Daily Breeze

There Are Easy Ways to Make Your Home Safe for Children

According to the National Safety Council, as many as 26 million children are injured each year as a result of domestic accidents. These accidents range from minor cuts and scrapes to death from electrocution and drowning. Cabinet doors, electrical outlets, furniture with sharp corners and even toilets are just a few of the items in a home that are potentially harmful.

Redondo Beach Welcomes Water-Smart Garden

Many longtime Redondo Beach residents refer to Hopkins Wilderness Park as a hidden jewel. This 11-acre paradise, at 1102 Camino Real, is often overlooked by nature lovers. Yet it boasts ponds filled with turtles, ducks and fish, and is shaded with old oaks.

Remodeling a 1923 Tudor-Style Home

Pasadena interior designer Rozalynn Woods relished some intriguing requirements for remodeling a Tudor-style home built in 1923. The owners have two busy careers and three young children. They also have an active social life, frequent houseguests, and a collection of art and family photographs.

The Soap Opera Scoreboard

ALL MY CHILDREN: Aidan tells Zach and Kendall he figured everything out when he pulled some strings to visit Kendall and found a total stranger in her prison cell. Zach pulls back from kissing Liza, who realizes she'll never win him away from Kendall. Liza severs all ties with Zach. Jesse tells Madison he knows she's really the one who killed North, warning her he'll send her to prison if she doesn't leave town. Madison surprises Frankie when she shows up back at Fusion with a tape recording ...

Jumping in the Humor Pool of Torrance's 'Dixie Swim Club'

While some critics have compared the gentle comedy "The Dixie Swim Club" to "Steel Magnolias," more similarities can be drawn to the TV sitcom "The Golden Girls." And that makes sense. Playwrights Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten are veteran TV writers who left Los Angeles and started a phenomenally successful collaboration that has seen their half- dozen plays produced more than 600 times in only four years.

Merrill Shindler: Eatery - Union of of Sushi, Seafood

It's one of the great oddities of the culinary pecking order that sushi bars are not perceived as seafood restaurants - and it's the rare seafood restaurant that offers a sushi bar. In the Zagat Restaurant Survey (of which I'm the longtime L.A. Editor), seafood is found under one listing and sushi under another.

Helen Dennis: Seeking Relief From Pain of Arthritis

Dear Readers: Last week, B.B. asked about alternative treatments for her painful arthritis, wanting to avoid surgery and drugs.

Adell Shay: Recalling the Days When Pudding Was a Staple

"I went to the store to get Gram's red Jell-O and they had pistachio pudding. "Did you know they made that?" "Of course," I said. "They've had it since I was in college. I was heavily into pudding in the '70s."