All Ball Sports: Sea Hawks dueling QBs, Dodgers fall hope
by Paul Teetor A star was born Friday night at the Redondo-Banning football game – or at the very least a potential quarterback controversy was born. Redondo came into the home game with a 3-1 record behind a quarterback, Niko London, who had managed the offense efficiently while the Sea Hawk’s suffocating defense carried […]
All Ball Sports: Mustangs hit Lucky 7 against Sea Hawks, Chargers supercharged
by Paul Teetor Mustang Win Streak Continues The Mira Costa football team extended its winning streak over archrival Redondo to an incredible seven straight games with a thrilling 14-13 victory Friday night. While the victory still meant a lot emotionally to the Costa players and their fans — and ensured backyard bragging rights for another […]
Redondo Union boys volleyball falls in CIF final
Redondo plays Carlsbad in home regional match Thursday, May 16, at 6 p.m. by Garth Meyer RUHS boys volleyball took second place in the CIF Southern Section May 11, with a 3-0 loss to Santa Margarita, 25-21, 26-24, 25-18. The Division 2 championship went to Santa Margarita for the first time since 2001, the […]
10 ways 2023 dining informs 2024
The South Bay dining scene is shaped by a mix of forethought and improvisation. Some changes are caused by business plans set in motion years ago, their designs fossilized in permit applications that can’t be altered, while others reflect operators adapting to changing trends as they happen. Entrepreneurs with restaurant projects are looking at 2023 […]
It’s spider season in Palos Verdes!
Spiders from Mars… and other 8-legged wonders by Bondo Wyszpolski Visitors to the Spider Pavilion, a tent-like enclosure at the South Coast Botanic Garden, are greeted near the entrance by a tarantula of gargantuan proportions. It’s either a signal to turn around and go home or to bravely step forward and enjoy your arachnid experience. […]
In the garden of delights
Overseeing 87 acres of paradise In the summer sun with Adrienne Nakashima by Bondo Wyszpolski She’s lived most of her life in and around the South Bay, but right now Adrienne Nakashima is at the top of the world. I mean, how can anyone say otherwise when Nakashima heads up one of the loveliest spots […]
Up, Up and Away
Story and photos by Bondo Wyszpolski The butterflies are out, or rather they’re in — inside of a walkthrough, tentlike pavilion created by Spineless Wonders and stocked with an abundance of painted ladies, blue morphos, giant swallowtails, and other tropical butterflies. SOAR invites us to cavort with these living bits of vividly-hued confetti as […]
It’ll brighten up your evening
All lit up, and somewhere to go A glowing review, of course The wonders of orchestrated illumination are to be found in “GLOW” at the South Coast Botanic Garden. This nightly event, in collaboration with San Pedro-based California Outdoor Lighting, allows guests to meander through a select area of the grounds which have been festooned […]