Residents prepare to elect two new City Council members
A General Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, March 8 in Manhattan Beach to fill two City Council seats that will soon be vacated by fomer Mayor and Councilmember Portia Cohen and former Mayor and Councilmember Mitch Ward. Four candidates, inlcuding Amy Howorth, David Lesser, Viet Ngo and Kathleen Paralusz , are running for council. […]
Paralusz says labor contracts are key to Manhattan Beach’s fiscal success
Planning Commission Chair Kathleen Paralusz wants to continue solving the problems faced by residents if she is elected to City Council next month. Paralusz is among four candidates running for one of two seats in the city’s March 8 City Council election. She has served on city commissions for the past six years, including the […]
Ngo says more transparency, better money management
Community watchdog Viet Ngo plans to end what he calls public corruption and mismanagement of city funds if he is elected to City Council next month. Ngo is among four candidates running for one of two seats in the March 8 City Council election.   He has spent the last 14 years actively participating at nearly […]
Lesser talks budget, pension reform
After seven years of serving as a commissioner for the city, David Lesser hopes to be elected to the City Council next month to continue his service. Lesser is among four candidates running for one of two seats in the March 8 City Council election.   He has spent the last six years serving on the […]
Howorth stresses finances and facilities
Amy Howorth feels that seven years of experience as a Manhattan Beach Unified School Board member has prepared her to take on the challenge of leading the community as a City Council member. Howorth is among four candidates running for one of two seats in the city’s March 8 City Council election. “For the past […]
Surprise survivor fights childhood cancer
When Adrienne Slaughter was diagnosed with a fast-moving and deadly childhood cancer at age 14, physicians gave her a 1 percent chance of survival. As it turned out, she not only survived, but 30 years later continues to live a rich, full life at a pace that would exhaust many others. The eternally sunny Slaughter […]
Downtown parking lot blocked
This story has been updated to include corrected information on the commissioners’ individual votes The city Planning Commission on a split vote has blocked plans for a commercial parking lot on Hermosa Avenue where the old Classic Burger and Hermosa Beach Donuts buildings once stood near downtown. The decision can be appealed to the City […]
About Town
Big trial date A 12-year-old lawsuit that could bankrupt the city has been scheduled to go to trial once again on Jan. 18, 2012. “We have assembled a highly qualified and experienced team of lawyers and expert consultants to vigorously defend the city’s right to protect the health and safety of the community without having […]
Costa’s late-season surge ends with overtime loss
Mira Costa’s girls soccer team lost its bid to upset third-seeded Long Beach Wilson, suffering a 2-1 overtime loss at home. The defeat officially ended both Mira Costa and Redondo’s winter sports season as the Mustangs were the last team from the two Beach Cities schools to be eliminated from the playoffs. All four basketball teams failed to make it through the second round of post-season play.
Hermosa’s Pier Avenue Makeover [Photos]
Hermosa Beach officials cut a ceremonial ribbon to unveil the remade Pier Avenue, nine months after turning shovels to herald the beginning of the work. The iconic main drag, which runs downhill from Pacific Coast Highway toward the ocean, now sparkles new and spacious, with pedestrians strolling its sidewalks and long-vacant properties serendipitously coming to life on both sides […]