South Bay Echo for May 20
BeachLife success, top cop awards, Malala speaks and a pancake breakfast.
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BeachLife another success
Last weekend marked another successful three-day BeachLife Festival in what just might be the greatest thing that ever happened to the South Bay.
To see the leading musical artists in the world perform in our own backyard is truly something special. My personal favorites were Cheryl Crow and Steve Miller on Sunday.
Thanks to Allen Sanford and his team for dreaming up and carrying out a spectacular festival. Thanks also to security, police and firefighters for keeping everyone safe.
Awards for bravery go to top cops
The South Bay Police and Fire Memorial Foundation handed out its honors for bravery at the 46th annual Medal of Valor Ceremony Thursday, May 19.
Among the recipients of the Distinguished Service Award were two Manhattan Beach Police officers, Arai White and Michael Trani, for deescalating a tense situation during a home invasion by assisting a woman who was being strangled by an intruder in August 2021.
Among the Lifesaving Award recipients was Redondo Beach Officer Greg Wiist for talking a woman off the ledge of a three-story building with the simple offering of a hug in June 2021. Manhattan Beach Officer Michael Lynch received a Lifesaving Award for calming everyone down after a man broke into a resident’s home and threatened to kill them.
In total, three Distinguished Service Awards and 11 Lifesaving Awards were handed out. For more visit the Daily Breeze.
Malala Yousafzai visits Redondo Beach
Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai spoke with journalist Doug McIntyre as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series of Southern California Thursday, May 19, at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, .
The courageous young woman, who is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of 18, said she was hoping that record would be broken by somebody younger.
Wearing a flowing turquoise dress with matching headscarf, the 24-year-old shared with the audience her message about protecting the rights of women everywhere to receive an education. Most important, she said, was secondary education so that women can make their own choices about their future.
Her father, she said, continues to be her biggest supporter, having encouraged her as a young activist in the school that he ran to her continued activism today. And her mother, who was denied an education, has been studying to earn a degree in England where the family now resides.
We also learned the 24-year-old, who once thought of marriage in a negative light, has found her life partner and is happily enjoying the married life, which hasn’t changed her very much at all, she said.
Redondo Football pancake breakfast
The annual pancake breakfast to benefit Redondo Union High School Football program will occur 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Sea Hawk Stadium.
Tickets are $10 per person and include eggs, sausage, pancakes and choice of mile or orange juice. Breakfast is provided by Eat at Joe’s.
To work off those extra calories, a flag football tournament will be held. All proceeds will go toward funding new uniforms for the football squads this year. For tickets click here.
All for now… thanks for reading.
Enjoyed!
What a fun edition. Such a delight to hear about those brave cops and the young lady advocating for girls' education. Delighted she's not on the muscle with the boys and is happily married. As to the music I lost track after the Beatles. Sounds as though a good time was had by all.