Mira Costa High Jazz Band Wins National Jazz Festival
by Hibah Samad The Grammy Award-winning Mira Costa Jazz 1 band finished first in the Large Ensemble Category at the 5th Annual National Jazz Festival, a prestigious competition that took place in Philadelphia on February 10. The festival featured 68 ensembles from 50 schools across the country. The MCHC Jazz band shared the stage — […]
Surfing Santa, surf camp director Vince Ray remembered with paddleout at Hermosa Beach pier
As director of the Hermosa Surf Camp from 1991 to 2024, Vince Ray shared the stoke of surfing with more groms than anyone else in South Bay history. Each summer over 400 kids attended his camp in front of the 10th Street lifeguard tower, just south of the Hermosa Beach pier. Kids learned not only […]