February 11, 2010

CLOSBC’s new production: a tail-wagging experience


The Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities (CLOSBC) is offering a tribute to the furry beasts, tonight through Feb. 28. “Bark! The Musical” is Executive Producer James Blackman’s unspoken revenge on an Andrew Lloyd Webber show that portrayed a different breed of four-legged foot warmers.

School district faces $4 million in cuts

Larger class sizes and fewer teachers look like a certainty for the Manhattan Beach Unified School District next year…

At last week’s school board meeting, district officials began the difficult task of slashing $4 million from their $50 million budget. The district, after already absorbing $4 million in cuts last year, again finds itself in the position of preparing for another round of reductions in state education funding.

Man requests kids’ urine for drug test

Police arrested a man Tuesday for soliciting students at Pacific Elementary School for their urine.

The 18-year-old Manhattan Beach resident allegedly walked onto the 600-student campus Friday and separately approached two students in the boys’ bathroom, offering to pay them for giving him their urine in a cup…

CERT trains community for “the big one”

An ordinary morning work commute led Manhattan Beach resident Linda Cunningham to a frightening, but all-too-typical, scene on L.A.’s freeways two years ago.
While exiting, she pulled up behind a BMW convertible that had crashed into the center median and had smoke pouring out of it…

Summer school cuts loom

The elimination of summer school at most grade levels, increased class sizes, and the departure of as many as 70 experienced teachers are among the options the school district is considering as a means of balancing a budget diminished by repeated state education funding cuts.

New Harbor Patrol facility underway

The city has begun construction of a new Harbor Patrol building that will replace a trailer that was built as a temporary structure after storms wrecked the patrol facility nearly two decades ago.

Beach Cities Sports

Running G.I. Joe, in conjunction with the City of Hermosa Beach, will hold the annual spring Pier-to-Pier Run/Walk Saturday, March