Manhattan Beach Open tennis tourney gets makeover
The buzz is back this year at the 45th annual Manhattan Beach Open, one of the South Bay’s oldest tennis tournaments. An older tennis tournament is like an accomplished person with a distinct personality, a winning playing style and a proud past. But like many people approaching their 45th birthday, the Manhattan Beach Open was […]
Cancer Support Community’s Judith Opdahl knows her business
She speaks from experience Back in 1994, in the middle of a wide-awake moment during a restless night, Judith Opdahl knew what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. And not long after, her prescience came true. She was selected as executive director of the South Bay’s Cancer Support Community. “With 40 […]
Peninsula Education: Kevin Allen is the principal everyone wished they had
Kevin Allen doesn’t just know the names of all 421 students at Soleado Elementary School in Rancho Palos Verdes where he’s served as principal for the past seven years. He knows the names of every parent and every car associated with each child. There isn’t a morning that goes by that Allen doesn’t greet each […]
Dr. Eric Daar and LA BioMed pioneer HIV/AIDS care
‘Psychosocial behavior’ a key to HIV treatment HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence. Just ask Dr. Eric Daar. “I’ve been treating HIV/AIDS patients since very early in the epidemic, when we spent most of our time just helping people die comfortably, until now, a period when we’re giving people hope. The majority of our […]
Palos Verdes “Angel” Extends Her Wings
Palos Verdes Estates resident Jacqueline Glass has been an inspiration to many on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and throughout the South Bay.
“Follies”
The first surprise, after one has sat down in the theater, is to look up and realize that most of the auditorium has been draped in black, as if in mourning. What the audience learns soon enough is that the characters in “Follies” have gathered for one last hurrah on the stage of the Weismann […]