1 police officer dead, 1 officer critically injured in funeral procession for Manhattan Beach PD Officer Vasquez [VIDEO]
According to KABC, “One motor officer died from injuries sustained in a collision that critically injured another motor officer in Torrance. The collision occurred during a funeral procession for Manhattan Beach police officer Mark Vasquez. Authorities say the accident happened at 227th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard just after 12:30 p.m. According to a spokesman for […]
Hermosa voters get nightspot tax hikes
Hermosa voters will decide in November whether to impose steep increases in the business license tax for nightspots that serve liquor, stay open late and are clustered near similar establishments. Hermosa Beach officials have verified that activist Jim Lissner has received more than the required number of signatures on petitions to place the initiative before […]
Hermosa Cyclery’s Steve Collins honored by Rotary
Pedaling niceness in Hermosa Hermosa Cyclery partner Steve Collins described vital lessons from his mother, a shock of good fortune and the pleasures of civic involvement as he accepted a new “Businessman of the Year” award from Hermosa Beach Rotary. The Rotarians honored Collins for decades of altruism that has included donating bicycles – 30 […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
In memoriam: Hermosa Beach City Hall was saddened by the recent passing of the fathers of the police chief and a former Hermosa City Council member. Richard Savelli, father of Hermosa Beach Police Chief Greg Savelli, passed away. The loss was noted by City Council members who ended their regular meeting Tuesday with an adjournment […]
Solar panels pulled from Redondo school cafeteria plan
Redondo Union High School’s new cafeteria will be less green after the Board of Education on Tuesday night voted to change plans and remove solar panels from a proposed rooftop deck, a move that reduced the project’s price tag from $450,000 to roughly $200,000. Board member Anita Avrick initiated a discussion over keeping the deck […]
Antique store robbed at gunpoint
Police are looking for anybody who may have witnessed an armed robbery or its aftermath at a Redondo Beach antique store last Friday afternoon. The robbery occurred at about 3:15 p.m. at Vicki’s Antiques and Fine Art, a store located on the 1200 block of S. Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach. According to police […]
Fire chief returns to his South Bay roots
Rialto Fire Chief Robert Espinosa, slated to take over the Manhattan Beach Fire Department on June 13, began his firefighting career following around Apache helicopters. As a fire protection specialist for the U.S. Army in 1978, he was on-hand in case one of the top secret helicopters, of which there were four at the time, […]
Dolan’s claim expected to be answered in few weeks
Former Manhattan Beach City Manager Geoff Dolan’s attorney expects to find out in a couple weeks whether the city will find itself facing another lawsuit. Since Dolan earlier this month filed a $2 million claim against Manhattan Beach for allegedly tarnishing his reputation during and after his highly-publicized 2009 departure, the city’s insurance carrier contacted […]