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Easy Reader Best of the Beach 2016 Retailers and Services

By Kevin Cody / March 14, 2016

Over 3,000 readers showed their support for their favorite beach retailers and services by voting in Easy Readers 30th Annual Best of The Beach contest. Though any “Best of” vote is more subjective than scientific, Best Of voting gives readers an opportunity to show their appreciation for the many businesses and services that make the beach cities such a wonderful place to live.

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South Bay Camera Club

By Judy Rae / September 30, 2015
When: October 12, 2015 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Torrance Airport Administration Building meeting room, 3301 Airport Dr, Torrance, CA 90505, USA

South Bay Camera Club Photography Prints Critique:  Mark Comon, vice-president of Paul’s Photo in Torrance,  will critique photo prints submitted by SBCC members.  The meeting is free and is open to anyone who is interested…

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Best of the Beach 2010: Retail

By Kevin Cody / March 11, 2010

Hermosa Cyclery, fronting 13th Street near The Strand, is known as the place with the “free air.” An air hose dangles outside the business so passing cyclers can fill their tires without asking.

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Community Calendar Jan. 21 – 27

By Kevin Cody / January 20, 2010

  Thursday, January 21 Haiti Disaster Relief sites  Immediate Haiti Disaster Relief donations can be made through Congregation Tikvat Jacob in Manhattan Beach — the funds will be forwarded accordingly — or online, as Rabbi Mark Hyman also suggests, through The Joint Distribution Committee (www.jdc.org) and the American Jewish World Service (www.ajws.org), experienced, safe and…

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Easy Reader Summer at the Beach Calendar 2024

By Judy Rae / May 8, 2024

Civic meetings, festivals, health and random stuff   State of the City Sonesta Hotel Thursday, May 9 Redondo Beach Mayor Jim Light delivers the Redondo Beach State of the City Address. 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Sonesta, 300 N. Harbor Dr., Redondo Beach. Register: redondochamber.org.    Fridays are fun Madrona Marsh Preserve Friday, May 10 “Friday…

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Evelyn Schmitt lives for Pierhenge, happening again Saturday

By Jefferson Graham / January 26, 2024

For Manhattan Beach resident Evelyn Schmitt, there are no greater days than the twice-yearly Pierhenge natural events at the Manhattan Beach Pier.  That is when the sun sets in a way that finds it twinkling directly in-between the pilings of the Pier. (The same thing happens by the Manhattan Beach Library for “Lightgate,” when it…

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December 2023 Peninsula Calendar

By Judy Rae / November 27, 2023

1 Friday DECEMBER Holiday Festival Torrance Memorial’s Holiday Festival is a one-of-a-kind holiday event that includes beautifully decorated trees, entertainment, holiday gifts, children’s activities, food court and special ticketed events featuring a fashion show and dinner gala. Located in the white tent at Skypark Drive and 3325 Medical Center Dr., Torrance. Questions: (310) 517-4703. Tickets…

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Into the Octagon – Former Mira Costa wrestler Jean Paul LeBosnoyani fights for his place among the champions of mixed martial arts

By Kevin Cody / May 17, 2023

by Kevin Cody Friday night (May 19), former State number 5 ranked Mira Costa High School wrestler Jean Paul LeBosnoyani will enter the octagon at the Gil River Resort and Casino in Arizona to fight former Colorado State All American wrestler Jacobi Jones for the Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) Lightweight Championship. The lightweight division is…

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Boiling Point: As Redondo’s homelessness numbers increase, so does resident resentment

By Kevin Cody / June 20, 2019

Ashley Roberts was still shaking as she gathered herself outside the Redondo Beach City Council chambers on June 4, before speaking in defense of herself and others like her who live on the streets of the Beach Cities. “I feel like people look at us like we’re not human — we’re people too, and you…

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Gudmundsson was a beloved family man, longtime Hermosa Beach lifeguard

By Ryan McDonald / November 6, 2016

Hilmar Paul Gudmundsson, a longtime Hermosa Beach resident and local lifeguard, passed away October 9. He is survived by his wife Marilyn Boisseau and his children Alexandra and Shaun. Gudmundsson was born August 8, 1954 to Margret Jonasdottir and Thorsteinn Gudmundsson, in Winnipeg, Canada. The family settled in Hermosa 1956, starting Paul on the path…

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Lifeguard, Surfing Santa Paul Matthies returns to the sea

By Kevin Cody / June 22, 2014

Paul Matthies, Easy Reader’s Surfing Santa for over two decades, was a member of the post World War II generation of Los Angeles County lifeguards who shaped what had previously been a largely volunteer organization into the most highly regarded ocean lifesaving organization in the world.

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Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach community calendar Feb. 28 – March 6

By Easy Reader Staff / February 28, 2013

Thursday, February 28 Rummage sale The Woman’s Club of Redondo Beach rummage sale is tomorrow, Friday, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., but today’s the day to donate and bring in your unwanteds. Clean out your closets and storage areas, and bring it all in, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., 400 S. Broadway. “Bye Bye Birdie”…

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