Small wonder, Thai style
It’s hard to believe anyone ever looked at the space that is now Siam I Am and thought, “That’s a perfect space for a restaurant”. They may have the smallest dining room in the South Bay, though I’d have to take a tape measure both here and to the nearby Cozy Café to be sure. […]
911 dispatcher calls labor situation “dehumanizing”
by Garth Meyer Mia Halsell, a six-year Redondo Beach emergency dispatcher stepped to the podium Sept. 5 at the city council meeting during public comment. She said that, of the 23 people she and a colleague have trained, three remain on the job. She said 911 dispatchers in the city have been in a staffing […]
Webb team honored with Hughes Award
The Aero Club of Southern California Sept. 6 presented the Howard Hughes Memorial Award to the James Webb Telescope project at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Held at the California Club, Mike Menzel, NASA missions system engineer for Webb, accepted the award, which honors those who have advanced aviation or aerospace technology. The award was […]
“Unframed,” curated by Aimee Mandala, at ShockBoxx
Photos by Bondo Wyszpolski The show came and went, but impressed those who saw it. Curator Aimee Mandala envisioned, in her words, “an exhibition focused on the artist’s process — on works that are sketched out, used up, slipped in a folder, forgotten and left behind. It is a look inside the artist’s mind and […]
Hermosa Beach Mayor rotation has heads spinning
by Kevin Cody Minutes before 1 a.m., eight hours into the Tuesday, September 12 Hermosa Beach City Council meeting, Councilmember Dean Francois asked, “Are other council members interested in taking a look at the mayor rotation policy?” A long silence followed, finally broken by Mayor Raymond Jackson asking, “Anyone interested? Seeing none…. Meeting adjourned at […]