Past Stories
Playa del Rey: St. Bernard High opens doors to L.A. Sparks for training facility
By Vince Echavaria
The St. Bernard High School gym has played host to a wide range of basketball talent over the years, but that has now extended to the professional level.
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA have begun…
Playa del Rey: St. Bernard High names new girls basketball, volleyball coaches
St. Bernard High School in Playa del Rey announced two new leadership changes in the Viking athletic program, with the hiring of Michelle Greco as head girls basketball coach and Sean Fallowfield as head volleyball coach.
Greco...
Earth Month activities organized by Ballona Institute
The Playa del Rey-based Ballona Institute celebrated Earth Month with a series of activities that engaged local neighborhoods in learning about the environment and helping to be good stewards of nature in the Ballona Valley, wh...
Playa del Rey: Campus renovations planned at St. Bernard High
Celebrating its 55th year, St. Bernard High School in Playa del Rey is slated to receive a variety of renovations beginning this summer.
Funded by contributions from several Catholic benefactors, the major upgrades will include...
Air quality regulators explore bonfire ban due to health concerns
By Vince Echavaria
What began as a push by a city in Orange County to remove its popular beach bonfire pits has begun to drift toward other are...
Playa del Rey: St. Bernard High holds 55th anniversary celebration with alumni
St. Bernard High School in Playa del Rey celebrated its 55th anniversary March 16 with alumni from each of the past five decades in attendance.
The event, held at Shanghai Red’s in Marina del Rey, was intended to re-engage th...
Playa del Rey: Environmental organization receives $45,000 DWP grant
The Ballona Institute is one of 15 recipients of a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
The public utility awarded $765,000 in grants to 17 local nonprofit organizations to promote energy efficiency and wat...
Playa del Rey: COASTAL 5K/10K to benefit Pepperdine Graduate School programs
The third annual Children’s Outreach: Advancing Social Transformation and Learning (COASTAL) 5K/10K walk/run and Kiddie K will be held Saturday, Jan. 26 at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey.
Organized by the Pepperdine ...
Playa del Rey: Coastal Commission supports improvement project for former residential area near airport
A project to beautify the land where a residential subdivision once stood west of Los Angeles International Airport has received the approval of the California Coastal Commission.
The commission voted Jan. 10 to approve with co...
Playa del Rey: Unplanned natural gas release creates large flame from storage field
By Vince Echavaria
The Southern California Gas Co. suspended operations at its natural gas storage field in Playa del Rey pending an inv...
