Burnout barrel – Surfing images by Mike Balzer [Photos]
In and out at Burnout by an unidentified surfer on Monday, Jan. 31. Photos by Mike Balzer
Seaside Lagoon is saved for another day
The city bought a little more time, possibly as much as a year, in its ongoing skirmish with a state regulatory agency over the future operation of Seaside Lagoon. The City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved a staff recommendation asking the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board to delay the requirement for a new […]
Watchdog hopes letter will show why Dolan left
A watchdog group suing the City of Manhattan Beach over its handling of former city manager Geoff Dolan’s departure more than a year ago hopes that a March trial will once and for all provide residents with long-awaited answers into an issue that the city has remained largely silent about. Californians Aware – a nonprofit […]
Ex-Marine heads into church blaze in rescue attempt
A retired Marine plunged into a blazing, smoke-filled church parking garage in search of victims of a fire that sent two people to the hospital last Friday. Torrance resident Dave McCarthy, 53, was waiting for his twin boys to finish basketball practice at American Martyrs Catholic School, 1701 Laurel Ave. when he smelled smoke coming […]
Pier walk raises thousands for Manhattan Beach schools
Manhattan Beach schools scored an extra $40,000 at a Jan. 25 ceremony at Skechers headquarters, where the company donated money it raised for education at its Pier to Pier Friendship Walk in the city last October. The money was donated to the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation, one of six South Bay education foundations that collectively […]
Commemorative baseball wall at Marine Park
(Left to right) Brothers Jon, Mike and Chad Wilhite eat pepper-bellies at last summer’s Hometown Fair in Manhattan Beach. All three attended Tuesday’s City Council meeting on behalf of a proposed wall at Marine Park commemorating outstanding people in the community who have contributed to youth. The proposed wall was inspired by a 2009 car […]
Manhattan Beach News Briefs, Feb 2, 2011
Hula lessons Hawaii lovers can invite a piece of the islands into their lives with hula lessons from Keali’i Ceballos at the Joslyn Community Center, 1601 Valley Drive. Students will learn basic Hawaiian hula steps coupled with story-telling hands, while getting a mild cardio workout. Registration is still being accepted for people ages 13 and […]
Jenny O’s legacy: a healthier, more democratic California
Our kids and grandkids now have improved safeguards from cigarette smoke. Our mothers, sisters, daughters and wives now have better, broader protections from breast cancer. And the wallets of California taxpayers are fatter – by about $500 million annually since 2004.
South Bronx to the South Bay
If there’s any place on Earth for a modern Romeo-and-Juliet story, Israel must top the list: Jews and Arabs, living together yet apart, locked in mutual distrust and in many cases, mutual hatred. Yet here and there, eyes meet, smiles are exchanged, and something happens that makes all the barriers fall.
Captain Jack: We bot bait, go fishin’
Well Mates, what a difference a month makes. Captain Larry of the bait boat out of Marina del Rey In-Seine, is now filling them bait barge wells, that’ve been empty all winter, full to the rim wit nice Sardines down King Harbor way. Yippy Skippy… Plus, seems Cap’n Larry may even open the Fishing dock […]
Seventh Sense gallery opens in Redondo Beach
The Seventh Sense art gallery opens Saturday night in north Redondo Beach with a wide ranging exhibit featuring eight artist and music by folk masters Hang Dog.
“The Seventh Sense is a reference to humanity’s current mass awakening of higher consciousness,” explained owner and artist Sammy Doerr. “Science, as well as a large portion of people everywhere, now believes we create reality with our thoughts. This means our thoughts as well as our creative forces are the pinnacle to future outcomes. Art is a wonderful vehicle for manifesting change in ideal ways. It can also work to reach a shared mass consciousness more quickly.”
Voices from the swamp — Tab Benoit isn’t exactly cut from the cloth of your typical Old Testament prophet.
Tab Benoit isn’t exactly cut from the cloth of your typical Old Testament prophet. First of all, he’s a blues guitar player, an occupation that tends to be better versed in sin than salvation. Then there’s that voice, which sounds like George Jones seeped in cognac to the point it where comes out sounding like […]
Letters
Math lesson
Dear ER:
Hermosa Beach City School District’s problems are shared by school districts throughout California [“Hermosa schools mull stark possibilities,” ER Jan. 20, 2011]. Unfortunately we have a $25 billion state deficit along with a litany of underfunded pensions for utilities, public employees and California teachers, plus ongoing price increases for public services, college tuitions, healthcare and gasoline.
On Local Government
A little over 50 years ago, approaching my 12th birthday, I spent the morning of January 20, 1961, shoveling snow from a massive snowstorm that paralyzed the Northeast. At noon, I watched the inauguration of John Kennedy as he gave us the clarion call of our generation. “Ask not,” he exhorted us, “what our country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”
Swell magnet surf forecast
Welcome February. What I consider our last real month of winter surf should start off with some decent waves and remain in the moderate zone all the way through Super Bowl Sunday.
Thursday: A new, long interval swell will build through the day. Things will start off slow for the morning session, but scout sets should start to show later and fill in through the day.
Eight greats from 2010
If you go by the simple data on openings and closings, 2010 wasn’t bad. Slightly fewer restaurants debuted than in previous years, but there wasn’t as much of a drop as I expected in the sour business climate. But there was a change in the market. The year saw the closing of more expensive places such as Il Bocaccio, Upper Manhattan, Le Saint Raphael, and Café Catalina. The newcomers generally offered meals at modest prices.