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by Garth Meyer The first Easy Reader/BeachLife/presented by South Bay Boardriders Redondo Beach candidates forum got underway at sunset Feb. 20 at the old library at Veterans Park, with a standing-room crowd. Moderator Marcus “Goodie” Goodloe quizzed mayoral candidates last. He began with a question about pickleball courts, then about the five candidates’ visions for […]
by Gavin Heaney I brought my trusty, rusty beach chair to BeachLife this year. As I flipped my old fold-out, I realized there’s something still grassroots about setting down your chair and throwing down a blanket at an outdoor show. It’s a free zone where anyone can claim their own little base camp. Normally people […]
by Garth Meyer Curtis Stone stood in the audience in May at BeachLife watching a band – his 12 year-old son’s. “The Rookie Five” had won a battle of the bands and earned a slot on stage. Allen Sanford, BeachLife co-founder and longtime restaurateur, ended up standing next to Stone. “We just got chatting,” said […]
From a distinguished young punk, to a refined jazz interpreter and political voice, then Puff Daddy’s melody source to eulogize the Notorious B.I.G., to an elder statesman in a muscle shirt – Sting is coming to BeachLife 2024. Incubus and My Morning Jacket headline the other two nights of the fifth edition of the waterfront […]