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Photo Credit: John SooHoo On July 30, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw and his wife Ellen held their third annual "Ping Pong 4 Purpose" event under their charity, "Kershaw's...
Jimmy Shaw
Jimmy Shaw is a senior at Mira Costa High School, and the executive video editor and a writer for the school newspaper, La Vista. In addition to working on the school paper, he also writes and produces videos for the Los Angeles Times High School Insider. When he is not slaving over the keyboard in desperate attempts to integrate humor into his columns, he is listening to all types of music, hanging out with friends at the beach, keeping up to date with all things Boston sports, or eating Chipotle (in the rare instances of a brimful wallet).
Above Imagination – The story of Manhattan Beach as a host town
Watch the ins and outs of being a Special Olympic World Games host town, from the moment the athletes arrive to the morning they are sent off to compete. Manhattan Beach hosted Hungary and Nepal for the 2015 Special Olympics...
SoCalGas brings largest “Fans in the Stands” group ever to Special Olympics
To support the Special Olympics World Games, the Southern California Gas Company recruited over 1,900 members to join their "Fans in the Stands" group, which made it the largest organized fan group in Special Olympics history. All of the...
Dikembe Mutombo: A catalyst of change
"It takes one person all the time," says former NBA all-star Dikembe Mutombo, smiling, as he shares his philosophy on how to change the world. "I'm doing my part, you do your part, he's going to do his part... combine it all into one, and...
Special Olympics World Games Opening Ceremony in Photos
A Maize and Blue future
Orientation: The relative determination of position or direction. College orientation: The position is independence, and the direction is forward. Last week I got my first taste of college, or rather, a fleeting glimpse of my future. I never could’ve guessed my future...
Brockman Gallery archived through Art+Practice program
Dale Brockman Davis is a prominent African-American artist, activist, and educator based out of Los Angeles. Born in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1945, Davis moved to Los Angeles in 1956, where he began pursuing art and attending the...
Creating artifacts: The art of Miyoshi Barosh
For Los Angeles artist Miyoshi Barosh, time is moving the wrong way. Or rather, the world is moving the wrong way around time. The comic tragedy of paradoxical progressivism takes center stage in her art; a call to arms against modern society, and an exploration of...
The Horseshoe: A common takeaway
Prom. Drama. Prama? How do we get there? Who’s on our bus? What should I wear? Have you gotten the corsage yet? What are we doing after? Ugh, going with those kids? No, no. Please no. Prama. Here’s what they saw: A bunch of strangers packed like cattle into a bus...
Costapalooza 2015
On May 16, the Mira Costa alumni association hosted its first ever Costapalooza, an event at the Lighthouse bar in Hermosa Beach featuring performances from Costa alumni artists. Kira Lingman, Connor Caine and Chloe Caroline...