Belgian Sarah Bettens at the Lounge Friday night
Sarah Bettens comes to Life at The Lounge for one night, accompanied by her guitar and her trusted piano player, Clayton Senne, a young, accomplished songwriter in his own right.
Stanley Clarke comes to Brixton
Bassist/composer/arranger Stanley Clark has been a highly visible and integral contributor to the world’s jazz music scene for decades. He’s performed with everybody, and Thursday night Stanley Clarke brings his quartet to Brixton on the Redondo Beach pier.
Letters February 18, 2010
Familiar ring
Dear ER,
Having lived through more than two thirds of the 20th Century, I can testify that Ray Devore’s anti-intellectual, anti-artist sentiments, (“Outta heah,” ER letters, Feb. 11, 2010), though expressed vehemently, were expressed even more indelibly by despots of all stripes – from Franco to Pol Pot, Mao to Pinochet to Robt. Mugabe, etc.
Re-rokking Denim and Tees
by Andrea Ruse
Photos by David D’Angelo http://www.twostraydogs.com
“Everybody has a graveyard of denim in their closet that has become old and boring,” said Jayime Bailey, designer and co-owner of the Jayime Jean and Tristan Christopher Showroom in Hermosa Beach. “Instead of buying another pair of designer jeans, why not just bring in the ones you already have and get a new look?”
Councilman diagnosed with cancer
Councilman Steve Aspel has been diagnosed with cancer. But he believes his life may have been saved due to his quest for his “recreational blue pills.”
MBPD officers investigated in hit-and-run
Four Manhattan Beach police officers were placed on leave immediately following a hit and run accident on Sunday, January 31 involving an automobile registered to one of the officers.
Last Thursday, Police Chief Rod Uyeda announced that his department is conducting an Internal Affairs Investigation “into the conduct of the off-duty officers involved in the collision as well as the on-duty officer(s) who handled the collision investigation.”…
Meter rates higher, longer, stronger (financially)
On-street parking meter rates will increase from 75 cents to $1.25 per hour as a result of action taken by the City Council Tuesday night. The council also acted to extend meter enforcement hours by two hours. Morning enforcement will be pushed back from 9 a.m. to 8 a.m. Evening enforcement will be extended from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m…
Chamber honors ailing photographer with lifetime achievement award
Popular Manhattan Beach photographer Mary Pat Dorr was honored with a lifetime achievement award Wednesday by the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce. Paul Dorr, her husband of nearly five decades, accepted the award on his wife’s behalf. Dorr was unable to attend the ceremony because the breast cancer she has battled for the past two decades has left her too weak to leave her Manhattan Beach home…
Officer admits embezzling funds
A former Redondo Beach Police Department sergeant last week pleaded guilty to embezzling from the police union and the department itself.
New harbor zoning nears approval, again
The City Council on Tuesday night tentatively moved towards approving harbor zoning that will allow 400,000 sq. ft. of potential new development.
Lady Mustangs rule the Bay court
Local teams head into postseason
Beach Cities Sports
Running American Martyrs School is hosting its 30th Annual 5K Run/Walk Saturday, Feb. 27 at 8 a.m. The race course is a fast, challenging 5K (3.1 miles) through the Manhattan Beach Tree Section. Medals will be awarded to the top three in each age group along with individual and group costume contest winners. An awards […]