Those of us who love the Palos Verdes Peninsula know that it’s a wondrous place with many stories and traditions. There’s the story of the Tongva and the Chumash tribes. Russian and Aleutian fur traders, Portuguese and Spanish explorers, the Vanderlip family, California surfing history… all are part of PV tradition.

Docent Orientation (Virtual) – Thursday, December 8th, 12pm – 1:30pm. Join us and learn how you can share your love of nature with others! Sign up at https://pvplc.volunteerhub.com/.

Some Palos Verdes locals may know Chuck Dickerson as a long-time music director at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church, but as I learned in our recent conversation, this multi-talented man is involved in many other projects.

How do you measure great art? Is it by the quality of materials in the work? The message it tries to convey to the audience? Or the iridescent life the artist had to experience to develop the ability to capture inspiration onto canvas? On the Palos Verdes Peninsula there is another way to measure art — in miles.

I am an early riser so, for me, there is nothing I like better that getting out for a walk first thing in the morning.

We are so fortunate here on the peninsula to enjoy both sunrises and sunsets.

This photo is 17th st in San Pedro basking in the glow.

Put on your sunglasses everyone!

November and the lovely autumn season seem time for comely comedy with some stories about fun of love, temptation realized or not, films that feature “hooker with a heart of gold” aka, ladies of the night, or in more elegant terms courtesan, who might be working in what been called the “world’s oldest profession, and possesses virtues such as kindness, integrity, generosity.

The world has produced a number of household-name ballerinas like Anna Pavola, Galina Ulanova and Alicia Markova and our own hometown girl, Misty Copeland, who at age 40 has surpassed all expectations in fame, talent and versatility.