Jim ‘Kimo’ West returns to Redondo Slack Key Festival  

by Garrick Rawlings Redondo Beach will once again host the biggest Hawaiian music concert event on mainland USA this Sunday, January 14 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Celebrating their 17\year, the Southern California Slack Key Festival, presented by Kala Koa Entertainment, brings the most respected slack-key guitarists in the world from Hawaii and […]

MCH girls basketball surges, boys basketball on rebound

by Paul Teetor Monday night at home against Peninsula was supposed to be a get-well game for the Mira Costa boys basketball team. They were coming off the worst stretch of the season – four losses in five games – and they needed to get their mojo back after an 11-2 start that went off […]

Birds of the Bay: Heermann’s Gull

by Bob Shanman  So, two friends were walking along the beach in Hermosa when a large flock of gulls suddenly lifted off the sand and flew right in front of them.  “Darn seagulls,” said one friend. The other friend, a birder, corrected him. “Those are not seagulls” he said.  “We are on Santa Monica Bay, […]

Saint Rocke brings Agent Orange back to Hermosa

by Don Ruane Watch Tony Hawk’s “Pro Skater 4” and you will hear Agent Orange’s “Bloodstains” featured prominently in the game. Hawk once stated the song was one of his all-time tunes, which he started listening to as a budding skater.  Mike Palm brought his band to Saint Rock, in Hermosa Beach last month.  “We […]

Torrance surf a surprise at SBBC/Dive N’ Surf contest

Photos by Steve Gaffney (@SteveGaffney) Historically, the South Bay Boardriders/Dive N’ Surf contest at Torrance Beach has had the best swag bags and worst waves of the annual SBBC seven-contest series. Dive N’ Surf is notoriously generous to surfers, and this year was no exception. Torrance Beach surf is notoriously stingy with waves, but this […]