Darren’s boasts new look, same delectable quality [Restaurant Review]
Whenever a place that I like closes for remodeling, I fear an outcome best expressed by the German word verschlimmbesserung. This magnificent pile of syllables means “an attempt to improve something that makes it worse,” and it makes clear that my concern is shared across the globe. The expression “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix […]
Local Longboard Sensation Mike Siordia Surfing El Porto [VIDEO]
Local Longboard Sensation Mike Siordia enjoying the summer like conditions and basking in the waves of El Porto.
Set free from Somalia
Journalist Michael Scott Moore was freed last month after being held captive in Somalia for almost three years by armed abductors.
Moore, 45, who grew up in Redondo Beach and graduated from Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, had traveled to Somalia to report on Somali pirates in preparation for a book on the subject. Friends say Moore is in good health, and he is currently keeping a low profile, recuperating at his apartment in Berlin.
Voters to decide term limit, city treasurer changes
Three separate measures on the November 4 ballot will determine if term limits for the Redondo Beach City Council and the Redondo Beach Unified School District’s Board of Education will be extended from two to three terms. Voters will also decide if the City Treasurer position will be changed from a full-time to part-time position.
Manhattan Beach inches toward plan for downtown
The citizens of Manhattan Beach will spend five days in January exploring what they would like the city’s downtown to look like.