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Best of the Beach 2022: Resort
Resort Terranea Resort If you’re not quite ready for a European vacation, a stay at the Terranea Resort may be the next best thing. Billed as an escape from the ordinary, the 102-acre property on the Palos Verdes Peninsula is surrounded by unparalleled natural beauty. When you’re paddle boarding along the Pacific, you’ll feel like…
Read MoreBest of the Beach 2022: Hotel
Hotel Shade, Manhattan Beach When Shade Hotel opened in downtown Manhattan Beach a dozen years ago, it did more than provide the area the first truly boutique hotel for visitors. Shade was the anchor for the Metlox project, a development 20 years in the making, and the hotel quickly became a gathering point for the…
Read MoreManhattan Beach Rotary among El Camino College 75th anniversary gala honorees
The Manhattan Beach Rotary has been named recipient of the 2022 El Camino College Community Gratitude Award. The Manhattan Beach Rotary has been supporting student scholarships at El Camino since 2008, and has donated close to $100,000 to the school. The organization has also provided food and supplies to the Warrior Pantry, and donated funds…
Read MoreVoting underway for Hermosa Beach Chamber Awards Dinner Honorees
Voting is now underway for Hermosa Beach Chamber Awards and Installation dinner honorees. The dinner will be held Monday, Jan. 24, at the Lighthouse Cafe on Pier Plaza. Tickets are $100 for chamber members and $125 for non members. To vote, go to HBChamber.net. Person of the Year Mike Bell Marje Bennetts Annie Seawright-Newton Best…
Read MoreRedondo Beach’s Joe Czuleger did it all: businessman, boater, diver, fisherman, skier
Joe Czuleger lived one heck of a life during his 95 years as a Redondo Beach resident. He witnessed a full solar eclipse while on a fishing trip off Baja California. He was on a boat in Los Angeles Harbor the one day Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose. In the late 1940s he downhill…
Read MoreDr. Pissed Off: Welcome to Camp Omicron. Here are the rules
by Dr. Pissed Off The newest version of COVID-19 is called Omicron. You will get it whether vaccinated, or not, unless you beat the odds — kind of like the lottery. It does not care if you have already had COVID. Omicron is diabolically contagious, and will find you. If you are vaccinated, the more…
Read MoreThe 29th Annual Beach Cities Toy Drive
Hutas lived ‘sunset to sunset’
Photographer, painter and carpet cleaner Robi Hutas was remembered by over 500 friends during the screening of a documentary about his life in the Hermosa Beach Community Center and an exhibit of his photos and paintings in the Hermosa Historical Society. Hutas fled Budapest in 1958 after having fought in the Hungarian Revolution, and arrived…
Read MoreSpotlight on Health Layla Paige’s Nature Walk
Nearly 300 walkers joined Layla Paige’s Nature Walk for TrinityKids Care at the South Coast Botanic Garden, on Oct. 9, to celebrate the life and legacy of Layla Paige. The morning began with Layla’s parents, Matt and Larissa Sonnen, sharing the heartwarming story of their daughter, Layla. After Kandis Wannamaker led everyone in a vigorous…
Read MoreSpotlight on Holidays Torrance Memorial Holiday
At the Torrance Memorial Holiday Festival in 2013 Santa needed back up when he needed to take a break. Michelle Rand, who enjoyed dressing as an Elf over the holidays, volunteered. Fellow volunteers Michelle Rand, Diane Urquhart and Angie Masincup joined in what became known as the Torrance Memorial Elf program. In addition to helping…
Read MoreSpotlight on Health Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach Garden Party
The return of Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach’s 24th annual Garden Party sold out, and raised $375,000, a record amount for patients and families on their cancer journeys. This Celebrate Wellness Food and Beverage tasting event was on October 24 at the South Coast Botanic Gardens. More than 500 guests enjoyed sunshine and music as…
Read MoreBCHD offers vaccinations for kids 9-11
The Beach Cities Health District, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, and the South Bay Consortium for School Vaccines, began offering Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations against COVID-19 to children ages 5 to 11 on Monday. “This is a critical next step in the battle against COVID-19,” said BCHD CEO Tom Bakaly. “Having…
Read MoreAbout town
Mural board merger Members of the new Hermosa Beach Mural Project Board of Directors gathered recently in the Hermosa Beach Council chambers for installation of a posture featuring the 10 murals installed throughout the city over the past 10 years. The original Mural Project board dissolved upon completion of its 10-mural goal. The Hermosa Beach…
Read MoreManhattan Chamber recognizes its best
Photos by JP Cordero Departing Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO Kelly Stroman received the newly created Unsung Hero award and Skechers CEO Michael Greenberg received the newly created Chamber Hall of Fame award during the chamber’s 8th Annual Best of Manhattan Beach dinner at the westdrift Manhattan Beach hotel last week. Stroman was…
Read MoreWater witches return to King Harbor, Redondo Beach
Photos by JP Cordero A coven of over 100 witches, along with a scattering of Harry Potters and young gremlins used stand-up paddleboards as broom sticks to drift across King Harbor’s main channel in Redondo Beach on Halloween. It was the second year the witches, organized by Erin Hanson, materialized out of the morning fog,…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor 11-4-2021
Faceless mouth Dear ER: My compliments to reporter Mark McDermott for his comprehensive article of the culture war erupting at the Manhattan Beach School District (“Critical Race Theory issue leads to attack on Manhattan Beach School Board.,” ER Oct. 21, 2021). Second, while I realize some people are angry about what the school board is…
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