Ragin Cajun to keep on ragin’ [PHOTOS]
After 18 years running his Pier Avenue landmark, Ragin Cajun’s Stephen Dominique loaded up his pots and pans, Mason jars and Miss Mary’s recipes and set off north, to Plaza El Segundo. But not before thanking his Hermosa Beach family with an early Mardi Gras party on Jan. 31 featuring Grammy nominee Lisa Haley and […]
State of the city: Manhattan Beach mayor looks ahead, calls for cost control
While the city predicts it will remain in a fiscal deficit for the next four years, Mayor Richard Montgomery kept a positive outlook Tuesday and said that while conservative planning has allowed the city to maintain most of its services, careful cost control is essential to forge ahead. Montgomery addressed a packed room during his State […]
Manhattan Beach City Council Candidates Forum
Three of the four candidates running for City Council in the Tuesday, March 8 election attended the mayor’s State of the City address on Tuesday at the Belamar Hotel (see story on opposite page). (l-r) Planning Commissioners David Lesser and Kathleen Paralusz and Manhattan Beach Unified School Board Member Amy Howorth were among 100 attendees […]
Manhattan Beach News Briefs: TEDx, Vitality City, Dolan correction
Correction An article in last week’s Easy Reader (“Watchdog hopes that letter will show why Dolan left”) incorrectly stated that city Finance Director Bruce Moe said that former City Manager Geoff Dolan’s accrued vacation should have been included in his severance package. He said that in hindsight, the accrued vacation should have been explained. Dolan’s severance […]
Beach Cities Sports: Baseball, Golf, Volleyball, Fitness and Football
Baseball Mira Costa will be holding its Alumni Baseball Game on Sunday, Feb. 13. The event is free for former players and includes a BBQ, alumni home run contest at noon followed by the game at 1 p.m. For more information, contact Cassidy Olson, Colson@manhattan.k12.ca.us. Redondo Union High School has scheduled its annual Alumni Baseball […]