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by Kevin Cody photos by Steve Gaffney @stevegaffney Local surfers formed five-member teams to compete for bragging rights, and to raise funds for the Jimmy Miller Foundation last Saturday, in El Porto. Many of the participants were friends of Jimmy Miller, the foundation’s namesake, who succumbed to mental illness 20 years ago. Miller was a […]
Queen of the South Bay An all-woman surf contest will be held at El Porto in Manhattan Beach. Women of all skill levels and ages are invited to help build a community of women surfers. The contest starts at 7 a.m. at 42nd Street, Manhattan Beach. Sign up: southbayboardriders.org. Questions? Email info@southbayboardriders.com. Bring your board, […]
Scattered leaves “The Secret Garden” wilts at the Ahmanson by Bondo Wyszpolski In the 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett a cholera epidemic sweeps through British India and 10-year-old Mary Lennox is orphaned, then sent to Uncle Archibald Craven in Yorkshire, to a forlorn mansion that would be at home in a gothic tale by […]