In Search of America
“NASA’s current organization does not provide effective checks and balances, does not have an independent safety program, and has not demonstrated the characteristics of a learning organization . . . Based on NASA’s history of ignoring external recommendations, or making improvements that atrophy with time, the Board has no confidence that the Space Shuttle can […]
Moore House gets swift demo after PVE ‘OK’
With a few sweeps of the backhoe, the Moore House in Palos Verdes Estates was reduced to fragments last week just a day after the city council upheld the rights of the property owner to tear it down. For many people, the home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Jr. and built in 1959 represented […]
Redondo Beach sailboat destroyed, four believed dead
Under gloomy, gray skies, the usually rowdy maritime crowd celebrating the end of the annual Newport Beach-to-Ensenada regatta spent a moment of silence on Sunday to remember four lost sailors who vanished during the race. The awards ceremony, which took place in Ensenada, Baja California, was a subdued affair attended by many who knew the […]
City kicks centennial beach ball to the curb, to plan new event
Tensions reached a boiling point at Monday night’s four-and-a-half-hour special Manhattan Beach City Council and Centennial Committee meeting as the council, Centennial Committee and the community argued about the direction of the remaining centennial events. At one point, Mayor Nick Tell – on his final night presiding as mayor – likened the discussion to high […]