Letters to the Editor 7-18-19

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South Bay Community Calendar 7-18-19

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Redondo Beach Bing’s long lost board to be exhibited at 60th anniversary

Last year, Susan O’Connor, of Whittier, contacted Bing Copeland about a surfboard belonging to her recently deceased father. She had found the blue-paneled longboard with an oval Bing laminate in the rafters of her parents’ garage. She told him she wanted to make it into a bench or bar top for her pool house. “You […]
Redondo Beach Bullock repeats Redondo Swim the Avenues victory

Ryan Bullock, 35, of Hermosa Beach, continued his dominance of local open ocean swims on Sunday by winning the Second Annual Redondo Beach Swim the Avenues. Bullock finished the one-mile race from Torrance Beach to Avenue F in a time of 22:52, one minute slower than his winning time in last July’s, inaugural Swim the […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Letter writer Long time Manhattan Beach resident Charles Reilly, who recently published a book containing more than 150 of his letters to the Los Angeles Times, will hold a reading and signing event Sunday afternoon from 4-6 p.m. at Pages bookstore in Manhattan Beach. Reilly, who previously published two novels, “Shenanigan” and “Through a Dark […]
Manhattan Beach Police Beat
Stolen cars Two cars were reported stolen during the last week of June and first week of July, according to Manhattan Beach Police Department reports. A 2018 Kia was reported stolen from the 800 block of Boundary Place overnight June 27. A 2012 Infinity SUV was reported stolen from the 1800 block of Faymont Avenue […]
Manhattan Beach For local band The Lucky Ones, it’s a family affair

by Will Riordan Adam Lawson, lead singer of South Bay rock-reggae band The Lucky Ones, says that for the group, “The South Bay will always be home.” Daniel Vos, the Lucky Ones’ lead guitarist, did grow up in the South Bay. But it was not Lawson’s first home: He grew up in Cambridge, England and […]
What To Do When You’re Feeling Bored
It’s normal to feel bored once in a while, and it happens to everyone at some point in time. What you don’t want to do is become so uninterested in life that you start to feel low. It’s a wise idea to recognize when you’re starting to feel bored often and then take action to […]