Murder, whisky, and love: The White Buffalo returns
Something is going on with The White Buffalo. He hasn’t been singing that long. He didn’t even start until a dozen or so years ago, when as a 19-year-old songs began pouring forth with such ferocity, and in such a forceful and unusual voice, that even his mother was a bit startled. “Aw, honey,” she […]
Manhattan Beach City Council candidates talk budget, challenges
A school board member, two planning commissioners and a resident known for his public criticism of city officials met last Thursday to each demonstrate why she or he should be elected by residents to lead Manhattan Beach. Less than a month before a March 8 City Council election, candidates Amy Howorth, David Lesser, Viet Ngo […]
Kids learn to design shoes for company
Paulina Marquez wouldn’t want you to think she’s bragging, but she’s known since she was 8 years old that she’s a good artist. The seventh-grader from East Los Angeles has never really known what to do about it. When three weeks ago Paulina, 12, found herself in Manhattan Beach for the first time in her […]
About Town: Manhattan Beach: New places to park your bike; Parking meter grace period; Local authors read books.
New Bike Racks By the time the Leadership Manhattan Beach (LMB) class of 2011 graduates, residents will have more places to park their bikes around town. Four of five City Council members Tuesday unanimously approved the class’ annual project to install new bike racks around the city. Mayor Richard Montgomery was absent from the meeting. […]
Tales of the acoustic ninja
originally published Jan. 8, 2009 A few years ago, in a secret subterranean workshop in the mountains of Colorado, a young man altered his weaponry. He had already begun honing his craft to a fine spiritual point, but as he descended to his shop day after day, other possibilities began to emerge. His hands had […]
Lawn bowler will represent USA
About five years ago Aaron Zangl stopped to watch members of the venerable Hermosa Beach Lawn Bowling Club roll distinctive, unevenly weighted balls across their neatly kept green at the Clark Stadium complex. He was persuaded to try his hand, and now the 35-year-old Hermosan is preparing to represent the U.S. in Hong Kong and […]
Council to examine fees, services
The City Council will meet Thursday, Feb. 17 to mull a 427-page report detailing the cost of each municipal service to prepare for a new fee structure. “In our continued focus on prudently managing our local resources and revenues, the members of the City Council engaged an independent firm to closely examine the costs of […]
Hermosa Beach About Town: Hearts of Hermosa, Shelter Training, Parking Permits
Hearts of Hermosa The Hermosa Beach Education Foundation’s annual Hearts of Hermosa dinner dance fundraiser will return to Saint. Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Highway on Saturday, March 19. Hearts of Hermosa is the biggest fundraiser for the foundation, which for years has covered about 10 percent of the operating costs for the city schools, keeping […]
Soccer teams face uphill battle in playoffs
If Mira Costa and Redondo’s boys soccer teams reach the CIF Southern Section/Ford Division 1 title game, they will take the long road to get there. Both teams were forced to battle their way out of the wild card bracket on Wednesday. Mira Costa (5-3-2, 14-7-3) finished third in the Bay League and held off Laguna Hills for a […]
Bay water polo teams fall in first round of playoffs
The Bay League had a dismal showing in girls water polo as all three entrants were eliminated in their first games of the CIF Southern Section/Ford Division 1 Championships. Mira Costa captured a share of the Bay League title with a 12-6 victory over rival Redondo and, after splitting its league series with co-champion Palos Verdes, […]
Making your special day green: How to plan an eco-friendly wedding
When Princess Diana and Prince Charles were married in 1981, Manhattan Beach resident Lisa May threw a party. She wore a special dress, invited over all her best girlfriends and watched the fairytale spectacle over and over again all night. “That, to me as a young person, was a defining moment of what the whole […]