Adrienne Nakashima, the South Coast Botanic Garden’s (Garden) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and her staff are constantly striving to create new and exciting ways for visitors from all parts of Los Angeles to experience the Garden. Their latest event, “Music and Flowers” combines the talents of some of the best African American floriculture designers in California with the music from notable native and Los Angeles based musical artists.
Read MoreThings do change in a heartbeat, don’t they? When I last interviewed Daniela Saxa-Kaneko she was serving as the interim executive director of the Palos Verdes Art Center. Not long after that the “interim” was dropped—and she was selected to head up the place, a venerable institution which has been serving the Peninsula for 90 years.
Read MoreJill Sanders is a local fine art landscape photographer born and raised here in Palos Verdes, California. Her images stir a sense of stillness and peace upon the viewer as she blends her painterly effects of light and shadow mixed with long exposure techniques.
Read MoreIf you live in San Pedro, as I do, you have probably discovered Averill Park with it’s pretty waterfall, meandering stream and ever fascinating ( to me anyway) duckpond. In spring you’ll see ducklings and all year round there are Mallards, Muscovy ducks,wood duck and visiting herons. The Muscovy ducks think they own the place and are often seen patrolling the perimeter of the pond.
Read MoreImagine, after taking one single breath of air and suddenly you are submerged under water into a poorly lit, murky, eerie world where you are immediately no longer at the top of the food chain, and the animal at the top of the food chain could be stalking you at any moment. That is a world not many of us would aim to immerse ourselves in. Imagine that very animal that is at the top of the food chain laying just inches in front of your face.
Read MoreCalifornia’s mild climate, consistently sunny days and open spaces were quite an incentive for film studios to relocate from their New York locations to Southern California. Once in California, filmmakers frequently used Southern California and the western states as backdrops for their films about the adventures of America’s Western Expansion.
Read MoreHere we are, in the heart of Virgo season – on the cusp of autumn and the falling of many leaves, both literal and symbolic. Along with the sign Gemini, Virgo is ruled by the planet Mercury, infusing it with powerful energies of communication, informational processing, and profound mental acuity.
Read MoreThe Point Vicente Chapter NSDAR has set up their yearly Constitution Week display at the Peninsula Center Library, at 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates. The presentation will remain in the young readers window display through the 25th, thanks to the support of the Palos Verdes Library District (PVLD).
Read MoreHollywood Goes Underground
39th Hollywood Forever Cemetery Walking Tour
Sunday, October 2, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Read MoreAs you power up your shrinking machine it begins to spark and rattle. A quick glance at the settings reads a shrink ratio of 1 to 160. You take aim at a local locomotive resting in the port of Los Angeles, hit the switch and blast the locomotive with all your machine’s might! It works as you exclaim with joy,
Read MoreOne of the most important aspects of goat herding for cost effective fire prevention is the protection from superlative, good-natured dogs who live with the goats night and day
Read MorePaul Revere Williams, FAIA
(February 18, 1894- January 23, 1980) was an American architect based in Los Angeles, California and practiced primarily in Southern California. He designed the homes of many celebrities including Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Anthony Quinn, and Barbara Stanwyck. and Charles Correl.
Read MoreA love for the ocean — coupled with a series of fortunate events, formed Mike Neipris life into what he describes as ‘the best job anyone could ever have.’
Read MorePalos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Announces a “Go Wild for the Peninsula” Campaign as The City of Rancho Palos Verdes and the Conservancy Announce the Creation of a New 96-Acre Wildlife Corridor.
Read MoreMy name is Annette Bochenek, Ph.D., and I am a film historian and scholar of Hollywood’s Golden Age. One of my favorite pastimes includes exploring the hometowns of classic Hollywood's film actors and actresses, as documented on my Hometowns to Hollywood blog and discussed in my presentation series.
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