Bone marrow drive to be held Friday for Manhattan Beach mother

A bone marrow drive will be held in Torrance Friday for Nina Polvanich Louie, a Manhattan Beach mother who was diagnosed with aggressive lymphoma last September.
Hermosa Beach city manager Tom Bakaly talks Ironman, Fiesta Hermosa
by Ed Pilolla When Tom Bakaly was hired a year ago as city manager, he arrived from a popular Utah resort town with a strong history of hosting major recreational events, including the yearly Sundance Film Festival and co-hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Over the past year, Bakaly said he […]
John Bowler: swing this ship around

John Bowler already ran for Hermosa Beach City Council and won, twice. “I want to run again because I feel like someone has to do something,” Bowler said. “I feel like we’ve lost track of Hermosa Beach.” Bowler has lived in Hermosa Beach for over 30 years. He served on the City Council for eight […]
About Town in Manhattan Beach: Week of Aug. 29

What’s happening in Manhattan Beach this week?
Digging deep: The 38th annual Catalina Classic

The Classic is a 32-mile race from Santa Catalina Island to the Manhattan Beach Pier, revered since the fifties as a South Bay waterman’s rite of passage.
Citizen Parsons: Influential former Redondo Beach councilman dies

John Parsons’ civic omnipresence came to an abrupt end last week. Friends and family remember him as one of Redondo Beach’s most engaged citizens.