LAPD’s Sharon Papa selected as next Hermosa Beach police chief
Hermosa Beach likely has a new chief of police. City Manager Tom Bakaly announced Wednesday that he has selected Sharon Papa, currently an assistant commanding officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. Her appointment is pending a final background check expected to take three to four weeks. Papa was chosen from 47 applicants for a position that […]
Redondo Beach council gives major waterfront project green light
Over 50 residents approached the podium to speak to the council, which voted 3-2 to approve the preliminary designs rendered by CenterCal.
About Town in Redondo Beach: Week of Aug. 1
What’s happening this week in Redondo Beach?
Search resumed for missing Redondo Beach man, wife speaks out
Hi. I am Samantha Lamberg. Many of you have heard from or talked to me before. I wanted to provide some details of the big search and rescue operation planned in Mendocino tomorrow [Wednesday] for my husband Erik Lamberg. First, a little background. Erik and I were married back in 1992 and have been long […]
Local Hermosa Beach Green Store to stay
The Green Store, a local landmark since the 1920s, will not be closing at the end of the month, according to building owner Nancy Comaford. Reports circulated in mid-July that the local mini mart that has fed surfers and pier rats for over eight decades would be closing at the end of August and that […]
Manhattan Beach Citibank robbery suspect arrested
Authorities arrested a man last week suspected of robbing a bank in Manhattan Beach and another in Cerritos earlier this month, according to police. Gregory Lynn Cross, 57, was detained Tuesday afternoon at his estranged wife’s house in Long Beach and booked at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. He is being charged with […]
Chez Soi in Manhattan Beach: modern American culinary ideas executed with classic French technique
The people who open new restaurants are usually seeking a perfect balance of the familiar and unusual – not something so odd that it attracts only those seeking novelty, or so similar to what is already there that nobody has a reason to visit. This can be surprisingly difficult to achieve, and until the restaurant […]