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Melissa Heckscher

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Melissa Heckscher’s Biography

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Melissa Heckscher is a freelance writer, columnist, and mother of three living in Los Angeles. She writes two weekly columns for the Beach Reporter, is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, and is the author of several nonfiction books, including, "The Pregnancy Test: 150 Important, Embarrassing, and Slightly Neurotic Questions" (Quirk Books, 2011). When she's not writing or parenting her children, she's probably binge-watching bad TV.

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These Hyper-Themed Homes Are the Most Magical Places to Stay Near Disneyland

These Hyper-Themed Homes Are the Most Magical Places to Stay Near Disneyland

Everything to know about the wildest and most exciting Airbnbs near Disneyland. These Orange County rental ho…

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New trend from Calif. short-term rental owners may scare you to death

New trend from Calif. short-term rental owners may scare you to death

A taste for terror brings people to this little cabin in the California woods. Hosts are going to unusual len…

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The Wildest Way to Join the Mile High Club? In a Hot Air Balloon Over California

The Wildest Way to Join the Mile High Club? In a Hot Air Balloon Over California

This Temecula, California hot air balloon company will take you up in a balloon, then pull up a privacy scree…

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Manhattan Beach writer tells readers about her 90-second cameo at OC's Pageant of the Masters

Manhattan Beach writer tells readers about her 90-second cameo at OC's Pageant of the Masters

Melissa Heckscher had 6 hours to prepare for her substitute role in the Art-Deco sculpture 'Radiance' by Erté…

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Space Enthusiasts Are Traveling Thousands of Miles to This Tiny California Town

Space Enthusiasts Are Traveling Thousands of Miles to This Tiny California Town

Lompoc, California has suddenly become the center of rocket tourism in the US.

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This Beverly Hills Hotel Wants to Spoil Your American Girl Doll-Loving Kid

This Beverly Hills Hotel Wants to Spoil Your American Girl Doll-Loving Kid

The Waldorf's "American Girl Experience" offers a luxury hotel experience for families with a package that ca…

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Theater/Arts: New South Bay arts collective launches with powerful Broadway hit

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By Melissa Heckscher Verified
| Daily Breeze Verified
In its temporary home on a West High School stage in Torrance, the South Bay’s newest theater company is gearing up to premiere its debut show. “Next to Normal,” the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning 2009 Broadway musical about one woman’s battle with bipolar disorder, will play from July 17 to 25 at West High’s Performing Arts Center. And while it’s playing on a high school stage, it’s not a high school show.
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For a Good Cause: Happy times three — rare Torrance identical triplets celebrate first birthday

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By Melissa Heckscher Verified
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A baby’s first birthday is always a happy occasion. But for Torrance parents Jocelyn and Nick Galvez, it was happiness times three. Dressed in matching cream-colored tutu dresses and happily nibbling on slices of homemade carrot cake, Rose, Sienna and Lily Galvez — a rare set of identical triplets born June 25, 2025 — celebrated their first birthday on Saturday, June 27, surrounded by family and friends. “This year has flown by,” said Jocelyn Galvez, 28. “I blinked, and they turned 1.
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On the Road: A century later, Route 66 still knows how to slow us down

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By Melissa Heckscher Verified
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: This week, columnist Melissa Heckscher decided to forgo her usual theater/arts or “For a Good Cause” to write about a special trip she recently took with her son. We were in a wide-open parking lot in the middle of the Southern Mojave Desert when I decided to let my son take the wheel. At almost 15, he’d never driven before.
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