The unexpected hotel restaurant
The management at a hotel in an area with many dining options has a difficult choice for their restaurant: stay safe or go bold. Most stay safe, creating a generic menu that will appeal mainly to the hotel’s clientele. A menu of steaks, seafood, and simple pastas isn’t a road to fame, but it’s easy […]
DEVELOPMENT: Residents urge the council to nix St. Cross plan
by Elka Worner Residents opposed to a plan that could bring up to 50 new homes into their neighborhood have a month to find alternate sites for affordable housing in Hermosa Beach, the City Council said at its July 11 meeting. Under state law, the city must provide 558 affordable housing units by 2029. Potential […]
Manhattan, PV players among top finishers in Jr AVP Nationals
by Wrigley Zbyszewski Nearly 800 beach volleyball players, 18 and under, competed in the Junior AVP Nationals and US Beach Club tournaments last week. The competition coincided with the AVP Hermosa Beach Open, and reflected beach volleyball’s growing popularity, said Jeff Conover, AVP’s Senior Director of Sport and Competition. “We had 378 teams this year,” […]
Manhattan Beach Police Beach 7-13-23
Theft busts On June 29, after a foot chase, two suspects were arrested for organized retail theft at Macy’s department store in Manhattan Village shopping center. All the merchandise, which police estimate was worth thousands of dollars, was recovered. Both suspects, who allegedly committed similar crimes earlier, received additional charges in Redondo Beach. On June […]
Webb Telescope – One Year In
—————– (July 19, 2023: this article has been updated. Corrections made – the star-forming region shown by the July 12 Webb image is 390 light years away, not 390 million. In another image, mentioned by Michael McWhinnie, a cloud “being blasted into space” was near a moon by Saturn, not Jupiter). —————- by Garth […]
How CS:GO Has Affected the Betting Industry
Learn about the impact CS:GO has had on the betting Industry; understand the dynamics of the CS:GO economy and how you can maximize it for yourself. Understanding the Impact of CS:GO on the Betting Industry The economy and the overall structure of CS:GO are two aspects that set it apart from other electronic […]
“They Cloned Tyrone” – Not a copy but an original [MOVIE REVIEW]
“They Cloned Tyrone” is never entirely what you think it will be. Crossing genre lines many times, Juel Taylor, director and co-writer (with Tony Rettenmaier) surprises at almost every turn. Rather indeterminate in time frame, it might be the recent past or the near future. Cinematographer Ken Seng uses a dark, muddy palette with a […]
“The Miracle Club” Lourdesie Lourdesie [MOVIE REVIEW]
If “The Miracle Club” starred Jane Brown, Susie White and Mary Jones this slight piece would have gone straight to the Lifetime Channel. But director Thaddeus O’Sullivan found a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for this little Irish film written by Jimmy Smallhorne, Timothy Prager and Josh Mauer. That pot of […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 7-13-23
Spotlight Shakespeare by the Sea is back in the South Bay. The group will stage “Hamlet” on Thursday, July 13 at Valley Park, 2521 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach. Showtime is 7 p.m. “Twelfth Night” is on tap for Thursday, July 20 at Polliwog Park, followed by “Hamlet” on Friday, July 21, also at Polliwog Park. […]