Beach wheels: Volkswagen Tiguan SEL a handsome, well-built family hauler
the Tiguan is a solid, well-built family hauler that should provide years of comfortable and reliable service.
Käthe Kollwitz: War and other atrocities at the Getty Research Institute
No compromises “Käthe Kollwitz: Prints, Process, Politics” at the Getty Käthe Kollwitz never saw the light. What I mean is that she lived through dark times, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reich. Or, in bleaker terms, she was born just before the Franco-Prussian War, endured World War I and the economic-financial […]
ICAN show empowers new artists
On Friday night, a few hundred feet off of Broadway, tucked behind a small church in South Redondo, a modest crowd had gathered to celebrate a group of men and women with developmental disabilities — many of whom were putting their art before the public for the first time. ICAN California Abilities Network’s “I Can […]
Beach Cities lag on stormwater goals, report finds
A new report from Heal the Bay has found that the Beach Cities are dramatically behind in their efforts to address stormwater, which flows untreated from storm drains to foul beaches and oceans. The report, released Tuesday, studied efforts to address stormwater throughout Los Angeles County, and found that the region as a whole was […]
Fangary files suit over mayor rotation
Hermosa Beach City Councilmember Hany Fangary has filed a lawsuit against the city and several of his fellow council members, the most significant example yet of the tension riving Hermosa’s local government. News of the lawsuit became public last week at an extraordinary meeting at which several elected officials relayed a bizarre account of a […]
Redondo plans sale of contested surplus land
The City of Redondo Beach will endeavor to sell a surplus piece of property near the intersection of Torrance Boulevard and Lucia Avenue. The lot has been the subject of minor land dispute amid the long-ago construction of a shed, attempts to purchase the land by adjacent property owner, and feuding colored by the long-past […]
Hermosa Beach’s Heidi Androl reports ringside from boxing’s biggest bouts
It’s not easy to catch Floyd Mayweather with his hands down. Mayweather, whom ESPN called “perhaps the greatest defensive fighter in history,” went 50–0 over a professional boxing career lasting more than two decades. The longevity and unblemished record are doubtless owed to Mayweather’s ability to avoid getting hit, a skill that drew respect from […]