Four confirmed dead following accident in Redondo Beach [UPDATE]
Police have confirmed the identities of the three victims and the name of the driver alleged to have been under the influence when she drove into pedestrians in Redondo Beach Wednesday night.
Watching the watchers
Police are increasingly using video technology as “force multipliers.” But the data created by surveillance cameras raises privacy concerns.
Our Lady of Guadalupe students perform holiday pageant
The fifth graders at Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Hermosa Beach treated their fellow classmates and community to a rendition of the Feast of Our Lady Guadalupe story on Friday morning. During Friday morning’s Catholic Mass, led by Bishop Oscar Solis, a group of students donned costumes and regaled the congregation with a pantomimed […]
Council approves cameras at Hermosa Pier Plaza
After months of discussion and delays, Hermosa Beach city council voted unanimously last week to approve the placement of surveillance cameras in Pier Plaza.
South Bay arts and entertainment calendar 12/18 to 12/23
Your guide to what to do in the Beach Cities.
Anatomy of a Gamer
How do video games affect us? Filmmaker Scott Simonsen investigated the good and bad and what grandmas and third graders have in common when they get behind a console As a single parent, filmmaker and business owner, Scott Simonsen’s life is already packed with duties. But the last two years of his life were changed […]
Letters 12/18/14
The parking Grinch My mother-in-law just got a ticket for apparently not being within her marked spot. She believes she was in it, but that is not the point of this letter. She is staying with us because my father-in-law is in intensive care at Cedars. It’s been a tough month and getting a ticket […]
Holiday Boat Parade Lights up King Harbor
More than 80 registered craft entertained hundreds of onlookers in 23rd iteration of parade Redondo Beach was glowing Saturday night, as hundreds of residents from around the South Bay came out to enjoy the 23rd Annual King Harbor Holiday Boat Parade. 22 boats and 65 paddlecraft registered to float in this year’s parade, with […]
Nick’s time: a steakhouse opens at Manhattan Beach’s Metlox Plaza [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
It’s the first opening in the Beach Cities in years where they serve dishes that might have delighted Sinatra and the Rat Pack. A few years ago, I was discussing with a restaurant consultant the way most places try to attract young, hip diners,when he suddenly demanded, “How long has it been since a restaurant […]
South Bay Community Calender 12/18/14-12/24/14
Thursday 18 DONATE Beach City Baseball Academy’s annual baseball equipment donation drive is going on now at their facility in El Segundo. Anyone with unwanted baseball gear such as helmets, gloves, bats, bags, balls, cleats, and hats can drop them off at 430 East Grand Ave El Segundo. BCBA will be adding to donations received […]
Intellivision is back
The Blue Sky Rangers have regrouped to bring back video games from a simpler time In the early 1980s Keith Robinson was getting paid to have fun with his friends, programming video games such as Astrosmash, Night Stalker and Sea Battle in a huge Mattel Electronics office in Hawthorne. In the early 1980s Keith Robinson […]