Fishbar has a fresh look at fresh seafood

Sometimes readers contact me to ask why I haven’t reviewed one of their favorite spots, to my momentary puzzlement. The experience is still fresh in my mind, as is the lead I composed for the article… Let me look that up in my archive. Hmmm, this was published two decades ago, funny how time flies. […]

Closing ceremony: AES power plant shuts down forever

by Garth Meyer A large crowd gathered in the vacant field above the AES power plant in Redondo Beach New Year’s Eve to mark the operation’s shutdown after 69 years. An earlier plant on the site went back to 1907. City and state officials spoke, from Mayor Bill Brand, to State Senator Ben Allen, many […]

Bay Watch Community Calendar 1-4-24

Thursday, January 4 South Bay Bridge Club Join the South Bay Bridge club and learn how to play plus make new friends. New 2024 schedule available at southbaybridgeclub.com. 24100 Narbonne Ave., #105, Lomita. Check the website for days and times. Questions: (310) 325-7222. Tyke hike Bring your young child (0-6) for a docent-led walk around […]

Into the Tropic of Cancer

How a wandering surfer’s search for waves resulted in one the world’s great musical festivals in a Baja Pueblo by Mark McDermott A few years ago, a van swung onto Manuel Márquez de León, a street that runs through the downtown “Centro” district of Todos Santos, a pueblo in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The vehicle […]

Law Change in California Still Unlikely

2023 saw another successful year enjoyed by the US gambling industry and also in Canada. With the Super Bowl and March Madness on its way, the first quarter of 2024 should also be very profitable. However, not every US state has made sports betting legal, will that change in 2024?   If sports betting was […]