Surfing Walk of Fame Weekend recalls Hermosa Beach’s surfing heritage
Two years after being named to the Hermosa Beach Surfer Walk of Fame, the 2020 inductees finally received their bronze plaques, which will be installed on the Hermosa Beach Pier. In their acceptance speeches, during Saturday mornings induction ceremony at the pier, recipients Nick Christensen, John Teague, and Charlie Quesnel spoke as appreciatively as they […]
The Class of 2022 Ticktockers at the Golden Medallion Ceremony
Photo by David Nicholson Photography The Class of 2022 Ticktockers were recognized at the Golden Themed Medallion Ceremony on March 5 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Over the past six years, these girls volunteered 14,555 hours in the local community at a variety of philanthropies, including the Ticktocker Thrift Shop in San Pedro where proceeds […]
Cellist Mei Hotta receives Knox Music Award
Prize includes solo performance with the Palos Verdes Symphony Orchestra by Stacey A. Morse Mei Hotta, of Torrance, a freshman at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, has won the 2022 Knox Performance Music Award for her Feb. 27 performance at the Redondo Union High Auditorium of Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 for Cello […]
Leadership Redondo chooses homeless pallets enhancement
by Garth Meyer Leadership Redondo’s project for 2021-22 is to add amenities and beautify the homeless pallet shelters on Kingsdale Avenue. The project was approved by the city council last week. Members of the class presented a video on their plans, which are to paint each shelter blue on the bottom half, leaving the upper […]
“Peace by Chocolate” – Bittersweet [MOVIE REVIEW]
Interred in a Lebanese refugee camp, Syrian refugee Tareq is granted asylum in Canada. Greeted at the airport by quintessential upbeat smiling Canadians, Frank and Heather, they come bearing gifts, well, one in any case — a super heavy-duty hooded ski parka for the super heavy-duty winter that awaits the young man from the desert. […]
Travel: Coastal Cambria on Highway 1 near Hearst Castle
For the past few weeks we’ve been telling you about our road trip up the central California Highway 1 beach cities. We started in Pismo Beach and continued to San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay and Cayucos. Today’s stop: Cambria, which is about 10 miles north of Cayucos and 9 miles south of Hearst Castle and […]