Palisades, Eaton fires viewed from the South Bay
VIDEO: Behind the Scenes from the Manhattan Beach Fireworks Show
Ever wonder how many fireworks are brought to the Manhattan Beach Pier each year and how they got blasted off? In this video interview from 2023, John Nunan, who produces the fireworks show for the Fireworks America company, reveals all. The 2024 Skecher’s Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks Show is Sunday, 12/8 and the presentation begins […]
PhotowalksTV Goes National on Scripps News
Jefferson Graham travels up and down the California coast and all over the world producing episodes of his PhotowalksTV travel show. The Manhattan Beach resident offers travel and photo tips. The series has been a popular YouTube mainstay since 2018, attracting nearly 2 million views. Now, the series has made the move to broadcast TV, […]
Bark Paddleboards claim 2024 Catalina Classic titles at Manhattan Beach pier
Photos by Kirill Umrikhin (@kirillumrikhin) by Kevin Cody Brother and sister Jack and Emily Bark have been at the Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race finish at the Manhattan Beach Pier every year since they were born. Their dad, Joe, competed in the race for 38 consecutive years, beginning in 1983. He won the 32-mile race, from […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 5-16-24
Spotlight: Sunday, May 19 Tour de Pier at the Iconic Manhattan Beach Pier Tour de Pier is a unique cancer fundraising event that brings participants together for a five-hour outdoor stationary bike ride at the Manhattan Beach Pier. In addition to the cycling, Tour de Pier, includes music, a free Health & Fitness Expo, healthy […]
Skechers Friendship Walk delivers when it’s needed
by Kevin Cody The first Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk, in 2009, drew 1,700 participants and raised an impressive $220,000. Last October 29, the 15th Annual Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship walk drew a crowd estimated at 20,000, and raised $3.1 million. The walk from the Manhattan Beach Pier to the Hermosa Pier, and […]
Woman found on beach, near water’s edge, by Manhattan Beach Pier
Los Angeles County Lifeguards recovered the body of a woman this morning, Friday, Jauary 26, on the sand, near the ocean waterline, a block north of the Manhattan Beach Pier. The woman had been staying with two male friends at a rental in the 2300 block of The Strand, according to a neighbor. Manhattan Beach […]
Evelyn Schmitt lives for Pierhenge, happening again Saturday
For Manhattan Beach resident Evelyn Schmitt, there are no greater days than the twice-yearly Pierhenge natural events at the Manhattan Beach Pier. That is when the sun sets in a way that finds it twinkling directly in-between the pilings of the Pier. (The same thing happens by the Manhattan Beach Library for “Lightgate,” when it […]
Manhattan Beach Photowalk Sunday 11/19
We’ll be at the Manhattan Beach Pier Sunday morning for a photowalk and tips on how to get pro level smartphone shots on your iPhone or Galaxy. We’ve been doing sunset meetings, but now that she goes down around 5 p.m., we’re moving to the morning for the winter. We’ll meet at the foot of […]
Windy Saturday night in Manhattan Beach
Let’s just say it was unusually really cold and windy in Manhattan Beach Saturday night. Some photo highlights of what you may have missed when you were sitting inside, nice and comfy.
Best of 2021: Photowalks Season 2
Even in the midst of a pandemic, we still managed to bring the Photowalk cameras to some great places year for season 2 of the travel photography series, so if you’ll indulge me, a quick look back at highlights from a strange year. I just put together a highlight reel from the just concluded season which begins […]
Get ready for Sunday – Pierhenge is back!
Last year we told you about the throngs of photographers gathered under the Manhattan Beach Pier for the twice yearly event known as “Pierhenge.” That’s a magic moment when the sun sets perfectly in-between the two pillars of the Pier, making for a killer shot that attracts many, many photographers and beach lovers. It happened […]
The art of photographing Manhattan Beach
How can you not fall in love with Manhattan Beach? I’ve been photographing her for over 25 years, since moving here in 1996, and let’s face it, there’s not a bad angle down by the beach, whether that be early morning, mid-day, sunset, from the left, right or above. For my YouTube Photowalks travel photography […]
Photographing the South Bay Lightning without getting hit
After he got an alert about strange weather coming to Manhattan Beach, local photographer Pete Halvorsen snapped into action. “That seemed like a really good opportunity to go the beach,” says Halvorsen, who lives in East Manhattan. After all, it’s not every day we see thunder and lighting in the South Bay. Richard Podgurski Jr., […]
Frank LaMantia: In realms of color
All the colors of the rainbow The illuminating art of Frank LaMantia For some time now, usually when least expecting it, I’d come across an image that simply popped from the page. It took a while to figure out that Frank LaMantia was the artist behind these works, which in most cases were so colorful […]