In a very quiet, rural, homey neighborhood in Rolling Hills Estates along Palos Verdes Drive North you may have noticed a large stone that sticks up like a sign post hailing this is the place to turn in for Nansen Field. If you turn onto that road, which is Hidden Valley road, you will find quaint sign and gate which leads to a large soccer field with an outcrop of buildings called Nansen field.
Read MoreWhen my eyes first spotted Misty, I didn’t even know her name, but I knew she was destined for greatness! She was a petite seventh grader trying out for Dance Drill Team Captain in the Dana Middle School gym. I was in awe by just the way she stood in ready position - perfect poise, posture, and presence, just as a dancer would.
Read MoreThe Port of Long Beach recently presented the Gerald Desmond Replacement Bridge (Bridge) new night lighting scheme. The LED lights are capable of lighting the 515-foot twin towers and the 80 suspension cables in 27 different color schemes.
Read MoreRelaxing on my porch sipping red wine, I casually scroll through my iPad browser, dreamily admiring spectacular jewelry. My spirits are immediately uplifted, and I am overwhelmed with a sudden surge of optimism. Each piece carefully handcrafted lends a voice to India’s legacy, 5,000 years ago of artistry and cultural history.
Read MoreThe South Coast Botanic Garden has been a haven to many South Bay residents and visitors as a way to escape the monotony of the COVID-19 restrictions. So much so, that MaryLynn Mack, Chief Operating Officer and other Garden staff members have been “pleasantly surprised and appreciative of the number of visitors coming to the Garden for a brief escape.”
Read MoreArt can make science both understandable and inspirational, as is expertly demonstrated in a documentary film made here in Palos Verdes about an artist and architect named Chesley Bonestell (1888 – 1986).
Read MoreThe Port of Los Angeles in the 1960s had all the makings of a gripping detective novel: corruption, graft, secretly-taped meetings, indictments, an unexplained death and a Pulitzer Price-winning expose by the Los Angeles Times. Bringing the Princess Louise floating restaurant was just one of the many scandals that erupted during that turbulent era.
Read MoreSeveral years ago, I was invited by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to attend a Travel Mart followed by a familiarization trip through Isaan, Northeast of Thailand.
Unbeknownst to me, an adventure awaited, as I travelled on this off the beaten path. The mystique, magic and mystery evoked by the resplendent Khmer temples dotting the landscape, a navigation for the Cambodians, left me wondering if I was in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Read MoreShortly after acquiring Santa Catalina Island in 1919, William Wrigley, Jr. began to leave his thump print on his beloved isle. On July 1, 1920, Wrigley opened the Atwater Hotel dedicated to his daughter-in-law, Helen Blanche Atwater Wrigley who married Phillip Wrigley, Wrigley’s son, on March 26, 1918.
Read MoreJust one block from the ocean sits the beautiful high school campus known as Palos Verdes High School (PVHS). This high school was built during the postwar population boom and was completed in 1961. In 1959, Los Angeles Unified School district hired two notable architects to accompany Richard Neutra in designing and building the school. Those other architects were Robert Alexander and a South Bay local named Carrington Lewis.
Read MoreThe Warner Grand Theatre will celebrate her 90th birthday in 2021. This is the first in a series of stories by the staff and volunteers of Grand Vision Foundation, the Theatre’s Friends Group, intended to bring the opening day and early years of the Theatre to life. We hope you enjoy it!
Read MoreThe Port of Long Beach (Port), City of Long Beach and other Los Angeles County and state officials certainly had reason to celebrate as the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project (GDBRP) opened on Friday, October 2nd. The California legislature will officially name the GDBRP in the future.
Read More“Mustang Sally, think you better slow your mustang down” – Wilson Pickett
Americans love their cars. Especially Californians of the male persuasion. For more than a century cars have been the symbol of personal freedom.
Read MoreAs beautiful and colorful as Palos Verdes is, there are times when the dramatic scape calls for an additional angle; black and white.
Read MoreOne Midwest winter's day, in the midst of my long three-year stint of completely unfocused study at the University of Wisconsin, a friend announced that she was leaving the university and moving to California in pursuit of a degree in fashion design.
Read MoreWilliam Wrigley, Jr. established his fame and significant fortune by selling America’s favorite chewing gum, but it was Santa Catalina Island that captivated his imagination.
Read MoreRoses are the symbol of LOVE and have been treasured for centuries, loved in every generation. The love affair of the rose must surely be its sheer beauty-
Read MoreIt all started at age four after weeks of begging my mother for dance lessons and being inspired by my first live ballet of Swan Lake. It was easier for her to say yes after a very unsuccessful eye surgery to try to correct my cross-sightedness and wandering eye. The surgeon advised her to take books away from me for a while.
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