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Jonathan Bisignano was two years old and ready to see the world. His family was living in South Redondo at the time, and Jonathan was playing by himself in the backyard. Then he wasn’t. His mother Angela Bisignano looked outside and her son was nowhere to be found. Panic set in. He’d found a way…
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Perfect Moments Gone Astray “Awkward” at ESMoA opens today Without setting foot into a casino, Mike Bender and Doug Chernack hit the jackpot. The two friends, who went to high school together in New Jersey, are writing partners here in L.A., but their jackpot didn’t come through writing either. Here’s what happened. At the home…
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by Mark McDermott Two years ago, Alex Gray found himself at a crossroads. His 22 year professional surfing career had recently come to a close, and like everyone else, he’d just endured the dark first year of the pandemic. For Gray, this had meant no surf trips, and closed local beaches — keeping him from…
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In the 1950s, “dinner and a movie” was a first date cliché, a way to go out and not do anything overtly romantic like dancing, which might risk the couple actually touching one anotherr. Restaurants near movie theaters benefited from the traffic, and servers might get larger tips if they perfected the art of offering…
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When Loni Compagnon met Thomas, the man who is now her husband, there was an awkward moment. He was then the sommelier at Cafe Pacific at Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes but mentioned his ambition to open his own restaurant. “I said, ‘Oh, if you do, I’ll help you.’ Then I thought,…
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Shooting star Thursday June 22 was a long-awaited day of pride and joy for many high school basketball coaches as they watched young men they had coached get drafted into the NBA. Congratulations flowed on social media like confetti raining down on a parade. But for Redondo basketball coach Vic Martin June 22 was a…
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