Council approves Leadership Manhattan Beach project
This year’s Leadership Manhattan Beach class and the city’s Environmental Task Force have teamed up to renovate the landscape around the U.S. Post Office on 15th Street and Valley Drive to conserve water.
Charges dropped in crash with Hermosa Beach officer
Charges have been dropped against a motorist accused of causing a collision that sent Hermosa Beach Police Officer Anthony Parente tumbling from his motorcycle into the back seat of a convertible, according to the driver’s attorney. Thomas Beck, attorney for the motorist, Brian Hitchcock, said he was able to prove the accident was not caused […]
Hermosa Beach schools back to drawing board
The city school board will continue to study possible money-raising and money-saving measures, such as a parcel tax and further consolidation of school district jobs, after failing to persuade the City Council to consider a tax measure of its own. Last week the council was told that it could face a legal challenge if it […]
Captain named interim Hermosa Beach chief
Capt. Steve Johnson, a 27-year law enforcement veteran who joined the Hermosa Beach Police Department about five months ago, has been named interim police chief while a replacement is sought for Greg Savelli, who left to lead the Los Angeles Bureau of Parking Enforcement and Traffic Control. “I have full confidence in Capt. Johnson and […]
EC Twins play Sangria in Hermosa Beach [MUSIC PREVIEW]
If you’ve ever wondered what DJs do, I am about to tell you. If you think it requires no talent and all they do is push some buttons, you have been misinformed. Very popular DJ duo, the EC Twins, who are in fact real twins, are known for spinning house music. Hailing from the UK, […]
Keeping it real with Kyle Richards
Kyle Richards, star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on Bravo TV, signed her recently published book, “Life is Not A Reality Show: Keeping It Real With the Housewife Who Does It All,” at {pages} a bookstore in Manhattan Beach last week. Richards has four daughters and has been married for 16 years. Her […]
Deaf dog reunited with family
Harmony, the deaf bulldog stolen from a car in the Manhattan Village parking just after Christmas, was returned last week to the family who had recently adopted her.
Carol Channing Larger than Life: a valentine to a true star [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Carol Channing Larger than Life” is the title of a documentary by Dori Berinstein and the perfect description of its subject because Carol Channing was born larger than life. Growing up in San Francisco, as a child she helped her mother distribute “The Christian Science Monitor” backstage at the Curran Theater. Overwhelmed by the “church-like” […]
Haywire: spy thriller doesn’t quite thrill [MOVIE REVIEW]
There is a thin line between a hit and a miss, and sometimes within the same film you’ll get both. Such is the case with “Haywire,” Stephen Soderbergh’s attempt at making a spy thriller. I say attempt because he doesn’t quite succeed. Mallory Kane, a “contractor” with a private “agency” was hired to extract a […]
The Descendants: Slack Key Festival continues a tradition that goes back to the ancient kings of Hawaii
Long ago in the backyards and byways of Hawaii a secret music of a sort was played.
Its roots went back to the last kings of Hawaii and to the wandering Portuguese and Mexican cowboys who’d arrived to tend to their cattle. But the style – which later would be called “Slack Key” – was uniquely adapted, family by family, place by place, to become a truly native Hawaiian music.
Friend: slain Hermosa Beach woman was threatened
A Hermosa Beach man accused of shooting his girlfriend to death had aimed a gun at her head once before, said a friend of the slain woman. “It was around April, she called me up and she was really upset,” said the friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “She said ‘You can’t tell anybody, […]
John Elway’s Manhattan Beach Toyota faces discrimination suit
Timothy Sandquist, a former sales manager at John Elway’s Manhattan Beach Toyota, is alleging that he and other employees of color faced rampant racial discrimination while working for the dealership.
Waterman Don Anderson was lifeguard, pilot, gracious friend
Don Brand Anderson, a central figure in one of King Harbor’s most fabled fishing stories, passed away peacefully last Friday at his home in Kahuku on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, surrounded by his family and close friends. On September 13, 1992, when Anderson was 64, he and buddies Marty Salas and Lonnie Argabright […]