Best South Bay Restaurants of 2024

Something better than the best Our intrepid restaurant critic presents his list of the finest restaurants to open in 2024 by Richard Foss  The ancient Greeks spent a great deal of time arguing about concepts that had never particularly bothered anybody else. Among other things that exercised their passions was a concept they called arete, […]

Police Beat: Egg-tossing e-bikers, Gun shots & shells, simulate gun hold-up

by Liz Mullen A crackdown in case of egg-tossing e-bikers After complaints of teenagers on e-bikes throwing eggs at vehicles and causing other kinds of trouble, the Hermosa Beach Police Department on Friday evening, February 7, initiated a crackdown. They stopped 22 e-bike riders and cited nine of them. HBPD also impounded four e-bikes from […]

EDUCATION: MBUSD adds two integrated ethnic studies courses 

by Mark McDermott  The Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board of Education is preparing to offer two new courses for the 2025-26 school year that would each meet the state of California’s legally mandated ethnic studies requirements.  A yearlong course, titled “U.S. History: Diversity and Cultural Studies,” would expand on a pilot course offered this […]

Hermosa Beach Emergency Coordinator urges Hermosans to have two go-bags 

by Kevin Cody After the recent Pacific Palisades and Altadena fires, “Real Time with Bill Maher” told viewers what every family should have in its emergency go-bag.  “My favorite item on that list,” satirist Maher quipped, “is an AM radio. The people who do the work in LA will need a Spanish language station.” Hermosa […]

The Ultimate Guide To Exotic Car Rentals For Business Travelers

Dubai is often associated with luxury and the most famous locations. That’s fair, as the city does have all that and more. However, it’s also a business hub with convenient conditions for company owners. Therefore, many people travel to the city for business purposes.  Negotiations and meetings can be tiresome and long, so it’s best […]

“Universal Language” – Not what you’d expect [MOVIE REVIEW]

You’ll be scratching your head throughout “Universal Language,” that is, when you’re not howling. I am at a loss to explain the meaning of this wacky film that is described by its writer-director Matthew Rankin as being “In a mysterious and bizarre interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg where the lives of multiple characters interweave […]

Ben Allen: Past and Future

State Senator Ben Allen looks to the future as he nears the end of his third and final term representing Beach Cities   by Garth Meyer Four years at Harvard, two years in Cambridge, two years at Berkeley, and a four hour-dinner with Bill Brand at Captain Kidd’s.  All part of the education of State […]