Beach business – Regional chamber mixer
at Seaside Lagoon
Beach kids – SB Boardriders
Grom-O-Rama
Letters to the Editor 9-19-19
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South Bay Community Calendar 9-19-19
Harassment training, health panel coastal cleanup, LGBTQ, Alzheimer’s walk, Library celebration, Boots, Brews & BBQ
One dead after two-passenger Cessna crashes near Torrance Airport
One person died and a second person was taken to the hospital after a single-engine Cessna 177 took off from Torrance Airport and then crashed about one mile away into the roof of a building at the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway.
Lifeguarding in Africa – Fundraiser
Los Angeles County Lifeguard Jenna Solberg (above) placed second in the Catalina Classic Paddleboard race three weeks ago. Next week, she and fellow county lifeguards Kelsey Cummings and Hunter Hay will compete in the International Surf Rescue Challenge (IRSC) in Durban, South Africa. The IRSC showcases the best lifeguards from around the world in a […]
Costa’s ‘Slingin’ Sam shoots down ES Eagles
The rivalry game between the El Segundo and Mira Costa football teams Friday night turned into a one-sided rout quicker than you can say “Lord have mercy.” The rarely invoked mercy rule – in which the game clock does not stop for time-outs, injuries, scores, etc. — was in effect for the entire second half […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
‘Chasing Coral’ screening “Chasing Coral,” a documentary about the disappearance of coral reefs, will screen at the Hermosa Community Theater Thursday night. The event, sponsored by the Surfrider Foundation’s South Bay Chapter, along with REI and Hippy Tree, will offer pizza and beer, followed by the film, which includes interviews with scientists and underwater footage […]
Manhattan Fire Captain Tim O’Brien remembers September 11
Editor’s note: Behind a simple bench facing two plain white pillars on the Hermosa Beach Greenbelt last Wednesday evening, a crowd of perhaps 100 people gathered to remember September 11, 2001. Among those invited to speak were Fire Captain and Paramedic Tim O’Brien, a 32-year-veteran of the Manhattan Beach Police Department. The following is excerpted […]
Hermosa Ave. shop has ‘more than just crystals’
Customers who walk into Earth Elements, an energy healing shop on Hermosa Avenue, are in for a surprise. For some, it’s the technicolor display of crystals that dominate the front room, shimmering underneath the stained-glass skylight. For others, it’s the fact that the store is there at all: people still walk in from time to […]
Redondo Beach Police Beat
Attempted Kidnapping, Assault with a Deadly Weapon On Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 1:45 a.m., Redondo Beach police responded to 200 Yacht Club Way after receiving a report of a possible kidnapping. The victim reported that his friend, a woman, was intoxicated and passed out on his boat. Two males then came on his boat—one was […]
The Biggest Bingo Clubs in the UK
The demise and closure of many land-based bingo clubs has been covered in great detail in the press but at the same time it has been greatly exaggerated. Having said that, it is true that the activity of playing bingo in a club with friends has been on the wane for a number of years […]