A LA CARTE: Hermosa parking lot burgers, Manhattan food festival & wine dinners, and more
Found In Translation: Zoku, a new izakaya, opened in Riviera Village, and if you headed for a translator program to find out what the name means, you may be puzzled. Zoku means “genus,” a scientific term but an odd restaurant name. There’s a story to it, though — the restaurant’s real name is Torikizoku, which […]
Police Beat: welfare check, wrong town, thefts, unhappy joyride
by Liz Mullen RBPD welfare check finds deceased resident Redondo Beach Police Department officers making a welfare check requested by concerned family members found a 45-year-old white woman dead in her home in South Redondo on Friday, Aug. 2. The woman, who lived on the 800 block of South Catalina Avenue, was identified by the […]
Lyon Stahl 3-peats, Gummy Gainz wins women’s Six Man Manhattan Beach Volleyball Tournament
by Brianna Smith Lyon Stahl went from repeat to 3-peat champions by defeating 12th Street in the 50th Anniversary Charlie Saikley 6-Man Volleyball Tournament at the Manhattan pier on Saturday. The 12th Street team, which was celebrating its 31st appearance at 6-man, was the last team to win the tournament before Lyon Stahl went on […]
International Surf Festival Pier to Pier Swims
by Brianna Smith “Not fun,” is how one middle of the pack swimmer summed up the Dwight Crum Pier to Pier Swim Sunday morning. The sentiment was widely shared. The air was gray and cold. The water had dropped from a balmy 70 degrees a few days earlier to the low 60s. It was bumpy. […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 8-8-24
Spotlight: Saturday, August 10 Grom-O-Rama, Hermosa Beach This fun event is made up of 6 different teams and individual competitions including beach flags, water flags, paddle-board race, obstacle course, nation ball and swim race. Groms participate with the assistance of volunteers providing safety and coaching. Free entry ages 5-13 years old. Sponsored by the South […]
All Ball Sports: Biles vs. Trump’s Trash Talk
by Paul Teetor For the last two weeks the great American gymnast Simone Biles has been the most famous – or at least the most publicized – woman in the world. Winning seven Olympic gold medals will do that for you. And on Friday she used her once-every-four-years world wide platform to not-so-subtly call […]