Troy Alsobrook and David Thomas have fairly similar life stories. They are both LA natives who met playing football at Martin Luther King Jr. High in Riverside. They both moved to the desert to attend rival colleges, then to the Midwest, then back to LA — and both are passionate about beach clean-up, which their nonprofit, DAILY dEPOSITSx, has been hosting quarterly for the past three years in Playa del Rey. The next one is July 5.
Their differences are in the details: Alsobrook went to Mt. San Jacinto College and Thomas attended College of the Desert in Palm Desert. Thomas moved to Colorado. Alsobrook ended up in Kansas.
Back in LA, the two found themselves looking for outlets to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Their bond had always been over sports and physical activity. Thomas lived in Culver City and Alsobrook in Torrance, so Playa del Rey beach was a good middle ground meeting spot. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 