Feature Archive

Merry & Bright

Take a twist on traditional red and green with a seaside-inspired palette that’s sure to bring plenty of holiday cheer to your next gathering.

Deck the Halls

A Hermosa Beach house becomes a playground for all ages, all year long.

Written by Suzanna Cullen Hamilton Photographed BY Greg Bowman and Siri Berting

Centennial Celebration: Half-Baked

Stormy surprises, member in-fighting, government push-back, canceled events, controversial debt … these were a few of the unwelcome guests that crashed Manhattan Beach’s 100th birthday party.

WRITTEN BY DARREN ELMS Photographed by Michael Neveux

How We Roll

Take an awesome ride with the innovators, shapers and supporters who help carve our local skateboard culture.

By Stefan Slater

Power Struggle

To build, or not to build? That is the question simmering over plans to build a new power plant in Redondo Beach. Or is it?

Written by Suzanna Cullen Hamilton

Brave New World

If knowledge is power, what does it take to prepare our children’s minds in the new millennium? Meet the teachers of four South Bay institutions of learning. For them, education is more than grades and textbooks … it’s about elevating local students into a class of their own.

Written by Diane E. Barber

Warming Trend

Just because the temperature drops doesn’t mean you need to abandon the joys of outdoor entertaining. See how this South Bay family transformed their patio into a space they can enjoy all four seasons.

Written by Darren Elms

Colonial Days

West Indies romance finds a home in Hollywood Riviera

Written by Diane E. Barber

Last Call

Eulogy For a mermaid

Fit for a King

In the South Bay’s Hollywood Riviera neighborhood, mattress monarch Larry Milller of Sit ‘n Sleep and his wife, Nuch, create a custom home fit for a king (or queen) with the help of Redondo Beach contractor Gary Lane.

Written by Suzanna Cullen Hamilton Photographed by Siri Berting and Luke Gibson