Music: Taking a Hardline, out of necessity
Hermosa Beach resident Ken Seaton has been a man deeply seated behind South Bay’s music scene for decades. Over the years, he’s worked with bands across the board, enduring the fluctuating volatility of the music industry while proactively conjuring ever progressive strategies and methods to assist bands through the treacherous tides.
Group protests Open Carry pizza dinner
A group of 25 demonstrators protested open carry gun laws last Thursday in front of a pizza restaurant in which roughly 60 holstered patrons ate dinner. Supporters of the Brady Campaign, an organization dedicated to reducing gun violence, showed up during the South Bay Open Carry’s monthly family dinner, held last week at Brooklyn Brick […]
From the Hips — Manhattan Beach native Tim Bluhm returns with The Mother Hips
Songs come to some people. How this happens isn’t so much science as alchemy, and it actually has less to do with musicianship than we tend to think. Many of our greatest virtuosos never pen a single song. Tim Bluhm was a senior at Mira Costa 21 years ago when a buddy gave him a […]
Vitality City to make Manhattan Beach more walkable
Motorists breezed down North Ardmore last Wednesday night while roughly 25 residents crowded onto a nearby sidewalk to hear a walkability expert discuss ways of making the intersection at 15th Street less about cars and more about bikers and pedestrians. They listened wide-eyed and intently as the lively man in the gray walking shoes, khaki […]
About Town
Local store on reality game show; City Council candidates get ready to debate.
Thieves nabbed after Redondo Beach jewelry store heist
A massive seven hour manhunt captured four suspects in a “smash and grab” jewelry heist last Friday in which four masked thieves entered a Redondo Beach jewelry store, broke open display cases with a hammer, assaulted an employee and left in a waiting getaway car. Four men were arrested in South Redondo – one hiding […]
Manhattan students-of-the month recognized at Veranda’s
Operation Jack Marathon raises money for autism
Runners Adam Johnson, Jake Courtney, Alison Atkinson, Christian Burke and Dave Bronstein pass the 8 mile mark over the Pacific Avenue pedestrian bridge at Ballona Creek during the Operation Jack Marathon held Dec. 26 in Manhattan Beach. Citizens for Outdoor Recreation and Exercise hosted the race, which was the 61st marathon Orange County resident Sam […]
Teacher removed for ‘egregious’ actions
A fourth grade teacher at Alta Vista Elementary School has been placed on leave after an incident in which she allegedly told students she would harm their families if they did not behave better. Parents say that the teacher, Amanda Steinacher, was involved in at least two troubling incidents – one in which she allegedly […]
Parking, traffic issues dog RUHS
The Redondo Unified School District’s Measure C school bond has been a big success in most respects – construction work has largely come in on time and at or under budget while vastly transforming district facilities, particularly its 106-year old 52-acre high school campus. But a group of neighbors complain that the bond has perhaps […]
Hermosa Beach might ban smoking while dining outdoors
The Hermosa Beach City Council has moved to study a possible ban on smoking in the open-air patios and rooftops of Hermosa restaurants. The decision came after an especially heated discussion on the council dais. Hermosa Council members will meet with restaurateurs and the Beach Cities Health District, with an eye toward developing an ordinance […]
Valley School principal moves on
Hermosa Valley School Principal Tiffany Rudek has resigned to take a job as assistant superintendent of instruction for a larger school district in Whittier. Rudek will begin her new job with the Lowell Joint School District on Feb. 7. She said the opening occurred in the middle of the school year when an administrator in […]
Member of pioneering family was 94
by Scott Kerwin Emma (Kerwin) Halibrand, born at the family home on what is now the Pier Plaza, passed away on Jan. 7 at the age of 94. She was born Sept. 30, 1916, the middle of nine Kerwin children born at the family home. The former Kerwin Bakery building still stands at 35 and […]
About Town
Limits lifted The City council has voted to lift limits on campaign contributions for independent political action committees that are not affiliated with a political candidate. The council acted on the advice of City Attorney Michael Jenkins, who said the $250 limit was vulnerable to a legal challenge on constitutional grounds. The city retains its […]
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Thursday January 27 PJ Story time Brush your teeth…Put on your pajamas…grab a cuddly buddy…and join us for story time at the Library! Free and open to all ages. 6:45 p.m. No sign-up or registration required. Redondo Main Library, 303 N. PCH. 310-318-0675 option 6. Author reception Helen Simonson’s debut novel “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” […]
South Bronx to South Bay
Setting aside the issue of gun control, another issue of national significance raised by the Jan. 8 shooting of Gabrielle Giffords is health care.
What will be the total cost of repairing her wounded brain and leading her to recovery — the hospitalization, the teams of medical specialists, the surgeries, the medications, and all the rehabilitation therapies — speech, occupational, physical – that will last for months or quite possibly years? The figure will be astronomical, and it will be paid for almost entirely by her federal insurance plan.