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Mira Costa’s baseball team is seeking a better ending to its season after the Mustangs dropped a 1-0 game to Capistrano Valley in the third round of the CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinals last year. Mustang head coach Keith Ramsey has a team loaded with talent. They finished tied with Peninsula for the Bay League crown…
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Rolling Hills Country Club celebrates the opening of its new golf course, designed by celebrated golf course designer David McLay Kidd.
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Fram and Julie Virjee follow their callings, from ‘success to significance’
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The Manhattan Beach Planning Commission approved one of the buildings in a proposed Skechers office complex on Sepulveda Boulevard but temporarily rejected another, citing concerns about truck access to the building. Commissioners voted 3-0 to certify necessary approvals for an office building at 330 S. Sepulveda, on the east side of the street but declined…
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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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A proposed development from shoe manufacturer Skechers that would transform the northern edge of Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach received tentative approval from the city’s Planning Commission last week, clearing a major hurdle in the project’s multi-year development saga. In a pair of 3-2 votes, the commission bestowed a series of discretionary permits needed…
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The Day the Music Thrived One afternoon, four legends of rock ‘n’ roll crossed paths in Memphis, and then… On December 4, 1956, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins came together for the first and only time at Sun Records in Memphis. An impromptu jam session followed, and Sam Phillips got…
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Thursday, February 8 Quirky but lovable “Hairspray the Musical” (based on the John Waters film) is being presented by North Torrance High School at 6:30 p.m. in the James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance. Tickets, $15. Call (310) 781-7171. Friday, February 9 Make something beautiful Artist Joyce Welsh is presenting a two-day “Stained…
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About 10 years ago, Paul Roustan was at a party in Boston hosted by Boink, an erotic magazine started by a student at Boston University. Unlike most of the attendees, Roustan was on the job. Boink threw wild issue-release parties, and the magazine hired him to paint the bodies of guests who wished to…
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