Chris Isaak knows what you want to hear The songwriter known for Wicked Game, and working with filmmaker David Lynch, performs at BeachLife Ranch this Sunday, September 24 Ryan McDonald September 19, 2023
South Bay punk pioneers gather to honor producer Spot by Ryan McDonald When Wyn Davis thinks of Spot, what comes to mind is a man roaring down Pier Avenue Ryan McDonald July 14, 2023
Just the Man to See: Beloved musician and therapist Kevin Sousa touched thousands of South Bay lives before passing away last week by Ryan McDonald In the darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic, Kevin Sousa would take the short walk from his Ryan McDonald May 31, 2023
Fundraiser will benefit musician, chef Albert Kim by Ryan McDonald Every Friday night for the better part of the previous decade, the Scott Whyte Band could be Ryan McDonald January 13, 2023
The Infinite Series of the Sea: Raymond Pettibon, punk’s most celebrated artist, creates spellbinding works of surfers and waves by Ryan McDonald In surf speak, a “line” is the path a surfer chooses to take on a wave. The Ryan McDonald November 11, 2022
After a brain hemorrhage nearly killed him, South Bay chef and musician Albert Kim reckons with recovery by Ryan McDonald Early on in Albert Kim’s 61-day hospitalization at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, a member Ryan McDonald September 3, 2022
Skateboard legend, Caballeros at Redondo BeachLife By Ryan McDonald Last year, Steve Caballero announced that he and two other musicians he had been playing with were Ryan McDonald September 9, 2021
Former pro surfer Tom Curren at Redondo BeachLife by Ryan McDonald Tom Curren is the rare surfer who inspires as much reverence in impatient youth as he does Ryan McDonald September 9, 2021
Pennywise’s Lindberg plans acoustic sets at BeachLife by Ryan McDonald Jim Lindberg’s songwriting process almost always begins the same way. The question he has to answer, quickly, Ryan McDonald August 12, 2021
Pennywise’s ‘Bro Hymn:’ A hymn known by heart by Ryan McDonald Justin Thirsk heard the plan the day before. He was nervous, but it was not the sort Ryan McDonald August 5, 2021
The Drop: Surfing and Addiction by Ryan McDonald If ever a life called out to be transformed into a podcast, it is that of Rick Ryan McDonald June 30, 2021
South Bay’s Slaughterhouse ready for its curtain call after a year pent-up by the pandemic by Ryan McDonald On March 6 of last year, when face masks seemed a paranoid overstatement, the band Slaughterhouse played Ryan McDonald April 14, 2021
After siege by Trump mob, South Bay’s Rep. Lieu helps lead impeachment effort [Updated] Minutes after President Donald Trump concluded the “Save America” rally last Wednesday by instructing the thousands of people gathered on Ryan McDonald January 13, 2021
Beached party: Beach Cities Republican numbers tumble over Trump When newly elected Congressman Steve Kuykendall arrived in Washington, D.C. in January 1999, the Palos Verdes Republican made a point Ryan McDonald December 24, 2020
Trapped in paradise: Manhattan Beach’s Pages hosts authors Stan Parish and Daniel Riley for stories about places we can only imagine (for now) In the penultimate chapter of Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesburg, Ohio,” the newspaper reporter George Willard is preparing to leave the village Ryan McDonald December 2, 2020
Will the pandemic reshape downtown Hermosa Beach? Across the United States, the coronavirus has made packed restaurants and carefree urban mingling impossible. In Hermosa Beach there is Ryan McDonald September 7, 2020