“Alone with her Dreams” – Looking up [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Alone with her Dreams,’ is a beautiful, melancholic film by first time director Paolo Licata. Based on the novel Picciridda – Con I Piedi Nella Sabbia (The Little One – With her Feet in the Sand) by Catena Fiorello, it is a story of longing, sadness, hope, desperation, violence, and beauty. The screenplay, written by […]
Microgaming Integrates the Megaways Mechanic into Their Future Games
Big news for all slot lovers out there. If you are into gambling, the chances are that slots were the first game of chance that drew you into iGaming. Nothing compares to them in terms of a perfect balance between excitement and simplicity. Slots are nowhere as challenging as poker is, but you can have […]
Half decade long Redondo skatepark effort ends with council approving two
Professional skateboarder and father David Bernier began advocating for a Redondo Beach skate park in 2016. Last week, his efforts bore fruit when the Redondo Beach City Council authorized construction of two skate parks. A $110,000 skatepark was approved for Parcel 10, a long vacant pad on the pier, across the International Boardwalk. A smaller […]
Purpus taught art, raised rabbits, sewed Teddy Bears, tilted at windmills
Joanne Purpus | 1930 – 2020 | In 1948, shortly after my dad Tom joined the Navy and was sent to Japan, he and my mom Joanne bought a house in Hermosa Beach for $5,000. Mom, her twin sister Marianne and brother Tom were born in Los Angeles to Anne Shadden. They lived […]
Manhattan Beach Unified School District applies for TK-2 waiver, surveys parents on school return
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District last Friday submitted applications to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health in hopes of obtaining waivers that would allow students from kindergarten to second grade in each of its elementary schools to begin in-person classroom learning. The submission for the waiver, known as the TK-2 […]
Alvarez, Solomon debate West Basin, incumbent Kwan gone
Two of the three candidates seeking a single seat on the West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) board of directors agreed during an Easy Reader-sponsored streaming debate on the future of a proposed desalting plant, and each was critical of current district leaders. Douglas Solomon and Desi Alvarez squared off in the hour-long Oct. 12 […]
Former North School renamed Vista, gets traffic plan approved
A plan for managing traffic, transportation, and student loading and unloading at the newly-modernized Vista School (formerly known as North School) was approved Tuesday by the Hermosa Beach City Council on a 4-1 vote. Council member Hany Fangary voted against the plan, saying, “Many questions [from parents and neighboring residents] remain unanswered.” He also […]
Letters to the Editor 10-29-2020
Their their Dear ER: Thank you for writing about Jason Boxer and their campaign for Manhattan Beach school board (“School Board Candidate Jason Boxer: an educator advocates,” ER Oct. 8, 2020). I know Jason as a community organizer and found them to be thoughtful, diplomatic and energetic. Jason will use their skills and education experience […]
Top 3 Developers Who Set the Slot Games Trends
The gambling market has surely gone through big transformations over the decades. With years passing by, more and more software developers are emerging in the industry with the hopes of creating their own audience. However, most players only want to risk their cash with reputable and trusted developers. Other than that, players are looking for […]
Beloved Shellback bartender Rico De Alba grows his family after his brother-in-law dies of COVID-19
Popular Shellback bartender Rico De Alba grows his family by five after his brother-in-law dies of COVID-19
Manhattan Beach City Council weighs $91.5 million bond to pay retirement costs
The Manhattan Beach City Council faces a $91.5 million dollar question that it will answer at its meeting on November 4: whether or not to utilize a low interest bond to pay down a sizable chunk of its rapidly accruing employee pension debt. This financing maneuver, called a pension obligation bond (POB), is an […]
Mira Costa football player tests positive for COVID-19
A Mira Costa High School freshman football player tested positive for COVID-19 last Friday, according to the Manhattan Beach Unified School District. Superintendent Mike Matthews notified parents and the rest of the MBUSD community in his weekly Monday newsletter. He stressed two aspects of the positive test — that it demonstrated why state guidelines […]
Second Source [restaurant review]
As I walked up to The Source’s new location in Manhattan Beach for the first time, I mused over all the different meanings for the word source. While waiting for my food I looked them up on the internet, and in case you’re interested, there are 10 synonyms, which include pedigree, origin, fountain, dawn, cause, […]
No smiling: Ray Carofano’s “Faces of Pedro”
From Street to Studio Ray Carofano’s “Faces of Pedro” shows the essence of lives lived It’s easy to be flippant about someone’s looks, as when Oscar Wilde wrote that “A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.” While that may be good for a chuckle, when we turn to […]
Redondo Beach Sea Hawks remember freshman Wyatt Lee
“I prefer not to think of Wyatt dying early. I think of him living 14 strong years.” — drum teacher Robin Bailey
All Ball Sports: A new champ in town. And a new superstar
Manager Dave Roberts deserved this World Series title even more than his players. More than Corey Seager, the official MVP who consistently hit the ball like Babe Ruth with eight postseason home runs. More than Mookie Betts.