golden Gate bridge would someday go. Instead, there are the pylons where the bridge would eventually […]
Try Your Luck Online
Probably everyone has ever heard of online casino. Online casinos have the edge over land-based ones, and it’s not surprising the online gambling industry attracts more and more users from all around the world. Online casinos are available at any time of the day and night, it’s possible to play games on any device, as […]
Class in session: Complex ‘Seminar’ opens at Hermosa Beach’s Second Story Theater this weekend
By Ryan McDonald You can throw a kid in detention, but the reluctant adult learner is the real troublemaker. Those under 16, after all, don’t have much say about showing up for class. It’s later, as learning becomes a matter of greater choice and greater expense, that we start to wonder why we should listen […]
South Bay arts calendar for June 13 to 19
Thursday, June 13 The Bard is gearing up Shakespeare by the Sea begins its 22nd season with “The Comedy of Errors,” performed Thursday through Saturday at Point Fermin Park in San Pedro. In this play, everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Which doesn’t mean it isn’t a barrel of laughs. Free; donations accepted. […]