Peninsula People Dec 2016

Photo by David Fairchild 

Volume XXI, Issue 5 December 2016

December 2016 • Peninsula 3

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PENINSULA 

Volume XXI, Issue 5 

December 2016 

P A L O S V E R D E S P E N I N S U L A M O N T H L Y 

ON THE COVER 

Golf course designer David Kidd 

Photo by David Fairchild 

PROFILES 

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Rolling Hills links to golf 

by Kevin Cody 

After a decade of costly and complicated lease negotiations, 

Rolling Hills Country Club prepares to unveil a new, world 

class golf course by Scottish course designer David Kidd 

A taste of Terranea 

by Richard Foss 

Terranea Resort offers a new view and fresh presentation of 

the familiar food and wine tasting concept. 

Keys to Coleman 

by Esther Kang 

When not performing in international piano competitions, 

Adam Coleman played saxophone in the Palos Verdes 

Intermediate School band and then served as battery captain 

in the Palos Verdes High School band. 

Change of courses 


HT Grill chef Nael Taki of HT Grill introduces a new menu, 

but his signature style is still in evidence. 

HIGHLIGHTS 

14 Providence Gala 

20 Viva España 

24 Peninsula Heritage gala 

30 Land Conservancy garden to table 

34 Freedom 4 U 

36 Torrance Memorial Grammys 

44 Peninsula Symphony 50th Anniversary 

68 Fort MacArthur reenactment 

74 Lunada Bay Harvest Festival 

DEPARTMENTS 

42 Peninsula gift guide 

46 Peninsula calendar 

72 Around and about 

81 Home services 

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S P O T L I G H T O N T H E H I L L 

Providence Gala 

Benefiting Cardiovascular 

Center 

The Providence Celebration Gala, benefiting 

the Torrance and San Pedro Providence 

Little Company of Mary Medical 

Centers, celebrated its 40th annual masquerade 

fundraiser at Terranea Resort. The 

black tie event specifically supported the 

new Cardiovascular Center of Excellence. 

Major donors included American Honda 

Motor Co., The Centofante family, Driftwood 

Healthcare Center and the Jacqueline 

Glass family. The high tech auctions utilized 

the guests’ smartphones for bidding. 

The evening was an inspirational event, 

emphasizing compassionate community 

healthcare. 

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PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE CARTOZIAN 

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1. Glenn Thompson and LaRae Mardesic Bechmann. 

2. David and Maria Schinderle, Jake and Tracey 

Pierson. 

3. Neil and Sanam Chhabria. 

4. Nazanin Azadi M.D. and Vanessa Benitez. 

5. Raju Chhabria, Carlin and Art Edelstein. 

6. Beatrice Schlatter, Janet Teague and Philo 

Chhabria. 

7. Lynn and Jim Watson. 

8. Sassan Farjami M.D. and Beata Farjami, Arty 

and Kathy Feles. 

9. Uriah Melchizedek and Andreea Maxim. 

10. Pat and Debbie Greene, Joan and Tom 

Connaghan. 

11. Sanam Chhabria, Marshall Varon and Shintia 

Lynch. 

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Viva España! 

Benefits LA Phil 

An intimate, gourmet dinner for 

10 was held September 18 at the 

Palos Verdes home of Ed and Nancy 

DeRenzis. The dinner was the result 

of a silent auction prize donated and 

hosted by the DeRenzises and Van 

and Diana Honeycutt. Chef Matt 

Todd prepared a Spanish menu that 

included five appetizers, three tapas 

courses, two main courses and 

dessert. Paired wines were poured by 

Jeff Bonafede, owner of Uncorked in 

Hermosa Beach. All proceeds went to 

the Peninsula Committee for the LA 

Philharmonic of which Nancy and 

Diana are members. The Peninsula 

Committee was founded in 1952 to 

help support the LA Philharmonic 

and local youth music instruction and 

education. 

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PHOTOS BY JULIE SISKOWIC 

1. Bud Guthrie, David and Barbara Hart, 

Linda Bhatia, Karen Gottlieb, Marian Hall, 

David Jones, Bill and Phyllis Glantz, 

Sharon Guthrie. 

2. Jeff Bonafede of Uncorked in Hermosa 

Beach. 

3. Hosts Nancy and Ed DeRenzis. 

4. Tortilla Española, trio of Spanish 

cheese, jamon, Spanish olives. 

5. Entertainment by flamenco guitarist. 

6. Chef Matt Todd. 

7. Tomatoes stuffed with couscous and 

wild mushrooms. 

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Peninsula Heritage Gala 

at Brouwerij West 

Peninsula Heritage School’s annual Spring Gala, hosted by the 

PHS Parents Association, brought together parents, friends, 

trustees, teachers and administrators at the festive Brouwerij West 

in San Pedro. Parents Association co-president and gala chair Tristen 

Moffett, and her committee chairs organized an extensive silent 

auction, a superb New York Food Co. dinner, and an exciting live 

auction. Proceeds benefited Peninsula Heritage’s athletic facilities. 

1. Nancy Dineen, Head of School 

Patricia Cailler and Renee Dokmanovich. 

2. Alicia Yarak, Tony Drockton and 

Patricia Hogan. 

3. Rick and Dee Edler, Eric Gutierrez 

and Mike Dokmanovich. 

4. Maria Auerbach, PHS Trustee 

Art Auerbach and PHS teacher 

Kimarie Lynn. 

5. PHS Trustee Zita Macdonald, 

Head of School Patricia Cailler and 

PHS Trustee Robin Mearns. 

6. PHS Parents Assoc. Co-Chair 

Kate McKenna, gala Committee 

Chair Emily Gutierrez, and gala 

Chair Tristen Moffett. 

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Palos Verdes Peninsula 

Land Conservancy 

Terranea Pastoral Garden-to-Table Dinner 

An illuminated coastline was the backdrop to an extraordinary evening benefiting the 

preservation of the Peninsula’s natural landscape. The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land 

Conservancy in partnership with Terranea Resort and Whole Foods Market hosted the 

Basque themed alfresco dinner. Using only local ingredients, Terranea’s Executive Chef 

Bernard Ibarra created a special menu starting with rosemary sangria cocktails and following 

with an organic array of sustainable foods and wine. Co-chair Diana Heffernan described 

the sold out event as “the ideal fit for the communal garden-to-table event, where 

guests enjoy old friends and meet new ones….” 

Terri A. Haack, a member of the Conservancy’s President’s Advisory Council and President 

of Terranea Resort spoke to guests saying she was delighted to host this special 

evening and that it offered a “unique experience that will benefit and support an important 

cause close to all of our hearts - preserving our natural landscape.” Sponsors were entered 

to win many prizes including a 2-night get-away at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco 

with dinner at the Michelin Star Luce Restaurant. Other prizes included a beautiful 

painting by acclaimed plein air artist Dan Dempster and guests also had a chance to win 

a pair of Silver Oak reserve wines and a VIP wine tasting for 6 at the Silver Oak Winery. 

PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE CARTOZIAN, 

KIM D. WEST AND LORI HIRSCH STOKOE 

1. Executive Director 

Andrea 

Vona, Diana 

Heffernan- 

Schrader, Sharon 

Ryan, Terranea 

President Terri 

Haack. 

2. William 

Hadley, President 

of the Board Dr. 

Cassie Jones, 

Charlotte and 

Allen Ginsburg. 

3. Jeralyn Glass, 

Jacqueline Glass, 

President of the 

Board Dr. Cassie 

Jones, Jill 

Gregerson, Diane 

and Jim Staes, 

Becky Cool, Don 

Tuffli. 

4. Becky Cool 

and Executive Director 

Andrea 

Vona. 

5. Janet Grothe, 

Joelle Arnado, 

Susan Fitzhenry, 

Jolie Rhinehart. 

6. Dan Thomas, 

Kevin Kim, David 

Dykzeul, William 

Hadley, Andrew 

DeCristofaro, 

Sean Hassett, 

John Moffitt. 

7. Sharon Ryan, 

Chuck Klaus and 

Marylyn 

Ginsburg-Klaus. 

8. Austin and 

Brandon Nash. 

9. Dimitri and 

Leah Bizoumis. 

10. Joaquin and 

Teresa Madrenas 

and Evi and David 

Meyer. 

11. Diana 

Heffernan- 

Schrader (far 

right) enjoying 

sunset with 

guests. 

12. Steve 

Napolitano, 

Dimitri and Leah 

Bizoumis, 

Rebekah Kim. 

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1724 Esplanade #B, Redondo Beach 

$10,000/Mo., 3 Beds, 4 Baths, 1,830 sq. ft., Fully furnished, 

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$7,500/mo., 1825 sq.ft., Resort living at it’s best! Fully Furnished and 

Boasting incredible ocean & Catalina Island views! 

550 Silver Spur Rd. Suite 240, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90275 

December 2016 •


Glass receives Freedom4U 

George and Etty Allen Award 

L 

ong time Peninsula volunteer and benefactor Jacky Glass was presented 

with the George and Etty Allen Lifetime Achievement Award 

during the recent Releasing Youth Into Purpose dinner hosted by Freedom4You 

at the Palos Verdes Country Club. In addition to Freedom4You, 

Glass volunteers for dozens of other charity and community programs, 

including H.E.L.P., the Norris Theater, St. Peter’s by the Sea and the Los 

Angeles Philharmonic. 

Freedom4U helps parents and teens move towards healthier living and 

away from substance abuse, using, peer mentors, healthy activities and 

service learning. “The unique thing about our program is we will involve 

kids in healthy social activities and our service-learning projects,” said 

director George Allen. 

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1. Jacky Glass receives the George 

and Etty Allen Lifetime Achievement 

Award from Greg Allen. 

2. Freedom4U leadership teens share 

their experiences. 

3. The Freedom4U Teen band. 

4. Jamie Born and friends. 

5. Dr. Greg Allen, Dr. Charles Park, Dr. 

Nicole Wesley, Mitzi Cress and Jens 

Brandt. 

6. Jesse Allen, Joanne Culverhouse, 

Roma Mistry, Greg and Christine Allen. 

7. Freedom4U Board Members 

Michael Kroll, Greg Allen, Lauren 

Forbes, Ashton Smith, Suzy 

Zimmerman, Peter Boesen and John 

Corrales. 

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Enjoy The Holidays in a Spectacular Lake Arrowhead Estate 

160 Cedar Ridge Drive 

9 Bedrooms, 11 Bathrooms, 16,000 sq ft 

$4,925,000 

Spectacular French Chateau located in the gated enclave of multi-million dollar homes in Cedar Ridge Estates. Nestled on 2.73 acres 

of wooded land, this private property showcases a main residence, separate apt, and a guest house. featuring 9 ensuite bedrooms, 

11 baths, 9 fireplaces, and an elevator. Mature cedar and pine trees provide an ideal setting for this impeccably maintained, elegant 

remodeled estate. A Magnificent Grate Room with 25 Ft. ceiling, grand fireplace and a gorgeous hand painted mural is the focal 

point of this stunning French Manor. Spacious kitchen features a banquette, stainless steel appliances and a butler's pantry. All the 

bedrooms are generous in size and beautifully decorated. Retreat to the gentleman's den w/bar and spiral staircase leading up to 

the 2nd floor library. A child's fantasy bedroom has 12 built-in bunk beds and an adorable kids bathroom. On the lower level is a 

separate apartment w/ 2 bedrooms and kitchen; a wine cellar, gym, and a 3/4 bath. A Fairy Tale guest house offers all the amenities 

of a small home w/ 2 car garage. Grounds include an outdoor kitchen, children's playground, fruit trees and several areas to enjoy 

the amazing vistas. Lake and beach privileges are included. It's a castle in the Forest. 

Shirley Walters 

Coldwell Banker- Redlands 

Office: (909) 748-5130 

Email: shirleywalters@coldwellbanker.com 

Bre # 01827379 

Jane Angel 

Previews Property Specialist 

Coldwell Banker- PV Beach Cities 

Cell: (310)292-2290 

Office: (310)791-6022 

Email: jangel@coldwellbanker.com 

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And the GRAMMY 

Goes to… 

Torrance Memorial patrons 

The Torrance Memorial Foundation hosted 

a dinner party at the GRAMMY Museum 

at LA Live to recognize its foundation patrons. 

More than 100 guests spent the evening viewing 

the exhibits featuring the clothing, work 

and career milestones of legends such as The 

Beatles, Michael Jackson and The Rolling 

Stones, as well as trying their hand at being 

rock stars with various hands-on exhibits. 

After taking in the displays, donors enjoyed 

dinner and wine on the museum’s rooftop terrace 

with spectacular views of the Los Angeles 

skyline. Craig Leach, president and CEO 

of Torrance Memorial, thanked patrons for 

their support of the medical center. For 

more information on the Torrance 

Memorial Patrons program, visit 

torrancememorial.org/giving. 

1. Sandy VandenBerge, Kim 

Vallee and Song Klein. 

2. Nadine Bobit and Pam Crane. 

3. Adam Wagner and Sandra 

Sanders. 

4. Pam Crane, Sally Eberhard and 

Judy Sipes. 

5. Dan and Marie Stefferud, Barbara 

Bentley, Phil and Christina 

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Pavesi and David Bentley. 

6. Scott and Krissie Douglas, 

Greg and Grant Geiger. 

7. Liz and Rich Umbrell, Heidi 

Hoffman M.D. and Erin Hoffman. 

8. Christie Otis, Russ Varon, 

Shintia Lynch, Marshall Varon, 

Paula Bold and Ed Bold, M.D. 

9. David and Ann Buxton. 

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10. Del McCulloch, Diana and 

Van Honeycutt, Bobbie and George 

Farinsky. 

11. Kim Vallee, Judy Gassner, 

Song Klein, Buddy Parks, Carla 

Zanino and Kathleen Parks. 

PHOTOS BY DEIDRE DAVIDSON 

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The Gift of Luxury 

A Sparkling Holiday 

Inspired by nature and the beauty of 

the world around us, Yael's signature 

style blends vintage with classical and 

modern influences. 

Medawar Fine Jewelers 

810C Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates 

(310) 544-0052 

medawarfinejewelers.com 

Give the gift of 

Terranea, with indulgent 

experiences for friends 

and family members including 

resort stays, spa 

treatments, golf, outdoor 

adventures, dining, and 

more. 

Terranea Resort 

100 Terranea Way, 

Rancho Palos Verdes 

(866) 990-7289 

Terranea.com 

A Gift of Beauty 

Purchase a gift certificate at Celibre Medical Laser 

Dermatology in November or December and receive 

10% off the value. 

Celibre 

23211 Hawthorne Blvd., Second Floor, Torrance 

(800) 689-1571. Celibre.com/beach 

Always a delicious gift! 

Admiral Risty Gift Certificates 

Available in any denomination and they 

never expire. 

Stop in or call Wayne or Tim today! 

The Admiral Risty 

(310) 377-0050 

www.admiralristy.com 

31250 P.V. Drive West • Rancho Palos Verdes 

The Magic of Mova 

Luxurious, eco-friendly 

globes that channel energy 

from ambient light and 

the earth’s magnetic field 

to rotate continuously on 

their own. 

Nantucket Crossing 

867 Silver Spur Rd, Rolling Hills Estates 

(310) 377-7201 

nantucketcrossing.com 

Celebrate the Season with books 

by Mary Jo Hazard 

The Peacocks of Palos Verdes, P is for Palos Verdes and 

Palo’s World 

Available at Pointe Discovery at Terranea, Nantucket 

Crossing, Point Vicente Interpretive Center and on 

Amazon.com 

MaryJoHazard.com 

Info@MaryJoHazard.com 

Morgan’s Jewelers 

Palos Verdes 

Peninsula Shopping 

Center 50-C 


(310) 541-2052 

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Give the Gift of 

Authentic Italian Cooking 

at Deluca Trattoria this Holiday Season. 

Gift certificates, private dining available 

for family, business, social events. 

Lunch & Dinner. 

Deluca Trattoria 

225 Richmond Street 

Downtown El Segundo 

(310) 640-7600 

Delucapasta.com 

ift Guide 

The Perfect Place 

for your Holiday Parties & Special Events! 

Join Us Dec. 24-25 and New Year’s Eve - 

for party, live music and dancing! 

La Rive Gauche 

320 Tejon Place 

Palos Verdes Estates 

(310) 378-0267 

LaRiveGauchePV.com 


Musical Gifts for Everyone 

Give a gift that lasts a lifetime. Music 

Rhapsody has instruments and lessons 

for all ages. Perfect gifts for teachers 

too! Learn more at MusicRhapsody.com. 

Music Rhapsody 

1603 Aviation Blvd. #1, Redondo Beach 

(310) 376-8646 

MusicRhapsody.com 

Morgan’s Jewelers Palos Verdes 

Peninsula Shopping Center 50-C 


(310) 541-2052 

Morgansjewelerspv.com 

Give the Gift of Travel 

Give that special someone a memorable trip 

from custom vacations to exotic cruises or simply 

a flight to a favorite destination. Travel is 

happiness and one of the only things to buy that 

makes a person richer. 

We are an accredited full service Travel Agency 

in the South Bay. 

Pacific Heights Travel 

Your Holiday Travel Planner 

2204 Elm Ave., Manhattan Beach 

(310) 802-0066 or PacificHeightsTrvl@gmail.com 

PacificHeightsTravelAgency.com 

The Gift of Relaxation 

Give the gift of a 

therapeutic, 

stress relieving, relaxing 

thai massage 

Men / Women / Couples 

Body Scrub, Swedish, Sports, Thai 

$60/hr * $10 OFF 

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(310) 539-6097 

2231 Lomita Blvd, Lomita 

Holiday 2016 

Mama Terano 

Don’t forget about Mama Terano for 

your last minute to-go food. 

We can fill in the voids or do the 

whole thing! Call us for details. 

Mama Terano 

815 Deep Valley Dr., Rolling Hills Estates 

(310) 377-5757 

Mama Terano Cafe 

36 Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates 

(310) 375-6767 

Mamaterano.com 

Timeless treasure 

Hermês watches embody French 

elegance and most are inspired by 

timeless styling of equestrian and 

nautical themes. 

Medawar Fine Jewelers 

810C Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates 

(310) 544-0052 

medawarfinejewelers.com 

Del Amo Motorsports 

Over 600 new & used units and all your favorite gear 

and apparel brands. 

Del Amo Motorsports 

2500 Marine Ave., Redondo Beach 

(310) 220-2223 

PV Grill 

Book Your Holiday Party 

in our Private Room! 

Call today for details and 

to make reservations! 

PV Grill 

in Lunada Bay Plaza 

2325 Palos Verdes Drive West 

(310) 750-6877 

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50th Anniversary 

Gala 

Peninsula Symphony Orchestra 

The Peninsula Symphony Orchestra celebrated 

its 50th anniversary of presenting 

free concerts to the community during a dinner 

served by the Red Onion at the Rolling 

Hills home of Richard Colyear. Dinner was 

followed by a concert of wind instruments 

conducted by maestro Gary Berkson. Guests 

enjoyed strolling through the Versailles-style 

gardens and viewing the orchid greenhouse, 

roosters, doves and horses, including a 

Friesian show horse. 

Maestro Joseph Valenti who lived in Palos 

Verdes Estates, founded the orchestra at the 

Unitarian Church on Monte Malaga Drive 

during a rainy night in 1967. His goal was to 

provide music for the betterment of the community 

and have the orchestra achieve national 

prominence. John Williams, the 

organization’s president, has been instrumental 

in securing continuing support from the 

community. 

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CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS 

Compiled by Mary Jane Schoenheider 

You can email your event to our address: penpeople@easyreadernews.com 

All submissions must be sent by the 10th of each month prior to event taking place. 

Ongoing 

Annual Holiday Boutique 

Having a hard time finding that gift for the person that has everything? Finish 

up your last minute shopping at the Assistance League of San Pedro-South 

Bay’s Holiday Boutique. The boutique has a selection of unique gift items that 

will appeal to everyone on your list. All proceeds benefit local philanthropic 

programs. Sale Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. weekdays, and 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturdays. 

Now through January 4, 2017. 1441 W. 8th Street (Weymouth Corners), 

San Pedro. (310) 832-8355 ext. 221. 

Saturday-Sunday, November 19-20 

Nutcracker 

Peninsula School of Performing Arts performs The Nutcracker. Saturday, 2 

and 7 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Norris Theater, 27570 Norris Center Dr., Rolling 

Hills Estates. (310) 544-0403 x221 or pspadance.com. 

Saturday, November 19 

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Part of the PV Land Conservancy’s Beauty in Nature series, “Unbranded” is 

a film about 16 mustangs and four men riding Mexico to Canada. The documentary 

tracks the fresh-out-of-college buddies as they set out on the adventure 

of a lifetime. 4 p.m. $10. 18 and under free. Tickets at pvplc.org or (310) 

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541-7613. Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W 6th St, San Pedro. 

Promenade Tree lighting 

Enjoy local youth talent from Amuse Music Center and Elite Dance, sip hot 

cocoa and meet a surprise guest. Free. 5 p.m. Promenade on the Peninsula, 

550 Deep Valley Dr., Rolling Hills Estates. 

Saturday, November 26 

Guided Nature Walk 

Sponsored by PVP Land Conservancy. 10 - 11 a.m. White Pt Nature Preserve, 

San Pedro. Information (310) 541-7613 or RSVP at: pvplc.org. 

Sunday, November 27 

Another ‘Cracker 

Elite Dance Studio presents Twisted Nutcracker. 3 p.m. Warner Grand Theater, 

478 West 6th Street, San Pedro. elitedancepac.com for tickets, info. 

Tuesday, November 29 

ACT II Back to Broadway auditions 

Act II, a support group for Palos Verdes Performing Arts, is looking for talented 

performers to sing and dance to favorites from Broadway musicals at its 31st 

annual variety show. Auditions for “Back To Broadway” will be held at the 

Harlyne J. Norris Pavilion. Appointments for both solos and groups are being 

taken for times between 5:30 to 10 p.m. Participants should choose music 

from a popular Broadway musical to tie in with this year’s theme, and come 

prepared with a three minute act of dancing, singing or a combination of a 

special talent. An accompanist will be available. This season’s show is set for 

March 3-5, 2017 at the Norris Theatre. This year’s production will be in a different 

format, with audience members invited to participate in some of the 

numbers. For more information call co-producer Maureen Brugh at (310) 375- 

3328. 501 Indian Peak Road in Rolling Hills. 

Torrance Memorial’s Annual Holiday Festival 

TMMC begins its 33rd annual Holiday Festival fundraiser. The festival features 

more than 36 themed, decorated trees, live entertainment, the South Bay’s 

largest holiday boutique, an opportunity drawing, children's activities and a 

food court. Tree themes include “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter,” “The 

Magic of Oz,” and “Floating Through the Decades,” featuring award-winning 

floats by the Torrance Rose Float Association. $5. Hours: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 

1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 30, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 

1, Saturday, Dec. 3, Sunday, Dec. 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Senior Days: (free for 

seniors and those with limited mobility) Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Thursday, 

Dec. 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community Service Group Night: ($2 admission 

for nonprofit and community service group members) Thursday, Dec. 1, 4 to 

9 p.m. Torrance Memorial Medical Center, 3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance. For 

more information, call (310) 517-4606 or visit TorranceMemorial.org/holidayfestival. 

Torrance Memorial’s Festival Fashion Show 

Cocktail and evening dresses by Kevan Hall Designs, as well as rare and original 

fur fashions and designs by Edwards-Lowell Furs Beverly Hills will be 

shown. 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., $125 per person. For tickets call (310) 517- 

4606 or visit TorranceMemorial.org/holidayfestival. 

Friday-Saturday, December 2-3 

PV Art Center Holiday Art Sale 

Friday, 1 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Reception Friday December 

2 from 5 to 8 p.m. with holiday entertainment and refreshments hosted by 

The Circle. Since 1975, Palos Verdes Art Center has held an art sale to welcome 

the Holiday Season. This year's PVAC Student and Instructor Holiday 

Sale will feature ceramics, glass, textiles and jewelry, as well as painting, 

drawing and prints. A percentage of the proceeds funds much needed equip- 


St. John Fisher Catholic Church 

Christmas Eve, December 24 

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ment for the PVAC studios. Palos 

Verdes Art Center, 5504 West Crestridge 

Road, Rancho Palos Verdes. 

(310) 541-2479. info@pvartcenter.org. 

Friday, December 2 

Seaside Beaders 

A special interest group of the Embroiderers' 

Guild of America is meeting 

at 9:30 a.m., at St. Francis 

Episcopal Church, 2200 Via Rosa, 

Palos Verdes Estates. This will be a 

"catch up" meeting to finish projects 

started earlier in the year. Visitors 

are welcome and you may bring 

your own project to work on. For 

more information, please call Idele 

(310 540-6104 or visit our web 

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Banning Luncheon 

Victorian Christmas Luncheon in the 

Stagecoach Barn, 11:30 a.m. - 

1:30 p.m. Elegant plated lunch, holiday 

entertainment and special 

sneak preview of Victorian-decorated 

Museum. Banning Museum, 

401 East ‘M’ Street, Wilmington. 

Call (310) 548-2005 for tickets and 

reservations. 

TMMC Festival Gala 

The Festival Night Dinner Gala will 

include silent and live auctions. 5:30 

to 10 p.m. $300 per person/$550 

per couple. Bid online from November 

9 through 22 by visiting biddingforgood.com/holidayfestival.To 

make reservations to attend any of 

the events or for Opportunity Drawing 

tickets, call the Foundation at 

(310) 517-4703. For recorded general 

event information, call (310) 

517-4606 or visit TorranceMemorial.org/holidayfestival. 

Saturday-Sunday, 

December 3-4 

Victorian Celebration 

Kick off the holiday season in grand 

style at the Banning Museum’s Annual 

Victorian Christmas Celebration 

and Open House! Event admission 

is free. Visitors will enjoy period entertainment, 

tours of the Museum 

decorated in holiday splendor, refreshments, 

a children’s craft, a 

blacksmith, a horse-drawn trolley 

ride between The Banning Museum 

and Drum Barracks Civil War Museum 

as well as local food and craft 


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vendors. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. 401 East M Street, Wilmington. 

(310) 548-7777 or visit Thebanningmuseum.org. 

Saturday, December 3 

Santa breakfast 

Treat your family to a personal visit with Santa at Ruby’s Diner, 8:30-10:30 

a.m. Bring your camera! Seating is limited. Adults $15, children under 12 

free. Cash or check only. (310) 544-7829. Promenade on the Peninsula, 550 

Deep Valley Dr., Rolling Hills Estates. 

Sea salt seminar 

Attendees will enjoy an intimate workshop, salt pairing, and wine, as they 

learn about the Terranea’s sea salt harvesting process with award-winning 

chefs. 10 a.m. Sea Salt Conservatory, located adjacent to the Palos Verdes 

Ballroom Terrace. $65 per person, advance reservations required. For more 

information contact (310) 265-2885. 100 Terranea Way, Rancho Palos 

Verdes. 

Sunday, December 4 

Family Hike 

Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy family hike with their naturalist 

guide to discover habitat, wildlife and more on an easy hike up the canyon 

with amazing views of the city. Free. All ages welcome. For more information, 

contact (310) 547-0862 or RSVP at: pvplc.org, Events & Activities. First Saturday 

Family Hike at George F Canyon, 9 a.m. 

Holiday boat parade 

More than 60 vessels of all shapes and sizes will participate in the 54th Annual 

Los Angeles Harbor Holiday 

Afloat Parade starting at 6 p.m. in 

the Port of Los Angeles Main Channel. 

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti 

has been invited to serve as this 

year’s Grand Marshal to preside 

over this spectacular display of boats 

celebrating the nation’s largest international 

trade gateway. laharborholidayafloat.org. 

Bach’s Magnifcat 

Johann Sebastian Bach’s first major 

liturgical composition with a Latin 

text, written in 1723 for Christmas 

Day. Evening will culminate in celebratory 

Christmas carols with audience 

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by a professional instrumental 

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soloists, fill the hall with joyous 

sound! 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20-$40. 

Norris Theater, 27570 Norris Center 

Dr., Rolling Hills Estates. (310) 

544-0403 x221 or jmnsingers.com. 

Lunch with Santa 

Torrance Memorial’s Lunch with 

Santa will include face painting, 

crafts, clowns and photos with Santa 

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Bay’s largest holiday boutique or in the Children’s Marketplace or Senior’s 

Marketplace for one-of-a-kind stocking stuffer items under $5. 11 a.m. to 1 

p.m. $15 per person (minors must be supervised by a paid adult). Torrance 

Memorial Medical Center, Richard B. Hoffman, M.D., Health Conference Center, 

3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance. Call (310) 517-4606 or visit TorranceMemorial.org/holidayfestival 

to purchase tickets or for more information. 

San Pedro holiday parade 

Enjoy a festive holiday extravaganza beginning at 1 p.m. Parade travels up 

Pacific Ave. at 13th St., turns right on Sixth St and ends at Palos Verdes St. 

Free. For more info, spholidayparade.com. 

Holiday Concert Wonder and Joy 

Celebrate the season with the Palos Verdes Symphonic Band’s annual holiday 

concert, Wonder and Joy, at 5 p.m. in the Frances Young Hall at the South 

Coast Botanic Garden. The program consists of traditional Christmas, winter, 

and Hanukkah favorites, including Morton Lauridsen’s beautiful O Magnum 

Mysterium. The band is especially honored to feature guest musician James 

Miller, Associate Principal Trombone with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Tickets 

are only $10 each for adults, with free admission for children 12 years of age 

and under, and are available in the Botanic Garden courtyard just prior to 

concert time. 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula. 

Speaker series 

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11 Chakras. Noon - 1 p.m. Wayfarers Chapel Speaker Series, 5755 Palos 

Verdes Drive South, Rancho Palos Verdes. (310) 377-1650 ext.222. 

Celebration of the season 

Enjoy lively entertainment, holiday crafts for all ages and spirited music from 

local entertainment at Terranea’s tree lighting ceremony. Share your holiday 

spirit and bring an unwrapped gift to donate to Toys for Tots. 5 p.m. Complimentary 

with toy donation. Catalina 

Terrace, 100 Terranea Way, Rancho 

Palos Verdes. For information, (310) 

265-2800. 

Sat., December 10 

Guided Nature Walk 

By Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy 

at Filiorum Reserve, 9 a.m. 

Walk Jack’s Hat Trail on this 191- 

acre property linking the Three Sisters 

and Portuguese Bend Reserves. 

This wildlife corridor boasts beautiful 

ocean views and native habitat. This 

is a strenuous walk. Park on the 

street on Ocean Terrace Drive near 

Pacifica Drive, RPV. Free and open 

to the public. For more information, 

contact (310) 541-7613 ext. 201 or 

sign up at pvplc.org/ _events/NatureWalkRSVP.asp. 

Volunteer Day at White 

Point Nature Preserve 

Help beautify the native demonstration 

garden and surrounding habitat, 

9 a.m. – noon. Sign up at 

pvplc.volunteerhub.com. 

Family Storytime 

Stories, songs and more for all at the 

White Point Nature Education Center, 

10 a.m. Share the joy of story 


telling with your children and introduce them to the beauty of our natural surroundings. 

Retired Children’s Librarian Carla Sedlacek will read stories and 

lead activities featuring nature themes using exciting props and songs. Bring 

the whole family! Free. 1600 W. Paseo del Mar, San Pedro. RSVP at: 

pvplc.org, Events & Activities. 

Holiday Ice Spectacular 

Group and solo performances, all ages and levels. 5 p.m. Promenade Ice 

Chalet, 550 Deep Valley Dr., RHE. (310) 541-6630. 

Nutcracker, too 

San Pedro City Ballet returns with a holiday season tradition, featuring their 

corps de ballet and some of San Pedro's ballet stars of the future. Truly a magical 

experience for the entire family. 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets $19-$39. Warner 

Grand Theater, 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro. SanPedroCityBallet.org. 

Sunday, December 11 

Annual Christmas Pageant 

Neighborhood Church will be presenting the annual Christmas Pageant at 6 

p.m. and again at 8 p.m. Music by the Bell Choir and caroling will begin at 

5:30 p.m. in the Church Sanctuary where the Christmas journey begins. Everyone 

is invited to attend this traditional Christmas event retelling the Christmas 

story enacted in picturesque tableaus set in scenic locations throughout the 

property of the beautiful Neighborhood Church. Be stirred by the Annunciation 

and awed by the Christmas star and angels. Visit the shepherds overlooking 

their flocks by a fireside surrounded by animals in a stunning pastoral setting. 

Be turned away at the Inn. View the Magi in their glorious attire, bearing gifts 

to the blessed newborn Jesus. See Herod’s Court in all its decadence and 

grandeur, and finally end your journey at the scene of new hope, the Nativity 

set in a cliffside grotto. This is an event suitable for the entire family and is offered 

each year free to the public. A 

Christmas offering of canned goods 

for a local food bank will be collected. 

The Neighborhood Church is 

located at 415 Paseo del Mar, Palos 

Verdes Estates. For information call 

(310) 200-1798. 

Nutcracker redux 

San Pedro City Ballet’s holiday tradition. 

A magical experience for the 

entire family. 2 p.m. Tickets $19- 

$39. Warner Grand Theater, 478 

West 6th Street, San Pedro. SanPedroCityBallet.org. 

Swinging holiday 

A Big Band Christmas- featuring 

Gene Krupa Tribute Orchestra. 2 

p.m. Norris Theater, 27570 Norris 

Center Dr., Rolling Hills Estates. 

(310) 544-0403. palos verdesperformingarts.com 

Holiday Chorale concert 

Los Cancioneros Master Chorale 

Holiday Concert: A Joyful Holiday 

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Giebler, (310) 779-3072. Armstrong 

Theater, 3330 Civic Center 

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Nature Walk 

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Dinner with Carols 

Admiral Risty Restaurant hosts tableside 

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Songs performed by the Los Cancioneros 

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Friday, December 16 

Full Moon Hike 

At George F Canyon with the Palos 

Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy. 

Explore nocturnal sights with an expert 

naturalist under a full moon at 

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The Palos Verdes Art Center 

hosts exhibits by three artists 

working with noir themes 

through December 31. Los Angeles 

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neon art, Cuban artist Kadir 

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Saturday, December 17 

Peninsula holiday celebration 

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family, noon to 3 p.m. Enjoy Santa photos, a DJ spinning holiday music, face 

painting and a wheel of fortune for prizes! Silver Spur Rd. at Hawthorne Blvd. 

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Holiday concert 

Join Maestro Steven Allen Fox and the Golden State Pops Orchestra for a spirited 

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A decade of lease negotiations nearly 

forced Rolling Hills Country Club to 

close permanently and did force it to close 

for two years. Now it is awaiting the 

opening of a new golf course that may 

rival the best in the world 

Golf course designer David Kidd during a visit last month to 

Rolling Hills Country Club. Photo by David Fairchild

Rolling Hills Country Club general manager Greg Young, club president Aubie Goldenberg 

and Chadmar Group builder Chuck Lande. Photo by Kevin Cody 

Kidd 

golf 

by Kevin Cody 

In April 2014, builder Chuck 

Lande invited golf course designer 

David Kidd to walk the Rolling 

Hills Country Club golf course. That 

year, Kidd’s Gamble Sands in Brewster, 

Washington, had been named 

the best new golf course in the 

United States by Golf Digest. Kidd had 

already achieved golf immortality 

with the opening of Bandon Dunes in 

Oregon in 1999. Bandon Dunes was 

modeled after Scotland’s St. Andrews, 

golfing’s birthplace, and the equally 

historic Scottish course Gleneagles, 

where Kidd grew up as the son of the 

golf course’s superintendent. 

Lande grew up in Rancho Palos 

Verdes in a home his mother still lives 

in. He attended Chadwick School and 

USC and is the founder of The Chadmar 

Group, named after his son Chad 

and daughter Marisa. Chadmar built 

the Grand Del Mar Golf Club, its 134 

fairway homes and the neighboring, 

five-star Grand Del Mar Hotel. 

Lande planned to build 114 fairway 

homes at Rolling Hills and wanted 

Kidd to design the club’s new golf 

course. 

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Chuck for the opportunity and leaving 

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point of the course and I was able to 

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The clubhouse is designed by architect Bob Altevers, whose other golf course clients 

Club. It will offer fine and casual dining rooms and a banquet room, ballroom, 

gredient to make a great course, ” Kidd said. 

Kidd was also attracted by the opportunity to build a course overlooking 

Los Angeles, adding views of a third global city to TPC Stonebrae, overlooking 

San Francisco and Beaverbrook, overlooking London. 

A third appeal, which Kidd alluded to during a recent visit to Rolling 

Hills, was the opportunity to quiet his critics. 

‘I’ve heard a few green-eyed monsters say my courses are successful because 

I get great sites.” That criticism wouldn’t apply to the Rolling Hills 

site because Kidd planned to level the site, literally. 

Into the rough 

Kidd was correct in his assessment that the course had been cobbled together. 

Rolling Hills Country Club opened in 1963 as a par-3, nine-hole 

course squeezed onto 14 acres along Palos Verdes Drive East. A round was 

$1.25. In 1972, the members, whose aspirations were apparent in the 

club’s name, signed a lease with the neighboring Chandler Sand and Gravel 

company for another 66 acres, enabling the course to expand to 18 holes 

across 99 acres. The new, 6,112 yard course was designed by Ted Robinson, 

from the Arnold Palmer Design Company. It was a traditional parkland 

course, with tree-lined fairways, neatly groomed bunkers, rose gardens and 

ponds with Palos Verdes flagstone waterfalls dotting the namesake rolling 

hills. 

In 2000, the Chandler family (no relation to the Los Angeles Times’s 

Chandlers) told the club they wanted to sell the 66 acres they had leased 

to the club. They also planned to sell the adjacent, 61-acre sand and gravel 

quarry, which the family founded in the 1930s. Sand and gravel from the 

quarry had been used to build Marineland of the Pacific in 1954. In a precursor 

to repurposing, when the park was torn down in 1987, the aquarium’s 

concrete was trucked back to the quarry and resold as land fill. 

The 66-acre lease ran through 2022. The club had until then to acquire 

the property or close. 

The purchase promised to be both costly and complicated. Approvals 

would need to be obtained not only from the city of Rolling Hills Estates, 

but also Torrance (the quarry straddled the Torrance border), three school 

districts, six property owners associations, utility companies, environmentalists, 

Native Americans and over 20 governmental regulatory agencies, 

including the FAA. 

In addition, the club’s board needed to convince its 465 equity members 

to pay a $40,000 assessment, each, and to continue paying dues during the 

two years the club would be closed while a new course and clubhouse 

were built. 

Over 100 members left. Most resigned rather than attempting to sell their 

memberships and pay the $25,000 transfer fee. 

Finally, in 2008, at a party at the clubhouse, with the 80-year-old Arnold 


have included PGA West in La Quinta, Pelican Hill in Newport and Lande’s Del Mar 

wine cellar, gym and a spa. Rendering courtesy Rolling Hills Country Club 

Palmer as guest of honor, a jubilant club president Bruce Steckel announced 

that a deal had been reached. 

Developer John Laing Homes would acquire the Chandler property. The 

city would rezone part of the property for residential development, in exchange 

for which Laing would fill in the noxious quarry, eliminating pollution 

and traffic from the quarry’s 200 daily truck trips. Torrance would 

receive $10 million for allowing its portion of the quarry to be annexed by 

Rolling Hills Estates. The country club would receive title to 131 acres, including 

the quarry, in exchange for helping the home builder obtain the 

necessary entitlements and for building a course that would enhance the 

value of the fairway homes. 

Rather than being forced to close in 2022, the club was to emerge from 

the negotiations with a new, $62 million, 160-acre, Arnold Palmer-designed 

golf course and a new 60,000 square foot clubhouse overlooking the course 

and the Los Angeles Basin. 

The $400 million project was arguably to be the largest residential and 

recreational community development in the history of the South Bay and 

almost certainly larger than any that will be approved in the future. 

“All we were waiting for was for the developer to transfer money to the 

escrow account. And then the Great Recession of 2008 hit,” current club 

president Aubie Goldenberg said during a recent interview. 

“Venerable Irvine developer John Laing Homes, one of the nation's 

largest, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, joining the growing ranks 

of residential builders laid low by the collapse of the housing market,” the 

Los Angeles Times reported shortly after the agreement was reached. 

Lucky lie 

Lande lives in Santa Barbara. But his sister still lives in Palos Verdes. 

During the summer of 2013, her son Jake was working in the club’s pro 

shop. Jake’s grandmother, on his father’s side, is a founding member of 

the club. 

One day that summer Jake invited his first cousin Chad, Lande’s son, to 

play golf. Between holes, Jake asked Chad why he and his dad didn’t step 

in to save the club. Chad, a former financial analyst, was working with his 

dad. But he had been unaware of the club’s problem. 

“That evening, Chad called me and asked if I knew John Robertson,” 

Lande recalled. “I said, ‘Sure. In high school, I worked with John’s sister 

at Pat’s Ski and Sport in Riviera Village.’” 

Robertson was a third generation Chandler and president of the sand 

and gravel company. He was heading up the family’s effort to sell the property. 

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he picked us because we had experience with similar developments,” 

Lande said. 

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Lande’s experience spanned the spectrum, from great success with the 

Del Mar course, to a course “put on hold” by the Great Recession in Snow 

Creek, Mammoth. 

“We built 800 homes in Snow Creek. It had an existing nine hole golf 

course that we were going to replace with a new course, along with 600 

new homes and a five-star hotel.” 

The stalled Snow Creek course had one significant, residual benefit. 

Lande met Kidd. 

“We worked with Tom Fazio on the Del Mar course. He’s a great golf 

course designer. But golf goes through phases. There was a period when 

Fazio, Nicklaus and Palmer were the kings. And I’m not saying they aren’t 

still. But as far as we’re concerned, David is the king today,” Lande said. 

Lande met Kidd through longtime friend and landscape architect David 

Howerton, whose San Francisco firm Hart Howerton is doing the landscaping 

at Rolling Hills. Howerton worked with Kidd at Bandon Dunes. 

Onto the green 

Last May, Rolling Hills Country Club held a party to announce that a 

new agreement had been reached to build a new golf course, a new clubhouse 

and 114 new homes. This time, Kidd was the guest of honor and 

Lande the home builder. 

“When it’s finished, it will look like it’s been here 100 years,” Kidd told 

the members. 

It was an audacious promise. Not a blade of grass, not one of the 980 

jacaranda, pepper, pine or eucalyptus trees, nor the 100-foot high namesake 

rolling hills were to remain of the old course. 

Kidd is known for designing “links” courses. Links is a Scottish term that 

refers to coastal areas, where the early Scottish golf courses were built. 

Any doubt about the club’s commitment to the new plan, was erased by 

a YouTube video posted a few days later. The video showed club general 

manager Greg Sullivan in his black Dodge Charger, and board member 

Kerry Welsh in his midnight blue Tesla Model S, drag racing down the old 

number 5 fairway and doing donuts on the green. 

“Greg always hated the number 5 hole,” construction superintendent 

Bob Vaughey, who was riding in Welsh’s car, says on the video. 

Last August, trucks began dumping sand from the quarry at staging areas 

around the course while Caterpillar scrapers, commonly used to scrape 

coal bowls, began leveling the hills and emptying their 80-ton loads into 

the cavernous quarry. Six million cubic yards of dirt would be scooped up 

and emptied into the quarry. 

Hillside neighbors, behind the white picket fences that border the course, 

now wake up to the sun rising over the San Gabriel mountains, east of the 

LA Basin. In winter, the view will include snow covered Mount Baldy. 

Vaughey describes the new course as “one big tea saucer, or drainage 

project.” 

“Essentially, that’s what golf courses are. They’re almost always built in 

a flood zone.” 

To channel the water that flows onto the course from two large canyons 

on the western edge, Vaughey’s crews carved barrancas, modeled after the 

natural barranca that makes the first hole at the Riviera Country Club, 

home of the LA Open, so intimidating. 

The barrancas, or arroyos, flow into an irrigation lake, which replenishes 

the aquifer, 182 feet beneath the former quarry. 

Water rights secured during the negotiations guarantee the club healthy 

fairways and greens, regardless of drought conditions. Computerized sprinkler 

heads reduce the one million gallons typically required to water an 

18 hole course by 60 percent, Lande said. 

While the hills were being leveled and the 150-foot deep, 1,000-foot wide 

quarry filled, fairway grass was being grown by West Coast Turf, in Thermal 

City, near Palm Springs. The company supplies grass for most of the 

sports facilities in the west, including the Rose Bowl and Dodger Stadium. 

Last month, six to eight West Coast Turf trucks, each carrying 8,000-squarefoot 

rolls of turf, began daily deliveries. Groundskeepers unrolled the turf 

like carpet, at the rate of a fairway a week. 

“Life is short. It would have taken a year to grow the fairways from seed,” 

Vaughey said. 

He plans to have the course ready for play next June, less than two years 

after he did donuts on the number 5 green in Welsh’s Tesla. 

The 60,000-square-foot, $35 million clubhouse, clad in Palos Verdes flagstone 

and bordered by trimmed, green hedges, is scheduled to open next 


August. It is being built by Suffolk 

Construction and was designed 

by architect Bob Altevers, 

whose other golf course clients 

have included PGA West in La 

Quinta, Pelican Hill in Newport 

and Lande’s Del Mar Club in Del 

Mar. 

The clubhouse will overlook 

seven holes where there was once 

a sand and gravel quarry and the 

LA basin, beyond. It will offer fine 

and casual dining rooms and a banquet 

room, ballroom, wine cellar, 

gym and a spa. Adjoining the clubhouse 

will be tennis, bocceball, 

pickleball and basketball courts, a 

Junior Olympic-sized pool and a 

zero-entry pool. 

A 10-acre golf facility will include 

a 350-yard driving range that 

converts to a 9-hole, par-3 course 

whose greens, approaches and 

bunkers mimic the 18-hole course. 

The clubhouse complex is as important 

to the club’s future as the 

golf course, Sullivan said. Successful 

new golf clubs are increasingly 

designed to appeal to families. 

Rolling Hills offers non-golfing, 

social memberships, which are 

crucial to a golf club’s home sales, 

Lande said. 

“Typically, only 25 percent of 

home buyers at a golf club are 

The redesigned Rolling Hills Country Club will have a Junior Olympic pool and a zero entry pool, as well as tennis, pickleball, 

bocce and basketball courts. Rendering courtesy of Rolling Hills Country Club 

golfers, but almost everyone enjoys swimming, tennis 

and dining,” he said. 

The new, ranch style homes will be 3,200 to 5,800 

square feet on 12,000 square foot lots. Lande said he expects 

buyers will be older Peninsula couples who want 

more amenities and less home maintenance and young 

Beach Cities families who want yards. 

Model homes will be completed in December 2017, 

Lande said. He declined to disclose the home prices, except 

to say they will be priced at market value. 

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One afternoon last month, after walking the course 

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house and listened to Kidd’s 

thoughts on golf course design. 

Kidd asked Sullivan his handicap. 

Sullivan answered 13. 

“Imagine if I designed a 400-yard 

hole, with a 100-yard wide fairway, 

no bunkers and the cup in the middle 

of the green. What do you 

think your chances would be of 

parring the hole?” 

After hesitating a moment, Sullivan 

ventured, “50-50.” 

“What if I shaped the fairway 

like a taco and upped your chances 

of par to 60 percent. Wouldn’t that 

be more fun to play?” Kidd asked. 

“My detractors say I make 

courses too easy. But no golf is 

easy. Not if 50 percent of the time 

a good golfer can’t par an easy 

hole,” Kidd said. 

Following his success at Bandon 

Dunes, Kidd said, he succumbed to 

the prevailing wisdom that a golf 

designer’s job was to “defend par.” 

“The locals call Tetherow in 

The Chandler Sand and Gravel pit as it appeared last year, the day an agreement 

was announced to fill it in for the new Rolling Hills Country Club golf 

course. Photo by Kevin Cody 

Bend ‘Deatherow.’ And that’s my home course,” he said. Kidd moved to 

Bend, Oregon, shortly after Tetherow opened in 2008, just ahead of the 

Great Recession. 

“Ego reigned. Harder was better. Every golf designer wanted to brag about 

how hard their courses were, making them 8,000 yards long with 24-yard 

wide fairways and a slope ratings of 148. (Slope rating is a measure of a 

course’s difficulty, with 155 being the maximum difficulty.) 

“We were doing what clients wanted and that was generate a maximum 

amount of media attention because most were selling houses.” 

“Designers talked about ‘Tiger 

proofing’ courses because Tiger 

made the game look too easy.” 

Golf course designer Pete Dye 

expressed the then prevailing philosophy 

in 2002, when he was 

commissioned to design the Trump 

National Golf Course, overlooking 

the ocean, on the opposite side of 

the Peninsula from Rolling Hills. 

“The pros are the only people 

who like an easy course. And 

they’re a bunch of crybabies. And 

you can quote me,” Dye said. 

Told that his courses are described 

as “Dyeabolical,” he shot 

back, “Have you ever heard of a 

great, easy course? This course will 

be tough on players who come out 

only once or twice a year. But the 

ardent golfer who shoots 95 will 

love it. He may curse it, but he’ll 

go home to Omaha and tell all his 

buddies they’ve got to play it.” 

Last year, Trump National was 

scheduled to host the PGA Grand 

Slam of Golf. The tournament was canceled following protests over Trump's 

comments about illegal immigrants. 

“In 2008,” Kidd said, “I had an epiphany. Harder is not better. Fun is better. 

Why did people love the early courses I designed, when I knew so little? 

And why weren’t they returning to play the courses I did 10 years later 

when I knew so much more?” 

“Golf is already one of the hardest sports there is, and you want me to 

make it harder? Imagine if tennis had to be played with wooden rackets 

and skiers had to use straight skis.” 


“There’s a saying that courses should be easy to bogey, but difficult to 

birdie, which sounds good, but is rarely achieved.” 

Welsh mentioned the old adage that golf is 90 percent psychological and 

10 percent mental. 

Kidd, a 6 handicap, said he learned that early on as a golfer. 

“But it took me a long time to understand what that meant for a golf 

course architect,” he said. “We’ve been taught that golf is all about intimidation 

and playing defense. I’m turning that on its head. I want my courses 

to breed confidence. Then golf becomes fun.” 

“When you stand at the tee, do you feel confidence, or trepidation? Are 

you looking down at that $4 Titleist Pro, thinking ‘I’ll never see it again’?” 

“If you hit a rank shot, out of bounds, I can’t help you. But keep it in 

bounds and I’ll do my best to keep you playing golf with one ball.” 

“Confidence translates into a confident swing. If you played a great round 

at Bandon Dunes, it’s not because it’s an easy course. It’s because you 

played confidently.” 

Kidd traced the divergence between the Scottish links courses he grew 

up with and America’s less forgiving parkland courses to the 1933 opening 

of Augusta National, the Churchill Downs of golf, with its colorful flower 

boxes, tree lined fairways and bright white, egg-shaped bunkers. 

“Never was the iron gauntlet of challenge more skillfully concealed in 

velvet,” the legendary Bobby Jones said of the course he helped design. 

"The architect assumes the role of defender against the golfer attacking the 

course," he wrote in “Golf by Design”. 

“Every April, golfers watched the Augusta Masters on their color TVs 

and dusted off their clubs. Groundskeepers looked at Augusta and thought, 

‘That’s my benchmark,’” Kidd said. 

“Then Bandon Dunes opened and American golfers were able to experience 

the golf I grew up with — its wiry grasses, multiple colors, imperfect 

nature.” 

“I spent my childhood at St. Andrews and Gleneagles. That’s the only 

golf I knew.” 

“When I came to Bandon Dunes to meet with (owner) Mike Kaiser, I had 

never played a Pete Dye, an Arnold Palmer, a Jack Nicklaus or a Tom Fazio 

course. 


“I knew Kaiser had already talked to Nicklaus 

and Fazio and didn’t think I had a chance. So I 

told him what I thought, that he should keep it 

simple because the land was already so good. A 

few weeks later, he called and asked, ‘Do you really 

believe what you said?’” 

“He thought golf had gone down a course it 

wasn’t meant to go down and he wanted someone 

unencumbered by American golf’s overcontrolled 

and overspending look.” 

“So, he hired someone who didn’t know 

enough to screw it up.” 

Kidd was 27. As he had proposed, he left the 

relatively flat, nearly treeless site largely alone, 

wrapping the fairways around the brown sand 

bunkers that had always been there. 

When Bandon Dunes opened in 1999 it triggered 

a revolution in golf course design in the 

U.S. 

“Whatever else I achieve, I believe Bandon 

Dunes marked a turning point in my life and I 

believe it marked a turning point in golf in America. 

Sophisticated American golfers already understand 

that,” Kidd said. 

Like Bandon Dunes, Rolling Hills’ fairways will 

be defined by strips of tall grass rather than trees. 

Its bunkers will be the brown sand that has always 

been there. 

“The fairways are very sinuous,” he said. “I 

want you to be able to hit the ball high and wide 

and still be able to find it.” 

When asked what quality makes a great golf 

designer, Kidd answered, “Visualization. You 

must be able to paint in your mind’s eye something 

that doesn’t exist.” 

Lande’s contract called for grading the site to 

within 18 inches of Kidd’s specifications. 

At that point, Kidd said, “Course design 

changes from an engineering exercise to a lot of 

hand waving, flag planting and foot dragging [to 

outline the bunkers and greens].” 

“The trick is to make the course look as random 

as nature. It’s whimsy that excites golfers. If it 

looks engineered, it’s not cool.” 

“I admire Tom Fazio. His courses are beautiful, 

but too perfect. Pete Dye is not so perfect, but 

he’s kind of evil. I’m aiming for something in between.” 

Kidd said he played Trump National and 

walked off after the 12th Hole. “It was like going 

to the dentist,” he said. 

“People look at the old Scottish courses and ask, 

why is there a hump in the fairway? It’s there because 

it was there. No one shaped it. My challenge 

here is to make features look like they were 

there when they weren’t. I’m having to engineer 

randomness. 

“Luis, who’s designing the bunkers doesn’t play 

golf. He’s an artist. I let him do his thing. He built 

a bunker with a grass hump in the middle. 

“I keep telling Greg to stop telling people we 

filled in the quarry and leveled the hills. I want 

them to look at the course and think it’s always 

been that way.” 

The group asked Kidd how their course would 

measure up to other Los Angeles area courses. 

He responded by speaking admiringly of Riviera, 

in Pacific Palisades, whose 1926 design is 

largely unchanged and possesses some of the 

characteristics of a links course. 

He also spoke admiringly of Los Angeles Country 

Club’s newly redesigned North Course. 

“I’d love it if comparisons were made between 

our course and LA North. To be spoken of in the 

same breath as Gil Hanse would be cool. Gil 

studied aerial photos from the ‘20s of George 

Thomas’s original design and paid homage to it. 

I hope 100 years from now, people will do that 

with this course.” 

Then Kidd disclosed his hopes for the new 

Rolling Hills course. 

“It stands a chance to be one of the best courses 

not only in Los Angeles, but maybe in the world,” 

he said. 

Presumably, he was including Bandon Dunes, 

with which it will share many characteristics and 

one notable exception. 

Bandon Dunes is a privately owned pay by the 

round course that hosts 150,000 rounds a year. 

The nearby airport is the busiest private airport 

in the Northwest. Rolling Hills’ 465 members will 

never have trouble getting a tee time on their 

David Kidd course. Nor is the nearby Torrance 

Airport, the reason the new course needed FAA 

approval, likely to be impacted. 

As the conversation wound down, Kidd was 

asked how difficult he thought their course 

would be. 

“I want the slope rating to be in the 115 to 120 

range. More than 120 is too much,” he said. (113 

is considered average difficulty). 

“I want your pro to think he can shoot a 59. I 

don’t want him to actually shoot a 59. I just want 

him to think he can. And maybe he will, if he 

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Chef Tim Wood prepares California Kurobuta pork shoulder with grated fresh truffle. Photo by Stephanie Cartozian 

“We are venturing into uncharted waters with different flavors and textures…” -- Terranea Chef Bernard Ibarra 

Most of the people who attended the Third Annual Farm-to-Terranea 

Celebration of Food and Wine at Terranea last month probably 

didn’t give much thought to the way that the event was put together. 

You just bring together a lot of good food and beverages and turn 

chefs and sommeliers loose on it, and people will have a great time, won’t 

they? 

Anyone who has ever managed a large event knows otherwise. Executive 

Chef Bernard Ibarra mused thoughtfully over the breakdown of traditional 

ideas about pairing food and drink. 

“People no longer just listen to authority figures about what we should 

and should not like. We are venturing into uncharted waters with different 

flavors and textures, and leaving it up to ourselves to see if we like it or not. 

It would be arrogant of me to try to change people’s minds, but I can expose 

them to what is out there.” 

Resort Wine Director Szymon Piechaczek agreed and gave an example, 

based on one of the dinners on the first evening. That evening was called 

“A Study Of Pork,” and featured five chefs. Each was given a different cut 

of pork and challenged to serve it in a way that accented its best qualities. 

As wine director, Szymon provided both traditional and unexpected offerings. 

“I do want people to experience a new approach to a food and wine festival, 

but it’s a holistic approach. Some people are so guided by tradition 

that they never think of experimenting. For the Study of Pork we provide 

wines that can all work and let them find the one that they really like. One 

of the wines is Mumm Napa sparkling wine, which is not what you usually 

think of with pork, but it has the citrus and acidity to cut through the fat 

content.” 

A Champagne-style wine with pork? The resort’s Beverage Director Aloys 

Scheer was involved with an even more unusual event. 

“Our Japanese whiskey dinner begins with a cocktail and moves on to include 

tastings of the spirit, neat. The menu is predominantly seafood in an 

Asian style, which works with these soft-spoken whiskies. This is an extension 

of something we have done before at the resort, introducing people 

who think of liquors and cocktails just as after-dinner items to the ways 

they can be part of a meal.” 

One theme that runs through the event is the idea of using local products, 

which is possible to a degree that may surprise even locals. There are farms 

and wineries hidden in the hills of the Peninsula, and Bernard Ibarra had 

a chance to get some hands-on experience at one of them. 

“A couple of weeks ago we went to Villa Oneiro and harvested olives and 

pressed them for olive oil, so for the first time we have Terranea olive oil. 

It’s beautiful extra virgin oil, unbelievable, and we have the olives in some 


Wine Director Szymon Piechaczek, Executive Chef Bernard Ibarra and Beverage 

Director Aloys Scheer. Photo by Richard Foss 

of our other dishes. We have the salt we gather right here on the property, 

and we blend it with herbs grown here, and we make smoked salt too. We 

also have what we call our moving backyard, the sea right behind the resort. 

We use as much as we can from what Mother Nature provides us with right 

here.” 

Some of those local producers attended the event, including the roaster 

who produces the resort’s signature coffee and winemakers Dimitri Bizoumis 

from Villa Oneiro and Jim York of Catalina View. Beverage Manager 

Scheer noted that while there aren’t any distilleries on the Peninsula, they 

use as many local ingredients as possible in their cocktails. Ibarra, a Basque 

who grew up in a wine-loving region, sounded just as enthusiastic about 

the cocktail revolution. 

“The cocktail component of the event is new this year, but that is such a 

dynamic part of the culture now. We are using what grows in the Peninsula 

in our drinks as well as our food. We have always been utilizing them in 

the kitchen, but at the bar it is new.” 

Speaking of local produce brought up the question of whether this event 

is primarily for local people, or whether there are ambitions to make it 

something larger. Scheer suggested that it is already a little of each. 

“The event is for local people but is already becoming a regional event. 

We have chefs coming from San Francisco, Carmel, Seattle, and San Diego, 

and they have spread awareness of this weekend through their clientele. It 

has a great potential to grow.” 

Szymon suggested that as it does, it could benefit more than just Terranea. 

“We have many guests who are coming to this event from Hollywood, 

from Malibu, and for many it is their first time to the area. They are not 

just seeing this event at Terranea, they are discovering the other attractions 

of the Peninsula, and they will come back.” 

Abigall Parera, Virna Bolang, Andrew Long, Chef Tim Wood and Jessica 

Wood. Photo by Stephanie Cartozian 

Chef Dushayant Singh of The Camby in Phoenix creates pork frankfurters with 

crisped black-eyed peas. Photo by Richard Foss 

Wherever the guests came from, they had a wide range of events and 

seminars to attend. Szymon characterized these as partly educational and 

partly entertaining. 

“In the entertaining category I would put our recreation of the famous 

‘Judgment of Paris’ dinner of 1976, which will include representatives of 

Chateau Montelena and Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars. In the educational category, 

I would put our event evaluating the wine styles of the Old World. 

That’s focused on discovering the regional wine styles, and people can learn 

a lot from that.” 

On the weekend of the event, that balance of intellectual understanding 

with basking in the experience was on full display. The “Study of Pork” on 

Friday night was a great example. The chefs were all accessible, explaining 

to anyone who was interested how they had created each recipe to enhance 

the natural flavors and textures of the cut they had been assigned. Some of 

the presentations were elegant and stylish, like Chef Tim Wood’s California 

Kurobuta pork shoulder with grated fresh truffle. Others were more down 

home. Chef Dushyant Singh of The Camby in Phoenix created delicious 

pork frankfurters and served them in a bun alongside crisped black-eyed 

peas, a plate that looked like something you might get at a ballpark but 

tasted amazing. Between trips to the food stations guests sampled beer, 

cocktails, and wine, including that Napa sparkler that did indeed go superbly 

with pork. It was an education for those who cared to get one, and 

a great meal for those who just came for the experience. 

Moving on through the weekend, guests could attend a seminar by 

women winemakers, a seafood and Champagne brunch, and a celebration 

of the legacy of Robert Mondavi. Or they could just stroll the grounds at 

Terranea, enjoy the views, and think about what they would eat and drink 

next. PEN 

Selman and Pauline Shaby, David Buckley and Chef Paul McCabe. 

Photo by Stephanie Cartozian


Old Fort Mac Arthur 

Hosts multi-era reenactment 

History buffs from around the Western 

United States showed up at Old Fort 

MacArthur Days last July for a multi-era 

historical reenactment. Unlike most 

events that focus on a single time period, 

here one saw encampments of ancient 

Britons and Romans, civil war cavalrymen, 

Napoleonic infantry, World War II 

leathernecks and peoples of other times 

and places. Alongside the soldiers were all 

the other people who enable armies to 

function, including blacksmiths, surgeons, 

cooks, nurses, and other artisans. 

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1. This group of Soviet Army reenactors is 

composed entirely of fathers and sons. (Bottom 

row) sons Dakota Boettcher, Shane Pollack 

and Tom Marinello. (Top row) fathers 

Scott Boettcher, Todd Pollack and Dennis 

Marinello. 

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with “Doughnut Dollie” Kim Hallenger of the 

Great War Historical Society. During WW1 the 

British “Doughnut Dollies” made fresh pastries 

in the trenches and were the only women allowed 

at the front. 

3. Civil War “Buffalo Soldiers” Trooper Dillis, 

August Simian Jr., and Trooper Redfern. 

4. Colonial American blacksmith Peter 

Farquhar. 

5. Early California reenactor Mike Breckinridge 

with his horse Juan. 

6. President Lincoln (Robert Brosky). 

7. Legio 6 Victrix trooper John Long. 

8. Roman Centurion David Michaels wears 

medals for valor while standing next to a shrine 

to Jupiter. 

9. Scottish clan chief Steven Gillan talks with 

Tory officer John Savage. 

10. World War 2 field cook David Kellerman 

with his restored army jeep. 

11. 19th Century naval Lieutenant John Ash, 

better known Gary McAulay of the Manhattan 

Beach Historical Society, poses with Dale Erickson 

of Lomita. 

12. Michael Cawelti as T.R., straight from San 

Juan Hill. 

13. French and Indian War Surgeon Mark 

Rutledge has an encyclopedic knowledge of 

18th Century medicine, as well as some scary 

looking saws and tools. 

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Homegrown virtuoso 

by Esther Kang

A 21-year-old 

Palos Verdes native 

rises to 

international 

acclaim 

Aplastic toy keyboard he received from 

his parents on his sixth birthday sealed 

Adam Coleman’s fate. 

“Apparently, I would just sit there for hours 

at a time plucking at the keys that lit up,” said 

the now 21-year-old Coleman. “I learned 

some classic pieces that way.” 

The following year, his parents took him to 

Maria Denima, a talented Russia pianist who 

studied at St. Petersburg Conservatory. Over 

the following decade, Coleman’s musical career 

blossomed. 

At 9, he began competing in piano performances 

around the world, winning the Southern 

California Bach Festival, Cypress College 

Piano Competition and the MTAC State Solo 

and Concerto Competition. In 2012, he was 

named a finalist in the 2012 Schlern International 

Music Festival Competition in Italy. He 

also earned multiple scholarships from the 

Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Alice Frazier 

Kitchen Memorial. 

Despite his competitive successes, the 

Peninsula native considers them a “necessary 

evil.” Coleman is in his fourth year at the Indiana 

University Jacobs School of Music, 

where he is studying Piano Performance 

under esteemed professor Evelyne Brancart. 

“I don’t like putting musicians and the 

music up against each other,” he said. "I think 

it defeats the whole purpose of the art. Especially 

the way a lot of these competitions score 

and the way they decide, it’s very subjective 

and there’s a lot of politics involved.” 

Performing for people who come to enjoy 

the music rather than to judge — that’s the 

“best feeling in the world,” he said. 

“For me, it started more as a relationship 

with the instrument rather than with the 

music,” he said. “I fell in love with the instrument 

before I fell in love with classical music. 

I always felt safe there and felt like I had 

something to say when I was making music." 

“Later came the love of the music, once I 

started hearing about classical composers and 

really diving into their genius, why they’re so 

well-known now and why it is so important 

to listen to them.” Beyond the classical repertoire 

of Bach, Mozart and Chopin, Coleman 

said he is drawn toward 20th century “new 

music” and the late romantics. "Why has their 

music lasted hundreds of years,” he said, “and 

other people’s music died out instantly?" 

At Palos Verdes Intermediate School, he 

played saxophone in the school concert band 

(and gave piano lessons to the director). At 

Palos Verdes High School, he played the snare 

drum, quads and bass drum and served as 

battery captain, front ensemble captain, and 

eventually drum major in the marching band. 

He also delved into mallet percussions, including 

the marimba and vibraphone. 

In 2011, when the Tohoku earthquake and 

tsunami hit Japan, Coleman teamed up with 

a friend and decided to put his musical chops 

to use. It was his first ever attempt at organizing 

a concert for the community. 

“I had no idea what I was doing, but I just 

went around to random churches and asked 

if I could play a concert there,” he recalls. “Finally, 

someone said yes." 

The benefit concert at St. Francis Church, 

curated and performed by Coleman, raised 

$2,500 for Direct Relief International. Since, 

he has organized an annual benefit chamber 

concert at the Palos Verdes Golf Club to benefit 

the San Pedro-based SHAWL House (Support 

for Harbor Area Women’s Lives), which 

helps battered and addicted women. The concerts 

have raised $50,000 over the years for 

the organization. The next one is scheduled 

for next spring. 

Coleman, who this summer spent an immersive 

six weeks at the Brevard Music Festival 

in North Carolina, keeps his engine 

revving. For next fall, he will be applying for 

master’s programs for classical piano performance 

across the country (his top choice is Indiana 

University). He hopes to make a living 

by performing — what he does best. 

“By sitting through a performance, you experience 

it, and I think in some ways it makes 

you a better person, and it makes you grow,” 

he says. “I’m really fascinated by how people 

can react to music and how it can change your 

mental state.” PEN 

Adam Coleman. Photo by Brian Chin 


Ground breaking 

Veterans celebration 

around&about 

Bishop Joseph 

Sartoris blesses 

the site of the 

new Providence 

Little Company of 

Mary Advanced 

Ambulatory Care 

Center on Tuesday, 

October 

25. The $80 

million center will 

include an Orthopedic 

and Spine Institute, a Women’s Breast Center and, in partnership 

with City of Hope, a multi-disciplinary Cancer Center. Photo courtesy 

Providence Little Co. of Mary 

Gathering for the annual Veterans Day Health and Wellness Fair at the 

Palos Verdes Golf Club are Cecil Wyman, Ackerman Geo, Frank Campion, 

Bruce Campbell, Laverne Harry Peck, Ray Burns, Bill Garley, Joe 

Sherwood, Frank J. Brown, Judge Robert Evans and Wally White. 

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n The Peninsula Chapter of the National Charity League celebrated 57 years of 

service at the Palos Verdes Golf Club. Mother with daughters in middle school 

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undreds of families came out for 

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Lunada Bay Plaza on Sunday, October 

9. Residents enjoyed pumpkin 

races, a petting zoo, bungee jumping, 

food trucks and a beer garden. The 

Johnny Rock band performed and 

two tickets to the Los Angeles 

Porsche Experience Center were raffled 

off. The Porsche Center in Carson 

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1. Maddison Halverson and pet donkey. 

2. Robby Harbison and niece 

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3. Petting zoo ducks. 

4. Charlotte, Allison and 

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5. Maya Gill, Malcolm Gill and son 

Malcolm with Michele McRae. 

6. Christie Gill (front), Araceli Orozco, 

Carol Kollmer, Danica King (back). 

7. Derek Mason, Misael Valle and 

Dawn Packwood. 

8. Victoria and Layla Puma. 

9. Duncan McVicar, Sam Sullivan and 

Luke Sullivan. 

10. Carol Kollmer, Mattie and 

Hattie Cartozian 

11. Stephanie and Jaxson Solorio. 

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310.530.3268 310.539.3526 

TORRANCE 

TOWNE BEAUTY 

CENTER 

310.325.2960 

310.891.2237 

310.539.1808 

310.530.8411 

WineShoppe 

310.539.1055 

Northwest Corner of Crenshaw Blvd. & Pacific Coast Hwy. 

in Torrance ~ For Information, Call 310.534.0411 

A LA CAZE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY PROJECT

Peninsula People Dec 2016

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