Shade Hotel breaks ground in Redondo Beach
Taking ceremonial sledgehammers to the walls of the long-vacant Red Onion building on Harbor Drive, city officials and Shade Hotel owner Michael Zislis on Thursday marked the groundbreaking of Shade’s Redondo Beach protégé. The project has entered the deconstruction phase, expected to last 12 weeks, and is likely to be finished in about two years’ […]
E&B: $519 million in oil to be recovered for Hermosa Beach
E&B Natural Resources on Tuesday released an economic report that said the city of Hermosa Beach and its school district would receive about $519 million in financial benefits over 30 years if voters approve an oil drilling project at the city’s maintenance yard. The report was conducted by the Berkeley Research Group, an independent economic consulting […]
New faces join Rolling Hills City Council
UPDATE: 3/7 Measure B failed by 5 votes. When Tom Heinsheimer was first elected to the Rolling Hills City Council in 1972, Richard Nixon was still in office. On Tuesday night, after 10 terms and 41 years, he was finally unseated. “They finally got rid of Nixon and me,” Heinsheimer said afterward. “We probably established […]
Peninsula Shopping Center falls out of escrow, sale still hopeful
The beleaguered Peninsula Shopping Center reportedly fell out of escrow earlier this year after a pending sale with Phoenix-based Vestar, a large real estate holding company. Neither party could discuss what possibly sent the deal astray. Principal Life Insurance, which owns the property, reportedly hasn’t given up on the deal. A possible sale to Vestar […]
Portuguese Bend event space wins approval
Jim York plans in about a month to begin upgrading his 94-acre property adjacent to the Portuguese Bend community for a commercial event space, an organic farm and an Astroturf golf course. Last month the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission granted final approval for the project with 82 conditions including restrictions on noise, the construction […]
Powell, Burton, D’Errico slated to win Manhattan Beach council seats
Wayne Powell, Mark Burton and Tony D’Errico are in the clear lead to claim seats on the Manhattan Beach City Council. With all 10 precincts reporting and the majority of absentee ballots counted, a total of 4,973 ballots were tallied as of Tuesday night. Roughly 550 vote-by-mail ballots must still be counted. City Clerk Liza […]
Redondo Beach election: Measure A losing, runoff scheduled for May 14
There are still 1,590 outstanding ballots – cast provisionally and by walk-in absentee voters – that the City of Redondo Beach will not be counting until Monday, but in the interim several results seem likely enough to call. According to Tuesday’s semi-official numbers, Measure A lost the vote by a slim margin, with 51.6 percent […]
Mira Costa’s Olson seeks immediate reinstatement
Mira Costa head baseball coach Cassidy Olson is seeking full reinstatement of his duties which have been limited to 6th period practices until March 24. In November 2012, Mira Costa High School Principal Ben Dale sent an email to parents stating that he was conducting a review of school’s baseball program. Athletic Director Don Morrow […]