Indiana man found dead in apparent suicide in El Porto

A 22-year-old man was found dead early Sunday on the beach in El Porto of Manhattan Beach, in what officials have deemed a suicide. An autopsy confirmed that the Indiana man died from a gunshot wound to the head, said Ed Winter, assistant chief of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Manhattan Beach police responded […]

Hermosa Beach firefighter Carlos Lopez honored

Tuesday morning a sad procession wound through town ending at Saint Catherine Church in Redondo Beach to honor Carlos Lopez, a Hermosa Beach firefighter and paramedic who died last Tuesday evening. “Today we laid to rest Carlos Lopez, who served from 2004 to 2013 and just last year was honored for his off duty efforts […]

On Local Government: the value of experience

Last week, I was asked about the candidacy of John Bowler to the Hermosa Beach City Council. The question was not why he would run, but what would he want to do this for again? As opposed to Redondo Beach, where I served on the Council, Hermosa Beach has no term limits. (Redondo Council members […]