Brighter Ukraine fundraiser, in El Segundo, to send aid container to war zone

The “Sound of Ukraine” Music + Art fest, a fundraiser to help the Brighter Ukraine Foundation send a container of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, will be held Saturday, September 10 at 7 p.m. at Unita, in El Segundo. Brighter Ukraine was founded by AVP 0pen player Arina Gerasimova, who grew up in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, one […]

Hermosa 9/11 wreath laying 

The City of Hermosa Beach’s Annual 9/11 Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony will be held Sunday, September 11, at the city’s 9/11 Memorial, on the Greenbelt, where it meets Pier Avenue. The ceremony will start at 1:15 p.m. Flowers will be available for the public to place on the memorial. ER

“The Class” – But who’s getting schooled? [MOVIE REVIEW]

Imitation is sometimes the highest form of flattery. Unfortunately, in the case of “The Class,” it’s misplaced. Director/writer Nicholas Celozzi was channeling his inner “John Hughes” when he conceived his film as a modern-day retelling of Hughes’s iconic 1985 film “The Breakfast Club.” “The Breakfast Club” was about random students who didn’t know each other […]

Coach Ellison era begins for Redondo Union football

by Garth Meyer Keith Ellison, an Inglewood kid whose mother worked as a supervisor for the Redondo Beach Post Office, and who starred in football at RUHS, played at Oregon State, and in the NFL, is back as head coach of the Sea Hawks. Ellison was Redondo Union High’s defensive coordinator from 2012 to 2020 […]