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Mira Costa and Palos Verdes high school 

cross country runners gather last month in 

Mammoth for the annual training camp 

founded by Mira Costa coach and former 

Olympian Jeff Atkinson. Photo by Damian 

Court 

16 Cross mountain runners by Randy Angel 

Each summer, Mira Costa coach and former Palos Verdes High coach 

Jeff Atkinson takes his runners to Mammoth for a week of high altitude 

training and team building. 

22 El Camino’s jobs president by Kevin Cody 

South Bay native Dena Maloney brings a background in college-business 

partnerships to her new position as president of El Camino Community 

College. 

26 Waterwomen by Rachel Reeves 

Women made up nearly 10 percent of the paddlers in this year’s Catalina 

Classic Paddleboard Race, a 32-mile race from Catalina Island to the 

Manhattan Beach pier. Their numbers are growing each year. 

32 Young and fast by David Mendez 

Henry Morse began racing trikes, then bikes, then go karts. Now, at 15, 

he’s racing cars on the professional Pirelli World Challenge Series. 

36 Straddling Suburbia by Richard Foss 

Chef Tin Vuong’s new Riviera Village restaurant straddles Asian and 

American cuisines 

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8 Calendar 

12 Torrance Memorial at Shade 

30 Beer week at Naja’s 

34 White Light White Night 

35 South Bay Health Guide 

38 Tri Cities Sister Cities at Ortega 120 

39 South Bay Home Services Guide 

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Yoga at the RB pier 

Bring a yoga mat, a towel and water 

and enjoy free yoga on the Redondo 

pier, presented by Cancer Support 

Community-Redondo Beach, City of 

Redondo Beach, Redondo Beach Pier 

Association and Bay Club. 6 - 7 p.m. 

Thursdays through September 29. 100 

Fishermans Wharf, Redondo Beach. 

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Friday, September 9 

Row for a reason 

Body One Fitness presents the second 

annual 24 hour “Row for a Reason” 

fundraiser. Proceeds will benefit 

free programs for cancer patients and 

their families offered by Cancer Support 

Community Redondo Beach. 

Starting Friday noon through Saturday 

noon. Participants may sign up to row 

for half hour time slots for $50 and 

are encouraged to row at their own 

pace. For more information email 

info@rowforareason.org or call (310) 

379-5425. 

Portuguese Bend Horse show 

The 59th Annual Portuguese Bend 

National Horse Show continues 

through Sunday. Food booths, boutiques, 

and children’s carnival. Puppet 

shows, pony rides, face painting and 

moon bounce are just some of the activities 

at the Children’s Circle. Free 

parking and shuttle. Proceeds benefit 

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. For 

Information call (310) 318-8258 or 

visit pcch.net. 

Saturday, September 10 

Art at the Harbor 

Painter Bernard Fallon and wood 

sculptor Richard Guild have invited 

their favorite fellow painters, photographers, 

jewelers and ceramicists to 

exhibit their work at the first of a 

planned series of Art at the Harbor 

shows in front of Ruby’s Diner in 

King Harbor today and Sunday. For 

more information visit ArtAtTheHarbor 

on Facebook. 

Chalk it up 

The Redondo pier becomes a giant, 

concrete canvas during the 14th Annual 

Chalk Art Festival. This annual, 

all-ages family event is free and open 

to the public. Prizes awarded in various 

categories. 12 to 4 p.m. Redondo 

Beach Pier, 100 Fisherman’s Wharf, 

Redondo Beach. Redondopier.com. 

A Taste of Switzer 

Join in celebrating Switzer Center’s 

50 years of nurturing challenged kids 

Painter Bernard Fallon (above) and wood sculptor Richard Gould have invited 

their favorite fellow painters, photographers, jewelers and ceramicists 

to exhibit their work at their Art at the Harbor in front of Ruby’s Diner in King 

Harbor the weeknd of September 10. For more information visit ArtAtThe- 

Harbor on Facebook. 

to believe, achieve and thrive. Food 

tastings from favorite local restaurants, 

three open bars, fine wines, and 

craft beers, live and silent auctions, 

music and dancing. 6 - 11 p.m. 

Switzer Learning Center, 2201 Amapola 

Ct, Torrance. For more information 

or to purchase tickets contact 

Sylvia at (310) 328-3611 x336 or email 

admin@switzercenter.org. 

Sunday, September 11 

White Point Green 

The Palos Verdes Conservancy 2016 

White Point Home Tour presents the 

first ever opportunity for the public to 

visit the mid-century, oceanfront estate 

designed by Aaron Green, a student 

of Frank Lloyd Wright. The 

five-home tour begins at 12:30 and 

will be followed by a reception at 4:30 

p.m at the Brouwerij West tasting 

room at 110 E. 22nd Street, San Pedro. 

$65. For tickets visit PVPLCorg. Photo 

by Ann Koons 

Rock and roll up your sleeve 

Kiwanis Club Blood Drive. To make 

your life saving appointment, visit 

redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor 

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Mickey at mickmacr@aol.com (310) 

291-3412. Must have an ID to donate. 

8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 2515 Valley 

Drive, Hermosa Beach. 

Monday, September 12 

Digital Image Critique 

Paul's Photo’s Mark Comon will critique 

digital images submitted by 

SBCC members. Free and open to 

anyone interested in photography.7 

p.m. Torrance Airport Administration 

Building meeting room, 3301 Airport 

Drive, Torrance. For more information, 

contact Harry Korn, (805) 340- 

3197, or visit sbccphoto.org. 

A rare fruit 

Learn about the rare fruit trees 

growing in Ken Ueda’s local garden, 

from guavas to cherimoyas. 9:30 a.m. 

South Coast Botanic Garden, classroom 

B, 25300 Crenshaw Blvd, Palos 

Verdes Peninsula. Information call 

(310) 542-3016. 

Tuesday, September 13 

Wine at Five 

The Beach Cities Health District’s 

Blue Zones Project hosts Wine at Five 

(yes, 5 p.m.) at Bettolino Kitchen. 

Studies show that people who enjoy a 

glass of wine rich in artery scrubbing 

flavonoids can benefit the health of 

the mind and body. The first glass of 

wine is $5, plus discounted appetizers. 

211 Palos Verdes Blvd., Redondo 

Beach. For more information visit 

bchd.org/bzp. 

Friday, September 16 

Sister Bernie’s Bingo Bash 

In this family friendly comedy, a 

priest and two nuns travel across the 

country playing bingo with hopes of 

making enough money to reopen their 

beloved St. Dymphna’s Church. 7 

p.m. St. James School in the O’Gorman 

Center, 4625 Garnet Street, Torrance. 

For information call Jon Marco 

at (323) 333-8325. Tickets at at the 

door or at brownpapertickets.com. 

Saturday, September 17 

Trusting dancers 

Art Attack presents the Diavolo 

Dance Theatre Education Company's 

"T.R.U.S.T." Dancers fly, fall, jump, 

catch and challenge their personal 

boundaries using doors, ladders and 

benches. 10:30 a.m. James Armstrong 

Theatre, Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 

3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance. 

Call the Box Office at (310) 

781-7171 or for more information visit 

artattackfoundation.org. 

Life of a combat pilot 

The Western Museum of Flight 

Celebrity Lecture series presents “The 

Right Man in the Right Fight” by Mustang 

Ace Colonel Richard Candelaria. 

11 a.m. Western Museum of Flight, 

3315 Airport Drive, Torrance. For information 

call Cynthia Macha (714) 

300-5524. Wmof.com. 

Calendar cont. on page 31 

A weekend of lobster drizzled in butter and lemon and a line up of great 

music returns to Redondo’s Seaside Lagoon the weekend of September 23. 

Tickets at Lobsterfestival.com. 200 Portofino Way, Redondo Beach. Photo by 

Chelsea Schreiber 


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each charity 

AMBASSADORS HEAR CANCER SURVIVOR’S 

Story of Resilience and Gratitude 

M 

embers of the Ambassador Program, an annual support group of Torrance 

Memorial, came together at Shade Hotel Manhattan Beach to learn how 

their donations were supporting the medical center’s lifesaving work. Oncology 

is one of four services supported through the Ambassadors. Dr. Hugo Hool 

introduced his patient, cancer survivor Mike Hebson and his wife, Nancy. They 

shared their journey from receiving their life-changing diagnosis through recovery 

and spoke of the nurse navigators, physicians, nurses and staff who offered exceptional 

guidance and support at each phase of care. For information on how to become 

an Ambassador, contact Judith Gassner at 310-517-4704 or visit www.TorranceMemorial.org/Ambassadors. 

1. Mark Lurie, MD, Barbara Demming 

Lurie. 

2. Hugo Hool, MD, Kalpana Hool, 

Elizabeth Paul, MD, Jay Paul, MD. 

3. Sandy Jackson, Karl Jackson, Laura 

Schenasi. 

4. Ann Zimmerman, Harriet Bailiss- 

Sustarsic. 

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5. Mike Hebson (cancer survivor), Judith 

Gassner, Nancy Hebson, Craig 

Leach. 

6. Rich Lucy, Pat Lucy. 

7. Paula Thomas, Christy Abraham, 

Winston Mar, Vicky Mar. 

8. Tiffany Mesko, Jeff Neu, Judith 

Gassner, Song Klein. 

9. Russ Varon, Song Klein, Hugo 

Hool, MD, Kalpana Hool. 

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Reaching 

new 

heights 

by Randy Angel 

Mira Costa cross country coaches (front to back) Roberto Calderon, Annie Seawright-Newton, Renee Williams-Smith and Jeff Atkinson open the season with 

both boys and girls teams ranked in the top 10 in CIF-Southern Section Division 2. Photo by Brad Jacobson 

Mira Costa coaches keep their students grounded with an annual training camp at Mammoth Mountain 

Four-time U.S. Olympic marathon runner 

Meb Keflezighi was preparing for his final 

training run before leaving for Rio de 

Janeiro when he was met at the Horseshoe Lake 

trailhead in Mammoth Lakes Basin by 100 unexpected 

well-wishers. 

The well-wishers were cross country runners 

from Mira Costa and Palos Verdes high schools 

enjoying one of the memorable moments they 

would experience while attending the annual 

training camp started in 1998 by former Mira 

Costa and Olympic distance runner Jeff Atkinson. 

Some of the boys painted their chests with 

“Good Luck Meb” before the team took off on a 

run with him. Keflezighi was so moved by the 

show of support that he changed his Facebook 

landing page photo to one showing himself with 

the high school runners. 

For Atkinson, who finished 10th in the 1,500- 

meter race at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South 

Korea, the run added to the lore and lure of his 

Mammoth camp trips. 

The former Mira Costa runner (class of ‘81) returns 

to Mira Costa this year as an assistant coach 

under head coach Roberto Calderon. Atkinson 

spent the past 14 years building Palos Verdes 

High School’s cross country program into one of 

the strongest in the state. 

Despite being Bay League adversaries, runners 

from Mira Costa and Palos Verdes have had a 

close relationship for many years thanks to the 

Mammoth training camp. This year’s trip began 

with a caravan of nine 15-passenger vans, which 

took the student athletes to condos, where they 

cooked their own meals and cleaned up after 

themselves. 

Training events included a run to Duck Lake, 

climbing from 9,000 to 10,600 feet in only four 

miles and a 16-mile trek through the wilderness 

to Iceberg Lake. 

“We try to make the work as majestic and beautiful 

as it is difficult,” Atkinson said. “It makes for 

a winning formula. We run runs most teams, or 

even pros, don’t do. This year we added 

Tuolumne Meadows to our agenda. We ended at 

the river, had a picnic, ran back and had a dance 

party. 

“It’s the best week of a high school kid’s life. 

Nine days in the mountains in a remarkable part 

of the country. Training twice a day like a beast. 

We get to see the full spectrum of teenage behaviour. 

It’s a wonderful mix of enthusiasm.” 

Renee Williams-Smith, head coach of the girls 

cross country team, was on her 12th training trip 

to Mammoth this summer. Like Atkinson, 

Williams-Smith returned to her alma mater to 

coach. She was the first girl to run cross country 

at Mira Costa and earned a full scholarship to 

Kansas State. 

“Training in the high altitude helps our conditioning. 

But having the runners challenge themselves 

and accomplish things they never thought 

they could do before is the real reward,” 

Williams-Smith said. “The trip is a great bonding 

time and there are no distractions like at home. 


Members of Mira Costa’s cross country team joined Meb Keflezighi for a run before the four-time Olympic marathoner left for Rio de Janeiro. 

Photo by Damian Court 

You really get to know your teammates after running 

with them for one-and-a-half to two hours.” 

Savannah Pio, who won the CIF State Division 

2 Cross Country Championship in 2010 before 

continuing her running career at Cal Poly San 

Luis Obispo, said running cross country played a 

significant role in her life and was her favorite 

high school experience. 

“I was fortunate to have Renee as a coach,” Pio 

said. “She taught me a work ethic that translated 

to all areas of my life.” 

Pio, who ran a sub 6-minute mile as a 6th 

grader at Hermosa Valley School, remembers 

being disappointed when told of Williams- 

Smith’s policy of not allowing freshmen to attend 

the Mammoth Camp. 

“I had the time of my life in Mammoth. There 

was not one bad day during my three trips there 

during high school,” Pio said. “I’ve never been a 

morning person but meeting a large group of people 

at 5 a.m. for a run made it doable. Duck Lake 

was my favorite run. I focused more on that run, 

which was one of the earlier runs of the trip, and 

had fun competing with Palos Verdes’ Rebecca 

Mehra (2009 CIF State Division 3 champion). 

Pio’s experience had such an impact that during 

her sophomore year at Cal Poly, she served as 

a chaperone during the Mammoth Camp. And 

she’s entertained the idea of coaching at Mira 

Costa in the future. 

Another former Mustang enters her third season 

as the girls assistant coach and is a running 

icon in the South Bay. Annie Seawright-Newton 

has either won or been among the top female finishers 

in every South Bay running event, 

“Annie has a positive outlook every day,” 

Williams-Smith said. “Along with her running expertise, 

she is so encouraging for the girls. I’m so 

lucky to have her coach with me. Annie and I 

were both coached at El Camino College by Dave 

Shannon and both of us, along with Jeff Atkinson 

were coached by Dave Holland at Mira Costa.” 

A few years younger than Williams-Smith, Seawright-Newton 

has looked up to her longtime 

friend since high school. 

“It’s amazing to see how Renee has improved 

the program and I learn from her everyday,” Seawright-Newton 

said. “She really makes an effort 

to make every girl feel special and part of the 

team, which is a feat with more than 80 girls. I 

love how Renee, Jeff, and I have been able to 

come full circle and return to the program where 

it all started for us. We all have had so many positive 

experiences through running that it feels 

great to be able to give back to the sport. 

“Jeff’s racing and training knowledge and experience 

are incredible, but what stands out most 

about him is that his enthusiasm is contagious. 

He is super creative and is always thinking of 

new ways to promote team bonding and to make 

running fun for the team.” 

The Mira Costa coaching staff hopes the trip to 

Mammoth will pay dividends for a program that 

continues to improve. In the CIF-Southern Section 

preseason poll Mira Costa’s boys team is 

ranked No. 2 and the girls No. 6 in Division 2. 

The teams will be challenged in the next two 

weeks when they compete in the Laguna Hills Invitational 

on Saturday, Sept. 10 and the following 

Saturday in the 36th Skechers Woodbridge Cross 

Country Classic at Silverlakes Sports Park in 

Norco. 

Cross Country cont. on page 18 


Cross Country cont. from page 17 

Seniors Mike Yaskowitz and 

Caleb Lloren will lead Mira Costa’s 

boys team, which reached the CIF 

State Championships last year for 

the first time since 2011. In last 

year’s State meet at Woodward 

Park in Fresno, Mira Costa finished 

12th out of 115 teams and was the 

fastest Mustang team ever to compete 

in the event. 

Family bonds 

More than a talented team lured 

Atkinson back to his alma mater, 

where he was an assistant coach 

from 1998-2000. 

“Both of my children are running 

for Mira Costa now so I felt the 

time was right to come back,” 

Atkinson said. “I had a great 14 

years at Palos Verdes. I volunteered 

last year and Roberto (Calderon) 

and I work well together.” 

Atkinson’s daughter Lucy is a 

sophomore while son Billy is a 

freshman who is a surfer/skater 

and is going to “give running a try.” 

Atkinson believes maintaining a 

strong running program is based 

on the community. Students join 

the program, become members of 

a family, leading their friends to 

Because of a knee injury, former Olympic distance runner Jeff Atkinson bikes while pacing Mira Costa runners. Photo 

by Damian Court 


want to join as well. 

Fifteen years ago, Atkinson 

founded the Manhattan Beach 5K, 

an event that has grown to become 

a twice-a-year tradition during the 

summer and winter solstices. Runners 

run on the hard packed sand at 

low tide, starting and finishing at 

the Manhattan Beach Pier. 

“Ideally, we’d like to have 10 percent 

of the students at the school 

participating in cross country and 

track and field,” Atkinson said. “It 

is the No. 1 participation sport 

among high schools in the United 

States, so winning a championship 

in cross country indicates you are 

among the elite teams.” 

“Watching the light bulb go on is 

what I enjoy most,” Atkinson said. 

“Like any kind of teaching, to be 

able to share information with a 

person who then makes it their own 

is special. To watch them climb a 

mountain – both literally and 

metaphorically – is the greatest gift 

one could have.” 

Williams-Smith is also expecting 

another successful season. She has 

five of seven varsity starters, including 

some runners who were on the 

cusp last year, returning from a 

team that finished 25th out of 115 

teams at last year’s CIF State Championships. 

Senior Melia Chittenden finished 

11th overall in State last season and 

will lead a team that includes returners 

Sierra Andrade, Gabby 

Guerrero, Brooke Inouye and Emily 

Jones. 

Williams-Smith’s legacy at Mira 

Costa runs deep. 

Williams-Smith was instrumental 

in starting the first girls cross country 

team at Mira Costa. In 1977, she 

was told by her soccer coach that 

her playing time would be limited. 

Then her English teacher suggested 

she try out for cross country. Because 

there was only a boys team, 

she asked some friends to join. 

“I started running for Costa my 

junior year with a handful of 

friends,” Williams-Smith recalled. 

“There were maybe 10 to 12 girls on 

the team when I graduated. There 

were 30 when I returned to coach.” 

Williams-Smith had 29 new runners 

in the summer program and 85 

girls on Mira Costa’s cross country 

team this year, making it one of the 

largest athletic programs at the 

school. 

The goal of each runner is to gain 

a yellow T-shirt with the words 

Mira Costa Cross Country bordered 

by two, green horizontal stripes. 

The status symbol is given to runners 

who complete a 10-mile run on 

a selected Saturday on a course in 

Palos Verdes. 

“Most kids haven’t run much before 

so I love watching them overcome 

personal challenges and 

accomplish things they never 

thought they could do,” Williams- 

Smith said. “It’s exciting to see kids 

earn their stripes. It’s a team-oriented 

sport, where bonding and 

making new friends is as important 

as the athletic benefits.” 

Williams-Smith runs about 40 

miles every week and tries to run at 

least one marathon each year. She 

has competed in two Boston 

Marathons, the first coming as a 49- 

year-old, the year of the terrorist 

bombing. She returned the following 

year “just to show them we cannot 

be intimidated.” 

Annie Seawright-Newton’s legacy 

will also live on when she has the 

opportunity to coach her freshman 

daughter, Piper, who is giving cross 

country a try after she stopped playing 

indoor volleyball to focus on the 

beach version of the sport. 

“I hope she ends up with the 

same love for running as I have,” 

Seawright-Newton said. “Running 

has been such a big part of my life 

and enriched it in so many ways. 

My favorite part of coaching is helping 

kids develop a love of running 

and to see them start reaping the 

benefits – the friendships with 

teammates, the confidence that 

comes from being able to push 

yourself and achieve your goals, the 

rush you get when you set a personal 

record and the satisfying feeling 

of being in top physical shape.” 

Seawright-Newton is beginning 

her ninth year coaching the Hermosa 

Beach Run Club where about 

50 kids in third through eighth 

grade run once a week, starting 

with 1-1/2 mile runs and working 

their way up to five mile runs. The 

goal of the kids is to earn a “101 

Mile” hoodie by the end of the 

school year. 

“It is amazing how far and fast 

some of these kids go without even 

realizing it because they are busy 

talking with friends and enjoying 

the scenery,” Seawright-Newton 

said. “During cross country season 

we put together a team and compete 

against local schools, including 

Manhattan Beach Middle School 

and Palos Verdes Intermediate 

School. It gives them a little taste of 

cross country. The hope is they will 

consider competing in high school. 

Even if they don't, I hope they all 

come away with good memories 

and since running is a ‘life sport’ 

some may go back to it later in life.” B 


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Dena Maloney is El Camino College’s sixth president, and its first woman president. Photo by Kevin Cody 

by Kevin Cody 

Freshman students pictured in the inaugural, 

1947 El Camino College Warrior yearbook 

don’t look like freshly graduated high 

school students. Most were World War II veterans. 

The national war effort had evolved into a 

national education effort, funded by the GI Bill. 

One of the founding freshmen pictured in the 

1947 yearbook is a future North American Aviation 

tool and die maker named Bill Pearson. 

This past February, Pearson’s daughter Dena 

Maloney was named the 6th president in El 

Camino college’s six decade history and its first 

female president, replacing retiring president 

Tom Fallo. Maloney keeps a copy of the 1947 

yearbook in her office for reasons other than the 

obvious fondness for her father. The yearbook is 

a reminder of El Camino’s future. 

California’s 113 community colleges have embarked 

on an education effort, not unlike the post 

World War II effort, to fill the nation’s workplace 

“skills gap.” The 2016 California State budget includes 

$200 million for the Strong Workforce Program. 

The program matches student training 

with private sector needs. El Camino will receive 

$1.5 million of this money for its Career Technical 

Education (CTE) programs. 

Maloney’s previous experience at Santa Clarita 

and West Kern community college districts made 

her an attractive candidate to replace Fallo. 

“Coming from a smaller district gave her more 

hands on experience,” El Camino Trustee Bob 

Beverly said. Beverly represents District 3, which 

includes Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, El 

Segundo and North Redondo Beach. “We had 

candidates who were strong in community relations, 

strong in academics, strong in vocational 

education. Maloney appeared strong in all of 

these areas.” 

Beverly noted that California community colleges 

are “two headed beasts.” Their academic 

program students are expected to transfer to a 

state college or university. Their vocational program 

students are expected to enter the workforce 

after two years. Maloney said the goal of 

most of El Camino’s 22,000 students is to transfer 

to a four year college. But her background suggest 

an equal appreciation for the college’s vocational 

program students. 

In the late 1990s, Maloney was named director 

of the Santa Clarita district’s Center for Applied 

Competitive Technology (CACT). In 2006, she 

was named founding dean of Santa Clarita College 

District’s new Canyon Country campus, 

which opened the following year. She also served 

as the college’s director of economic development. 

Foremost among Maloney’s achievements at 

College of the Canyons were the partnerships she 

forged with Santa Clarita’s many aerospace contractors. 

“They couldn’t find workers. They were raiding 

their fellow contractors for employees,” Maloney 

recalled. 

“They told me, ‘We’re not in the training business. 

What can you do for us?” 

Maloney told them she was limited in what she 

could do because her college couldn’t afford the 

equipment needed to train skilled workers. Boeing, 

IBM and other Santa Clarita employers responded 

by contributing $6 million to equip her 

campus’ new Applied Technology Education 

Center, which opened in 2011. 

“The companies also agreed not to raid one another’s 

employees, who were sent to the centers 

for training,” Maloney said. 

Maloney had used the same strategy several 

years earlier to fund the College of the Canyon 

Biotechnology Center. The 4,700 square foot facility 

was built off campus, in the nearby Mann 

Biomedical Park. 

College of the Canyon’s two training centers 

are similar to El Camino’s Business Training Center 

in Hawthorne. The center offers courses cus- 


tomized to the needs of South Bay businesses, 

taught by local professionals. 

On Campus, El Camino has a new 70 classroom, 

$38 million Industry Technology Education 

Center, offering courses ranging from 

drafting and fashion to robotics and emergency 

medical technology. It also has a new, $30 million 

Center for Applied Technology, which offers 

courses in welding, automotive and green technology. 

The buildings were built with proceeds 

from a $394 million bond approved by voters in 

2002. At the time, the bond was the largest of its 

kind in state history. 

Courses offered at the new tech center range 

from architecture and automotive to paramedics 

and welding, 

Proceeds from the 2002 bond will have been 

exhausted this fall with the opening of the new 

Murdoch Stadium, an NFL-level, $37 million 

football, soccer and track stadium, with an adjacent 

sports medicine center. The original Murdoch 

Stadium was built in 1949 and named after 

the school’s founding president Forrest Murdoch. 

The fabled stadium produced over 60 NFL football 

players, the most of any community college 

in the nation, and was the location for Chris 

Rock’s and Adam Sandler’s “The Longest Yard,” 

and dozens of other movies. 

Maloney has arrived at El Camino, just in time 

to preside, not only over the new stadium’s opening 

kickoff, but also the spending kickoff of a second, 

$350 million bond passed in 2012. 

“We’re just finishing mapping out how to spend 

the 2012 bond money,” Maloney said in her soon 

to be demolished office. A new administration 

building is planned, along with new fine arts and 

behavioral arts clasrooms, two swimming pools, 

and a new student services building. 

Back to the South Bay 

Maloney said one of the reasons she sought the 

El Camino position was to be closer to her family. 

She was born in Inglewood. And though her immediate 

family moved to La Puente in the San 

Gabriel Valley when she was young, she spent 

much of her summers with her grandparents, in 

Hawthorne and has many South Bay cousins. 

After attending Loyola Marymount on a scholarship, 

where she majored in political science, 

she earned a masters in government at Georgetown 

University. She then spent two years on 

Capitol Hill working for Texas Congressman 

Charles Wilson.The Congressman’s involvement 

in the covert funding of the Afghan Mujahideen 

in their fight against the invading Soviet Union 

became the subject of the Hollywood film, “Charlie 

Wilson’s War.” 

“I worked for Congressman Wilson on postal 

service issues,” Maloney was quick to point out. 

In the early 1980s, she and her husband moved 

to Hermosa Beach, where they lived for three 

years. 

“I worked in Irvine and he worked in Van 

Nuys. Hermosa was mid way. When I got a new 

job closer to home, we celebrated at the Bottle 

Inn, on 22nd Street. We used to have breakfast at 

Le Petite Cafe, around the corner from our apartment 

on 190th Street,” she said. 

Maloney and her husband recently moved to 

Rancho Palos Verdes. She said she is looking forward 

to more celebratory dinners at the new Bottle 

Inn in Riviera Village. 

Maloney’s career in education began in the 

early 1990s with a part time job with the Santa 

Clarita Community College District. She worked 

with local businesses on job training. She subsequently 

was named director of the college’s Employee 

Training Institute, then, in rapid 

succession director of its Center for Applied 

Competitive Technology and then dean of the college’s 

yet to be built Canyon Campus. 

Community connections 

This fall El Camino will host its first (at least in 

recent memory) College Night for high school 

seniors and their parents. The evening is part of 

Maloney’s strategic outreach to area high schoolers. 

Another part of the strategy, she said, is the 

college’s “dual enrollment” program, which allows 

high school students to take college level 

courses from El Camino professors at the high 

schoolers’ campuses. 

Despite her enthusiasm for technology education, 

Maloney did not speak enthusiastically 

about online classes. She acknowledged that they 

will be “part of the mix,” but pointed out they 

don’t work well for lab courses. She did speak favorably 

of state legislation that will fund development 

of online college textbooks because 

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Abby Brown en route to winning the 2016 Catalina Classic Paddleboard women’s division championship. Photo by Mike Ruiz 

DJ O’Brien won the 2015 Catalina Classic and finished second this year. Photo by Chris Aguilar/ChrisAguilarMedia.com 


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women 

by Rachel Reeves 

2016 Catalina Classic women competitors included (l-r) Heidi Gastler, Bernadette Foote, DJ O'Brien, Marisa Kuiken, Yvonne Chavez, Jennifer Wessels, Katie 

Hazelrigg and Abby Brown. Missing from the photo is Cat Malicki. Photo by Mike Ruiz 

Thanks to enthusiastic mentors, the number of female paddlers is growing 

It’s the evening before the Catalina Classic 

Paddleboard Championship and Abby Brown, 

an 18-year-old from Santa Barbara, is on 

Catalina Island, setting her 12-foot Bark next to 

the other competitors’ paddle boards, because 

why wouldn’t she be there? She’s a born waterwoman, 

driven by a compulsion to be in the 

water –she prefers training alone – and prodigious 

talent. 

The professional surfer achieved national fame 

two years ago for a video of her surfing with two 

large dolphins in the Rincon Classic. The video 

went viral and landed her on “Good Morning 

America.” 

Brown began paddling after losing interest in 

surf contests several years ago. But she didn’t 

take paddling seriously until this summer. On 

July 31, just weeks after graduating from high 

school, she won the prestigious, 32-mile 

Moloka’i-to-O’ahu World Paddleboard Championship, 

becoming one of the youngest winners in 

the race’s 20-year history. 

Four weeks later, she was on Catalina Island to 

compete in the 32-mile Classic. 

“That’s like doing two ironmans in a month,” 

said Jo Ambrosi, a Classic veteran and unlimited 

division women’s record holder. “It’s insane. If 

Abby wins both, it’s a big deal.” 

The following morning, Sunday, August 28, 

Brown crossed the finish line at the Manhattan 

Beach pier in 6:31:41, less than a minute ahead 

of last year’s winner DJ O’Brien. Brown became 

the first rookie and youngest person ever to win 

the Classic and only the second woman to have 

won the Classic and the Molokai races in the 

same year. Coronado lifeguard Carter Graves 

won both races in 2014. 

The tanned, well-muscled, and ebullient 

O’Brien is the founder of South Bay Mermaids. 

Katie Hazelrigg, a 25-year-old L.A. County lifeguard 

who came in fourth on Sunday with a time 

of 6:48:14, calls O’Brien her “Mer-mom.” So does 

Heidi Gastler, a local physical therapist who finished 

in 8:05:24. 

A hallmark of niche sports like paddleboarding 

is they creates tight-knit families that span generations 

and borders. Some of the family actually 

is family. This year, Yvonne Chavez and Marisa 

Kuiken, of San Diego, became the first mother 

and daughter to paddle in the Classic the same 

year. Kuiken, a lifeguard, placed third with a time 

of 6:42:16. The 29-year-old competed in her first 

Classic last year, when conditions were particularly 

rough. 

“I came here last year to be Marisa’s support,” 

said her mother Yvonne, a 57-year-old native of 

Mexico City, who started paddling before her 

daughter did. “This year I thought oh, you know 

what, I’ll try it.” Chavez finished in eight hours, 

nine minutes and 25 seconds. 

“One of the greatest things about this sport is 

that we’re all friends,” O’Brien said. “It’s our 

community.” 

Welcoming young girls into the family, and 

watching newbies, such as Bernadette Foote, fall 

in love with paddleboarding helps keeps the fire 

aflame for veteran paddlers. Foote, 19, became 

the first person from Catalina Island to compete 

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in the Classic. She grew up listening 

to the sound of the horn that 

kicks off both the Rock 2 Rock – a 

22-mile race from Catalina to 

Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro – and 

the Classic. Each year, her family 

hosts paddlers from the mainland. 

Foote finished in seven hours, 48 

minutes, and 44 seconds. 

“For me what’s gratifying isn’t 

just that every year there’s a bigger 

number of girls, but that there are 

younger girls coming through,” 

Ambrosi said. “That’s what’s going 

to keep longevity in the sport. 

They’re young and in their prime 

and hopefully they’ll bring other 

girls into the sport. That’s what it’s 

all about.” 

In 1996, the first year she competed, 

Ambrosi was the only female 

among 102 competitors. 

Nonetheless, she was in familiar 

territory. Ambrosi works as a firefighter 

in her native Australia. This 

summer, she is working as a ranger 

on Catalina. Teresa McDowell, a 

Catalina Island facilities manager, 

who is known as the “Paddlers’ 

Godmother,” helped Ambrosi get 

the job. 

“We don’t get into things we love 

Bernadette Foote, 19, is the first Catalina Islander to have competed in the 

Catalina Classic. Photo by Beverly Baird 

to be the first girls,” said Ambrosi. 

“We get into it and then think how 

come there’s not that many girls? I 

want to get heaps of girls in because 

it’s so cool. It’s about not having 

any barriers – not about your size or 

gender, just about giving it a shot.” 

Of this year’s Classic’s 93 paddlers, 

nine were women. They were 

a tough group of females, strong 

enough in body, mind, and spirit to 

overcome powerful urges to quit 

and the physical pain of paddling 32 

miles. 

Jennifer Wessels, a San Pedro native, 

paddled with a torn pectoral 

muscle and still managed to cross 

the finish line in just over eight 

hours. Cat Malicki, who said she 

was “just trying to survive the race,” 

clocked 7:41:55 and in doing so fulfilled 

her promise to donors who 

pledged $1,070 for Ocean of Hope 

if she finished the race. 

“This endurance race will be a 

struggle,” Malicki, who works as a 

radiation therapist, wrote on her 

crowdfunding page, “but it pales in 

comparison to what our patients go 

through.” 

For the women, as for the men, 

the Catalina Classic is about setting 

and achieving goals, perpetuating 

the sport of prone paddling and 

honoring both the ocean and the 

human body. 

“But it’s not equal and equal,” 

Ambrosi says. “We’re not built the 

same and we don’t function the 

same. I’ve paddled this channel 

many times and guys have a different 

experience than me. Don’t tell 

me it’s the same because it’s not. 

What it is about is personal experience 

and the challenge of crossing 

the channel and what you learn 

crossing the channel and the support 

you give each other, because 

whether you’re a first-year or a 20- 

year crosser, you all support each 

other. You acknowledge each 

other’s success...because to get on 

the start line, prepared for this race 

is amazing. To finish is a big deal. 

Winning is a totally different ballpark.” 

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T 

hough commonly known as the “Battle of the 

Guild,” the meeting of the LA Brewers Guild is the 

climax of LA Beer Week, a celebration of local craft 

beer. This year’s meeting was held at Naja’s on the Redondo 

Beach pier. LABG and Naja’s selected 20 breweries 

from the San Francisco to the San Diego for the coveted 

“Golden Keg.” 

Naja’s GM Jay Ousten delared this year’s winner was 

the Saison Farmhouse styled ale “Stone Kisses from Torrance’s 

very popular Monkish Brewing Co. Over the past 

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1. The Blue Room 

Crew, self deemed VIPs, 

holds court. 

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former Redondo Councilman 

Jeff Ginsburg out 

of Riviera Village: good 

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Ousten a big high five. 

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King Harbor Brewing’s 

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5. Brian Brewer, Jimmy 

Smith from LABW’s 

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and Rodger 

Davis of Faction Brewing 

Co of San Francisco 

Brewers Guild. 

6. The voting system. 

7. El Segundo Brewing’s 

Tom Kelley and 

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Master chalk artists provide inspiration for art enthusiasts of all ages on Saturday, 

September 10 during the 14th Annual Chalk Art Festival at the Redondo 

Beach pier noon to 4 p.m. And it’s free, plus prizes for the judges’ 

favorites. For more information visit RedondoPier.com. 

Sunday, September 18 

Surfing 4A Cure 

The 5th annual Surfing 4A Cure features 12 person relay teams. 7 a.m. ‘till 

noon at Torrance Beach. After party in Redondo Beach 2 - 5 p.m. Surfing 4A Cure 

has raised over $65,000 toward pediatric cancer research. For online donations: 

visit http://support.chla.org/pages/abellaandhudsonshope. 

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dream in downtown Manhattan Beach. Noon to 6 p.m. Discounts from 

30-plus stores and restaurants along with entertainment, giveaways, snacks and 

beverages. Attendees are encouraged to bring clothes of good quality to be donated 

to local shelters, including 1736 Family Crisis Center. $15. Metlox Plaza, 

451 Manhattan Beach Blvd. For More Information Contact: 

info@styleonthespot.com. For a peak at what Downtown Manhattan Beach has 

to offer visit downtownmanhattanbeach.com 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday September 23, 24 and 25 

Redondo Beach Lobster and Music Festival 

Lobster and steak plus a great music lineup by Saint Rocke returns to the Seaside 

Lagoon in King Harbor. Friday 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday noon to 11 p.m. Sunday 

noon to 8 p.m.Tickets at Lobsterfestival.com. 200 Portofino Way, Redondo Beach, 

South Bay Yoga Conference 

Over 80 workshops and lectures will be presented today through Sunday on 

Yoga for Addiction, Yoga for Managing Cancer, Tantra, Meditation, Food as Medicine, 

Bee Colonies, Urban Gardening, Ayurveda, Business of Yoga, Slack-lining, 

Reiki and Acupuncture. 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. A yoga village for kids, performances 

and a marketplace will also be offered. Hermosa Beach Community Center 710 

Pier Ave. Hermosa Beach.For more information call (424) 247- 6457 or email 

info@southbayyogaconference.com. 

Thursday, September 29 

Champions of Business 

The City of El Segundo and the El Segundo Economic Development Advisory 

Council will honor Continental Development president Richard Lundquist for 

his dedication to the economic development of El Segundo and his incomparable 

charitable contributions. Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe will emcee 

and LA Rams COO Kevin Demoff will speak. 5:30 to 8 p.m., Performing Arts 

Center, Vistamar School, 737 Hawaii Street, El Segundo. For tickets email 

bkeohi@psmcommarts.com 

Torrance State of the City 

Torrance Bakery’s Kirk Rossberg will be honored as Torrance’s 2016 Distinguished 

Citizen of the Year for his three decades of great baked goods and his 

gracious support of local charities. 11:30 a.m. Doubletree by Hilton Torrance, 

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Henry Morse holds the lead 

through a turn at the Canadian Tire 

Motor Park in Ontario, Canada during 

the Pirelli World Challenge Series. 

Redondo Beach high schooler 

fast 15 

Henry Morse, 15, races to 

the podium in the professional 

Pirelli World Challenge 

Morse demonstrated his driving skills 

early on in go kart racing at the 

Cal Speed Karting Center at the 

Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.

y David Mendez 

It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that Henry Morse, a contender for 

a series championship in the Pirelli World Challenge and multipletime 

racing champion, is only 15 years old. Even he forgets, sometimes. 

He was dissecting his comfort in front of crowds, how it’s so easy 

for him to speak clearly and confidently despite being much younger 

than most of his audience. “I took public speaking in middle school,” 

he said, before pausing for a moment. “That was last year, I guess.” 

Morse has been racing for nearly 90 percent of his life. He was “a 

year and eight months,” said his father Ben Morse, when he participated 

in his first sanctioned race, a bike race at the Chevron Manhattan 

Beach Grand Prix. He’s been moving up the ranks ever since, from 

bikes to motorcycles to go karts, where he won nine championships. 

This year is the Redondo Beach resident’s first year racing in a professional 

series. After ten races, he’s in second place in PWC’s Touring 

Car B division, 13 points off of the leader, 38 year old PJ Groenke. It’s 

not outside the realm of possibility for Henry to win the series, becoming 

both the first to win a PWC series in their first year, and the 

youngest person to do so. 

“He absolutely has the talent to be a successful race car driver, but 

he doesn’t have $7 million to $8 million dollars a year,” said his father. 

Racing isn’t cheap. It’s said that if a driver wants to make $10 million 

a year, they need to spend $50 million. Everything about owning and 

operating a race car is expensive, from cars to parts to transporting vehicles 

from track to track. 

“There’s another 15-year-old on a few series, and conservatively, he’s 

spending $8 to $12 million a year,” Morse said. “The only people who 

can make it like Henry are the incredibly lucky.” 

Both his father and grandfather raced cars, passing down a need for 

speed and deep-seated confidence. 

“There’s a certain mindset that someone needs to live in, in order to 

maximize their opportunities…I have an incredible opportunity to 

achieve greatness with the position I’m in,” Henry said. “There really 

isn’t any choice other than to devote myself entirely — it wouldn’t 

make sense not to.” 

He learned early on, he said, from watching his parents “making 

something out of nothing, or very little,” that trying his hardest can 

lead to success. 

“I’m really putting that to the test,” Henry said. “I think there are 

more people who have visited the International Space Station than have 

been pro race car drivers.” 

Much of his time is spent either on the track or in a racing simulator. 

But fundraising and finding partnerships are also a huge part of the 

work. 

Henry Morse earned motorsport media attention after his youthful 

success in the Pirelli World Challenge Series. 

“Ninety-nine percent of the time, we’re looking for partners who 

want to participate in this exceptional journey we’re on — people 

who have money, passion, and an interest in racing,” Ben Morse 

said. “The trick is hearing ‘no’ 10,000 times and still getting up in 

the morning with the understanding that the next person you talk 

to may be the one who makes your career possible.” 

Henry has the interview patter down. He rattles off his list of 

sponsors and partners — Pirelli, Freem, MorseGPS, among others 

— and tells how each has contributed to his career. He also gives 

credit to the teachers and staff at Rolling Hills Prep. 

He recognizes that his status as a 15-year-old racing with pros is 

a marketer’s dream. “They understand that I’m getting a lot of attention,” 

he said. He was given seven minutes of uninterrupted 

airtime on CBS Sports following a race this season. “It’s a good 

marketing move to partner with me.” 

He’s not concerned about burning out. 

“We’ve been through a lot of ups and downs…so much time and 

focus and energy has been devoted to this that, if burning out was 

possible, it would have happened already,” he said. “But if I end 

up not making it as a pro racer, I’ll still be racing something.” 

“I think it’s absolutely absurd,” his dad said. “I give him every 

opportunity to gracefully back away from it,” he said. “But you’re 

doing this because you enjoy it, not necessarily because you have 

to — it’s not a required career path, we just love it.” 

The two are constantly working together at the track. Ben races 

in many of the same series as Henry, and coaches him, discussing 

tracks and working out potential problems. 

Ben believes Henry’s biggest limitation is financial, not age. 

At the 2014 Grand Nationals a field of 100 drivers was pared 

down to six over the course of three days. Henry was among the 

finalists. All of the drivers took one lap, driving identical race cars. 

“The car is the same, the track, the time of day, tires, gas…all 

the same. There weren’t any excuses, just the person who was unquestionably 

the fastest driver.” 

That day, Henry came out on top — the fastest by seven thousandths 

of a second. 

“What happened in that moment is it defined him. It wasn’t any 

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3. Hermosa Beach residents Dr. Lester and Angie 

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4. Civically active and WLWN regulars Yvonne 

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5. L.A. Supervisorial candidate Steve 

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7. Norm Berens, Manhattan Beach City Councilmember 

David and Elizabeth Lesser, Hermosa 

Beach City Councilmember Carolyn with husband 

Guy Petty. 

8. Musicians Adam Lawson and Oren Avineri of 

The Lucky Ones perform. 

9. Sean Crosby, Carol Glover, David Salzman 

and Bruce Kordic enjoy wine from Uncorked’s Jeff 

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the ranks of the nation’s top hospitals by earning the coveted Magnet recognition, 

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Bartender Eddie Barrett with Suburbia’s salmon tataki. 

Photo by Kevin Cody 

Offerings straddle 

American and Asian 

influences, with a 

smattering of global 

items like 

Lebanese lamb 

with hummus and 

Mexican-style street corn 

by Richard Foss 

36 Easy Reader / Beach magazine • September 8, 2016 

Straddling 

Suburbia 

Riviera Village has been called “South Bay’s Little 

Italy,” and the appellation fits. Of the last 10 

restaurants to open here, seven specialize in Italian 

food and all seem to be doing well. When the Blackhouse 

Group took over a former Italian restaurant, I 

wasn’t the only one to wonder what region of Italy they 

would showcase. The name Suburbia didn’t offer any 

clues, though the term is Latin for “area near a city” and 

would fit a place serving food from the outskirts of 

Rome. 

Whatever suburb chef Tin Vuong was thinking of, it 

wasn’t that one. Suburbia is hip and contemporary, the 

interior sleek, modern, and lacking art in the dining 

room besides the decorative light fixtures and whimsical 

paper airplanes painted in random places. There is 

one lovely mural, though you’ll only see it if you happen 

to head for the restrooms. The environment is loud 

when the room is full, though the music is kept relatively 

low. 

The menu offerings straddle American and Asian influences, 

with a smattering of global items like 

Lebanese lamb with hummus and Mexican-style street 

corn. Most items are small plates designed for sharing, 

though a few are designated as “plat principal” – a 

pompous Frenchism that clashes with the otherwise casual 

and modern style. 

Our server Ecko suggested the three of us should 

order five or six items, and we decided to start with 

fried green tomatoes, salmon poke, and a beet and apple 

salad. We then enjoyed some very good cocktails during 

a very long wait for the food to arrive. It was at least 40 

minutes from the time we ordered, and since two items 

were salads we had not expected the delay. 

The sophisticated Tom Collins variant and the 1301, 

made with whiskey, port, and bitters, were very good, 

but the best was a pineapple-infused mescal item called 

the Birdman. All were variations on standard drinks, 

but expertly made.

The salad, poke, and tomatoes arrived together, and we started with the 

tomatoes because they deteriorate quickly after frying. The slices of fruity 

tomato inside a cornmeal crust were fine by themselves, but even better 

with the tangy buttermilk dressing, pimento-cheese sauce, and chili sauce 

provided for dipping. An assortment of spicy pickles completed the plate, 

and we liked these sides and condiments enough to ask for bread so we 

wouldn’t waste any. The raisin bread and bagel chips were great with the 

cheese and pickles, and I’d advise you to follow my lead here. 

The apple and beet salad was a good concept with oddly poor execution. 

The flavors of beets, apple, cress, endive, and walnuts with both yogurt 

and a honey sherry dressing were fine, but the beet was in large, lightly 

cooked chunks that needed to be cut while the apples were finely shredded. 

There was excess yoghurt, so that we ended up fishing the greens out 

of a pool at the bottom of the bowl. It was interesting, and will be a standout 

with refinements to the execution. 

The poke bowl wasn’t innovative by itself, since it’s no surprise that marinated 

salmon goes well with edamame, cucumber, chives, masago, and 

scallions. But the accompaniments of mild ginger sauce, mustard, and mild 

kimchi took the flavor in different directions. The shiso leaves and sheets 

of seaweed were also a nice touch, as they allowed you to create your own 

roll and play with flavors. 

The main courses arrived without a holdup, and though all had been described 

as small plates they were substantial. 

We also ordered fried chicken, pan seared sea bass, salt cod fried rice, 

and curried cauliflower. We immediately noticed some items were not as 

expected from the descriptions. Instead of being plated with vegetables on 

the side, the sea bass arrived in a small cauldron atop a stew of rock 

shrimp, chickpeas, tomatoes, mussels, and fennel. There was a traditionally 

Southern French dash of Pernod liqueur in the tomato broth, adding to the 

multiculturalism of this kitchen. It was more interesting than the menu 

description and either the menu should give more details or servers should 

be sure to inform diners what they’re getting. 

The curried cauliflower was a more subtle dish than we expected, the 

vegetable lightly sautéed with dry seasonings and then put over a spicy 

tomato fondue alongside a dollop of labneh cheese. The strongest element 

was not the curry, but the sweet pickled peppadew peppers that were scattered 

through the bowl with pine nuts and scallions. It wasn’t a conventional 

curry by any stretch of the imagination, but I’d order it again in a 

heartbeat. 

The fried chicken showed that this kitchen can play it straight when they 

want to. This was the traditional American favorite with no curveballs. 

The crust was crisp and mildly seasoned, and the accompaniments of mac 

and cheese, pickles, and housemade hot sauce would all have been at home 

in a particularly good picnic basket. There was aioli too, but I’m not sure 

why except to remind us what century we’re in. 

I ordered the salt cod fried rice omelet with fresh scallops and shrimp 

because the description sounded interesting: would that funky, salty flavor 

work with a sweet and sour pork and crab chili sauce? The sauce was 

sweet, spicy, and took over the dish in the nicest way. Dried codfish can 

be assertive but here it was a vital yet not overpowering component of the 

flavor. There are South Asian dishes that use fish sauce for a similar effect, 

and these flavors wouldn’t be out of place in a Monterey Park seafood 

house. 

At dinner we ordered a bottle of Lost Angel Pinot Noir from their well 

curated but overpriced wine list. The Lost Angel was a nice bottle that I 

hadn’t experienced before, but they need to add moderately priced wines 

so diners will be encouraged to experiment. 

Though we had over-ordered we wanted to try dessert so split a piece of 

carrot tres leches cake that had a nicely balanced vegetable and sugar 

sweetness. It would be great with coffee and even better with amari cocktails, 

and both are available. 

Our food bill was about $100 to feed three or four people, and the drinks 

about doubled that. For a meal of this caliber in Riviera Village, Suburbia 

is a bargain. The restaurant is open for breakfast through dinner daily, and 

locals might as well get used to seeing a line outside. 

Suburbia is at 247 Avenida Del Norte in Redondo. Open daily 9 a.m. – 3 

p.m and 5 p.m. – 10 p.m., reservations strongly recommended, street parking, 

wheelchair access good but some high tables – advise when reserving. Full bar, 

corkage $15, some vegetarian items. Website at eatsuburbia.com, phone (424) 

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each charity 

TRI-BEACH SISTER CITIES 

T 

he Tri-Beach Sister Cities Organization held its 

13th annual Cinco de Mayo celebration at Ortega 

120 on May 22. With a full house, this 

fundraiser included live music, delicious Mexican 

buffet, huge silent auction and a live auction. Proceeds 

benefit the people and cultural exchange for 

Hermosa/Loreto, Manhattan/Santa Rosalia and Redondo/La 

Paz & Ensenada. 

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PHOTOS BY 

ADRIENNE SLAUGHTER 

1. Hermosa Cyclery’s Ken Liebowitz, Tracy 

Robinson, Hermosa Beach Sister City Association 

President Deborah DeMaderios and husband 

Don with Sister City members Merna Marshall 

and Cathy McCurdy. 

2. Karen Nowicki, Pat Dacy, Ryan Nowicki and 

Martha Diaz. 

3. Anita Greenamyer, Kathy Barnes, Denise 

Rogers, Gentil and Smitty Smith. 

4. MJ Kutkus, Redondo Beach Sister City Assoc. 

President George Barks, RB Councilman Jeff Ginsburg 

and Gentil Smith 

5. Hermosa Beach Mayor Carolyn Petty, Bill 

Febbo and Sheila Kutkus 

6. Alicia Febbo and Margie Dupuis. 

7. Cedric “Mickey” McRae, Victoria Tallman and 

Julian Katz. 

8. Over 100 Silent Auction items helped raise 

funds for the exchange programs. 

9. Gila Katz, RB Mayor Steve Aspel, Pam Aspel, 

Mike Gin, Melissa and Jeff Ginsburg and Sheila 

Kutkus. 

10. Mickey McRae, Mark Goldstein, Stefanie 

Dacy, Moira Nelson, MJ Kutkus, Loree Goergen 

and Darren Tiffany visiting from Phoenix, Arizona. 

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Carpet Pros 

q Carpet Pros has over 22 years of experience transforming homes and businesses 

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make finding the right flooring surface for your home easier than ever before. 

Whether you are looking to install carpet or one of the many hard surfaces, the 

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To transform your home with beautiful flooring at competitive pricing, go with the 

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Let the color symphony begin 

q Supreme Paints has been a leading paint supplier in the South Bay for almost 

50 years -- known for its excellent service and quality products. Started by Sam 

Carl and his son Rick Carl, Supreme Paints has grown up with the community. In 

2012 Supreme Paints was acquired by Catalina Paints, a chain of stores in the 

Los Angeles area and the largest distributor of Benjamin Moore Paints in California. 

The 2 companies were a perfect match due to their dedication to the professional 

painter and providing quality products that can't be beat. Recently added to the 

Manhattan Beach location is Farrow & Ball paints, a favorite among designers. 

Both Catalina/Supreme Paints have full decorating departments with the latest 

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Custom Design & Construction 

q Love your home again!-and-love the process too! While making a major remodeling 

change to your home is exciting and rewarding, it can also seem overwhelming. 

That’s why Custom Design & Construction has created a unique process 

to guide each project from idea to reality. Begin with a Discovery phase where 

you explore all options within your budget range. Their award-winning design 

team will work with you to select finish materials and fine-tune the design plans. 

Making all the decisions up-front, allows Custom Design to present you with an 

exact final price before any of the work begins. That’s the benefit of working with 

a single company that provides both design and construction all under one roof. 

And be sure to ask about their easy in-house financing. License # 524561 

(310) 815-4815 . VisitCustomDesign.com 

Completely Organized and Totally Stylish! 

q GTD Image Consulting (formerly Out of the Closets) has been servicing the 

Peninsula and the Beach Cities for over 6 years, specializing in wardrobe/closet 

makeovers, personal/business image assessments, and concierge shopping and 

styling. GTD offers a whole range of gold-standard services to address personal 

and home images. Many South Bay Realtors add value to their services by referring 

GTD to their clients to design and seamlessly transition their closets from one 

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Handyman Schatan: avocation a vocation 

q Matt Schatan helped several of his friends on their home-based projects, and 

he often listened to their suggestions that he start his own company. Schatan did 

just that in July 1998, using his talents to make a better living. Handyman Schatan 

prospered from the start. It has meant a lot of work, but also a lot of satisfaction. 

“I am overwhelmed sometimes with the amount of work I have,” says Schatan, 

noting that he is often answering the telephone as late as 10 p.m. Work has been 

“busier than expected” and the rewards have been gratifying. He is on call from 

sunup to sundown. His goal to create a thriving enterprise has been quickly realized. 

(310) 540-4444 

Pete Fer Plumbing Heating, Air Conditioning 24/7 

q Pete Fer Plumbing is a complete mechanical contracting company, providing 

plumbing, heating and air conditioning for new construction, remodel, service 

and repair to commercial and residential customers. They provide 24 hour service, 

seven days a week through an automated emergency dispatch paging system. 

Mention Peninsula People to one of their service technicians and receive $20 off 

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Peveler’s Custom promises best renovation value 

q Peveler's Custom Interiors has been serving the South Bay and for over 35 

years. A full service design-build construction company, their work includes additions, 

second floors, complete house renovations, new construction, kitchen and 

bath remodeling. They manufacture their own custom cabinetry. Peveler’s is not 

going to be the lowest price nor will it be the highest price in town. They will be 

the company that provides highest value. Please visit their showroom. 

4203 Spencer Street, Torrance. (310) 214-5049. pevelers.com 

Shilpark Paint more than green 

q Shilpark Paint has excellent custom color matching skills so that you’ll always 

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dealer of Benjamin Moore Paint to deliver the finest products, with ease of use, 

longest durability, with the lowest V.O.C.’s, that meet the all the green standards! 

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South Bay Design Center 

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to hundreds of door styles and colors. Ever mindful of your budget, our traditional 

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while celebrating the beach lifestyle,” said director Bill Sigler. 

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Maloney cont. from page 23 

textbooks have become prohibitively expensive. She also noted approvingly 

that the El Camino’s faculty senate recently approved a new, online 

course management system. 

Arguably the most formidable challenge facing Maloney is the upcoming 

labor negotiations. During the last negotiations, three years ago, a faculty 

strike was narrowly avoided. Recent negotiations at college districts in Ventura, 

Glendale and San Diego have resulted in faculty raises of 3 to 5 percent. 

Maloney declined to discuss the upcoming negotiations, except to note 

that the 2016 state budget did not provide for community colleges cost of 

living increases (COLA). And it provided an increase of only $75 million 

for community colleges in base funding. But that is to be spread among 

the state’s 113 districts and its uses are largely restricted to capital improvements., 

In her previous positions, Maloney was a proponent of “interest-based 

bargaining,” (IBB), a negotiating strategy designed to find win-win solutions. 

Beverly said he is hopeful that interest-based bargaining can be utilized, 

but noted, "To be successful, both sides must enter negotiations with the 

same spirit of cooperation and goodwill. They must abandon their confrontational 

rhetoric: in other words, everybody needs to leave their revolvers 

at the door.” B

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