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There are some 363 miles of rocky, rugged coastline in Oregon, home to agates, Dungeness crab, seals and puffins and home to some of the most iconic lighthouses in the world. It is one fantastic spot for a photo road trip. You may visit your local rv rentals center to rent an rv for your…
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By Paul Teetor Help Wanted: seeking miracle worker for impossible job! Must be able to work with divas, slackers, ego-maniacs and incompetent upper management. Born scapegoats welcomed. D-Day for the Lakers coaching search is looming ever closer, so let’s start with the good news for Lakers fans: ex-Warriors Coach and current basketball analyst Mark Jackson…
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Food Truck In Reverse: It’s not unusual for food truck operators to transition their business to a brick-and-mortar location, but somewhat less common for the opposite to happen. That process has occurred at Manhattan House, which closed a few weeks ago. Former chef-owner Juan Torres has taken his act on the road with a food…
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by Garth Meyer Is it a sport, is it a game, is it an activity? It is esports, and it has come to South Bay high schools, with Redondo Union and Mira Costa finishing their inaugural seasons April 6 in a showdown. Six kids on each team, each behind a computer screen at the foot…
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by Tom Horton President South Bay Boardriders Club At the recent Hermosa Friends Foundation Quick Pitch competition, at The Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach Kiwanis president Rick Koenig said to me, “I had no idea The South Bay Boardriders Club did so much more than just host surf contests.” Since SBBC’s founding in 2009, the club’s…
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by Paul Teetor Webster’s Dictionary defines a scapegoat as a person blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency. Synonyms are listed as whipping boy, fall guy and patsy. Meet Coach Frank Vogel, the Lakers newest scapegoat — and whipping boy, fall guy and patsy. Vogel, who was fired…
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by Kevin Cody Representatives from a dozen Beach Cities charities spoke from the Lighthouse Cafe stage Wednesday evening. Slides showing their services flashed on a screen behind them. The slides were the only support allowed during the four-minute pitches. PowerPoint presentations and videos were not allowed. The evening was hosted by the Hermosa Beach Friends…
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Narrative inconsistency Dear ER “This is not the plague. I don’t know anyone who has died of COVID.” Manhattan Beach Council Member Suzane Hadley (“Hadley’s Crusade, ER Feb. 24, 2022). So mask mandates are government overreach. But book burning isn’t because it’s to protect the public? Nhat Tran ERNews comment An uncensored account It would…
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by Paul Teetor As everyone from Kim K and Kanye to J-Lo, A-Rod and Bennifer can tell you, breaking up is hard to do. And it’s incredibly hard and messy when it happens in public. Especially in the age of Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok. But it’s REALLY hard to do and REALLY messy when…
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Strong stats Dear ER: From 2017 until the end of 2020, violent crimes in Manhattan Beach decreased by 39.6 percent.. Property crimes decreased by 12.1 percent. The 2021 statistics are not reported yet. So when an organization that labels itself Manhattan Beach Strong and reports the incorporated City of Los Angeles crime statistics to reflect…
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+ A waystation for butterflies Kirsten Poulin began raising Western Monarch butterflies at the start of the COVID pandemic. Since then, she has released over 500 monarchs and her Peninsula home has been designated a Monarch Butterfly Waystation. She has also enlisted neighbors to breed the endangered butterflies. Poulin was prompted to begin raising Monarchs…
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In hindsight, the best that can be said about dining in the year 2021 is that it wasn’t as awful as we were expecting. On December 31 of 2020 the dining scene looked bleak, but we close the books on the 2021 with guarded optimism. Here were 10 of the high and low points: …
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Change isn’t easy Dear ER: Thank you for your continuing excellent coverage of the Manhattan Beach Unified School District (MBUSD) Board of Education meetings (“Parents erupt at school board meeting, ER Dec. 9, 2021). The country is in a sorry state when many people think that the acceptable response to someone who disagrees with their…
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Holiday events: Santa With help from the Redondo Beach Police Officers Association, Santa will be visiting Redondo Beach neighborhoods through Dec. 16. To find out when Santa will be in your neighborhood, go to Redondo.org or RedondoBeachPOA.com. Live musical theater “Elf the Musical” is coming to Redondo Union High School 7 p.m. on Dec. 9,…
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A musical journey, a long time coming Ranchers for Peace playing Sunday, Dec. 5 at Collage in San Pedro by Bondo Wyszpolski I haven’t purposely put off writing about Charles Duncan for 40 years (and, yes, that’s 4-0), it’s just that the opportunity has never quite presented itself until now. Of course, if I’d written…
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