Long Beach, Calif. – Ken Burns, one of the most recognizable and popular documentary filmmakers of our time is coming to Long Beach as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series. He is appearing live at the Terrace Theater on Monday, May 1, 2023 at 8:00pm.
Read MorePalos Verdes Peninsula: March 29, 2023: “Go Wild for the Peninsula” this year on Earth Day weekend. The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy has three amazing ways to participate this year: the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour, an Online Silent Auction and an outdoor volunteer day at the White Point Nature Preserve.
Read MoreWhen Erica Bauermeister’s first novel, The School of Essential Ingredients, was published, her mother, Rolling Hills Estates resident Dorothy Rechtin, threw a house party for local readers.
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San Diego has a dynamic and energetic wine growing culture and the number boutique wineries that you can visit continues to grow. At a good number of the wineries, you will often have intimate access to the wine making process, to vineyards and the winemakers of this growing wine region.
Read MoreComedian Sean Leary wants more laughter in the South Bay. You've probably never heard of him. But he doesn't care.
Read MoreRecently I had the very great pleasure to sit down and have a conversation with David Benoit, one of the founding fathers of contemporary jazz and the man who developed the format we know as smooth jazz, a long time Palos Verdes resident.
Read MoreWhen Skinner’s Pharmacy (Skinner’s) opened its doors in 1961 in Rolling Hills Estates, the Peninsula and surrounding communities were home to many family owned and operated businesses dedicated to serving the needs of their community.
Read MoreEarth Day is a global event celebrated every year on April 22. The day is dedicated to promoting environmental protection and awareness, as well as encouraging individuals and communities to take action to preserve our planet.
Read MoreThe Luminaries and Novas of Torrance Memorial Medical Center are non-profit volunteer groups founded in 1990 providing services and financial donations to the hospital. To date, they have donated over $540,000 to support many important hospital projects.
Read MoreWhen my son was three, I said “Bryce, let’s hit the road and I got in the car. He didn’t follow. Instead, he was in the driveway with a stick.
Read MoreA small thing can change a person’s life, said French writer Guy de Maupassant in his short story “The Necklace.” In Maupassant’s story, it was the loss of a borrowed necklace.
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 MoreSpring is here! We may have some rain, but the wisteria is blooming and the squirrels have an extra skip in their step. The refreshment of this glorious season is in the air. Since ancient times, spring has represented a renewal of life, a return to birth and blossom after the long, cold spell of winter.
Read MoreMom will love to get a Spring Butterfly Basket with Native Wildflowers - Get a special pollinator package with a half dozen 4″ size native plants grown in the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy’s Native Plant Nursery especially for making your garden beautiful,
Read MoreFor 35 years Rolling Hills Covenant Church has packed in thousands of art-loving folks for its presentations of the Pageant of Our Lord during the Easter holidays.
Read MoreAfter receiving its largest private financial gift ever, South Coast Botanic Garden (Garden) hosted the groundbreaking for its new multi-million-dollar children and family garden and announced the “Cultivate the Future” campaign, the Garden’s largest fundraising campaign in its 63 year history.
Read MoreI am sure you have all been well aware of the crazy weather we have been having this winter, and yes, even an English woman like me has had quite enough of all the rain.
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