by cgilles | Jan 25, 2013 | a-South Bay, Redondo Beach
The Marriott Residence Inn and a Hilton Garden Inn are set to start construction on the site of the former Malibu Castle mini-golf course located at Marine Avenue and the 405 San Diego Freeway in Redondo Beach.
The two hotels will take about 5 acres total of the site and will have combined 320 rooms in two new 4 story buildings. The cost will be around $60M. Everyone connected with the development is happy to see the whole thing starting to move forward after suffering a 2 year set back
by cgilles | Jan 22, 2013 | a-South Bay, b-Distress Sales, b-Foreclosure, b-Short Sales, b-Tips, b-Upside Down, Blog
The New York Times published this … If you are considering a loan modification or a short sale, you will need to proved a HARDSHIP LETTER. Writing the “hardship letter” Homeowners having trouble paying their mortgage are often required to write a hardship letter...
by cgilles | Jan 20, 2013 | a-South Bay, Manhattan Beach
JUST A NOTE: Manhattan Beach has let Malibu know for sure that their city can no longer get sand from Manhattan Beach as they have done in the past.
by cgilles | Jan 18, 2013 | a-El Segundo, a-Hermosa Beach, a-Long Beach, a-South Bay, Blog, Hawthorne, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Real Estate, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Torrance
Tips:
#2-1 DRY OUT TOILET BOWL AND TANK:
Before I have to do any work on a toilet, I use a wet vac to suck out all of the water from the toilet bowl and tank. No more messes.
#2-2 ON RE-PLANTING GRASS SEED:
Put a window screen over a spot in your lawn that you’re reseeding and you won’t have to worry about birds eating the seeds.
#2-3 FIX A DRAIN CLOG:
The plumber couldn’t budge the clog in our upstairs bathtub drain, so he said we’d have to tear out the ceiling below in order to get at the pipe. But a contractor we know had another idea that made a lot more sense. He stuck the nozzle of a wet-dry vac into a roll of electrical tape to get a tight seal against the tub’s drain, and covered the tub’s overflow hole with a flexible rubber pad. Then he turned on the vacuum and, voilà: the clog was sucked out of the pipe, saving our ceiling—and our bank account.
#2-4 NO MORE STUCK OUTDOOR LIGHT BULBS:
Screw-in bulbs in outdoor fixtures can corrode and become stuck in their sockets over time and will often break when you try to twist them out. Rub Vaseline on the bulbs’ threads before screwing them in and you’ll never have a problem replacing the bulb when the time comes.
by cgilles | Jan 5, 2013 | a-South Bay, Blog
How many of us have often wondered about the name of The South Bay town we live in and where it came from? Well, we’ll solve that problem for you. Here are some of the Origins for the names of some of the South Bay cities. As we find more, we’ll let you know.
* CITY OF HAWTHORNE: Named after the American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne
* CITY OF GARDENA: This one is tuff as there are many different stories as to where this name came from but most agree that it came from “Garden Spot” which one of the original founders called it because it layed in a beautiful green and lush valley.
* CITY OF CARSON: Named after the son of the the developer of the South Bay who was also head of the Dominguez Water Corp., John Manuel Carson.
* CITY OF EL SEGUNDO: Named by the executives of Standard Oil in 1911 when they were searching for a location for their second refinery. In Spanish, El Segundo means second.
* CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH: Named in 1907, Hermosa means beautiful in Spanish.
* CITY OF LAWNDALE: The founder, Charles B Hopper named it that in 1905 after a Chicago suburb as a way of attracting more settlers from the east.
* CITY OF INGLEWOOD: The story says that a new resident of the area named Inglewood after the town he had just moved away from, his home town.
* CITY OF MANHATTAN BEACH: Named by developer Stewart Miller after his hometown in New York
* CITY OF PALOS VERDES: Means “green sticks” in Spanish, and probably named after Canada de Los Palos Verdes, a wooded area near the current day Machado Lake in Harbor Regional Park.
* CITY OF REDONDO BEACH: Named after the nearby land grant ‘Rancho Sausal Redondo’ (“Ranch of the Round Clump of Willows”).
* WILMINGTON: Named by developer Phineas Banning after his home town of Wilmington, Delaware.
* SAN PEDRO: Named by Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino in honor of St. Peter.
by cgilles | Jan 1, 2013 | Blog, Rose Parade 2013, Torrance, Torrance Rose Float 2013
So how do we get from here …. to here… ….with the help of our VOLUNTEERS and SPONSORS and DONATIONS …. After many man-hours of fundraising and decorating, the CITY OF...
