Search Results: best of the beach 2018

State of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified Schools

By Yvonne Liu / October 25, 2019

Superintendent Cherniss addresses academic success, laments inferior facilities

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Council pays police, considers sales tax increase

By Kevin Cody / October 19, 2019

The Redondo Beach City Council has a tentative agreement in place with its police officers union, ending a 16-month labor standoff between the two sides. To do so, the Council unanimously approved a plan to borrow funds from the City’s pension reserve fund. The move set off a series of budget discussions that will likely…

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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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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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First, Lansdown duel to finish in 32 Mile Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race

By Kevin Cody / August 28, 2019

Los Angeles County Lifeguard and 2014, 2015 and 2017 Catalina Classic winner Max First fended off Australian lifeguard and 2018 Catalina Classic winner Lansie Landsdown to claim his fourth Classic title.

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Plan for slackline park on Hermosa sand sinks amid stiff opposition

By Ryan McDonald / August 22, 2019

The fate of slacklining in Hermosa Beach may have been sealed with a coincidental appearance from a pair of internet comedians. At its April 3 meeting, Hermosa’s Parks, Recreation and Community Resources Advisory Board had been set to discuss a proposal for a park on the beach for slacklining, a growing but still niche sport…

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Letters to the Editor 8-15-19

By Judy Rae / August 15, 2019

Read about it. Write about it

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The astronaut and the border

By Mark McDermott / August 15, 2019

Astronaut Danny Olivas, who is from the El Paso neighborhood targeted in the August 3 mass shooting, believes lessons learned in space can help heal the divisions America now experiences   On June 9, 2007, the day after the Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-117 launched into Earth’s orbit, its crew made an alarming discovery. Using…

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The Kids Are Alright: South Bay’s Bob Bain puts on the Teen Choice Awards amid a changing media landscape

By Ryan McDonald / August 12, 2019

More than a decade ago, Bob Bain was in his former office when his production partner popped in and asked Bain if he would like to watch a band performing in a room down the hall. The group had an energy, a buzz that suggested big things might be on the horizon. Bain, buried in…

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South Bay Community Calendar 8-8-19

By Judy Rae / August 9, 2019

MB AVP, concerts, Teen Choice, Pajama-rama, Summer series, beach party

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Rescue riders

By Rachel Reeves / July 30, 2019

Horse-loving families restore the long-neglected Palos Verdes Stables Once or twice a week for three years, Megan Padilla drove her daughters to Palos Verdes to ride horses.  The commute from Manhattan Beach transported Padilla back a world she had left decades earlier. She’d been a “horse girl” growing up in Lunada Bay. She competed around…

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Real and replica at the Getty Villa

By Bondo Wyszpolski / July 17, 2019

Back to the beginning Originals meet the replicas in the Getty Villa’s “Buried by Vesuvius” Few of us will have the experience of digging a well in our backyard which leads to the unearthing of an entire seaside estate. But that’s sort of what happened in 1750 when well diggers were stopped by an exquisite…

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Mindful craft [restaurant review]

By Richard Foss / July 16, 2019

Before I stopped in at Crafty Minds Brews + Bites for the first time, I tried to look up their menu online. I couldn’t find one, so I called. The fellow who answered the phone said they didn’t have an online presence, but volunteered that they serve what he called “California pub food.” It’s a…

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