Back to the jungle with Werner Herzog
“The Twilight World,” by Werner Herzog, trans. by Michael Hofmann (Penguin Press, 132 pp, $25) by Bondo Wyszpolski Twenty-nine years after the end of World War II, which he thought was still being fought, Hiroo Onoda emerged from the jungle of Lubang Island in the Philippines. He told Norio Suzuki, the young man who’d found […]
South Bay Boardriders End of Season Awards Night
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Redondo Beach Shade Hotel’s Mike Zislis honored for Lifetime Achievement
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Mike Zislis Wednesday morning at the “State of the City” address. Zislis’s company, Zislis Group, developed the site of the old Red Onion restaurant and bar into the Shade Redondo Hotel, opening in 2016. Zislis, in his acceptance speech, told about […]
CITY COUNCIL Steve Napolitano becomes mayor for sixth time
by Mark McDermott Steve Napolitano became mayor at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting for a record sixth time. His colleagues voted unanimously for Napolitano to take his turn in the mayoral rotation. “This is where I announce my Sarcasm Initiative,” Napolitano said, moments after taking the gavel from Councilperson Hildy Stern, who served as mayor […]
First and Second Amendments focus of March for Our Lives in Hermosa Beach
“I find it ironic,” March for Our Lives organizer Lance Rodriquez told marchers, “that it is more difficult to organize a peaceful march than for an 18-year-old to walk into a store, and walk out with an AR-15, and 100 rounds of ammunition. The march began Saturday, at noon on June 11, at the Manhattan Beach pier and ended with a rally on Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach.
El Camino College offers tuition-free classes
In efforts to remove financial burdens for students El Camino College has announced the Tuition Relief Program, which clears all outstanding tuition and fees for past and current students enrolled since spring 2020. Students who enroll in courses at El Camino College for summer and fall 2022 can apply to have their tuition and fees […]
Hermosa Beach restaurant VISTA, AB Brands donate $5,000 to museum, Jimmy Miller Foundation
VISTA restaurant owner Justin Safier presented checks totaling $5,000 to the Hermosa Beach Historical Society’s Annie Seawright-Newton, and Chris Brown, of the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation over the Memorial Day Weekend. AB Brands (Anheuser-Busch) also contributed to the charities. Seawright-Newton was this year’s Hermosa Beach Person of the Year. Brown is president of the California […]
“Bitterbrush” – A long road [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Bitterbrush” is a scenic trip in the Idaho hill country through the eyes of Hollyn and Colie, two young women who work the truly lonesome trail herding and driving cattle over the mountains as seasonal range riders. Range riders are hired to monitor the cattle that graze on federal land. It is an old practice […]