Heal the Bay report shows ocean water quality problems persist
Southern California’s progress toward improving ocean water quality remains halting, with clean conditions abounding during the summer months when beaches are most crowded, but swimming after rain still posing a significant threat of illness, according to a new report from Heal the Bay.
Hermosa Beach Kiwanis donates over $70,000 for scholarships, pandemic relief
The Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Club announced the awarding of $26,500 in academic scholarships last week.
BMW’s M235I Gran Coupe blazes new path for German automaker
Beach Wheels Recently I had a chance to test-drive the new BMW M235i xDrive Gran Coupe and came away impressed with the vehicle’s capability and build quality. While impressive, the M235i is a bit of an odd duck — being part sports sedan and part crossover. What do I mean by this? Well, when you […]
Letters to the Editor 7-9-2020
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Learning a Second Language: Why Should You
More than 7000 languages are spoken worldwide, which makes it impossible for one person to master them all. But why not devote some time to study one or two? Though learning a foreign language takes persistence, and quite some time, the benefits are numerous. Travel abroad, professional opportunities, development of cognitive capacities: you can easily […]
“Kaye Ballard–The Show Goes on” –– Oh! Kaye! [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Kaye Ballard- The Show Goes On” is a love affair directed by Dan Wingate about one of the most talented singer/actresses of the 20th Century who is virtually unknown to anyone under the age of 50. Her last television series regular roles were on “The Doris Day Show” (1970–72) and “The Mothers-in-Law” co-starring with Eve […]
Craft beer crisis: LA County’s zigzagging regulations threaten to kill the South Bay brewery industry
On June 29, when Governor Gavin Newsom announced that many businesses that had previously been allowed to reopen would once again face restrictions or closures due to a spike in COVID-19 cases, he likened the process of reopening California to a dimmer switch. The idea was meant to convey that the reopening process […]
LA County vs. craft beer: A call for recognition
Strand Brewing’s 10,000 square foot brewery, with its 20-foot high ceilings in Torrance is ideal for social distancing customers, but Los Angeles County is not allowing breweries to serve customers. Photo by JP Cordero by Joel Elliott Los Angeles County craft beer will not die from COVID-19. But a second, more deadly […]
A walk through abstract expressionism
Basic principles Abstract expressionist painter and arts teacher Dael Patton And so let us begin, in medias res, with Adolph Gottlieb coming out from New York and teaching a graduate art class at UCLA. Gottlieb (1903-1974) is still hailed as one of the masters of abstract expressionism, and one of his students that year, Dael […]