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Ford, the Chambers of Commerce and Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance and Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors present the 2009 International Surf Festival July 31 through August 2. Area lifeguards and youth compete in challenges include bodysurfing, sand volleyball, paddleboarding and a 2-mile run.

Find out which events take place where and when here including the Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier swim and the Velzy-Stevens Pier-to-Pier Paddleboard Championship. The site also has photos and results from past events.

Looking for something to keep your kids busy this summer without breaking the bank? Check out some of these summer movie programs geared toward kids.

AMC Theaters runs $1 movies during its "Summer Movie Camp" every Wednesday at 10 a.m. The Southbay Galleria 16 in Redondo Beach and the Del Amo 18 are participating this year. Here's the schedule:

June 17: Space Chimps
June 24: Kung Fu Panda
July 1: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
July 8: Tale of Despereaux
July 15: Horton Hears a Who
July 22: The Spiderwick Chronicles
July 29: Nim's Island
Aug. 5: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

The Promenade Stadium 13 in Rolling Hills Estates participates in Regal Cinema's "Free Family Film Festival." Every Tuesday and Wednesday during the program, movies are free at 10 a.m. for kids and their parents. Here's the movie schedule:

June 23-24: Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Veggie Tale Movie (G)
Inkheart (PG)

June 30-July 1: Everyone's Hero (G)
Madagascar 2: Escape To Africa (PG)

July 7-8: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (G)
Alvin And The Chipmunks (PG)

July 14-15: Kit Kittredge: American Girl (G)
Igor (PG)

July 21-22: Doogal (G)
Surf's Up (PG)

July 28-29: Space Chimps (G)
Hotel For Dogs (PG)

Aug. 4-5: The Tale Of Despereaux (G)
Nim's Island (PG)

Aug. 11-12: Charlotte's Web (G)
Kung Fu Panda (PG)

Pacific Theaters don't have a kids program, but they do have Monday Morning Mommy Movies at the El Segundo theater each week at 11 a.m. Here's the spiel:

Moms, Dads and Caregivers - here's your chance to see a first run adult-themed movie...with your baby! No one will mind if your baby cries, everyone will have a baby and all babies cry. So pack up your diaper bag and stroller, and we'll see you at the movies!

The City of Torrance screens family movies in some city parks for free on Saturday evenings during the summer. Bring your own popcorn, lawn chairs and blankets and see a flick under the stars. Follow the links for more info. Here's what's showing:
July 18: Back to the Future
Aug. 1: Singin in the Rain
Aug. 15: Ratatouille

Redondo Beach also sponsors a similar Outdoor Family Classic Film Festival. Here's the line-up:
July 24: West Side Story
July 31: On the Waterfront
Aug. 7: The Searchers
Aug. 14: Breakfast at Tiffany's

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Redondo Beach has launched a Web site to draw visitors to the pier, King Harbor and International Boardwalk.
The site promotes hotels, restaurants, shops, parks and boating services, among other amenities, and makes suggestions for weekend getaways and family vacations.
Check out maps, photographs and videos from residents and images from a beach Webcam at www.redondobeachresort.org.

Remember Josh Robbins? He's the Redondo Beach resident who set out to attend every Major League Baseball stadium, and to set a record by doing so -- in 27 days.

He was featured in the Daily Breeze on June 14, two days before he began his trip. Robbins is chronicling his adventure on his site, thirty27.com, which features a schedule and daily blog.

Robbins' odyssey began in Seattle, where the visiting Florida Marlins played the Mariners in interleague action. He has since seen 11 games, and the 12th is tonight in Cleveland, where the Indians play the San Francisco Giants.

He has been getting some media fame through his exploits, being interviewed by local media on his stops. Even the teams know about Robbins' adventure; he boasts that more than 20 of them even comped him free tickets.

Robbins is having a better time than the teams he visits for their home games. Out of the first 10 games on Robbins' itinerary, home teams have lost 7 times in games where he was in attendance.

Well, it is.

Photography social networking site Flickr has the LA South Bay group. More than 200 amateur and professional photographers share the people and places they captured in Torrance, the Beach Cities and the Peninsula.

Anyone can join this group and share their own photos. The photos can even be "geotagged" by placing their location on an interactive map. The group also maintains a discussion board.

A free basic membership allows uploads of up to 100 megabytes. A paid pro account allows for unlimited uploads.

There are more than 4,000 photos in the group. A few hundred or thousand more wouldn't hurt.

We gave you a primer on using public transportation in the South Bay on Tuesday. We introduced you to the services provided by Metro, Torrance and Gardena. These are the three services with the largest buses and the routes on the most important streets.

Meet the South Bay's other, smaller bus services. These systems use smaller buses or only offer service for rush-hour commuters.

First is Beach Cities Transit, the South Bay's youngest bus system. The fixed-route system emerged from a dial-a-ride service provided to the beach cities. The most fun is Route 109, which parallels the coast between El Segundo and Redondo Beach. Route 102 connects the Green Line with the South Bay Galleria and the Redondo Beach Pier. Route 104 connects Riviera Village with the Del Amo Fashion Center.

The Lawndale Beat is a two-route bus system connecting Lawndale with the Green Line and the South Bay Galleria. The residential route runs along Firmona, Osage and Prairie avenues. The express route runs along Hawthorne Boulevard.

Even the cities on The Hill have a bus service: the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority. There are six routes, designated by color: green, gold, orange, blue, silver and white. The routes are tailored to senior citizens and school children, so the service coverage is very limited.

Finally, we arrive at the commuter bus options. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation runs the rush-hour Commuter Express services from the Beach Cities and the Peninsula and Harbor areas to downtown Los Angeles. A smaller commuter service, the Municipal Area Express, operates within the South Bay to take workers to and from the aerospace jobs in and around El Segundo.

Four children die each day as a result of child abuse, and Richstone Family Center, a Hawthorne nonprofit that offers programs throughout the South Bay, wants to help.

Spend an hour on Saturday, April 26th making a difference by participating in the 21st Annual Richstone Pier-to-Pier Walkathon . The event begins at the Manhattan Beach Pier, and participants will walk to the Redondo Beach Pier and back. (Don't worry, it's only 3.4 miles).

After the event is done, there are awards and entertainment, and along with your $25 donation, you'll receive a free T-shirt. Here is the form to fill out if you want to participate, or if you aren't a big walker, you can simply make a donation.

As April is School Library Media Month, and Monday kicks off National Library Week, here are seven tips and events to help you share the week’s theme: “Join the circle of knowledge @ your library.”

1) Actess Julie Andrews is honorary chair and patron of this year’s event. Public service videos by the “Sound of Music” songstress can help you climb every mountain that stands in your way.

2) Redondo Beach Main Library at 303 North Pacific Coast Hwy celebrates National Library Week all week with a series of events that includes Musical Monday at 10:30 a.m., a talk on the environment and global warning by Linda Groff of the Political Science and Economics Department, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and Rudy’s Radical Magical Science Show at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

3) National Library Workers Day is honored every Tuesday of Library Week. It’s a day for library staff, users, administrators and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers. Drop in today and give your thanks to the hard-working, dedicated staff at your local library.

4) North Torrance branch library at 3604 West Artesia Boulevard Wednesday hosts guide dog puppies being raised to become Guide Dogs. You can also find out how your family can be volunteer “puppy raisers,” too, at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

2) Henderson Branch of the City of Torrance Libraries at 4805 Emerald St will celebrate National Library Week Thursday at 4 p.m. with the Library Fairy, who will perform stories from rich, diverse cultures and corners of the world. The children will get a chance to perform in the Story Theater with crazy and fun costumes.

6) Join the campaign for your local library at the National Library Association.

7) First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.

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According to the U.S. Census bureau, 4.6% of people in L.A. County claim Irish ancestry. That's about half a million of us. So, there's no shortage of Irish things to do in the South Bay this weekend.

PARTY LIKE THE IRISH
HERMOSA BEACH: Unleash your inner leprechaun at the 14th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pier Avenue and Valley Drive, and wending its way westbound to Hermosa Avenue. Musical entertainment for the free event will be provided by the Wrath of McGrath Band, playing at noon. Call 310-318-0280 or go to www.stpatricksday.org, where you can also see
photos of 2007’s parade.

REDONDO BEACH: This year’s St. Patrick’s Day 5K Run/Community Walk and Little Leprechaun Dash for the Gold relocates from Torrance to Riviera Village on Sunday. A benefit for Redondo Union High School’s grad night program, the race starts and ends at the Village Runner, 1811-A Catalina Ave. Late registration opens at 6:30 a.m., the 5K run/walk begins at 8 a.m., the kids’ dash at 9:30 a.m. Entry fee for adults is $30, $20 for children. The top three male and female runners win cash prizes and the three fastest finishes in each age division will receive medals. For more information, call 310-375-2626 or go to www.villagerunnerracing.com.

SAN PEDRO: The St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at San Pedro Brewing Company includes The Hollywood Stones, a ’70s-era Rolling Stones tribute band, plays Saturday at 10 p.m. Hear Irish music, including Uilleann pipes (Irish bagpipes) Sunday and Monday. Corned beef, green beer and Irish car bombs will be served all weekend at the restaurant and award-winning microbrewery. Cover is $3 tonight, $10 Saturday at 331 W. Sixth St. For information, call 310-831-5663 or go to www.sanpedrobrewing.com.

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My daughter and I staked out the seascape near the Point Vicente Interpretive Center after a field trip with her preschool class on Wednesday. The volunteers who track the whale migration for the American Cetacean Society were abuzz with tales of what they saw the day before: A group of orcas heading for Redondo Beach. So we waited. And watched. And waited. But my disappointed 4-year-old pouted the whole way home because we didn't see a thing.

Turns out we should have stuck around a little longer. According to the ACS Daily Log, Wednesday was the first big day for spotting the whales' northbound return trip

Log notes for March 12:

Our first big northbound count day featured pulses of gray whales throughout the day. One whale milled nearshore for over thirty minutes. One whale BREACHED two times within 1/4 mile offshore. The three whales in our final sighting milled nearshore, and one lunged. We also saw common and bottlenose dolphin.

The log also tracks the totals for the season and has charts comparing this year to last year. Check here foroverview of the project.

Kite fliers take to the skies — well, at least the kites do, anyway — at the Redondo Beach pier Sunday. The pier hosts the 34th annual Festival of the Kite, a free event taking place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kite-flying experts show off their stuff for prizes and audience delight. Kites are also on sale at Sunday’s event. Non-kite activities include a hot-dog-eating competition and music provided by a band from Bishop Montgomery High in Torrance.

Redondo Beach’s Sunshine Kite Company sponsors the festival.

If you're looking for a Redondo woman's commentary on writing, poetry, literature, family and spirituality, check out Fran's blog at http://redondowriter.typepad.com.

And, if you check it out today, you'll be able to see a wide variety of interesting pictures, including one of a sunset at the beach, some cute dogs and an adorable kid.

She also offers suggestions about what to do in the South Bay, which could prove helpful if you're looking for some local fun.

Chances are that you've never seen a Blue Iguana. And it's not just because they don't live anywhere near the South Bay. The rare reptiles are also endangered -- In 2001 it was determined through a population survey that there were less than 25 Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas in the wild. The International Reptile Conservation Foundation is a nonprofit group that focuses on protecting these and other threatened species, and their habitats. Because of their efforts, more than 200 Blue Iguanas were released in 2004 and are thriving in two protected areas. For more information on how to get involved, or to learn more about endangered reptiles, view International Reptile Conservation Foundation's site.

Redondo Beach resident Desiree Wong blogs about her travels with IRCF, especially with the Blue Iguana program. She also has a lot of local wildlife photography on her site.

Keep up with South Bay globetrotters with the new blog links we've added to the links column at the right.

Jamie Roach, a Redondo Beach native, is blogging about his experiences in Uganda where he works to rebuild war-ravaged areas.

The Mathers, a Redondo Beach family that set sail in 2005 for a five-year journey, are blogging about their voyage around the world. You can also track them on a map and see a lot of photos from the places they have visited so far, including a gorgeous pic of the kids in Malaysia.

As Redondo Beach puts the finishing touches on a new bike path in the northern part of the city, you may be looking for places to ride. Here are some Web sites that can point you in the right direction: a list of 116 trails in the L.A. area; Links to Southern California cycling Web sites; the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. But if two wheels are too many, check out Harvey Mudd College's unicycle club: Gonzo Unicycle Madness.