by Mark McDermott The first in a wave of new multi-family residential developments meant to address the California housing crisis have begun to arrive as preliminary proposals with the City of Manhattan Beach. Like most cities in California, the City was required by state law to adopt new zoning that allowed for additional residential developments to address the state’s housing crisis. Manhattan Beach adopted its Housing Element in early 2023, with the City Council at that time reluctantly approving residential…
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Donavon Frankenriter, protege at Saint Rocke, warmup for BeachLife Festival
by Gavin Heaney There’s a place where hip meets hippie, city slick yet perfectly torn and frayed at the edges. It’s where all the pretty people meet at the magic moment. On first glance it all seems kismet, but in the hipster scene, spontaneity is carefully crafted and surreptitiously staged. Fashion is passion and threading…
“Santosh” Exceeding and falling to expectations [MOVIE REVIEW]
It is unlikely you will see a bleaker movie than”Santosh,” the outstanding feature directorial debut of documentarian Sandhya Suri. Opening this Pandora’s Box filled with poverty, racism, caste hatred, corruption and governmental incompetence is gut wrenching because it goes beyond the horror of everyday life in rural India telling the journey of young widow Santosh…
A La Carte: Manhattan restaurants tank, more coffee places, Indian breakfast
by Richard Foss One Carnivore Up, One Down: The beach cities have seen a flurry of butcher shops opening, a surprising development in a neighborhood with several upscale supermarkets with expansive meat departments. One of the odder of these, Wagyu Meatsmith in Hermosa, closed at the end of the year. If you’re wondering where that…
Flavors of a Different China and Tasty China
Tasty China reveals a different side of one of the world’s great cuisines by Richard Foss I have been fascinated with Chinese food since childhood, because it was the only exotic dining experience in the South Bay. On special occasions we’d visit Tai Song, a cavernous restaurant on Pacific Coast Highway in Manhattan Beach that…
