July 4 parade on 24th Place, Hermosa Beach
For over three decades, 24th Place residents Dave and Mary Garrett, the Beals and Noel Castiel have rallied their neighbors for a Fourth of July parade (pandemic years excluded). Neighbors decorate their pets, cars and bikes and parade up and down what may be the steepest hills in Hermosa Beach. The parade follows the Garretts’ […]
Letters to the Editor 7-7-22
Gang of four Dear ER: Mayor Bill Brand should have done the right thing and vetoed passing over Emdee as mayor pro tem (“Redondo Beach City Council opts out of rotation, appoints Nehrenheim as mayor pro-tem,” ER 6 23, 2022). I think Brand, and council members Zein Obagi, Nils Nehrenheim, and Todd Lowestein were afraid […]
“Both Sides of the Blade” – Sharp and sharper [MOVIE REVIEW]
Claire Denis, the estimable French director, is the very definition of enigmatic. Ambiguous, elliptical, she doesn’t spell things out for her audience. This is, more than likely, deliberate because she is going on a journey herself, one where she is unsure of the outcome. Writing with Christine Angot, they adapted Angot’s novel Un Tournant de […]