by Garth Meyer After two years of design and planning, a two-and-a-half-acre park of native plants is coming to the land under the powerlines just up from the AES plant, on the hill where city officials held a ceremony to mark the shutdown of the power plant on New Year’s Eve, 2023. “I was ecstatic when I got the news …
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by Liz Mullen Recipe for scrambled e-bikers HBPD has had several reports of juveniles on e-bikes throwing eggs at cars but has been hampered in catching them because e-bike chases pose a bigger threat to the public than the eggs. “The juveniles have fled from officers multiple times and due to them being on e-bikes, we have been unable to …
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The investment landscape is radically changing. While traditional avenues like stocks, bonds, and real estate still hold a lot of value, new-age digital investments are fast catching up. From cryptocurrency to DeFi and tokenized assets, this shift toward digital investment channels is changing the way investors look at building wealth in 2025. The Foundations of Traditional Investment …
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Super Bowl Sunday 10K/5K returns to waterfront The annual Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce Super Bowl Sunday 10 K/5K Run/Walk returns Feb. 9, starting and finishing on Harbor Drive at the Redondo Beach waterfront. The 10k race begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the 5K at 8:15. Other races include the Kids 1K Fun Run, 5K stroller walk, and 10K …
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This badly burned wood beam washed up at 14th Street in Hermosa Beach Saturday morning. Similar burnt debris has been found along South Bay Beaches, from El Segundo to Palos Verdes. The debris is believed to be from homes destroyed by the recent Pacific Palisades Fire, at the north end of the Santa Monica Bay, 20 miles up the coast. …
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We’re happy to present an excerpt from Scout Tafoya’s new book on the work of Anthony Mann. The synopsis from Amazon is below, followed by the excerpt. Get your copy here. He brought sadism and shocking violence to the western, he staged the French revolution on a backlot for a pauper’s pittance, he remade the Hollywood epic, he died in …
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Sundance! As a creator, this iconic film festival once felt like an untouchable dream reserved for stars or those who had “made it.” But after boldly attending the Cannes Film Festival years ago, I realized Sundance wasn’t out of reach. With a push from my Chicago filmmaker friends, including Dashawna Wright, Founder of Choppe Productions, and my good friend Alfie …
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The Sundance Film Festival is at a crossroads. Within the next year, the organization may announce a new home, leaving behind the Park City vistas filmmakers have been flocking to for generations. Yet, in looking back at its storied history for this year’s From the Collection section, the festival selected one of its first distinguished alums, the film “El Norte,” …
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The title of Zeinabu irene Davis’s landmark independent film “Compensation” comes from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s 1906 poem of the same name. The film follows the parallel love stories of two lovers—a deaf woman (Michelle A. Banks) and a hearing man (John Earl Jelks)—in both turn-of-the-century and modern-day Chicago. As the film crosscuts between the story of Malindy and Arthur, who …
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There are problems with “A Muerte” / “Love You to Death,” Apple TV+’s new Spanish series. For one, the pilot is frustratingly slow, lacking future episodes’ heart, charm, and action. It’s all set up and done in such a perfunctory (aka boring) way that I imagine many viewers won’t get past it. Particularly because we are entering into an emotionally …
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