El Segundo High School hosts AI conference, Chevron showcases Spot 2.0
by Ralph Doyle “AI Movement in Education” (AIM) was the title of a conference hosted by El Segundo High School and sponsored by Chevron on Tuesday, March 11. Local community leaders and educators attended the conference, which underscored the district’s commitment to integrating AI into its curriculum. El Segundo High School students led sessions exploring […]
Surf punk artist Lance Smith exhibits at Easy Reader in Hermosa Beach
by Ralph Doyle Lance Smith earned recognition in the surf punk art world in the early 2000s with his surfboard airbrushings of sea monsters holding Budweiser cans. During this period he also designed STDs’ black, skull-shaped logo, formed from the letters in the punk band’s name. The logo has become as synonymous with Hermosa punk […]
Mychal’s Learning Place Santa Strand Stroll spreads the holiday spirit
Photos by Kenny Ingle (KennyIngle.com) by Ralph Doyle Over 1,200 Santas, representing just about ever segment of the Beach Cities community, paraded from the Hermosa Beach Pier to the Manhattan Beach Pier and back Saturday morning, December 14. The occasion was the 6th, and largest ever Great California Santa Stroll. The stroll met its goal […]
Friends of the Park paint Pumpkins in Edith Rodaway Friendship Park
photos by Ralph Doyle The Hermosa Beach Friends of the Park jump-started Halloween on Saturday, October 19 with its Annual Pumpkins in the Park festival at Edith Rodaway Friendship Park. The day included pumpkin painting, face painting by the legendary Mijo, and the equally legendary Franklin Haynes Marionettes. Organizers included Steve Francis and Howard Fishman, […]
Starlink rockets light up South Bay skies twice in a week
by Ralph Doyle Manhattan Beach photographer John Post photographed SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets that passed over the South Bay twice in the past week. The first time, on Tuesday, June 18, the sky was clear. The second time, on Sunday evening, June 23. The rocket appeared and disappeared in the clouds. “I watched them lift […]
Sea Hawks boys, girls dominate Bay League finals
by Ralph Doyle Redondo Union High’s boys and girls track and field teams ran up scores that were double second place Mira Costa’s scores at the six-school Bay League Championships on Friday, April 28 “Both the girls and boys are very balanced in all the 14 track and field events. We take pride in emphasizing […]
Bruins bring new life to Marymount campus
Land locked UCLA acquires 24 acre Marymount University campus by Ralph Doyle The Peninsula lost its only university when Marymount College University closed in April, another victim of the pandemic. The university, on 24 acres in Rancho Palos Verdes, overlooking the Catalina Channel, had been struggling to retain enrollment in recent years. The university received […]
MBPD’s Parker remembered at VetFest 2022
by Ralph Doyle Rachael Parker was the first person most people saw when they walked into the Manhattan Beach Police Department, and the first voice they heard when they called. She was an MBPD records technician. Parker was one of 60 killed in 2017 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas. On Sunday […]
“Tomorrow should be good” should be good – Brad Jacobson’s winter surf film screens during Surfer Walk of Fame awards
by Ralph Doyle A highlight of the Hermosa Beach Surfer Walk of Fame Weekend each year is the screening of Brad Jacobson’s video of the recent winter. Some year’s videos have been more memorable than others. The 2015 “Chasing El Nino,” and the 2018 “Chasing Lions” lived up to their titles. In 2015 Angel Luhrsen […]
BeachLife line-up ups ante with Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins
by Ralph Doyle Alt rock superstars Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Steve Miller Band will headline the three main stages at the upcoming BeachLife Music Festival, organizers Allen Sanford and Jim Lissner announced this week. Equally prominent secondary acts include Sheryl Crow, 311, Lord Huron, UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Stone Temple Pilots, Cold War Kids, […]
South Bay Word on the Street
by Ralph Doyle Hermosa jeweler winding down Seymour Jewelers, a mainstay in downtown Hermosa for over seven decades, isn’t closing as the liquidation sale signs suggest. Owner Scott Bilowit said he still has four years left on his lease. But after the current holiday season he is easing into retirement, and leaving management duties to […]
PVHS drama dept. streams “Urinetown”
PV High’s “Urinetown” goes with the flow Director (and Hermosa native) Nicole Thompson had challenges aplenty by Bondo Wyszpolski One might have wagered that a musical called “Urinetown” would have a strike or two against it from the start, let alone little chance of reaching Broadway (and pulling in three Tony Awards). It’s a wager […]