Surfing Santa brings smiles with surf to the beach cities
Video by Jefferson Graham Special thanks to Derek Levy, Body Glove, Pat Ryan/ET Surf, Jefferson Graham Hermosa Beach Surfer Walk of Fame inductee Derek Levy said he first aspired to be Surfing Santa over four decades ago, when he was on the Mira Costa High surf team, and saw Surfing Santa on Easy Reader’s […]
American Martyrs parish in Manhattan Beach pushes past the pandemic
by Kevin Cody After being separated for 18 months by the pandemic, American Martyrs parishioners returned to in-person Sunday Mass in the fall to find their church had taken a proud, unflinching look at its history, and a bold step into its future. The history was represented by new, wood carvings of the church’s eight […]
Frias, Parsley, Chittenden lead Mira Costa Mustangs to first State Cross Country Title
By Paul Teetor By its very nature distance running is an individual sport. There have been stories written about the loneliness of the long-distance runner. But it took a team of runners and close friends to win Mira Costa its first CIF cross country state championship. A team led by Dalia Frias. Of course Dalia […]
All Ball Sports: Mustang boys, girls basketball combine for 15-1 start, Chargers back in the hunt
by Paul Teetor Combined, the Mira Costa boys and girls basketball teams are 15-1. But that single loss was a real buzz-kill. A dream birthday party was all set up for boys Coach Neal Perlmutter on Saturday night: his team was undefeated at 9-0, it was in the finals of its own Pacific Shores […]