June 20, 2013

About Town in Manhattan Beach: Week of June 20

Upcoming events in Manhattan Beach include an open house Saturday for the Manhattan Village development project and the kick off for this summer’s Concerts in the Park series at Polliwog.

South Bay educators, parents celebrate LCFF compromise

The Legislature last week passed an amended version of Governor Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, and while it wasn’t quite what they were hoping for, local education advocates are breathing a sigh of relief knowing it could have been worse.

Redondo Beach Library management was a contentious point of discussion during budget deliberations this week. Photo by Rachel Reeves
Redondo Beach council passes 2013-2014 budget

Following contentious discussions about the proposed reorganization of library management, a new flagpole at the harbor, and a possible reshuffling of police staff, the Redondo Beach City Council passed its 2013-2014 budget 3-1 Tuesday night.

Redondo Beach treasurer candidates face off

Incumbent councilmember Steve Diels and activist Dawn Esser are running a contentious race for the position of city treasurer, marked by vastly different ideas of what the treasurer should earn and why.

Riding sharks with Bob Meistrell

Setting out from the Midwest as teenagers, Bob Meistrell and his twin brother, Bill – with whom he’d created a

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A Bob Meistrell lobster tale

One day in 2003, while working on a story about Dive N’ Surf’s 50th anniversary, I asked Bob Meistrell if