Search Results: Best of the Beach 2024

All Ball Sports:  New Trojan horse, Mustangs escape, Kobe’s House

By Paul Teetor / December 1, 2021

by Paul Teetor The gold and cardinal USC banners came out of deep storage Sunday afternoon, and started flying all over the beach cities. Whether they were hanging from a showy over-priced multi-million-dollar mega-mansion, a boxy concrete duplex carved up into a rat-hole megaplex, or a run-down sea shack eyesore – yes, there are still…

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All Ball Sports: Star born at star-crossed USC, Clippers Balmer starry eyed, Costa wishes on a star

By Paul Teetor / September 23, 2021

by Paul Teetor The narrative line is as old  as the art of storytelling itself: a young understudy, a complete unknown, is called on at the last second with no hope of success and leaves the stage three hours later as a budding star. This kind of inspirational story usually only happens in corny Hollywood…

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All Ball Sports: Lasorda, and the Linguine and Baseball Club; Goff in from the cold; Coach Feather credited

By Easy Reader Staff / January 15, 2021

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.

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MBUSD welcomes youngest students back to campus

By Easy Reader Staff / December 10, 2020

  Tuesday was the first day of school at Pennekamp Elementary, and Principal Karina Gerger noticed something was very different than years past. It wasn’t the fact that all the kids wore masks, though of course that was different. It wasn’t even the plexiglass-equipped desks and the handwashing stations in every classroom, though that too…

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All Ball Sports: Montrezl Harrell used the wrong B-word. 

By Kevin Cody / September 3, 2020

When feisty Clippers back-up center Montrezl Harrell called Luka Doncic a “bitch-ass white boy” Friday night the Twittersphere instantly exploded. The general gist: what if roles had been reversed and Doncic had made such a derogatory reference to Harrell’s skin color?

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The old man and the little mermaid

By Paul Teetor / August 8, 2019

“You’re on your own, just you and the ocean.” – Dwight Crum Pier to Pier announcer Dick Douglas         She’s the youngest person ever to swim in the two-mile Dwight Crum Pier to Pier race. He was the oldest person in Sunday’s race. In an after-race photo, he looked like a proud grandfather and she…

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Gillis Bodysurfing gives back at annual Surf Festival contest

By Special Contributor / August 8, 2019

Over 100 men and nearly 50 women from throughout California and Hawaii competed in the International Surf Festival body surfing contest Saturday morning at the Manhattan Beach pier. Jason Napolitan, of Manhattan Beach, placed first in the men’s 19-39 division, followed by Adam Warren of San Diego and Alex Merteska of Los Angeles. In the…

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Darren’s Dare [restaurant review]

By Richard Foss / August 7, 2019

Some things are so widely believed to be impossible that they’re rarely tried. In the hospitality industry one of these truisms is that once a place has an established identity as a bar that serves food, you can’t transition into an upscale restaurant. You can do it if you change the name and décor, but…

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16th Annual St. Baldrick’s Event in Memory of Zack Willson-White

By Judy Rae / March 7, 2018
When: March 25, 2018 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: Riviera Mexican Grill, 1615 S Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, USA

     16th Annual St. Baldrick’s Event in Memory of Zack Willson-White Sunday, March 25, at noon −       Fundraising goal is $50,000, with 10 shavees −       This event started in 2003 in memory Zack Willson-White, who was diagnosed…

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Keeping new oil rigs off of coast won’t be easy, officials say

By Ryan McDonald / February 21, 2018

    Three years ago, keeping oil out of Hermosa Beach required a monumental effort from the community. A similar effort may be needed, all across California, to make sure new drilling stays out. That was the conclusion of local elected officials who joined representatives from state land use agencies and environmental groups at the…

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Summer heat spikes on the sand

By Randy Angel / May 19, 2016

  Father’s Day Beach Volleyball Tournament June 19 Father and daughter and Father and son volleyball teams compete in pool play, south of the Manhattan Beach Pier, where the Manhattan Open will be played later in the summer. T-shirts for each. 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. $100. For registration assistance, please contact the Registration Help…

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Notice of Trustee’s Sale 10-3-2013

By Judy Rae / October 3, 2013

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-12-519599-VF Order No.: 120247871-CA-MSI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/16/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.…

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