Coyote spotted in Manhattan Beach
Police report that a coyote was spotted Monday night in the City of Manhattan Beach. The animal was last seen on 10th and John. The Manhattan Beach Police Department asked residents be cautious and...
View ArticlePENINSULA DINING – The passion of Bernard Ibarra
How Terranea’s executive chef quietly transformed the resort’s farm-to-table approach to food and in so doing found his own roots
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FREEDOM SONGS: Two Long Beach musicians begin residency at Suzy’s in Hermosa...
Two strong singers front the Cold Shoulders and The Kang Trio, who bring a taste of the Long Beach indie music scene to Hermosa Beach on Monday nights once a month — by Mark McDermott She was a...
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Five candidates compete in El Segundo City Council election
by Mark McDermott Near the end of an El Segundo City Council candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters Monday night, one of the candidates made a remark unusual in the rough and tumble...
View ArticleBrann, Boyles, Pirsztuk elected to El Segundo City Council
by Mark McDermott El Segundo will have a vastly new City Council after three new councilmembers were elected Tuesday night and both incumbents on the ballot suffered defeat. But both incumbents, Marie...
View ArticleBest of the Beach 2016, Live Music Venue: Saint Rocke
Saint Rocke is known as a small club that books big acts, often nationally touring artists who rarely perform in such intimate settings. In the last year, for example, Big Head Todd, Ozomatli, the Dan...
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Best of the Beach 2016, Liquor Store: Ocean View Liquor
The key to the success of Ocean View Liquor is as simple as it is rare: the little shop on Manhattan Avenue near the HB/MB border is genuinely a part of the community it serves. Owner Norm Kalosh lives...
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Champions of the Earth: Environmental heroes in the South Bay
Morgan Sliff reports: They may be small in size, but they are big in action. Isabella and SaraJane Bacallao, Sofia Pizer, and Sofia Prenter know the ropes when it comes to standing up for a greener...
View ArticleLuke Walton, a Manhattan Beach resident, named Lakers’ coach
by Mark McDermott Luke Walton, a Manhattan Beach resident since his rookie year as a Laker in 2003, has been named his former teams’ new coach. The Lakers announced Walton’s hire as the 26th coach in...
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On Local Government: It’s all about the data
by Bob Pinzler I know a great deal about license plate recognition (LPR), having been part owner of a company that was one of the two earliest entrants into that market in the US. So, one would think I...
View Article“Elstree 1976”: A tribute to the unknown faces of “Star Wars” [MOVIE REVIEW]
by Ryan Rojas/Cinemacy.com Amidst the recently renewed “Star Wars” mania, with the beloved franchise’s acquisition and and re-boot by Disney with last year’s behemoth blockbuster, “Star Wars: The Force...
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Luke Walton returns to his adopted hometown of Manhattan Beach as head coach...
by Mark McDermott Early in the summer of 2003, an early-70s model champagne-colored Cadillac convertible pulled into El Porto with a bushy-haired big kid at the wheel. He had a tattoo on his right...
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Maps: How Lisa Ritchie followed her songs west and what she found [MUSIC...
by Mark McDermott It’s a curious enterprise, the making of songs, and how those songs can sometimes become vessels that take their makers far beyond their known horizons for reasons that even they...
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How to be aquatic: Bryan Mineo’s journey from the lakes of Texas to the...
by Mark McDermott It began in on a hot summer day in a backyard pool in Bedford, Texas. The kid wouldn’t get out of the water. His mother had come out to call him to dinner. He was hungry, but staying...
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The birth of the cool (El Segundo Art Walk)
by Mark McDermott If the annals of El Segundo are ever compiled and some future scribe investigates the exact moment when the little seaside city named after Standard Oil’s second refinery reached a...
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South Bay Dining News: El Indio’s end, Buffalo Fire Department’s last call,...
by Richard Foss A Redondo Tradition Ends… The original El Indio lasted 65 years, the revamped El Indio Kitchen only six months. The renovated interior was much nicer, the idea of adding some modern and...
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South Bay entertainment calendar July 7-13
Thursday, July 7 You won’t sit still Mayaztek plays reggae and cumbia from 6 to 8 p.m. as part of the free Concert Series on the Pier, 100 Fisherman’s Wharf Redondo Beach. Come back on Saturday, same...
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The Gospel of Luke
The unconventional life, and death, of Luke Horgan by Mark McDermott On a sunny summer day 10 years ago a young man with a curly mess of blonde hair, eerily clear blue eyes, and a one-dimple grin...
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Photos by Broza: How Brent Broza became one of the South Bay’s most vital...
by Mark McDermott Brent Broza was living a good dream on the day the phone call came. The South Bay native and lifelong surfer had moved to Maui in 2005. He was 36 years old, and he’d built a...
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The Endless Session: Lessons Learned
by Morgan Sliff After years away from the ocean, I found heaven in salt again and made a commitment to surf for a year straight. Daily romps with the sea have taught me countless lessons, but here’s a...
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