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Local Talent Archive

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Kerri Walsh

Kerri Walsh

Her nickname, “six feet of sunshine” aptly sums it up.

July-August 2010
Jan Dennis

Jan Dennis

“I guess you would call me a bit of a maverick,” said Jan Dennis, recounting a legacy in Manhattan Beach that spans nearly 50 years.

July-August 2010
Jack Gillespie and Jim Van Zanten

Jack Gillespie and Jim Van Zanten

For the past 25 years, Jack Gillespie and Jim Van Zanten have been running one of the most successful real estate agencies in the South Bay.

July-August 2010
David Konwiser

David Konwiser

For architect David Konwiser, travel was part of his identity from an early age.

July-August 2010
Christine Brown

Christine Brown

“I’ve wanted to open my own restaurant since high school, and it was just natural to be in the South Bay as I grew up here and love my community,” said Christine Brown, whose Restaurant Christine has served hungry local patrons for more than a decade.

May-June 2010
Bruce Langhorne

Bruce Langhorne

“I don’t play music much anymore, but I love to talk,” said Bruce Langhorne as we sat down for a talk in the garden of his home. “It’s an outlet for me.”

May-June 2010
Renae Kennedy

Renae Kennedy

“We knew we both wanted to adopt — something I wanted to do as a teenager and something he felt strongly about, having come from a place where there are so many children in need,” said Renae Kennedy of her and husband Matthew’s desire for a family.

May-June 2010
Dr. Arthur C. Bartner

Dr. Arthur C. Bartner

Dr. Bartner’s Rolling Hills Estates townhouse is a museum to his 40-year career at USC.

March-April 2010
Liz Beckwith

Liz Beckwith

It’s hard not to smile when Liz is in the room. She sparks a natural candescence with each distinctive laugh or clever observation. Pointing out an uneaten cupcake on her table at a photo shoot, she sweetly confides picking it out as a potential prop, inspiring this writer to pick up one for himself.

March-April 2010
Kathy Magliato, M.D.

Kathy Magliato, M.D.

"I was drawn to the medical center because of the forward-thinking vision of the hospital’s administration and philanthropists Melanie and Richard Lundquist,” says respected heart surgeon Kathy Magliato, M.D., who came to the Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Fall 2008.

January-February 2010
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