California Love, not the remix by Tupac Shakur, is the most recent bottle release from Torrance’s Smog City Brewery. Its specific release date of September 9th pays homage to the birth of California as a state and the ingredients help integrate two imagined communities with polar identities and feuding boundary lines: Southern California & Northern California. Brewed with citrus peel (SoCal) and a some Pinot Noir grape must (NorCal), California Love is a complex mix of hops, fruit, oak and an aroma that smells uniquely Californian. It’s currently on-sale at Smog City, $7 per bottle.
More California love makes it way up and down our beaches this Saturday when volunteers, organizers and sponsors canvass the coastline for the 26th Coastal Clean Up Day this Saturday, September 19th. From 9:00 am to noon more than 10,000 Southland volunteers are expected to join this year’s California Coastal Cleanup Day, along creeks, beaches and highways. Big South Bay sites that will have large volunteer groups are Torrance Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach. Around 8:00am scuba divers will comb the waters below Redondo Pier in search of trash and debris. www.healthebay.org
Most recent bottle release from Smog City Brewery, California Love, is an Imperial Red Ale (Photo by South Bay Events).
Bike to Surf Week: Saturday, September 12, 2015 – Saturday, September 19, 2015 – All Day Wave Addiction is a nonprofit organization on a simple mission: to lead individual surfers to live more ocean minded lifestyles through upbeat community events in the South Bay, the greater Los Angeles area, and beyond. Their first eco-friendly event Bike to Surf Week ends this Saturday but there’s still time to find an alternative route to the beach and participate in this event. more info
2015 Oktoberfest at Alpine Village: Friday, September 18, 2015 – Saturday, September 19, 2015 – 5:00 PM It’s officially the second weekend of Oktoberfest at Alpine Village and this year the folks at Alpine Village decided to make a movie about what happens when steins, pretzels, chicken dancing and groovy German culture get in front of a camera. Warsteiner brew is always on tap but every weekend Alpine Village features a craft brewer; this weekend Stone Brewing Co. is doing a tap-takeover. more info
Coastal Clean-Up Day at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium: Saturday, September 19, 2015 – 9:00 AM Spend Saturday morning enjoying the coast while helping the environment by picking up trash. Participants will meet on outer Cabrillo Beach at 9 am. Aquarium staff will provide bags, instructions and light refreshments. In the spirit of keeping the event close to “zero waste,” volunteers should bring their own reusable buckets, bags, pillowcases, gloves and water bottle if possible. more info
Volunteers to Canvass L.A. to Clean Beloved Places: Saturday, September 19, 2015 – 9:00 AM – Noon Heal the Bay rallies Southland residents to beautify 50 inland and coastal sites for Coastal Clean Up Day this Saturday, September 19th 2015. Sites span across L.A. County, from fragile habitats such as the coastal dunes underneath the LAX flight path, to dense urban areas such as MacArthur Park near downtown Los Angeles. A list of all locations can be found at www.healthebay.org
Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy continues their 2015 film series called “The Beauty of Nature” Sunday, September 20th at 4pm with a screening of the “Lost Bird Project”. Come early around 3:30 pm for a Bird House & Art silent auction sponsored by Room & Board Furniture. Before the main feature there will be two shorts on local wildlife: “Rescuing Baby Hawks” (5 min) about two Palos Verdes sisters who rescued baby hawks and “Return Flight” (13 min) which shows the restoration of the Bald Eagle to the Channel Islands. On Sunday the film series takes place at Peninsula High School , 27118 Silver Spur Road in Rolling Hills Estates. Tickets
King Harbor Brewing Co. Golf Course Takeover : Sunday, September 20, 2015 – 10:00pm-3:00pm It’s time to party! And where better than on a wide open golf course with beer from King Harbor Brewing Co. Join KHBC in a fun round of golf at The Lakes in El Segundo. A portion of the proceeds will go towards the Richstone Family Center. more info
Light My Fire at Warner Grand Theatre : Sunday, September 20, 2015 – 3:00 PM The Life of Jim Morrison and the Doors is recreated in a way that only the ‘ Wild Child’ himself would do it. Everything is here in this rocking show from his days at UCLA to discovering music in Venice, Ca to his untimely death in Paris. A live band plays you all the classics, live and in your face. Warner Grand Theatre is located at 478 W 6th St. in San Pedro. tickets