George Freeth returns to the pier
A new sculpture of pioneering waterman George Freeth was unveiled at the Redondo Beach pier Sunday morning, a little more than two years after the original sculpture was ripped from its platform in the middle of the night by thieves presumably more interested in $400 in scrap metal than the history represented by the statue. […]
New RUHS aquatics center is unveiled
In 2006, Steve Shaw started giving not-so-grand tours of Redondo Union High School’s athletic facilities. Shaw, a teacher at the high school since 1982, was part of a committee of physical education instructors and coaches who were trying to bring attention to the severe degradation of the school’s eastern 30 acres. He gave the tour […]
City to discuss toilet retrofits during home sales
The city hopes to save up to 2.5 million gallons of water per year if the City Council votes Tuesday to require that low-flow toilets be installed in all homes that are remodeled or sold. The proposed requirement – which would require sellers to retrofit toilets at the point-of sale — was introduced in March […]
MBUSD shores up though state promises more money
On the surface, the new state budget appears to be good news for schools, having restored to education $1.7 billion that had been cut by the governor in his May budget revision. Manhattan Beach Unified School District stands to gain $1.6 million in additional revenue from the restored cuts. However, lawmakers deferred payment until July […]
Second-grader uses markers to win ride to school on fire truck
“Did you get to run a red light?” “Did you get to squirt the fire hose?” “Did you get to eat candy in the fire truck?” A crowd of American Martyrs Catholic School second-graders stare up at their classmate Jack Brearton, doling out crucial questions as he beams down at them from the front seat […]
About Town
Rally for Education The Manhattan Beach Education Foundation raised roughly $1 million last week during its annual Pledge Week, which included its first community-wide Rally for Education last Thursday. The funds brought the organization’s total amount raised this year to $3 million of its $4.4 million goal, according to MBEF executive director Susan Warshaw. “We […]
Calendar
Thursday, November 11 Veterans Day Dedication Redondo Beach dedicates its new Veterans Memorial at Veterans Park beginning at 2 p.m. A culmination of several years of grassroots fundraising and community outreach, the ceremonies include music and honors to America’s veterans, and special guest speaker Colonel David Sutherland, US Army, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, […]
Hotdogging
Thursday, Nov. 11 Actors, Etc, Wanted! The Hermosa Arts Foundation and Angelvision Productions are looking for actors, writers, directors, musicians, artists and producers interested in starting a group dedicated to developing new original works for public performance at The 2nd Story Theatre, Hermosa Beach. Please inquire! Angelo Massino at angelvisionp@aol.com or 310-374-9767. In the green […]
From quicksand to Olympic trials
AVP’s bankruptcy last month foretold a slow, painful rebirth of beach volleyball. On Monday, with a push from U.S. Olympic Volleyball and events management behemoth IMG, beach volleyball reemerged full born. An opening in the dark cloud hovering over the future of professional beach volleyball in the United States cast a glimmer of hope Monday […]
South Bronx to the South Bay
Rhetoric and reality The higher the hope, the deeper the disappointment. Just two years ago, it looked like Morning in the Universe. Late on election night here in the South Bronx, people poured into the streets shouting “O-bam-AH! O-bam-AH!” Halfway across the world, in Germany, the father of a friend of mine told his son, […]
Pipeline: Big and ugly opens South Bay Fall Classic
Big and ugly opens South Bay Fall Classic The South Bay Surf League Fall Classic got under way Saturday morning under grey skies, threatening rain, slight onshore winds, and a 7-foot high, incoming high tide with a 4- to 6-foot, thick bumpy shore break on the South side of the Hermosa Beach Pier. It was […]
On Local Government
The great Brown hope It would be amusing to watch the jabbering heads on television speak about what meaning they take from the recent elections if it weren’t clear that they have little or no idea what they are talking about. Over the past few years, I have spoken with people all around the country […]
Letters
Really? Dear ER: Seriously?!? A 13-paragraph rant on dog barking in the 11/4 edition [“Loaded Dog,” ER letters section, Nov. 4, 2101]! Either you all at the ER didn’t have enough letters to publish that week (hard to believe given our recent election results), or author “Leigh” is a relative. Dan Manhattan Beach Really Dear […]
Rock and Brews, through and through
For years I was a regular at Vinnie’s Pizza in El Segundo, a place that offered above-average pizzas, salads, and sandwiches in a slightly seedy atmosphere. When I heard that the place was changing hands, I was a bit sad – another old haunt gone, no doubt to be replaced by a more generic and […]
They’re Barley Legal
If you’re hoping Barley Legal is a band of scantily-garbed 18-year-old temptresses… a. Get your mind out of the gutter. b. It’s way better than that. c. You might want to take another look, because it’s spelled b-a-r-l-e-y. Yup, as in barley and hops of golden delicious beer. Nope, Barley Legal is no voyeuristic operation. […]
A palace by the sea
Hosting jams at his home studio leads Jason Buck to a band of Kyndryd musicians by David D’Angelo and Erica Preus, Two Stray Dogs Jason Buck grew up in the Palos Verdes home with a panoramic view of the bay that is now the Sea Palace recording studio. “I found myself at a critical point […]