A home for Jeeter. Erika Fleury leads effort to find homes for Jeeter and other abandoned chimpanzees
by Rachel Reeves Seven months before the coronavirus became a global pandemic, Erika Fleury learned that 42 chimpanzees in the Angeles National Forest were losing their home. In her field, the news heralded a disaster. “This is an emergency,” she thought. Fleury, who moved to Rancho Palos Verdes from Redondo Beach last year, is […]
All Ball Sports: Rams ‘run it back’ fumble; Mustang hoopsters sunk
by Paul Teetor If the Rams had played the Bengals in the Super Bowl the way they have played the media game in the Super Bowl aftermath, they would have lost the big game by at least two touchdowns. The first few hours after the stirring, story-book 23-20 win over the Bengals at SoFi Stadium […]
Piano teacher Edith Knox’s competition legacy
by Stacey A. Morse When she was a young, aspiring musician living in Boyle Height, Edith Knox received a $1,000 gift from her history teacher, Revira McCarter. “No strings attached – just use it to maintain yourself, but use it wisely,” the teacher said. Knox applied the gift to tuition at the University of Southern […]
SPOTLIGHT ON ART – Thinking it through: Creativity continues in Malaga Cove
by Bondo Wyszpolski Photos by Tony LaBruno A public reception for “Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?” takes place Saturday, Feb. 26, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Malaga Cove Library Art Gallery. The exhibit features the work of 39 artists who were pushed to the outer limits of their imagination. Who pushed them? […]
“Servants” – Church and State [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Servants,” written by Marek Lescak, Rebecca Lenkiewicx, and Ivan Ostrochovsky and directed by Ostrochovsky, is a throwback to the golden age of the Czech New Wave cinema. The 1960s produced some of the greatest international films of the era including “The Shop on Main Street” by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos (Academy Award, 1965); “Loves […]