Sunday BeachLife Ranch a religious experience

by Garrick Rawlings Last Wednesday, Michael Trotter, Jr. and Tanya Blount received the “Duo/Group of Year” award at the Americana Music Association Honors & Awards show in Nashville, at the Ryman. Sunday afternoon, on the Hither stage at BeachLife Ranch, they showed why they were honored with their four-piece band The War and Treat. The […]
“Reboot” – Again Please [TELEVISION REVIEW]

“Reboot,” from the deviously clever mind of Steven Levitan (“Modern Family”), is one laugh out loud moment after another, played in front of the curtain of Hollywood and behind the wall of family dysfunction. And it all works! Ostensibly about the making, or rather remaking, of a popular early 2000’s sitcom, we are given an […]
Portuguese Bend Beach Club home is a rare Pueblo design with an ocean view

by Stephanie Cartozian The “Flintstone House” behind the Portuguese Bend Beach Club gates is owned by Fred Lee, himself, a stone mason. Lee is the founder, and past Chief Executive Officer of Ramcon Industrial Corporation, in Torrance, which is a general engineering contractor specializing in the petrochemical industry. He’s also an avid fisherman whose favorite […]