Pilot safe after small plane crash near Trump Golf Course
A pilot towing an aerial advertising banner behind a single-man aircraft crash landed on the beach below Trump National Golf Course just before noon on Friday.
2 Manhattan Beach residents held at gunpoint in own home by burglars
Two Manhattan Beach residents were held at gunpoint for several hours Thursday night while two suspects burglarized their home, police said. According to MBPD, a female adult resident arrived home in the evening to find two men burglarizing her residence on the 1600 block of 5th Street. Upon confrontation, they tied her up and kept […]
2 arrested for commercial burglary at Manhattan Village
Manhattan Beach police arrested two suspects Wednesday morning after they allegedly stole merchandise from a store in Manhattan Village, according to police. MBPD received a call at 10:30 a.m. about two men seen climbing a fence between the Manhattan Village Mall and the Manhattan Village gated community, MBPD Public Information Officer Stephanie Martin said. When […]
Young survivor shares her story to raise awareness, encourage vaccination
A thin, nondescript scar on 17-year-old Jenna Mangiagli’s chin marks a near-death experience she cannot remember. On the morning of Valentines Day, an 18-month-old Mangiagli awoke from her morning nap in her family’s Hermosa Beach home, fussy and hot. At the time, a flu epidemic was going around, so her mother Teresa didn’t think much […]
A La Carte: the return of the Ragin’ Cajun, the closing of Chez Soi & Pinkie’s BBQ, & much more
Worst Restaurant End in South Bay History?… Chez Soi opened four and a half months ago as an edgy modern bistro. Over the course of its brief life it became more French, then went farm-to-table Californian, tried a family-friendly concept, offered design-it-yourself salads, opened for brunch, and offered all-you-can-eat fried chicken with all-you-can-drink beer. It […]
South Bay Arts Calendar: August 30 — September 4
Friday, August 30 Travel in style The Ninth Annual “Queen Mary Art Deco Festival” takes place now through Monday aboard the luxurious liner Queen Mary, moored at 1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach. The aesthetic movement became popular around the 1930s, and this shipboard experience emphasizes all aspects, from furniture and fashion to architecture. Performances by […]
The River that Runs Through My Heart – Travel photographs by Setsuko Owan on view in Malaga Cove
I won’t go so far as to quote myself, as some of us at this newspaper are known to do, but when first looking through the photographs of Setsuko Owan I immediately thought of a phrase made famous long ago by the Greek scholar Winckelmann, who spoke of the “noble simplicity and calm (or silent) […]
South Bay Community Calendar – August 29-September 4
Announcements Girls Night Out Cancer Support Community-Redondo Beach (CSC-RB), is taking reservations for the 11th annual Girls Night Out “Fun”-raiser to be held at The Comedy & Magic Club, 1018 Hermosa Avenue, Hermosa Beach, October 1-3 beginning at 5:30 p.m. This sell-out event “Just for Ladies” celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness with an evening of fun […]