Palos Verdes Peninsula News

1 day ago | dailybreeze.com | Michael Hixon

Rancho Palos Verdes will get into the patriotic spirit next week — with the help of some drones. The city’s “4th of July Celebration” will return for the third year with a patriotic drone show and numerous family-friendly activities on Independence Day at the Ken Dyda Civic Center. About 3,000 people are expected to attend the event, city officials said.

2 days ago | dailybreeze.com | Michael Hixon

The Seaside Community Church in Torrance will host its inaugural 4th of July Carnival and Concert Celebration next week. The event, which will take place at noon on Friday, July 4, at the church, 22940 Ocean Ave., will feature music and festivities for all ages. San Pedro resident Chris Agajanian is producing the event. “We’re keeping all the prices down as as low as we can,” Agajanian said in a Wednesday, June 25, interview. “This is more of a neighborhood friendly type of an event.

2 days ago | dailybreeze.com | Melissa Heckscher

I was halfway through the live-action adaptation of “How to Train Your Dragon” when I started feeling a teeny bit nauseous. It was my fault. I was the one who wholeheartedly dragged my kids to see the aforementioned movie at the new 4DX movie theater inside El Segundo’s recently opened CinemaWest Beach Cities. In case you’re not familiar, seeing a movie in 4DX means that — among other things — all the seats in the theater move with the movie. And, oh, do they move.

3 days ago | dailybreeze.com | Janis Carr

With the final pick of the first round, the Clippers grab the 6-foot-11 Swiss post player, who averaged 12.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots while shooting 61% from the field last season

4 days ago | dailybreeze.com | Michael Hixon

Bobby Sherman, teen idol in the 1960s and ’70s, and later a CPR teacher, dies at 81