Hermosa Beach news briefs 7/23-8/30

Police charged a motorist with felony hit and run for allegedly running a bicyclist off the road and into a parked car on Hermosa Avenue, causing minor injury.

RBUSD seeks $63 million bond

The Redondo Beach Unified School District’s Board of Education Tuesday night voted unanimously to place a $63 million bond measure on the November ballot which would largely take RBUSD off the electrical grid by making every school solar-powered in addition to providing other new technologies inside classrooms. The district, after five consecutive years of drastic […]

No booze past midnight for Manhattan Beach’s Hotdoggers

Hotdoggers staff outside the restaurant when it opened. Photo by Alene Tchekmedyian

For now, patrons of four-month-old restaurant Hotdoggers won’t be able to order a late-night beer with their topping-drenched, bacon-wrapped hotdog. The Manhattan Beach Planning Commission denied restaurant owner Sandy Saemann’s request to serve beer and wine until 1 a.m. at Hotdoggers, after residents argued at length for and against the issue. In a 3-1 vote, […]

Midweek Six Man volleyball tournament tame, controlled

2012 Six Man Volleyball Tournament

Crowds were mild at this year’s mid-week Six Man Volleyball Tournament, reaching an estimated 6,000 people on Tuesday, drastically down from last year’s 60,000. “We have a nice volleyball tournament without the adjacent drunk-fest going on,” said Mayor Wayne Powell, who attended the event. From a policing standpoint, officials said the event was controlled and […]

Redondo Beach Police News July 23 – 29

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Booze cruise Patrol officers received a call that four suspects had attempted to steal alcohol from Total Wine around 12:20 p.m. on July 24. According to police, the caller said that the same suspects stole alcohol from the store a week prior. Officers arrived on the scene and watched the suspects exit the parking lot […]