Posts by Emma Lehman
Sk8 Kids and Hermosa’s Bila Bila merges and builds new home for skate families in Lawndale
by Emma Lehman Adele Berne and Jason Tarango met at a San Diego skate park in the fall of 2018, when Jason was teaching skateboarding classes with equipment he hauled around to different skate parks. He called his classes Sk8 Kids. Adele’s daughter was in one of his classes. Adele was a dancer and roller…
Read MoreHomeless in Manhattan Beach get counted
by Emma Lehman Two dozen volunteers with flashlights and wearing reflective vests fanned out across Manhattan Beach Wednesday evening to count the town’s homeless. The annual count was part of a countywide program coordinated by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The results of Wednesday’s count are expected to…
Read MoreJazz guitarist Jacques Lesure to recall Lighthouse Jazz Cafe history
by Emma Lehman Every Monday night, Jacques Lesure can be found at the Lighthouse Jazz Cafe, on Pier Plaza in downtown Hermosa Beach, hosting jam sessions. The legendary jazz guitarist has performed with Pharoh Sanders, Bernadette Peters, Little Milton, and James Brown. In the Oscar-winning La La Land, Lesure is the Lighthouse band guitarist. On…
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