Election nears for two seats on RPV city council
The stage is set for Rancho Palos Verdes city council elections on November 5 between two incumbents and one of the city’s founders vying for two open council seats.
Blue whale strikes boat off Palos Verdes Peninsula
For Ian Jory who’s been sailing all his life, nothing compares to the close encounter with a whale he and his wife experienced off the coast of Palos Verdes earlier this month that left his boat dry docked with a damaged hull.
Manhattan Beach Police Department launches public alert system
The Manhattan Beach Police Department on Tuesday launched Nixle, a public safety communications system that disseminates local community safety and crime information to subscribers via text or email. To sign up, text your zip code to 888777 or register online.
Manhattan Beach’s Robinson Elementary celebrates national honor [PHOTOS]
Last Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education named Robinson Elementary School in Manhattan Beach a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School, a distinction bestowed on 15 public schools in California and 236 nationwide. Robinson Elementary students, staff and families commemorated this honor Tuesday morning at the school’s amphitheater in a student-led assembly, joined by staff representatives […]
Candle causes apartment fire in Hermsoa Beach
A candle made contact with a curtain around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday at 1046 4th Street. Hermosa Beach police and fire departments were at the scene within minutes and quickly had the blaze under control. “The wind blew the curtains onto the candle causing them to catch on fire,” HBFD Chief David Lantzer said. “You […]
About Town in Manhattan Beach: Week of Oct. 3
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Manhattan Beach-based ‘Queen of Courage’ wants to share the bald truth
It started with just two strands of hair gone missing. One fall morning in 2004, Rosanna Savone, then 28, pulled back her long dark brown locks—a proud asset for Detroit-native of full Italian heritage—to find, inexplicably, two distinct bald spots above each ear. Doctors diagnosed her with Alopecia areata, an autoimmune skin disease that affects […]