Things to do at Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Los Angeles County, California, and for a good reason. This beautiful beach has everything you can want, from excellent surfing to plenty of nearby restaurants and shops. The wide, sandy beach is a great place to sunbathe, relax, play volleyball, paddleboard, and more. There’s also […]
How to Throw an Amazing Engagement Party at Hermosa Beach
Hermosa Beach is one of the three beachfront cities (together with Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach) that make up the so-called South Bay area. However, Hermosa Beach stands out for its wilder state, since it’s more common to see surfers and skateboarders over spas and fancy resorts. But this doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy […]
South Bay AYSO teams Win Western State Championships
Last weekend, three beach city AYSO teams won Western State Championships titles. The titles came just one month after Redondo Union High School won both the girls and boys CIF Southern Section Championship.T The AYSO championships were held in Morgan Hill, in Northern California, and included teams from California, Alaska, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. […]
Manhattan Beach: Why Do Its Residents Love It?
Manhattan Beach is an amazing place, which is located on the Pacific Ocean. This article will inform you about its residents’ opinions about this region. Here you will understand why this place is so beloved. Manhattan Beach is located in Los Angeles, California. Initially, it originated as a small resort town located on the Pacific […]
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.
“Pierhenge” attracts huge crowd under the Manhattan Beach Pier
By Jefferson Graham A good 100 or so photographers, beach lovers and even Santa Claus crowded under the Manhattan Beach Pier Sunday for the bi-annual “Pierhenge.” That’s the bi-annual event when the sun sets directly between the two pillars of the Manhattan Beach Pier. It also happens in January, on the 27th. Watch the sun […]
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 universe beneath our feet
By Richard Foss Rolling Hills resident Kathy Kellogg Johnson tells the story of the founding of her family’s garden products company as though she were there, even though it happened in 1925. A young man with a new engineering degree from USC didn’t have much money or land. His father had lost his fortune […]
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 […]
This week’s Morning beach highlights
It was a great week to be on the beaches of Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach in the early mornings, as we had low tide every day. Or at least between 5:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., when we were out with the iPhone 12 Pro, documenting the Pier to Pier action. Here’s a sampling of […]
Getting up early in the South Bay pays off for photos
By Jefferson Graham Good morning! I love waking up early and running outside with my camera. The quiet of the streets, with few cars, fewer people, the smells, the birds chirping, the morning dew, the reflections, fill in your cliche. You can sleep when you’re dead. Or at least take an afternoon nap. There is […]
Poker Rooms Near Manhattan Beach
Poker is an entertaining game. To play it, players either need to live near a casino or gather a bunch of people. The good news is that there’s the internet. You can play the game from wherever you might be and play poker for real money online. But if you want to experience live-action, there […]
Monopoly gets local makeover by Manhattan Beach artist Keifer
by Jefferson Graham Monopoly maker Hasbro announced this week it is replacing the 85-year-old board game’s “outdated’ Community Chest cards, with new ones, to be chosen by the public during online voting at MonopolyCommunityChest.com. The cards showing a policeman with a baton dragging a player off to jail, and the card announcing the player has […]
A week of awesome South Bay sunsets
By Jefferson Graham The week of December 7th through 11th was one of those with one awesome sunset after the next, a December phenomenon all about the position of the earth to the sun, as we approach the Winter Solstice on 12/21. Such clouds and colors! I spent Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in Manhattan Beach, either […]
Sandbox: Should white families who owned 25 of the 30 Bruce’s Beach lots in Manhattan Beach also receive reparation?
Should white families who owned 25 of the 30 Bruce’s Beach park lots in manhattan Beach also receive reparation?
Beer! Music! More beer! Brew Lagoon returns to Seaside Lagoon
Something’s brewing in South Redondo Gasser’s Mike Bouchard on this year’s Brew Lagoon: 5 bands and over 20 breweries The rendezvous took place in a generic shopping center, but as soon as I climbed into the car the person next to me brought out a greasy mechanic’s rag and said, “I’m sorry, padre, but you’ll […]