Debates launch Redondo Beach political season
About 50 people showed up to Redondo Beach city hall on Monday afternoon to hear what the 14 candidates running for public office on March 5 had to say about the power plant, public safety, parking, and a plethora of other Redondo Beach issues. For five hours, candidates from districts 1, 2 and 4 and […]
Victim robbed at gunpoint in Manhattan Beach parking lot
Manhattan Beach police are looking for two suspects who allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint Wednesday night in a Trader’s Joes parking lot.
All for a Few Tasty Waves: Local surfer Chris Wells Profile
Monday, December 23, 2012: Chris Wells put himself on the edge of another Avenues drainer. He’s locked in the dirty vortex, half sand, half water equaling a 100 percent critical tube, the escape just yards away. Fully committed Wells, pumps, all hell breaking over him, chases the closing gap… The late 70s was the era […]
Beach Blue Zones miracle: Beach Cities show big health gains
The Blue Zones Project in the Beach Cities ambitious goal — the help residents live longer, better — is working. And the data shows it.
Manhattan Beach’s mayor wins Blue Zone’s Cook-Off at Abigaile
As a grand finale to the Blue Zone Project’s Mayor’s Challenge, the mayors of Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Manhattan Beach teamed up with a chef from their city to compete in the Mayor’s Cook-Off at Abigaile Restaurant Jan. 9. Modeled after Iron Chef, the competition required each mayor/chef duo to create a healthy, vegetarian […]
New scout house for Manhattan Beach kids, seniors greenlit
A resounding consensus emerged at City Council on Tuesday: the Manhattan Beach Scout House urgently needs to be replaced. “If you’ve been in it recently, you’ll see that it’s beyond the end of its useful life,” said Richard Gill, director of the Parks and Recreation Department. The scouts have had enough. And in collaboration with […]
Hermosa Beach Mayor to serve as alternate on Coastal Commission
It was announced last Thursday that Hermosa Beach Mayor Jeff Duclos was chosen to serve as the California Coastal Commission’s South Coast alternate appointee, representing Los Angeles and Orange counties. Long Beach vice Mayor Robert Garcia will be the main appointee. “I’m excited about it,” said Duclos. “It’s quite a privilege and it’s a major […]
Hudson House’s Brooke Williamson battles for Top Chef title
Imagine that you’re chosen as a contestant on Top Chef Season 10. You make the trek from Los Angeles to Atlanta for the qualifying round where you must prove you deserve a chance to compete for the title. As luck would have it, you end up in the group that’s judged by Hugh Acheson, a […]