Search Results: best o the beach 2019

Jimmy Miller teams score sun, family friendly waves 

By Kevin Cody / October 18, 2019

    The 15th Annual Jimmy Miller Memorial Surf Fiesta, on Sunday at 42nd Street in Manhattan Beach, drew over 180 surfers for a team surf contest in small, family-friendly waves. Funds from entry fees, T-shirts, raffles, and a silent auction will go to JMMF ocean therapy programs. Sub Bum Best Performance by a Family…

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Letters to the Editor 10-10-19

By Judy Rae / October 10, 2019

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South Bay Community Calendar 10-10-19

By Judy Rae / October 10, 2019

Politics, shoulder pain, corvettes, pancakes, The Jimmy, American Martyrs Fair, Carnival, Spooktacular

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Preston Sturges a prescient screenwriter

By Paul Teetor / October 10, 2019

The Hollywood legend’s struggles disclosed in biography by son       If Thursday night’s book signing at Pages Bookstore was a Preston Sturges film, it would have been called “The Manhattan Beach Story.” The plot summary: a son who worships his long-dead, celebrity father as a hero finds some old letters and diaries that give him…

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Hermosa tests hotdoggers

By Mike Purpus / October 10, 2019

The Fourth Annual Subaru Pacific Hotdogger Surfing Championships drew 50 of the top-rated longboard surfers from around the world to the south side of the Hermosa Beach Pier on Saturday. The sun was out and so were plenty of fast, glassy, 3-foot tubes to ride.

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Decades later, Gardena High School’s classic art collection comes to light

By Bondo Wyszpolski / October 9, 2019

Long ago, but not so far away Among high schools, Gardena’s art collection was unrivaled One hundred years ago, Gardena High School principal John H. Whitely pushed forward an idea that soon put the city on the map. By 1928, according to the Gardena Valley News, GHS was becoming known as “the high school that…

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City Hall declines imposing firefighter contract

By Kevin Cody / October 5, 2019

After very little public discussion, save for a series of comments from the audience, the Redondo Beach City Council elected not to impose its “last, best and final offer” labor agreement onto the city’s firefighters association Tuesday night. A “last, best and final offer” is the last step in the negotiating process once two entities…

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Letters to the Editor 10-3-19

By Judy Rae / October 3, 2019

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City urges SCOTUS review in homeless case

By Kevin Cody / October 1, 2019

A brief was filed Tuesday by municipalities including Redondo Beach, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision that has prompted cities across California to stop enforcing anti-homelessness laws for fear of legal retribution. Redondo Beach, one of the earliest cities to jump on the brief, was among the 33 California cities and counties…

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Giving back to the future

By Elka Worner / September 27, 2019

Lundquists prepare students to preserve the past

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The uke people

By Mark McDermott / September 26, 2019

Who plays the ukulele, and why

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Letters to the Editor 9-26-19

By Judy Rae / September 26, 2019

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South Bay arts calendar – Sept. 26 to Oct. 2

By Bondo Wyszpolski / September 25, 2019

Friday, September 27 Don’t cry, come see it “Evita: In Concert” features music from “Evita,” with its Tony-winning score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. It’s being performed at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the Norris Theatre, 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates. Features the…

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El Segundo – Drew Boyles The Charger part 2

By Mark McDermott / September 25, 2019

Drew Boyles’ unlikely path to becoming the mayor of El Segundo

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El Segundo – Betsy Butler in the service of equality

By Easy Reader Staff / September 25, 2019

Betsy Butler works to leverage women’s advances in sports to advances toward equal pay

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Gran served with intent to recall

By Kevin Cody / September 21, 2019

  Recall group says councilman’s vote against County fire study puts ‘lives at risk’ A group of Redondo Beach citizens are moving to recall Councilman John Gran in response to his vote killing the City’s study exploring contracting with Los Angeles County Fire Department services. Gran was the Council’s swing vote, pressing to approve a…

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