He is the last member of the original group of seven artists who started an artist colony in Portuguese Bend who still lives in the neighborhood. “It’s the quality of life and just a group of ...

While she is not an artist herself, she lives in the Portuguese Bend area of Rancho Palos Verdes, where she estimates about 20% or more of residents are artists. “It’s a beautiful place ...

“Then they all bought and it got kind of thin. So we invited some Portuguese Bend artists and moved into the courtyard. It was maybe five or six artists and now there are about thirty!

To the editor: I live in the Portuguese Bend landslide area of Rancho Palos Verdes and have for a long time. I want to object to all the popular “cannot fight Mother Nature” takes on our ...