The November 3rd election for registered voters on the Palos Verdes Peninsula includes races for the school and library boards. The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District (PVPUSD) Board of Education has five members who are elected to four-year terms. Three terms expire this year, and six individuals are running for the non-partisan positions. The [...]
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Last Tuesday, Kitty Lim, of the South Bay Chinese School, presented a cooking demonstration at the Peninsula Center Library. An enthusiastic audience added to their culinary knowledge while enjoying roasted barbecue pork, vegetable fried rice, and steamed rice. Find books on Chinese cooking in the Palos Verdes Library District collection here.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
An 89 year-old northern Ohio man, a veteran of World War II, recently revealed that he had filmed 38 minutes of color footage as his armored unit advanced through Germany in 1944 and 1945. Herman Graebner’s film has been preserved and will be featured next month on the History Channel, in the program “World War [...]
Thursday, October 15, 2009
National Book Award finalists for 2009 were announced yesterday in New York City. The nominees are: Fiction Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite Marcel Theroux, Far North Nonfiction David M. Carroll, Following the Water: A Hydromancer’s [...]
Monday, October 12, 2009
The Peninsula Friends of the Library will sponsor the 1st Annual Books for Cooks Sale on Saturday October 24th on the rooftop of the Peninsula Center Library. Members of the Peninsula Friends of the Library can take advantage of early shopping from 9:30 am to noon, and a special presentation from 11 am to noon. Russ Parsons, food editor [...]
Monday, October 5, 2009
In the 200th anniversary year of his birth, this week marks 160 years since the death of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is credited by some with many milestones: America’s first literary critic, writer of the first detective story, and inventor of the horror genre. In honor of Poe and his contributions to world literature, he’s [...]
Thursday, October 1, 2009
California is in the midst of a three year drought. The water agency that serves much of the South Bay decided in April to cut supplies to its customers by 10 to 15 percent. Ron Wildermuth of the West Basin Water District and Henry Wind of the California Water Service will be speaking at a Community Meeting on Water at [...]
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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