January 13, 2010

Easy out: Club entertainment

THURSDAY, 01.14ALPINE VILLAGE
Country Western, Free Dance Lesson 7 – 8 p.m.

BRIXTON
Steve Morse Band w/Sarah Spencer, Points North & Surfing with an Alien

Sandbox: It’s a pocket park, not a workout facility

Sandbox
It’s a pocket park
by Mark Kemple
30th Street Resident, Manhattan Beach
In Manhattan Beach’s tree section there is a little pocket park with a little greenbelt and playground for kids. It was built in 1964 by the neighbors who surround it. It’s a pocket park. There are no traffic arteries leading to it. And there is no parking structure. Why would there be?

Entertainment Calendar

This time in high-def
Fritz Coleman could have styled himself after Fritz the Cat, but instead modeled himself after the NBC weatherman. That’s why his show is called “On the Fritz,” and it’s in previews tonight through Thursday, which means that tickets are a few bucks cheaper: $35 now. Opens Friday and closes Jan. 31. He’s a funny guy! Hermosa Beach Playhouse, 710 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach. 310-372-4477. hermosabeachplayhouse.com.

Letters January 14, 2009

Save Sand Dune Park Dear ER: On Tuesday, January 19, the Manhattan Beach City Council will decide the fate of

Fritz Coleman “On the Fritz” in Hermosa


Stand-up comedian-turned-weatherman Fritz Coleman blows into Hermosa Beach for a two-week run at the Community Theater. For ticket information about “On the Fritz” call 310-372-4477 or visit www.hermosabeachplayhouse.com.

They walk the line


It’s the kind of story Johnny Cash would have liked. It’s about a guitar, an underdog, and a beat-down dream. And it begins at a campfire in Mexico.

Green measures saved Pier project

Federal and regional officials flocked to Hermosa to praise green aspects of a $4.2 million project to overhaul the town’s iconic roadway.

Jewish holidays added to school calendar

The Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education Tuesday night added Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to the district’s non-school day holidays.

Audit reveals RBUSD meal count problems

A state audit has revealed missing records from the Redondo Unified School District food services and has resulted in the withholding of state and federal funds from the district’s reduced and free lunch program, pending corrective action.

Burglars bob for Apples

Apple store customers in the Manhattan Village Mall have recently been targeted in a string of vehicle burglaries that stretches across three counties.
“We think customers are being surveilled while they buy computers, put them in their cars, and drive to the next retail store or their homes,” Manhattan Beach Police Detective Sgt. Brian Brown said. “When they come out, their cars are broken into and the computers are stolen.”…