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Fundraisers: Boarding For Breast Cancer (B4BC) invites the public to take part in the 5th annual Skate the Coast on Saturday, Oct. 29. The 18-mile longboard-a-thon promotes being healthy and active while raising funds for breast cancer prevention. Skaters meet at 8 a.m. at Veteran’s Park in Redondo Beach where a shuttle will transport participants…
Read MoreFundraisers: Boarding For Breast Cancer (B4BC) invites the public to take part in the 5th annual Skate the Coast on Saturday, Oct. 29. The 18-mile longboard-a-thon promotes being healthy and active while raising funds for breast cancer prevention. Skaters meet at 8 a.m. at Veteran’s Park in Redondo Beach where a shuttle will transport participants…
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1999. Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France. Family Guy premiered on televisions across the world and gas was only $1.22. That same year, childhood obesity exceeded 30 percent. While families across the country look for faster and more convenient options, an epidemic has surfaced that can lead to more long-term health issues than any…
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“Our motto is ‘Taste and Believe.’ We believe if people try it, they will have their minds changed” It was by no means inevitable that the restaurant that Manhattan Beach resident T.K. Pillan co-founded would serve vegetarian food. At the time he started the project, he wasn’t a vegetarian. “My parents were vegetarian, but I…
Read MorePCH incident In an incident that briefly closed the northbound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway during Thursday rush hour, a Long Beach man allegedly punched and bit his wife for not letting him drive their car, and kicked and punched two people who tried to separate the couple. Police responded to reports of a fight…
Read MoreDr. G.R. Enright Jr. is a man of many talents: an engineer, trial lawyer, hot-air balloonist, magician, and inventor. His primary mission in life, however, is pigeon rescue Originally published Jan. 16, 2003 A few months ago, a customer came into Trader Joe’s in Redondo’s Riviera Village and alerted the manager on duty that a…
Read MoreTrader Joe’s–Trader Joe’s stores-two in Manhattan Beach and one in Redondo- don’t look big enough from the outside to carry more than a few cans of sardines. But on the inside the stores magically expand to aisles of splendidly fresh delicacies, fine wines, fresh produce, exquisite pot pies and a little refrigerated cubicle in the…
Read MoreFire fundraiser The Hermosa Beach Firefighters Association hosts its 14th annual Pancake Breakfast 7:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 30 at the firehouse, 540 Pier Ave., during Fiesta Hermosa one of the South Bay’s biggest events. The breakfast will showcase the culinary talents of firefighters, paramedics and EMTs as they prepare pancakes, sausage, fruit and…
Read MoreRedondo Beach City Councilman Bill Brand’s opinions reflect the mission of Building a Better Redondo (BBR), an organization that claims it supports slow growth, but seems much more intent on no growth. BBR portrays its mission as a citizen’s revolt against city government.
Read MoreHermosa 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.
Read MoreCheered on by faculty and parents, students at Birney Elementary School in Redondo Beach were gasping for breath, asking themselves “How much longer?” as they attempted to jump into the Guinness Book of World Records. At 9 a.m. Monday, Birney was one of over 2,000 sites throughout California where an estimated 83,000 people began jumping…
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The first person who told me about Paul Martin’s American Bistro started by saying something puzzling. “It’s like Fleming’s, but without the steaks,” she explained. Fleming’s without steaks? Might as well say it’s like Baskin-Robbins without ice cream, or The Spot without vegetables. What could this be? I had to find out. Once there, I…
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Adam Aro, Sara Gabriele and the making of Gabi James restaurant When Adam Aro steered his houseboat into the slip right next to Sara Gabriele’s houseboat one July day on Lake Shasta in 2008, he had little idea what would ensue, much less than ten years later he and this beautiful stranger would…
Read MoreBeach Tennis: The Beach Tennis Association (BTA) hosts the 9th annual Halloween Tournament Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 29-30 at 14th Street in Hermosa Beach. Saturday’s action features a IFBT/BTA Tournament followed by a Costume Round Robin event on Sunday. The BTA Pro/Am Championships will take place Nov. 5-6 at 7th Street in Manhattan Beach. For…
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Surfing: The Jimmy Miller Surf Fiesta, presented by LA Car Guy and sponsored by Fresh Brothers, will be held Sunday, Oct. 16 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 42nd Street in Manhattan Beach. Open to all ages and skill levels, the event costs $50 and t-shirt, breakfast, lunch, raffle and silent auction. To register,…
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