TRAVEL: Prescott, AZ–the Old West Lives
Prescott, Arizona is just a seven hour drive from the South Bay bubble, and into another world. The old west lives on in Prescott, which was the original Arizona state capital in the 1800s, and a favorite haunting ground for the likes of Wyatt Earp and the Earp Bros., Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate. […]
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: City Council enacts new e-bike restrictions
by Mark McDermott Local e-bike riders will face a new legal terrain after the Manhattan Beach Council on Tuesday night enacted an emergency ordinance that will enforce a 15 mph speed limit on the beach bike path, outlaw bikes in several locations in the city, including the Greenbelt and all sidewalks, and impose fines ranging […]
Hermosa Museum hosts Velzy plaque unveiling
by Kevin Cody A gathering of Dale Velzy admirers and contemporaries, including surfboard builder Bing Copeland, 87, gathered at the Hermosa Beach Historical Museum on Sunday, August 27, for the unveiling of a bronze plaque commemorating the Velzy’s Manhattan Beach surf shop. Velzy began shaping surfboards in the late 1940s, under the Manhattan Beach pier […]
Odd name, odd location, interesting ideas
When I first saw an article about Goop Kitchen, I thought there was a typo in the name. Could it be that it was supposed to be “Good Kitchen,” but the letter “d” was upside down? They can’t have deliberately given the place a name that means “a viscous or sticky substance,” could they? They […]