About Town: Manhattan Beach July 20, 2011
Passing the torch Former Mayor Richard Montgomery passed the torch to Mayor Nick Tell at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Mayor Tell vowed to try to hold shorter City Council meetings. “I know we will do great things over the next 10 months, let’s just try to do them before midnight,” he said to a […]
Parcel tax continues to lead Hermosa Beach options
A possible date of decision came and went with Hermosa Beach city school board members continuing to study ways to cut expenses, raise revenue or do both. Board members last Wednesday further narrowed their options, leaving a parcel tax ballot measure and a charter school conversion still prominently on the table. “We started the process […]
Sharks Cove sports bar marred by rancorous ending
First the Pittsburgh Steelers lost the Super Bowl, and then the team’s local fans lost their game-day hangout in Hermosa, as Sharks Cove sports bar closed its doors after 17 years on Hermosa Avenue. The establishment was more than just a home away from home for the black and gold, as patrons gathered around 67 […]
Hermosa Beach shark swims into the sunset
On the door of Sharks Cove, a sign read, “Steelers fans parking. All others will be crushed.” Inside, the sports bar atmosphere was even more intense. Sixty TVs lined the walls along with posters of athletes and framed jerseys of Flannery, Blake, and Bettis. Billiard tables, pool tables and dart boards stood interspersed between tables […]
Hermosa Beach News Briefs, July 20, 2011
Election preseason City Councilmen Peter Tucker and Michael DiVirgilio, City Treasurer John Workman and City Clerk Elaine Doerfling have all taken a first step to run for reelection on Nov. 8. The four picked up candidacy documents that they must fill out and return to City Hall by Aug. 12 to appear on the ballot. […]
Martineau wins second Manhattan Beach Open tennis title
The 44th Annual Manhattan Beach Open Tennis Tournament may have had a different feel to it, but for Jim Martineau, winning the Men’s Open Division championship still took a top effort. It was the second Open Singles title for theRancho Palos Verdesresident who said he has competed in the tournament on and off for the […]
Local players, coaches excel at USAV Jr. National tournament
Many athletes and coaches from the South Bay enjoyed success at the recent USA Volleyball Junior National Championships, highlighted by a gold-medal showdown in the Boys 17 Open Division between from Southern California Volleyball Club in Redondo Beach and the Manhattan Beach Surf.
Cori Desmond Valentine’s Day murder trial begins
Friends and family of Cori Desmond filled a San Bernardino County courthouse this week to learn the details of how this beloved young woman with a promising future as a teacher was murdered on Valentine’s Day 2009. They were the kind of details the family did not want to hear, but had to know. The […]
ZuhG plays Saint Rocke – Chillin’, groovin’ vibes, mixed with high energy, jamming shows
When I hear the name ZuhG, it makes me think of the planet Gong, Daevid Allen and pothead pixies. Well, it’s not a mythical planet, and the potheads aren’t pixies; but there is one commonality shared with the fanciful world created by the founding member of Soft Machine and Gong… “ZuhG means to be unlike […]