Jiro is hero at International Surf Festival surf contest
by Mike Purpus The parking lot behind Bank of America in downtown Hermosa Beach was buzzing with stoked surfers from all over Southern California on Saturday morning. International Surf Festival contest director John Joseph said, “I have surfers from Santa Barbara to San Diego, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Brazill, Costa Rica and Japan.” Their enthusiasm waned […]
Headless in the Hollywood Riviera
Easy Reader Anniversary writing contest Honorable mention by J.E. Marshall “Get out of my car!” the floral delivery man shouted. It was noon on Halloween but the streets of the Hollywood Riviera were already filling with odd sorts. “Take me to the dentist!” “Does this look like an Uber to you?” The back of the […]
The mystery of Flight 448, from San Diego to Los Angeles
by Don Ruane Midnight, February 1942. The Catalina Channel was unusually calm and the sky extraordinarily bright due to the super moon directly over the Santa Monica Bay. Since the U.S. entered the war a few months earlier, there’d been a mandatory blackout over the Southern California coast. Intelligence reports indicated that enemy submarines had […]
“Wildland” – Not really [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Wildland,” the curiously disturbing film that is ultimately disappointing on a massive scale was directed by Jeanette Nordahl and written by Ingeborg Topsøe. Neither seem to understand the concept of basic structure and plot. Briefly, teenage Ida has just been orphaned and sent by social services to live with her only relative, Aunt Bodil. Ida […]