Let it out: Coming together and letting go at BeachLife Festival 

by Mark McDermott and Rachel Reeves By the time the Marleys stepped onto the Hightide stage at BeachLife Festival Sunday night, 51 bands had performed several hundred songs from morning til night over the previous three days. They sang of love and sex and drugs and beauty galore, of hellhounds, oceans, and midnight jokers, of […]

Mission Accomplished (Jim Lindberg on BeachLife)

by Jim Lindberg Sunday morning I was exhausted from taking lap after lap around the festival grounds in my official duty as brand director, guiding the film crew to make sure they were getting great shots of people dancing to the music of our killer lineup, noshing on tasty grinds and knocking back a few […]

Jane says: real live rock ‘n’ roll is back (Jane’s Addiction at BeachLife)

by Gavin Heaney The two-note octave bass line intro of “Up The Beach” plucked by Chris Cheney soon escalated to the swelling, climbing guitar of Dave Navarro, plummeting over the seismic backbeat of Stephen Perkins building drums, announcing the arrival of Jane’s Addiction Friday night at The BeachLife Festival in Redondo. Singer-frontman Perry Farrell looked […]

Beach Cities Health District Board certifies Healthy Living Campus EIR

by Garth Meyer The Healthy Living Campus Environmental Impact Report was certified by a unanimous vote of the Beach Cities Health District last Wednesday, clearing the way for board consideration of the $375 million project’s 11-acre master plan. The board could vote on the plan as soon as October or November, according to Beach Cities […]

Redondo Beach Councilman Obagi denies State Bar allegations

by Garth Meyer Fourth District Redondo Beach Councilman Zein Obagi has been charged with seven counts of misconduct by the California State Bar Association.  The charges follow a $710,000 Los Angeles County Superior Court judgment against Obagi, in favor of a former client. The judgment was issued March 12. The State Bar disciplinary hearing is […]

Legislation to return Bruce’s Beach in Manhattan Beach clears legal hurdles 

by Mark McDermott  Legislation crafted to pave the way for the County of Los Angeles to return land in Manhattan Beach that belonged to Willa and Charles Bruce before it was taken through eminent domain a century ago cleared two more hurdles last week in its journey towards becoming law.  SB 796, known as the […]

Old clothes in a new restaurant

My wife had gone to work on a casual Friday wearing a T-shirt and jeans, and her first question when she got home was, “I remember that we’re going out tonight – do I have to change clothes?” From the tone in her voice, I could tell that she hoped the answer was no. She […]

Top 3 Best Sites to Buy Instagram Followers Safely (2021)

Buy Instagram Followers Take the guesswork out of your social media campaigns! We’ve reviewed three great sites to buy Instagram followers this year. No bots; only real people.   It is indeed revolutionary how social media has changed the world of business these past few years. Its technology has given the world a platform to […]

Is It Cheaper to Move Furniture or Buy New?

Moving scares some people because it can be exhausting and quite demanding. You need to make many important decisions before moving. Those decisions can increase or reduce the moving cost.  People often wonder whether they should move the furniture or buy new to reduce the moving cost. Professional movers charge their fee according to items […]