The Nightlife: Top 5 Dating Sites — Hooking Up for the Lazy
Now open mid-day: The Strand House Tuesday through Friday 11:30am – 3:00pm. MB Post Fridays at 11:30 am. Abigaile Sunday Brunch 10:00 – 2:00pm. Stoiks Paws open til 3:00 am for all the super hungry sober folks. New American Junkie sign is up, like a beacon. Photo booth is gone. Not sure what that’s about? […]
Second suspect in bouncer beating turns himself in to Redondo Beach Police
Francisco “Frank” Cobarruvias Jr, a suspect in the early morning beating death of Pats II Cocktails bouncer Terie Colecchi, 49, turned himself in to the Redondo Beach Police Department at 2:30 p.m. today. “Cobarruvias showed up unannounced at the front counter of the Police Department with an attorney and surrendered without incident,” a release from […]
Betty and Gordon: A love story
The shared artistic life and transcendent love of Betty and Gordon Evans is exhibited at the Hermosa Beach Historical Society and Mark McDermott Betty Eckhoff first laid eyes on Gordon Evans one September day in 1942 in her freshman English class at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. She saw his shock of black hair […]
Police seek help in identifying fraud suspects
Police seek information on three suspects who allegedly committed fraud at different South Bay locations.
Manhattan Beach appoints Quinn Barrow as City Attorney
On Tuesday, the Manhattan Beach City Council appointed Hermosa Beach resident Quinn Barrow to replace Roxanne Diaz as Manhattan Beach City Attorney. Diaz stepped down last week for personal reasons, the city announced on Friday. The lifelong Angeleno and current Sherman Oaks resident was hired in September as an independent contractor for a flat rate […]
Manhattan Beach adopts balanced budget
The City Council unanimously passed a balanced $53 million operating budget on Tuesday, with a modest surplus of about $300,000, for the next fiscal year. “[Manhattan Beach] has maintained adequate reserves, borrowed judiciously, staffed appropriately, and spent only where necessary, all while providing outstanding city services,” wrote City Manager Dave Carmany in his budget message. […]
Huey faces Muratsuchi for 66th Assembly
Democrat Al Muratsuchi and Republican Craig Huey will battle for the 66th State Assembly District that includes the Beach Cities. Huey soundly defeated his Republican rival Nathan Mintz, with 38.54 percent of the vote to Mintz’s 20.56 percent. “We won because we have a message that we have a crisis in California with jobs because […]
Hermosa author looks to ride ebook tide
Richard Blount typed away at the keyboard in his office overlooking the Pacific Ocean and knew where the protagonist of his first ebook would live: 1918 Strand, exactly where Blount has lived on and off for most of his life. That’s where the similarities end. Blount’s character, Sean Riley, is a 20-something skipper of an […]