St. Rocke hosts benefit for musician fire evacuees, Sat. Feb. 1
by Gavin Heaney Katie Henley was wondering how to help those impacted by the recent wildfires. But like many didn’t know what she could possibly do. “I remember feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness. I wanted to donate food, but my cupboards were bare. I looked in my closet for donation clothes, but no one […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 12-12-24
Spotlight: The 32nd Beach Cities Toy Drive Every holiday season Beach Cities Toy Drive collects toys and the volunteers wrap them before handing them off to their partner organizations. You can volunteer your time to help wrap the toys on Saturday, December 21 from 11 a.m. until all the toys are wrapped. Bring scissors, tape, […]
As in Florence, so in Torrance
There’s light in the tunnel An ongoing visual journal of the plague year When the plague ravaged Florence in 1348, three men and seven women retired to the hills above the city to wait out the pestilence, and to pass the time they told one another stories. That’s the premise of Boccacio’s “Decameron,” a book […]