Mucho Ultima Mexicana [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
I have had plenty of conversations with longtime beach residents who tell me how dining out used to be better – parking downtown was cheap and easy, restaurant servers knew both their customers and their business, and nobody looked askance at you because you were not wearing this year’s styles. Without actually disputing any of […]
Channel champ Danny Ching
Redondo resident Danny Ching paddled his way into the record books recently, winning the Steinlager
Kaiwi Channel Solo OC1 World Championship. Ching became the first non-Hawaiian paddler to win the 32-mile race from Molokai to Oahu, completing the course in 3 hours, 38 minutes, 51 seconds, the second-fastest time in the 18-year history of the race and just 48 seconds off the course record.
Harbor lights: Seaside Ice Meltdown
by Harry Munns
Redondo councilman Pat Aust swears he isn’t saying, “I told you so,” when he reminds his fellow councilmen he voted against Seaside Ice, but he could if he wanted to. Back in 2008 when the city began considering a proposal to operate a holiday-season ice skating rink at Seaside Lagoon, Aust didn’t believe it was in the city’s best interest.
Comedy Corner: Kevin Nealon, banjo player
Andrew: You are a South Bay native. What’s the best and worst part of the South Bay?
Kevin: The worst part of the South Bay is parking and trying to get home during rush hour traffic. The best part is it’s a great community away from Los Angeles and the sunsets… while completely tanked.
Barfly: Lunada Bay House, Tin Roof wine tastings
Tonight, Thursday, June 10, if you need a break from Laker madness – can they stretch these games out any farther? – head over to the new Lunada BayHouse Restaurant, PVE from the owners of Lou E Luey’s and Delzano’s, RB for a Justin Vineyards & Winery Wine Dinner from 5-11 p.m.
Bronx: Fresh versus fast
At Genesis Park Community Garden here in the South Bronx, the summer vegetables — tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, okra, collards, beans, cucumbers, melons — are growing lustily in the hot weather, shading the early-spring plantings of lettuces, spinach, radishes, and cilantro, which the gardeners are now harvesting. The cool-weather crops of peas, broccoli, and carrots will be ready soon.
The Crash Test Dummies play Brixton [VIDEO]
The Italian Lion slouches towards Brixton
Sicilian born Alberto D’Ascola is the first and only Italian to take over the Jamaican charts! He’s known as Alborosie: “The Italian Lion”.
State Assembly Race: Ward hangs with the big dogs
The race for the 53rd District State Assembly seat ends for Mayor Mitch Ward as front-runner Betsy Butler comes out on top.
Fein, Harman win primaries
Democratic Congresswoman Jane Harman will face Republican Mattie Fein after each dispatched their respective party opponents in Tuesday’s primary elections. Harman easily beat challenger Marcy Winograd, earning nearly 59 percent of the vote to Winograd’s 41 percent. Fein earned 50 percent of the vote in the GOP primary, outdistancing candidates Pete Kesterson, at 43 percent, […]
Manhattan Beach USD Superintendent Bev Rohrer awarded one of city’s highest honors
After serving the South Bay education and volunteer communities for 56 years, MBUSD Supreintendent Bev Rohrer is awarded the Rose and Scroll Award weeks before her retirement.
Chamber recognizes Masi, Aspel as Man, Woman of the Year
Herb Massi and Pam Aspel were recognized as the 2010 Man and Woman of the Year at the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce’s annual installation dinner.
Redondo Beach USD rejects Knob Hill bid
A proposal for a 40,000 sq. ft. Whole Foods Market at a former school site was unanimously rejected by the Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education Tuesday night. The bid was the only one submitted after the district issued a request for proposals for its property at 320 Knob Hill, the former Patterson […]
Hermosa Beach rethinks police, fire cuts
The City Council will try to find money in its lean budget to partially restore five lost positions in the Police Department, and to forestall a planned cut in Fire Department staffing.
Pier Avenue median retained
A center divider proved divisive on Tuesday, as police officers, firefighters and bicycle enthusiasts unsuccessfully urged the City Council to rethink a landscaped median planned for upper Pier Avenue. The median is one element in an ongoing overhaul of the city’s main drag that includes wider sidewalks, an improved storm drain system and larger planted areas. […]
About Town
Greener belt Jeff Duclos, who spearheaded the establishment of an herbicide-free stretch of the town’s greenbelt, appeared to be taken by surprise when his City Council colleagues readily agreed to extend the ban on herbicides and pesticides to the rest of the greenbelt and the city parks. At Tuesday’s council meeting, Duclos said with a […]