Goodbye Richie & The 99%…and hello Hollow Legs
Even really big acts get the band name blues. Jimmy Page went and supplanted The Yardbirds with Led Zeppelin, a band called Earth decided Black Sabbath would suit them better, and there’s that one southern band who morphed from The Allman Joys into The Hour Glass into The Allman Brothers Band. Here in the south […]
MB School Board declines to comment on Mira Costa baseball program [UPDATED]
A standing-room-only crowd, the majority baseball fans, congregated at the Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board meeting Wednesday where administrators heard from both sides regarding the status of Mira Costa High School head varsity baseball coach Cassidy Olson.
4 candidates vying for District 1 seat on Redondo Beach City Council
Below are snapshots of each candidate running for the District 1 seat in the March 5 election, in the order they appear on the ballot. Dianne Prado is interested not in “playing the political game” but in helping real people to address their real-life problems. Prado’s biggest priority is to “change the political atmosphere,” to […]
Redondo Union students unveil ocean-friendly garden
During recent rains, Redondo Union High School AP Environmental Science teacher Mary Simun and her students paid eager attention to a particular patch of soil on Diamond Street, hoping and praying it would retain the rainwater that for years has been flowing into the sewer and ultimately the ocean. To their delight, it did. AP […]
Two men sentenced in Pat’s II Cocktails bouncer’s death
Two men were sentenced last Thursday on charges of voluntary manslaughter related to the death of Pats II Cocktails’ bouncer Terie Colecchi. Francisco Cobarruvias Jr., 35, of Redondo Beach received a sentence of six years in prison and Rene Anthony Avina, 23, of Carson received 11 years. Avina’s sentence was more severe on account of […]
Whale watching turns into warnings
As more people come into contact with the largest animals on Earth, problems ensue.