Dee Hardison became only the second woman to become mayor of Torrance when she won the office in 1994. She directly followed the city’s first female mayor, Katy Geissert, who served two terms from 1986 to 1994. But Hardison achieved a whole lot more before and after her two productive terms as mayor. She wasContinue reading “Dee Hardison’s stint as Torrance mayor was only part of her service to the city”
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70 years later, Torrance High standout Aramis Dandoy still holds a Rose Bowl game record
Aramis Dandoy was born in Long Beach on Oct. 21, 1932 to Ernest G. Dandoy and Esther M. Gingrich. Soon afterward, the family, which included his brothers, Ernest and Dale, moved to 235th St. in Torrance, where Dandoy grew up. He started attending Torrance High School in the fall of 1947, and it quickly becameContinue reading “70 years later, Torrance High standout Aramis Dandoy still holds a Rose Bowl game record”
Author and Renaissance man Leonard Wibberley spent much of his life in Hermosa Beach
By the time his most famous novel, The Mouse That Roared, was published in 1955, Irish-born Leonard Wibberley already had lived and worked in a variety of jobs at a variety of locations all over the world. Born on April 9, 1915 in Dublin, he was the youngest of six children. After his early yearsContinue reading “Author and Renaissance man Leonard Wibberley spent much of his life in Hermosa Beach”
