Columbia Park – GOT BADDOG

4th Annual Torrance Cherry Blossom Cultural Festival

City of Torrance, Columbia Park, Family fun, North Torrance Homeowners Association, O-Edo Ichi-Za, Photos, Soka Gakkai International-USA, Torrance, Torrance Craftsmen’s Guild, Torrance Sister City Association / 2 minutes of reading / March 16, 2015

These photos were taken Sunday, March 15 at the 4th Annual Torrance Cherry Blossom Cultural Festival, which was held in the southeast corner of Columbia Park in Torrance. The free, family friendly event was sponsored in part by the City of Torrance, the North Torrance Homeowners Association, the Torrance Sister City Association, Torrance Craftsmens Guild, and Soka Gakkai International-Buddhist Association for Peace, Culture and Education. Entertainment was provided by Susan Manns Wahine Ilikea Dancers performing Polynesian dances, O-Edo Ichi-Za performing traditional Japanese fan dances, and Myoon Taiko drumming. There were also several food trucks available and one of them even …

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Rename Columbia Park AYSO Park

AYSO, Columbia Park, Torrance, Torrance City Council, Toyota Sports Complex / 5 minutes of reading / April 12, 2014

Regular readers may recall that back in October I wrote an article entitled, Columbia Park, Torrance: Pay to play? To recap, the west end of Columbia Park was closed for renovations on May 20, 2013 for what was to be “no more than thirty (30) calendar days.” Apparently contracts mean little in the City of Torrance and instead of opening 30 days later, it was reopened September 21, 2013! When it reopened it was littered with barriers that had signs attached advising everyone that if they wanted to use the field from now on, they had to get a permit …

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Columbia Park, Torrance: Pay to play?

Barkshire Laser Leveling, Columbia Park, Photos, pictures, soccer fields, Southern California, Torrance, Torrance City Council, Torrance Parks and Recreation Commission / 7 minutes of reading / October 9, 2013

I have a feeling this is going to be a multi-post story; so let’s start at the beginning. Regular readers know I have two dogs, Buddy & Hershey, and they get walked twice a day, every day. To keep things interesting for the dogs we were in the habit of frequently changing the route we would walk; we might walk around the South Bay Galleria, or several neighborhood blocks and we would include the various walking paths in Columbia Park. Well, we used to walk around Columbia Park up until May 20, 2013 when we discovered the west side of …

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Family photo

Buddy, Columbia Park, picture of the day, Project 365, Torrance, walking / 1 minute of reading / February 11, 2011

Another beautiful day in the neighborhood. It is tough to find a better way to start the day than a nice morning walk on a sunny morning. My picture of the day for day 41 of Project365 is of Buddy and me as we walk through Columbia Park, in Torrance.