Posts by Mark McDermott
Wee Man’s Chronic adventure
Jason “Wee Man” Acuña is a pro skateboarder, a professional jackass, and perhaps the most popular dwarf the world has ever known. Now he is also a purveyor of fine tacos, bringing Wee Man’s Chronic Tacos to the South Bay. Mainly, though, he just wants to have fun.
Read MoreMexi-Cali Gypsy Pirate Rock: Diego’s Umbrella play Saint Rocke Saturday
Gin Blossoms at Brixton tonight….
Teachers accept early retirement
Sixteen of the 70 teachers offered a year’s salary as an incentive to retire early have accepted. Tuesday night the Redondo Beach Unified School District school board unanimously approved the retirement package.
Read MorePennywise’s new lineup plays Bro Hymn
The uplifting ballad of Diego’s Umbrella
This is the story of Diego, his umbrella, a long-dead whistling woman, an elk’s horn, a Jewish wedding, a unicorn and a small troop of well-equipped madmen who wander across the land in search of minor chord women and musical mayhem. It begins, around the turn of the century, with the arm of a man…
Read MoreEducation Foundation rallies for schools
The Redondo Beach Education Foundation hopes to double its contribution this year and give $200,000 towards elementary music and arts, teacher grants, and various other educational programs. But thus far only four percent of parents in the district have joined.
Read MoreSouth Bay Beat Songwriter Showcase at Club 705 Wednesday night: James Hurley
Meaghan Smith at St. Rocke [VIDEO]
Katie Costello plays Saint Rocke [VIDEO]
Former councilman arrested for abuse
Former Councilman Don Szerlip was arrested last Wednesday night on suspicion of spousal abuse. According to police reports, officers responded to an undisclosed location at 9:50 p.m. after receiving a phone call regarding a fight between a husband and a wife. They arrived to find Cindy Szerlip injured, and her husband, Don Szerlip, no longer…
Read MoreLegendary flamenco dancer Omayra Amaya comes to Redondo Beach [VIDEO]
Legendary flamenco dancer Omayra Amaya comes to Redondo Beach this weekend as part of the Los Angeles Flamenco Festival
Read MoreSongs of the Gypsies
The Los Angeles Flamenco Festival launches this weekend in the South Bay with two nights of concerts at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center and an intimate evening at Sangria on the Hermosa pier.
Read MoreCity, schools land swap deal collapses
A property deal that would have involved a land swap between the city and the school district has fallen apart.
As a result, the district may lose out on lease revenue equal to the salaries of 16 teachers and the city must seek a new location for the police station it hopes to build.
Both sides attribute the collapse, in part, to the district’s properties being substantially devalued because of Measure DD’s passage two years ago, an argument dismissed by the slow growth initiative’s leader.
Read MoreSaint Patrick’s Day parade in Hermosa Beach [VIDEO]
Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Hermosa Beach, 2010
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