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Congress: it’s Gibson again to challenge Jane Harman
Jane Harman’s re-election campaigns seem like quiet affairs in her 36th Congressional District, which covers the beach cities and El Segundo, stretching from Venice to the Port of Los Angeles.
Harman, 63, a crossover Democrat sometimes nicknamed G.I. Jane, has served seven straight terms as congresswoman from the district. She hasn’t faced an anxious election night [...]
Newcomer aims to dethrone assemblyman
Challenger Thomas Vidal
Assemblyman Ted Lieu heads into the Nov. 4 election with a lengthy laundry list of qualifications. Since elected in September 2005, he has chaired the Assembly’s Rules Committee and Committee on Aerospace. He has authored numerous environmental, health care, education and housing bills. And prior to his time in Sacramento, he was a [...]
Harbor Lights 10/30/08
Manhattan Beach resident Mike Harker and crew aboard his Hunter 49 Wanderlust at Isletilla de Don Bernardo in Panama.
Mike Harker lists his hometown as Manhattan Beach but you’ll rarely see him there. That’s not too unusual. Lots of people don’t spend much time at home.
What might be considered more unusual are some of the [...]
South Bronx to South Bay
Voting in America, while a public duty, is an intensely private act. It is something akin to how the psychologist William James defined religion: the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude. When you enter the polling booth and draw the curtain, you are utterly alone.
It was not always so. In [...]
Letters 10/23/08
DD damage already begun
Dear ER:
It’s unbelievable how supporters of destructive Measure DD ignore facts about its real damage. The former master lessee of the Redondo Beach Marina, Mar Ventures, wanted to make major improvements. They sought to eliminate the first impression seen by all in the harbor ‘ parking lots ‘ by creating underground parking [...]
Harbor Lights 10/23/08
Seaside Ice partners Tom Kearney and Scott Williams at Seaside Lagoon, which they plan to turn into a winter wonderland. Photo by Harry Munns
Predicting that people would ice skate at Seaside Lagoon when Hell freezes over would normally be about as safe as betting the Chicago Cubs won’t play in the World Series. Not this [...]
South Bronx to South Bay 10/23/08
The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner is a unique event in American politics. Held every October for the last 63 years, it draws major figures of all parties and persuasions for a good time for a good cause. Its keynote speakers have included 11 presidents or presidents-to-be, foreign leaders, diplomats, generals, entertainers, and broadcasters. [...]
MoreOn Local Government
The dueling initiatives, Measures DD and EE, appearing on the November Redondo Beach ballot should both be rejected. But, the rationale for their defeat is not any of those provided by the proponents. Elections have consequences, and if people want a City Council responsive to their desires, they should bother to come out and vote [...]
MoreKids Calendar 10/16/08
Thursday, Oct. 16
Flyers, wigglers & crawlies
This 2-hour program will give you the opportunity to observe a bug zoo, learn insect anatomy, go on a guided bug hunt, sing songs and listen to bug stories, enjoy an art project and potting activity. Begins at 10 a.m. and will be repeated on Saturday, Oct. 18. Be on [...]
Bay Watch Community Calendar
Thursday, October 16
ECC Anthropology Museum
The El Camino College Anthropology Museum offers two exhibits, photographs of Changing China, from work to recreation, the explosive economic growth and consequent pollution, and changing cultural values. Another exhibit displays select artifacts from the Polynesian cultures of Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga, and photographs documenting indigenous sites of [...]
