“Politically Incorrect” in Hermosa
Comedian Bill Maher appears at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach this week.
Two police officers saved from pier drowning
Local authorities rescued two off-duty Inglewood police officers Sunday night, saving them from drowning in big surf and a strong rip current at the Manhattan Beach pier.
Court trashes city’s plastic bag ban
The city’s fledgling ban on plastic bags was sacked for the second time last Wednesday.
Local nurse assists in Haiti lifesaving amputations
Four days after a 7.0 earthquake hit the small country of Haiti, nurse anesthetist Debra Hawk was preparing for one of the first operations performed in the country since the devastation. A young Haitian woman was laid out before her on a makeshift operating table, her leg crushed and mutilated from the weight of a […]
Teacher faces more molestation charges
Louis Jay Haddad, the Redondo Union High School teacher arrested in December for allegedly engaging in a lewd act in the presence of 16-year-old female student, now faces additional charges after two more students reported similar incidents to police investigators. Haddad, 50, has been charged with three counts of annoying or molesting a child and […]
Birney kids jump start American Heart Month
Cheered on by faculty and parents, students at Birney Elementary School in Redondo Beach were gasping for breath, asking themselves “How much longer?” as they attempted to jump into the Guinness Book of World Records. At 9 a.m. Monday, Birney was one of over 2,000 sites throughout California where an estimated 83,000 people began jumping […]
“No Sex Please, We’re British”
by Ally Van Deuren What makes British farce so humorous? Is it the slamming doors, the screwball circumstances and chaos, the saucy subject matter, or just the actors themselves? You’ll find the answer in the Norris Theatre’s production of “No Sex Please, We’re British,” which combines all these elements and more, to deliver the quintessential […]
Redondo Beach City Council spars over harbor development
The battle over new zoning in King Harbor began two weeks ahead of schedule at Tuesday night’s Redondo Bech City Council meeting when what was intended as a receive-and-file staff report regarding Redondo Beach’s development history erupted into an acrimonious feud. Planning director Aaron Jones delivered a short report to the council that detailed the […]