In a world that may seem scary, nerve racking, or uneasy, it is important for people to find their happy place. It is important that we have a safe space to be ourselves whatever that may look like. Estela Rivas Bryant is someone who has been able to offer this to young female hockey players through a local non-profit program.
Read MoreTherapy Dog Maya recently visited a group mental health session for teenage girls at Torrance-based Del Amo Hospital. As she worked her way around the circle, each of the troubled teens had a chance to pet, scratch or hug her. Maya lingered a moment with one 15-year-old girl, who turned to Maya’s handler, Jim, and said quietly, “This is the happiest time I have had since I’ve been here.” Then she smiled.
Read MoreMy friends who meet at Mayers bakery are quite interested in artificial intelligence. We are the “Bakery Boys” and each week we solve one of the world’s big problems. Unfortunately, by the next meeting we have forgotten the problem and the solution. No wonder we are interested in artificial intelligence, or AI.
Read MoreIn 1997 an MIT article noted that the sky will soon fill with satellites providing communication to every point on Earth, and that they should do double duty by collecting solar energy and beaming it down to Earth. Perhaps that time has come.
Read MoreThe Soka Gakkai International (SGI) began their donation of cherry trees to the City of Torrance in 2001.
Read MoreIt’s not an exaggeration to say that nuclear fusion is the fundamental life force. The Sun generates this life-giving energy in a process that involves both implosion and explosion.
Read MoreIn 1924 newspaper man John B. T. Campbell began publishing a serialized novel in the Los Angeles Herald called the Rose of Los Angeles.
Read MoreWild mustard is despised among native plant activist. It smothers native plants and flowers transforming the landscape of the United States
Read MoreFlowers are not there for our enjoyment. Think of them as that lit up “liquor” sign down the street; bright, inviting, the promise of something good. But, this promise is for pollinators, not us.
Read More(with excerpts from “Awakened Miracles: Your Course From Source” Spiritual Counselor Certification)
What happens if you close your eyes and tell yourself, “The next thing I think is a dream?”
Go ahead, close your eyes and say it…“The next thing I think is a dream?”
Read MoreSteampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates technology and design inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. Steampunk may also include alternative history, the array of literature, fashion, and art.
Read MoreWe need to get serious about the renewable energy revolution—by including nuclear power
Nuclear fusion is suddenly all the rage. There’s the technical triumph.
Read MorePalos Verdes Amazing Young Authors By Derek Gable
Read MoreHave you noticed all the wonderful colors springing up around the Peninsula lately? The brilliant greens of new growth on the trees to pinks of the blossoms on the trees and the vibrant splashes of color as nature paints our world. Have you noticed all the wonderful colors springing up around the Peninsula lately? The brilliant greens of new growth on the trees to pinks of the blossoms on the trees and the vibrant splashes of color as nature paints our world.
Read MoreValentine’s Day is here! And while the day is traditionally associated with flowers, chocolate, and perhaps a romantic evening, many sailors who were separated from their loved ones had to be a bit more creative. Here are just a few examples from the collection of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. To view more of the historic photograph collection, be sure to visit www.lamaritimemuseum.org select “research” and then “Online Digital Collections”. The museum welcomes donations of photograph and artifacts that document the history of the Port of Los Angeles. Please contact the museum at info@lamaritimemuseum.org or call 310-548-7618 if you have items to donate.
Read MoreBefore the invention of television and the internet, publicity stills sold movies to filmgoing audiences during the heyday of classic movies from the 1920 through the 1950s. Film studios produced and distributed millions of free publicity images to magazines and newspapers to build awareness of upcoming movies or to promote promising or popular performers.
Read MorePALOS VERDES PENINSULA–The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy will present a special virtual event: Chesley Bonestell ~ A Brush with the Future. Admission to the event includes a DVD and Zoom Q&A Discussion with award winning South Bay Filmmakers Douglass M. Stewart, Jr. and Timothy Branning Sunday, January 29, 2023, 4:00 – 5:00pm
Read MoreOn the Miraleste side of Rancho Palos Verdes lives a forty-four-year resident who saved a Mercury Atlas rocket launch and played a significant role in getting the Apollo 13 astronauts home safely. He worked at Disneyland the first year it opened and the Northrop facility which was located on the hill.
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