by Donald Morrison As 11th graders at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Kieran Lyons and Henry Johnson have spent the better part of this year at home learning how to be good students, remotely. But as leaders in Manhattan Beach’s Boy Scout Troop 713 — they’re the ones who are teaching. Under normal […]…
By Gigi Moreno, Ph.D. In August, I received an email from Kaiser Permanente asking members to volunteer for a COVID vaccine trial. I have never volunteered as a test subject for any scientific experiment. I also do my best to minimize exposing my body to medications and other chemicals. Nevertheless, I clicked on the link. […]…
by Mark McDermott Two more Manhattan Beach residents have died as a result of COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The deaths were reported in LAC DPH’s daily data releases on January 8 and January 10 and bring the total COVID-19 deaths in Manhattan Beach to six. The city also […]…
by Paul Teetor A famous football coach – OK, it was the Al Pacino character in Oliver Stone’s great football film Any Given Sunday – famously said that football is a game of inches. That was never truer than in the Rams’ 32-18, second-round playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers Saturday afternoon. It […]…
“COVID turned into a blessing for me because there were no distractions.” by Donald Morrison Manhattan Beach skateboarder Mason Silva has been named Thrasher Magazine’s 2020 Skater of The Year. Skaters from across the globe spend all year performing for short videos, called “parts,” that they then submit to Thrasher Magazine for skating’s highest honor. […]…
Tony Capozzola had some baseball advice for Tommy Lasorda during what started as a friendly lunch. Lasorda didn’t agree with it — and didn’t want to hear it. The lunch went downhill from there.…
The most powerful of the six back to back Northwest swells was forecast to hit Mavericks last Sunday, Jan 8. Three longtime El Porto friends, big wave surfer Bob Sievers, photographer Ken Pagliaro and boat captain Brooke Basse rearranged their lives to be there.…
by Kevin Cody A surfboard that washed ashore with a broken leash in El Porto late Sunday afternoon prompted a concerned crowd watching the 10- to 20-foot surf to flag down a Los Angeles County Lifeguard truck. “The lifeguard truck just happened to be passing by. I had watched the driver close up his tower […]…
Brad Jacobson of the "Chasing Surf" video series, didn't have to chase the surf very far to find good waves this past weekend.…
![PCH passion project [restaurant review]](https://easyreadernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FruitionCruddas-75x55.jpg "PCH passion project [restaurant review]")
Most businesses follow strategies dictated by marketing studies. Then there are places like Fruition Organic Market, which moved into the former El Tarasco location at Goat Hill in Manhattan Beach. I’m pretty much certain that no marketing consultants were involved in the choice of location, menu, hours, or anything else. The business is located in […]…
As we pass another month with neither indoor or outdoor dining in Los Angeles County, South Bay restaurateurs seem to remain cautiously optimistic. Few permanent closures have been announced, there have been some openings, and new projects have been announced. We’ll start this week’s column with some of that sweet good news. A Little Wonder: […]…
While 2020 was not a good year financially for restaurants, it was creatively and qualitatively the equal of any in recent memory.…
Can we take a rain check? Dora Maar, Surrealist painter and photographer by Bondo Wyszpolski Originally I might have titled this piece “No longer a footnote,” but the scheduled exhibition of Dora Maar’s photography, photo-collages, and paintings never made it to the Getty. However, the show, which originated at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, traveled […]…
![“A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem” – And it’s never done [MOVIE REVIEW]](https://easyreadernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/E41465F1-6BA2-4008-991E-8EEB1567376B-75x55.jpeg "“A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem” – And it’s never done [MOVIE REVIEW]")
by Neely Swanson “A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem” is a fine documentary directed by Yu Gu and written by Elizabeth Ai. Following the progress of lawsuits filed by two NFL cheerleaders from different teams, Gu and Ai clearly lay out the issues of illegal employment practices and sexual harassment that are rampant in […]…
![“Flack” – Incoming [MOVIE REVIEW]](https://easyreadernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3960A36A-C4CB-43B8-A202-7D78D28CCC5E-75x55.jpeg "“Flack” – Incoming [MOVIE REVIEW]")
by Neely Swanson “Flack,” the new dramedy on Amazon Prime, created by Oliver Lansley, nails the nasty, creative and thankless profession of the celebrity publicist. Lansley, a playwright and television writer, is also an established British actor with many episodic credits. He has, no doubt, over the years observed variations on the behaviors portrayed on […]…
by Anthony Ward Higgins I am writing because I believe firm action to stop Manhattan Beach from allowing takeout diners to subvert the county Covid health orders and undermine public safety during a raging pandemic (“Manhattan Beach to allow outdoor dining for to-go orders,” ERNews). Manhattan Beach is among the growing number of cities that […]…
Great Blue Heron on The Esplanade I go to the Redondo Beach Esplanade most mornings to photograph dolphins. During an early October morning this handsome fellow swooped right in front of me, landed on a building for a minute and took off. I was lucky enough to have my camera ready and capture him as […]…
by Dr. Greg Allen In our society, there has always been a disconnect between parents and their kids. In some families it is minimal and in some a great divide. The difference in the generations naturally creates this also. The emphasis on independence facilitates a separateness in relations. This disconnect has grown with the infusion, […]…
Hermosa Beach Police Detective Matthew was among over 30 Hermosa police officers who participated in last week’s Red Cross Battle of the Badges. Photo courtesy of HBPD
Hermosa Beach Police Detective Matthew Franco signals he’s okay after making a Power Red blood donation (more than one unit) last Thursday at Clark Stadium. Franco and fellow Hermosa officers donated 33 units of blood during the day’s Red Cross Battle of the Badges.
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