Born to barrelhouse: Pianist Ron Tanski was built for boogie-woogie
Ron Tanski’s career as a blues piano player began on Christmas at the age of five. Two things happened that holiday season: his mother got a piano, and Tanski got a record player. He immediately scoured the house for records to play and found a stash of old 45s. He started playing one after another, […]
Pier sunset? Tony’s on the Pier struggles to survive Redondo’s attempt to revitalize its waterfront
Against long odds, Tony’s on the Pier has always survived. The restaurant weathered the storms that have periodically wracked the Redondo Beach waterfront and persevered through the economic vicissitudes of an area that has seen dozens of other businesses come and go since a fisherman named Tony Trutanich came ashore and set up shop in […]
Seaside Lagoon’s future looking safer
Redondo Beach City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved a plan in which city staff and the regulatory agency that oversees the Seaside Lagoon will work together to find the sources of the water quality problems that have dogged the facility’s ocean outflow. The “special study work plan” is immediately significant in that it formally ensures […]