Gu Gu Sushi [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
Sushi bars in the South Bay have a long tradition of names that mean nothing in Japanese, going back to Hermosa’s Cher Ton Ton of Tokyo in the 1970s. There wasn’t another Cher Ton Ton actually in Tokyo, and if there was the name would still have been a mishmash of French slang. The odd […]
“The Good Soldier Schweik”
When brilliant composers die young, whether it’s Bizet or Gershwin and especially Mozart, people wonder what they might have accomplished had they lived longer. Robert Kurka died in 1957, at age 35, before the premiere of his sole opera, “The Good Soldier Schweik.”
Common sings about surf Sat at Brixton at the RB Pier
Old World, new approach
“I’ve had a lifelong interest in mythology,” says Seamus Ryan. “[Unlike] other photographers who just take pictures, I imagine a picture first, then I take a lot of pictures to create the picture I want. With this one” – and he points to “The World Tree,” a coastal view with ravens – “I knew I […]
Help for Haitian orphanage sought
Wanted: a few good men and women. In particular, doctors, builders, teachers, and maybe a few Marines. Maison de Lumiere, an orphanage in Haiti founded by a Redondo Beach family, has persevered in the aftermath of the massive earthquake that struck the nation two weeks ago. But the orphanage, which cares for 50 children, has […]
Trace Bundy and Sungha Jung at Live At The Lounge.
by Fred Milani
The budding South Bay acoustic music scene got another bolt of lightning from the sold-out, performances of master fingerstyle guitarists Trace Bundy and Sungha Jung at Live At The Lounge
Keith Morris – Wild in the Streets
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the infamous Black Flag show at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach that turned into a storm of thrown foodstuffs, shouted obscenities, and angry picnickers, and the exhibition of punk-rock art that’s scheduled to grace the walls of the Hermosa Historical Museum next month, we asked Keith Morris to […]
Cyclists, motorists urged to share
Workers have placed signs along Hermosa Avenue, and painted symbols on the roadway itself, to let bicyclists know they can occupy a full lane going each way.
City sticks to guns with eatery
The Hermosa Beach City Council stood behind the police chief in a bid to close a Pier Plaza restaurant at midnight, beating back a last minute plea to let it stay open until 1:30 a.m. After a sometimes agonized debate Tuesday night, the council decided not to fetter Chief Greg Savelli as he prepared to […]
City limits water use and planting
The City Council has joined neighboring towns by moving to limit the daily water use of residents and businesses, as three years of drought have shrunk California water reservoir levels by 25 percent. The council also moved to impose some restrictions on landscaping. The council unanimously green-lighted two new ordinances governing water use and […]