Palos Verdes earns playoff birth with Mira Costa overtime win
by Paul Teetor Palos Verdes High battled Mira Costa high into overtime in the Bay League final and won on quarterback Ryan Rakowski’s 1-yard touchdown run on the opening possession of overtime. The Sea Kings, who ended their regular season with a Bay League record of 3-2 and an overall record of 5-5, earned one […]
CIF PLAYOFFS: Mira Costa badminton program is on the rise
by Mark McDermott Three years ago, the Mira Costa High School badminton program barely had a pulse. Only 12 students, across both varsity and junior varsity, joined the team in 2021. Badminton appeared to be on the cusp of disappearing from Costa. It was a precipitous fall for a program that had produced CIF championships. […]
Honorable mention: “Back up on 190th.” photo by John Post “1967, The Summer of Love.” story by Pete Whalon
The inmates ran the asylum that was the Redondo Pier. The Sea Star snack bar crew ran the inmates by Pete Whalon I graduated high school in 1967, “the summer of love.” My parents had made it crystal clear well before graduation day that after getting my high school diploma I would be joining the […]
Exene Cervenka and X in Redondo Beach
X marks the spot Exene Cervenka in the here and now: an interview With the 1980 release of “Los Angeles” on Slash Records, X made an impact on the local music scene that’s reverberating still. The group, which formed in 1977, cut seven studio albums between ‘80s and ‘93, the first five of them with […]