Birds of the Bay: A Tail of Two Wits (Godwits)
by Bob Shanman This is a story of four bird “cousins” (well, really, only two), who rarely, if ever cross paths. One summer in central Europe to Western Asia, and winters far to the south in Africa and southern Australia. One summer in the high arctic from western Alaska to Greenland, and winters as far […]
Hollander shaped the retail surf industry
Personal and business friends gathered from throughout Southern California Saturday at the Hermosa Beach pier for a paddleout in memory of Becker Surf founder Dave Hollander. Hollander and partners Phil Becker and Steve Mangeli founded Becker Surf in 1980 and built it into one of the country’s largest surf companies, with seven Southern California shops. […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 12-7-23
Spotlight: Saturday, December 9 King Harbor Holiday Boat Parade ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is the 2023 theme of King Harbor’s holiday boat parade. The whole harbor area will be decorated with holiday lights. Santa and a helper elf will be visiting the Redondo Beach Marina, and the Redondo Beach Pier throughout the day and at […]
Catalina Classic Commemorative Statue photography contest winners
A photography contest whose sole subject was the Catalina Classic Commemorative Statue at the Manhattan Beach pier was hosted last month by the South Bay Boardriders Club, Paul’s Photo and Easy Reader. The statue was dedicated in August (at no cost to Manhattan Beach), after seven years of planning and fundraising by the Boardriders […]
All Ball Sports: Shohei coming and Caleb going
by Paul Teetor Will he stay or will he go? That is the biggest question right now in all of Los Angeles sports, and it applies to two of our biggest SoCal superstars: Shohei Ohtani, the 21st Century Babe Ruth, and USC quarterback Caleb Williams, who may or may not be the next Patrick Mahomes. […]
Surfing Santa promises to fill grom stockings with sand
Surfing Santa was besieged in and out of the water by local groms when he returned to Neptune Street last week for his annual pre-holiday surf session. The groms all asked for the same thing in their stockings: Sand to build sandbars so they can surf without getting slammed in the shorepound, like they have […]