
Litter campaign
Dear ER:
It is ironic that the Hermosa Beach City Council voted four to one to litter the streets with “do not litter” signs to be put on the lamp posts throughout the city for a few dollars. The visual pollution this causes will far exceed any clean up benefits that the signs will accomplish.

Manhattan Beach Fire Department Chief Scott Ferguson has announced he will be leaving next month to take over as chief of the Santa Monica Fire Department.
Ferguson submitted his resignation on Friday after serving little over two years as the city’s fire chief [read more]


Once upon a time, in a land of corporate chain bookstores, three moms decided to open a small, independent book shop in the heart of Manhattan Beach.
They set out to cut through the two-story, espresso-vending, discount-driven nature of the “Big Box” stores, and return to a way of book selling that they believed had gotten lost.[Read More]

Bicyclist hall-of-famer Ted Ernst Jr. finally won the most prestigious award handed out by the club he founded 50 years ago — the South Bay Wheelmen’s Harris Robinson award.
At an anniversary celebration Sunday, club president Cary Alpert presented the former owner of Ted’s Manhattan Cycles with the award, which is named for two SBW cyclists who died in separate bicycle-vehicle accidents…


Palos Verdes brokerages expand into the beach cities as a local Re/Max franchise files for bankruptcy. [read more]

Popular Manhattan Beach photographer Mary Pat Dorr passed away last Thursday after a two-decade-long battle with breast cancer. Last Wednesday she was honored with a lifetime achievement by the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce, but was unable to attend the ceremony because she was too weak to leave her Manhattan Beach home…