Travel: San Francisco’s remote Angel Island

Just 6.2 miles from the Ferry Building in San Francisco is another world, far from crime, thefts, murder, traffic, congestion, homeless issues and all the other ills of urban life in the city. Try a tiny island that can be explored in a 5.5 mile loop on foot or bike, with just 12 full people […]

MCHS – Students find poetry, commonality with older adults

 by Hibah Samad/MBUSD  Mira Costa students in Shannon Vaughan’s creative writing class participated in a unique intergenerational poetry writing session through the City of Manhattan Beach’s Parks and Recreation Department’s Older Adults Poetry Circle program.   Members taught students how to write short poems through a technique called “Writing Poetry from the Inside Out.” The session […]