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Meet the Beatles! Abbey Road plays Hermosa Beach

  On February 9, 1964, four shaggy-haired Brits made their stateside debut on the Ed Sullivan show while 73 million Americans looked on.

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Typhoon Haiyan Benefit: Hermosa Beach’s Lighthouse rocks for relief

Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines earlier this month, killing over five thousand people and leaving almost two million people homeless.

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Strings, suds and sandwiches: bluegrass hits Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach

  The folks at Saint Rocke are celebrating the holiday season with the unlikely marriage of bluegrass, grilled cheese and craft beer.

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Punks unplugged: Sinners Sermon at South Bay Customs

Even the most hard-core guys have a soft side, too. Artists like Jonny “Two Bags” Wickersham of Social Distortion and Charlie Overbey of Custom Made Scare spend much of their lives shedding blood and...

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New Year’s Eve at the Beach: options abound in the South Bay

The South Bay has no lack of options for where to be when the ball drops.

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Music Preview – Moonshine madness in El Segundo’s Smoky Hollow

Moonshine, bluegrass, and motorcycles -- just another night at South Bay Customs.

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Boston’s World Series trophy comes to Fat Face Fenner’s in Hermosa Beach

Today the Boston Red Sox World Series Trophy will make a pit stop at Fat Face Fenner’s Fishshack in Hermosa Beach, the bar considered the west coast headquarters of Red Sox Nation. A World Series...

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Guitar legends Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor come to Redondo Beach Thursday

Two of the best guitar players in the world play the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.

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World Series trophy visits Fat Face Fenner’s Fishshack

The line was out the door, everyone was dressed in Boston blue and red and “Sweet Caroline,” a Red Sox anthem, was pumping out of massive speakers. No, it wasn’t Yawkey Way. It was Hermosa Beach’s Fat...

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Blood, sweat and booze: the Bourbon Saints smack Hermosa Beach’s Saint Rocke

"It kinda makes you want to sing along while you’re strangling the person next to you."

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Police barricade possible gunman in Redondo Beach

At approximately 2 p.m. Friday, Redondo Beach Police responded to calls that a subject at 513 North Francisca Avenue was making violent threats to himself and others. The police responded with over a...

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Redondo Beach power plant noise focus of complaints

The state agency overseeing the AES power plant’s application to repower on the Redondo Beach waterfront held a public workshop Monday night and heard an earful about noise.

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Keeping old-fashioned entertainment alive: The Old Town Music Hall hosts a...

The Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo is a South Bay gem. For 46 years, the music hall and theater has run as a non-profit art space showing silent and classic films and holding ragtime, jazz and...

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MUSIC PREVIEW: Sara Dee’s ring of fire comes to the Hermosa Saloon

Sara Dee doesn’t look much like the Man in Black. The youthful songstress and California native is petite, blond and has a face that looks like it belongs on a greeting card. But this musical force can...

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Redondo Beach lifeguards save man from capsized sailboat

Monday afternoon a 30-foot sailboat crashed into the west side of the Redondo Harbor breakwater, causing the boat to capsize and requiring a speedy rescue of the man onboard. At approximately 1 p.m.,...

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FILM SCREENING: “GO PUBLIC” shows the good, bad of public schools

Ivie Sherman loves education movies. As a teacher at Redondo Union High School as well as a private tutor, she often seeks out films that throw public education into the public eye. When Sherman saw an...

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Northrop Grumman holds high school challenge in Redondo Beach

The Aviation Park Gymnasium was packed on Friday morning with students, parents and coaches cheering on their hometown team. The crowd wasn’t drawn to the gym by a sports event, but by the Northrop...

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Arliene Hillinger, beloved wife of LA Times writer, dies at 86

On February 8, 1945, a skinny 18-year old sailor named Chuck Hillinger walked into the Opal Pharmacy on Torrance Boulevard in Redondo Beach. He was hitchhiking his way from the Long Beach Naval base to...

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Redondo author coaches women about work and family

Redondo Beach resident Michelle Waters has become a vibrant voice in the conversation about work and life balance for the modern woman. Her passion for career and family integration evolved after a...

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Best cocktails: Circa

Julian Cox is Los Angeles’ go-to guy for mixology. It is no surprise, then, that the best cocktail award goes to Circa, where Cox designed the drink list. Cox got his start at David Myer’s Comme Ça...

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