Open Carry gun activists kicked out of Los Angeles area restaurant
A dozen armed South Bay Open Carry gun activists were escorted out of a restaurant at the South Bay Galleria mall Saturday afternoon by a Redondo Beach policeman. Open Carry activists accused the officer of “rogue” behavior in singling out the group at the Red Robin restaurant and said he violated their Constitutional right to […]
Suspect arrested for 2003 RUHS sexual assault
A man was arrested Monday in connection with the sexual assault of a high school girl in a brutal 2003 incident that detectives believe they have finally solved through advances in DNA identification technology. Sylvester Gene Rawls, 45, was arrested outside his Long Beach home after police linked him to the case through biological evidence […]
Mar Ventures awarded RBUSD’s Knob Hill lease
Local development firm Mar Ventures Tuesday night was awarded the lease for the Redondo Beach Unified School District’s site at Knob Hill, contingent upon negotiations for final lease terms. Mar Ventures, which submitted a bid to build an affordable housing complex, was selected as the next highest responsible bidder after the school district was unable […]
Volleyball DJ uses solar to party on beach
Former AVP volleyball player Jeff Murrell likes to party. And he’s found a way to do it green. On last Fourth of July, the Manhattan Beach resident drew curious stares when beach-goers noticed a 6-foot-2 volleyball player blasting Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” from an eight-foot-tall mobile DJ booth being towed down The Strand […]
Small ocean earthquakes are felt in the South Bay
by Dennis Colonna Two small earthquakes were felt in the South Bay area Tuesday morning. The larger of the two events, measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale, occurred at 8:52 a.m., three miles west of Manhattan Beach, and was felt by some residents as a soft jolt. It was preceded by a smaller magnitude 1.9 […]
Manhattan Beach canines become Rose Parade celebs
For the last 10 years, a peculiar sight can be seen before each Pasadena Rose Parade. Amid the bright reds, pinks, blues and yellows of roses, daffodils, daisies, petunias, violets, and tulips, two dogs can be seen strolling down Orange Grove Boulevard at 7 a.m., both sporting elaborate red and white collars made out of […]
About Town: Manhattan Beach
Local female authors launch non-fiction book; CERT trains community for “the big one.”
Tapas & Vino offers variety and over 50 wines by the glass [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
Frequent readers might have noticed that I’m quite a fan of tapas, aka small plate dining, grazing on appetizers, izakaya, or whatever name you like for tasting many small savory items and calling it a meal. It might not have escaped you that I’m also a fan of good wine, so a place that specializes […]
South Bay to South Bronx
“I think we’re the Tombstone of the United States of America,” said Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik after the Saturday massacre in Tucson.
Council kills its own fee increase talk
Facing an overflow crowd and an 85-page printout of often scorching emails, the City Council on Tuesday backed away from even discussing steep increases in parking permit fees for residents. Councilman Kit Bobko didn’t wait for the fee proposal to come up in the course of the council’s meeting agenda. Instead he pounced during the […]
Pair win Hermosa chamber’s highest honors
Tireless volunteers Vicki Garcia and Kenneth A. Hartley will be honored as Woman and Man of the Year by the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau at a cocktail party and dinner Thursday, Jan. 20. Garcia is a former school board member whose breadth of service to the community spans decades. Hartley has […]
Costa, Redondo face off in early showdowns
It’s only the first week of Bay League action but the outcomes of Friday’s rivalry games between Mira Costa and Redondo will undoubtedly have playoff implications both on the basketball court and the soccer field. Mira Costa’s boys basketball team hopes to keep a foothold among the top of the Bay League standings after the […]
Change approved on upper Pier Avenue
The City Council on Tuesday approved changes to a large development on the refurbished upper Pier Avenue, where the original plan for stores, offices and a small eatery is being scrapped in favor of offices only. The council okayed a parking plan, and amendments to a development plan, for the new commercial development, which consists […]
About Town
Suspect sought Hermosa police were seeking a suspect in the armed robbery of an ARCO gas station at Pacific Coast Highway and 11th Street near the Community Center, who is suspected of robbing another Arco station in Torrance and a 7-Eleven store in Manhattan Beach as well. The Hermosa robbery occurred shortly after 2 a.m. […]
Tattooing the Beach
Just three months after a federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Constitution forbids Hermosa Beach from banning tattoo parlors, one shop is open and a second is in the works, with Pennywise guitarist and local punk rock icon Fletcher Dragge among the artists laying on the ink. And there might be more to follow. […]
Finding Harmony at the Edge
“I got the keys on the 19th,” says Vanesa Andrade; “on the 20th in the afternoon the door was open for business and 60 paintings were up.”