Manhattan Beach armed robbery and stabbing suspect on the loose, victim to survive [UPDATE]
Police are looking for the armed robbery suspect who allegedly slit the throat of an employee at Cigar and Smoke Shop in Manhattan Beach on Thursday. Police were dispatched to the scene at about 4:11 p.m. after Verizon employees noticed the victim walk out of the smoke shop, handcuffed and bleeding, according to Manhattan Beach […]
Alleged robbery leads to stabbing at smoke shop on Artesia
An alleged robbery and subsequent stabbing occurred on Thursday afternoon inside Cigar and Smoke Shop on the corner of Aviation and Artesia boulevards. “Someone was hurt pretty good,” said Manhattan Beach Detective Mike Rosenberger, at the scene. The stabbing victim was an employee at the store, police said. The injuries are not life-threatening. More details […]
Establishment gets down to business in Hermosa Beach [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
There are restaurants in New York City, Hollywood, and other bastions of hipness that make a point of their diffident attitude toward customers. This includes having no signage, phone, or other identifying marks – the idea is to convey that that they are so secure about being found by the cognoscenti that they need not […]
El Segundo police agree to “two-tier” pension reform
In recent years, proposed “two tier” public retirement systems frequently created discord between cities attempting to cut employee benefits costs and public safety employee groups intent on holding on to their existing benefit packages. Things have changed. With little fanfare, the El Segundo Police Officers Association this month entered into an agreement with city management […]
State of the City: El Segundo leaders see brighter days ahead
Mayor Carl Jacobson led an unusual joint State of the City address in which he was joined by City Council members Bill Fisher and Suzanne Fuentes in giving a multi-perspective assessment of where El Segundo stands and what the future holds. The good news, according to the officials, is that the city’s dynamic private sector […]
Manhattan Beach residents argue NRG is ‘defiling coast’
When Michelle Murphy and Bob Perkins peer out of the window of their Manhattan Beach Strand home, they see a barbed wire fence that borders the NRG power plant in El Segundo. Pedestrians walking up or down 45th Street, they said, must walk on the road that funnels cars into the El Porto parking lot. […]
King of Ice Cream cools Redondo Beach [PHOTOS]
Thirteen years ago Kabir Bashir moved to the South Bay with a dream. He wanted to own his own business. With seven kids at home and an extended family – all from Afghanistan – living in Los Angeles, Bashir needed to find a job to support his family. His friend had an idea. “You wanna […]