About Town: Manhattan Beach September 22
Manhattan Beach Police Department seeks applicants for community academy Interested in police procedures, how detectives work or how SWAT operates? The police department is seeking applications from residents interested in participating in a 10-week academy to learn about different aspects of law enforcement. The class will meet weekly starting January 19, from 6 to 9 […]
Committee formed for beach walkway
An Ad Hoc Committee was formed at last night’s City Council meeting to research what it would take to install a permanent walkway on the beach for people with limited mobility, in wheelchairs or with strollers, to access the shoreline.
New art to be displayed in Manhattan Beach
Six new sculptures will be on display in downtown Manhattan Beach for a year starting next month, as part of the third annual Manhattan Beach sculpture garden installation. The existing sculptures will be removed.
Moving Planet South Bay: Bikeable, Walkable, Livable! festival to promote green living
Manhattan Beach will host “Moving Planet South Bay: Bikeable, Walkable, Livable!” a festival for the beach cities that’s part of a global initiative to abandon fossil fuels by walking, biking or skating.
Court overturns day laborer ruling
An eleven-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit federal appeals court last week ruled that a Redondo Beach ordinance aimed at curtailing day laborers soliciting work on city streets was unconstitutional in a vehemently contested 9-2 decision. A strongly worded dissent by Chief Judge Alex Kozinski that begins with the words “This is folly” signaled that […]
Green Task Force report ties lifestyle to environment
A final report by Hermosa Beach city’s two-year Green Task Force urges further policies encouraging bicycling, walking, carpooling, public transportation, energy-efficient construction and use of renewable energy by residents, businesses and the municipal government. The report pushes for significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, but task force chair Philip Friedl told the […]
Hermosa Beach waives fees for carbon reducing measures
Hermosa Beach has begun waiving fees for carbon reducing measures at homes and businesses, on top of an already existing city rebate program. Beginning this month, residents and businesses can have some fees waived for building and planning permits, including $3,000 in savings for installing small wind turbines. “We recognize that adopting the latest in […]
Hermosa Beach news briefs Sept. 28, 2011
Disaster prep Beach Cities Joint CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) is seeking Hermosa volunteers to participate in a local “ShakeOut drill” on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 15. Participants must be CERT members with full personal protective equipment and appropriate footwear (no sandals or flip-flops. CERT members wishing to participate can RSVP to training@mbcerta.org with name, […]
The accidental flautist
The return of Tim Weisberg, the man who helped bring the flute to rock music and disappeared under the tide of smooth jazz Tim Weisberg just wanted to play drums. He had entered Daniel Webster Junior High School in West Hollywood on a mission of a sort. His parents – much to their eventual regret, […]
Comite De Jornaleros De Redondo Beach vs. City of Redondo Beach [COURT DECISION]
FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT COMITE DE JORNALEROS DE REDONDO BEACH; NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK, No. 06-55750 Plaintiffs-Appellees, D.C. No. v. CV-04-09396-CBM CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, Defendant-Appellant. COMITE DE JORNALEROS DE REDONDO BEACH; NATIONAL DAY No. 06-56869 LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellees, CV-04-09396-CBM v. OPINION CITY OF […]
Weekend Events
Dudes and Babes on the Hill
Damon Runyon classic brings craps to Norris Theater (Editor’s note: There are few contractions included in this article. The writer is attempting to mimic the style of Damon Runyon. He would also like to mimic the Pulitzer, thank you nicely.) A sportswriter and character during prohibition times inNew York City, author Damon Runyon enjoyed boxing, […]
Beach camps threatened by new bidding process
When Jack Tingley founded Beach Sports sixteen years ago, he was traversing new sands. Alongside fellow lifeguards Kip Jerger and Bruce Kocsis, Tingley created a platform for teaching surf and volleyball instruction at a scale that was non-existent on county beaches. “It wasn’t a big business thing at the time,” recalled Tingley. “[Instructors] would go […]
FishBar [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
Anyone who has tried living in a house that is in the midst of a major remodeling knows that it’s no fun at all. You put up with having to go around sawhorses to get to the bathroom, the sawdust and plastic sheeting everywhere. But it’s disruptive; it doesn’t feel like your old home, and […]
Rose garden blooms
The map has been lost for years but the roots run deep, leaving traces and hints of what the original gardener set in the soil for spring blooms and the enjoyment of the community. Today, a team of women work keeping the prosperous roses trimmed, treated with love and care, and tended for the eyes […]
Barfly: Of Lobsters and losing Rose
Say “Hi” to Ozzie for Me: Last week we lost one of the good ones. Rose Penque and her husband Nick have been loyal Jazz Alumni supporters, following Ozzie Cadena’s Hermosa Beach Jazz Series every Sunday at the Lighthouse and every Wednesday at Sangria for several decades. I manned the back room of Sangria, which […]