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Venice alive and well in Torrance
Il bar, where the Italian’s drink and drive by Richard Foss There’s a reason Starbucks gives their drinks Italian names. Their Frappuccino and their measurements venti and trenta are either meaningless or misleading in Italian, but they reflect the fact that Italians not only invented the espresso machine, but most of the drinks that are […]
Where movies are the gateway to the world
Randy Berler’s South Bay Film Society screens art house films at the AMC Rolling Hills 20 by Bondo Wyszpolski In June 2012, Randy Berler crossed his fingers and jumped in. Three years into retirement, the former urban planner for the City of Redondo Beach was hoping to sell 59 tickets for “Three Colors: Red,” by […]
Sage Advice by Liz Schoeben
The other parent/child talk
Barbara Strasen and the group show “Layer Upon Layer” at El Camino College
Over, under, sideways, down by Bondo Wyszpolski No one should be surprised, when standing in front of a painting by Barbara Strasen, to find themselves drawn forward into its depths, under or just behind the surface images where other images are waiting. It’s a bit like swimming through a gently swaying kelp forest where ocean […]
The rabbit’s been singing, but nobody saw it
It’s a bright new mourning by Bondo Wyszpolski The coastline may not have changed much, but if we turn back the clock a few hundred years we’d have to clear the map of “Palos Verdes,” “Rolling Hills,” “San Pedro, and write in the names of the Indian villages and communities that dotted the Peninsula: Chowingna […]
Young in spirit
by Ester Kang Despite Rev. Joshua Yee’s youth, St. Luke’s new pastor has a long and deep pastoral foundation Rev. Joshua Yee was only 7 years old when he felt called to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather’s and uncles’ pastoral ministries. The Carson child began serving in leadership roles for the youth ministry […]
Pastoral pleasures at the PV Land Conservancy Celebration
The event at the Terranea Resort celebrates three decades of working toward a future with natural landscapes
If you just look at a map, it might seem unlikely that any event in Palos Verdes could legitimately be called pastoral. On all sides save the ocean to the southwest, dense suburbs dominate an artificial landscape. Nevertheless, the name is appropriate for a Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy event, because the fact that any […]