Posts by Kevin Cody
AdventurePlex: Best kids camp
The favorite childhood game of playing grown-up will being taken to a new level with Toddler Town at AdventurePlex. Our readers favorite kids camp facility will soon have a farm with a barn, farm animals, a tractor, bales of hay and vegetables, as well as a grocery store with stocked shelves and a checkout counter and a home with a kitchen.
Read MorePaul’s Photo: Best photo store
Paul and Mark Comon aren’t content to sell cameras. The father and son owners of the half century old Paul’s Photo are photography evangelist.
Read MoreFresh Brothers: Best pizza
Fresh Brothers lives up to their name with their dough and spicy, richly herbed sauce made daily and locally, which is not the case at certain big chain pizza companies we won’t name.
Read MoreBluewater Grill: Best seafood soup
Do our readers love Bluewater Grill’s chowder and if so, which one, New England or Manhattan. Is it the lobster bisque, San Francisco cioppino, or perhaps the shrimp and chicken gumbo.
Read MoreRedondo Councilman Kilroy stands for street surfaces
During March 17’s Redondo Beach City Council meeting, District 5 Councilman Matt Kilroy took a last stand to repave the roads of his district during what was his final regular meeting as a member of Redondo’s Council — and he was denied by his fellow councilmembers. Kilroy, who has reached his term limit and is…
Read MoreAdams students ‘beat the textbook’
It’s presentation day in John Koncki’s sixth grade social studies class. While a few students have opted to work with longtime class project staples, like construction paper, cardboard and a whole lot of glue, those like Akash Pulinthanathu have decided to step outside the box. “My presentation has three parts to it,” he says, dragging…
Read MoreLetters 3/12/15
Back together again Dear ER: As a leader of a spiritual community in Hermosa Beach, I have worked hard for the past 18 months to keep St. Cross apolitical in the debate on Hermosa Beach Measure O. What has struck me most deeply as a citizen and leader of St. Cross is wondering what will…
Read MoreEdison grilled over power lines, outages
The Redondo Beach City Council confronted Southern California Edison regarding a recent power failure and made an effort to figure out just what SCE plans to do with the transmission lines that stretch to the AES Redondo generating plant — only to be rebuffed by SCE’s spokespeople. It was a coincidence that SCE regional manager…
Read MoreSouth Bay Community Calendar 3/05/15-3/11/15
Friday 6 SUMMIT South Bay Business Leaders Summit presents Making Your Mark: Communication, Branding, Leadership, from 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Manhattan Beach Marriott, 1400 Parkview Avenue, Manhattan Beach. Buy tickets on line at mbwib.com. Saturday 7 SCOTTISH FIDDLERS Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles 34th Annual Concert. A fiery program of marches, strathspeys,…
Read MoreNafissi and Horvath face District 3 runoff
Christian Anthony Horvath and Candace Allen Nafissi will square off in a District 3 runoff.
Read MoreHermosa Beach upholds oil ban by four to one margin
Not since the 1972 South End Redevelopment ballot measure has a Hermosa Beach election elicited such strong emotional feelings. Community leaders have expressed concerns about the vote’s aftermath.
Read MoreAES’s wallet dwarfs R4’s, but doesn’t dominate its grassroots spirit
Since the submission of the Harbor Village plan and the Measure B ballot initiative, opponents of AES’s effort to rezone the land under the Redondo Generating Station knew that they were in for an uphill battle. But the figures from the latest campaign funding statements outpace what anyone might have projected, even given the more…
Read MoreLetters 2/26/15
O why? Dear ER: As a South Bay resident, local businessman, and leader of one of our region’s most-respected environmental organizations, I feel compelled to simplify the economic choice facing Hermosa residents. There has been much discussion about the $17.5 million settlement fee payable to E & B should Measure O not pass. What is…
Read MoreHermosa Beach oil numbers a moving target
One year ago, dollar projections for E & B Natural Resources’ proposed oil drilling and recovery project in Hermosa Beach appeared clear, if broad-ranged. Since then, those numbers have become a moving target.
Read MoreCenterCal project fills market deficit in Redondo Beach, study finds
A study shows that a strong market exists for the proposed commercial uses of the Waterfront Project.
Read MoreBCHD offers election stress reduction workshop
The Beach Cities Health District is presenting a mindfulness-based stress reduction workshop just in time for the March 3 city council, Measure B and Measure O municipal elections.
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