Posts by Chelsea Sektnan
Clean Yard, Clean Heart: Coastline Covenant Church joins city officials and neighbors to restore properties of homeowners in need
by Chelsea Sektnan An overgrown Redondo Beach yard choked with debris and towering weeds was transformed into a symbol of unity in the days before Thanksgiving by volunteers from Coastline Covenant Church’s Coastline Cares, as well as neighbors and city officials The group also tackled three other homes across the South Bay whose homeowners were…
Read MorePeninsula Holiday spirit keepers offer holiday gifts, with personal, holiday service
Home shopping for the holidays by Chelsea Sektnan Medawar Fine Jewelers: three generations of family jewelers Medawar Fine Jewelers has been a Palos Verdes cornerstone for over 40 years. This year, the Palos Verdes Chamber of Commerce will honor owner Robert Medawar as the Palos Verdes Citizen of the Year. “We are a third-generation…
Read MoreLife on a Bucking Landslide on the Portuguese Bend
“It reminds me of the Wild West. People are just saying screw it, I’m going to do what I need to do.” — Geologist Mike Phipps by Chelsea Sektnan When Southern California Edison cut power to 140 Portuguese Bend homes, and the sewage system on September 1, resident Guy Grant brought in three generators from…
Read MoreLife on a bucking landslide: Dave Zelhart and the people of Portuguese Bend
“It reminds me of the Wild West. People are just saying screw it, I’m going to do what I need to do.” — Geologist Mike Phipps by Chelsea Sektnan When Southern California Edison cut power to 140 Portuguese Bend homes, and the sewage system on September 1, resident Guy Grant brought in three generators from…
Read MorePalos Verdes resident Tom Smith, flying high at 75
On the day he turned 16, Tom Smith earned his drivers license and his pilot’s license. Since then he’s put more miles in the sky than on the road by Chelsea Sektnan As a boy growing up on Catalina Island, Palos Verdes resident Tom Smith watched Navy jets soar off aircraft carriers and dreamed…
Read MoreCoast Music celebrates two decades of bring musicians and community together
Story and photos Chelsea Sektnan On a recent summer Monday, eight-year-old Mia Papanikolas walked into Coast Music in Manhattan Beach with only a handful of group piano lessons behind her. On Friday, four days later, she walked out of Coast Music feeling like a rock star. She and five other kids from around the South…
Read MoreCoast Music celebrates two decades of bring musicians and community together
Story and photos Chelsea Sektnan On a recent summer Monday, eight-year-old Mia Papanikolas walked into Coast Music in Manhattan Beach with only a handful of group piano lessons behind her. On Friday, four days later, she walked out of Coast Music feeling like a rock star. She and five other kids from around the South…
Read MoreThe Sacred Garden: The Garden Church in San Pedro feeds the body and the spirit
by Chelsea Sektnan Tucked inside a formerly vacant lot on 6th Street in downtown San Pedro, behind a large, green wrought iron gate, is a dinosaur with a crown of thorns holding a quote from the Gospel of Matthew that says, “I was hungry, and you fed me, I was a stranger, and you…
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