Despite the fact that fireworks are banned in Los Angeles and many of its sister cities, they really know how to do the Fourth of July right.

My wife loves firework displays. In LA alone, we've seen fireworks from the Colorado St. bridge in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl show and from the deck of a home in the Palos Verdes hills watching the panorama from…

The great conguero Poncho Sanchez is headlining the Taste of San Pedro in August - along with several of the top tribute bands, including Led Zepagain and INXSive.

The hometown festival will feature 0ver 30 restaurants, wineries, breweries, artists, merchants and live musicians at a magnificent seaside setting.

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Gallery Neuartig invites you to Ruth Trotter's artist reception on Sunday, June 12, 2011 from 5pm-8pm: 366 W. 7th St.

Ruth Trotter’s works shown in CAYLUS are from a series she created in 2010 as an “Artist in residence” at DRAWInternational, contemporary art center in Southern France. Trotter has developed a group of drawings and paintings based on her observations from experiences that explores modes of representation rooted on both psychological paradigms and themes of…

For the first time in program history, the Cal State Dominguez Hills baseball team had four Toros drafted in the MLB Draft. Read the news on the CSUDH Athletics website.…

Closely examined, our environment is a collaborative cultural structure, altering our perceptions and values. Catherine Borg's projects capture the transitional by-products of these processes through a variety of media. By revealing the intentionality that drives our society, my aim is to enable an opportunity for reflection on our own actions and those of our…

There was a Northern elephant seal on Cabrillo Beach on Wednesday. On the inner beach, not far from the fishing pier. It was just laying there in the sun. Every now and then it shifted into a more comfortable position and sometimes it shoveled sand on its back with one of its front flippers.

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San Pedro's First Thursday Art Walk on June 2, 2011 featured for the first time popular food trucks that brought with them many food fans to downtown. The Grilled Cheese Truck had the longest line where people waited up to thirty minutes to get their sandwich. The Lobster Truck got the best reviews. Also featured were the Nom Nom Truck and Me So Hungry Truck. Most people said they would love to see the trucks back every First Thursday.

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Ruth Trotter’s works shown in CAYLUS are from a series she created in 2010 as an “Artist in residence” at DRAWInternational, contemporary art center in Southern France. Trotter has developed a group of drawings and paintings based on her observations from experiences that explores modes of representation rooted on both psychological paradigms and themes of landscape. Trotter is a Professor of Art at the University of La Verne in Southern California since 1989. She received her B.A. from…