Among the many horror films that are visited and revisited around Halloween—or throughout the year—is a gem known as The Black Cat (1934). A Pre-Code delight, the film stars actress Lucille Lund in what is arguably her most notable role.

My introduction to painting began upon my retirement from a 20 year stint working in Aerospace. I knew I could draw fairly well but my limited painting skills that I acquired in San Pedro High School were very limited so I did things the hard way, trial and error.

We don’t name all of our patients but this one involved a wonderful story.

Hannah, an adult Great Horned Owl, was spotted on the lawn at the Palos Verdes interpretive Center on May 10, 2021 by Sue, of their volunteers, who thought she was dead. She looked like a bloody pile of leaves! Hannah had severe head trauma, perhaps from being hit by a car.

The one design choice with the biggest impact on the look and feel of your space is what you do with your walls. After all, they surround every room in your home. Whether you opt for paint, paper, wood or tile, its truly a blank canvas. Don't be afraid to get creative! Interior Designer, Megan Dufresne shares some fun ideas and pro tips to make any wall an eye catcher.

The Banning Museum’s stagecoach (Challenge) is a reproduction of a coach that was built in Wilmington in 1867 for Phineas Banning. Banning used stagecoaches like this one to transport passengers and mail between Wilmington and Los Angeles and then on to other destinations around southern California.

The Pacific Ocean along the western United States is cold. The result of the frigid near-Arctic currents flowing south from Alaska unlike the warmer gulf stream waters off the eastern seaboard. As a result, colder oceans tend to produce more drab colored marine life, so not make themselves a target for predators, except Mother-Nature did not get the message when it came to these particular red-orange colored sea creatures whose females of the species are known to eat their own eggs.

In the past few issues of Palos Verdes Pulse I have described the revolution in the life sciences brought about by the discovery of the DNA structure, the genetic code and the human genome. DNA sequencing is uncovering the genes with mutations that cause disease and disability.