“Thérèse Raquin” – carnal crisis at Long Beach Opera
In 1999, while the world was looking forward to the new millennium, Tobias Picker was gazing back more than a century, to the novel Thérèse Raquin that Émile Zola had written in 1868. Picker had already composed the operas “Emmeline” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox;” Zola would go on to write Nana, Germinal, L’Assommoir, and several […]
Councilman apprehends three Sidewalk Sale shoplifters
Manhattan Beach City Councilman Tony D’Errico was standing in the doorway of his clothing store on Manhattan Beach Boulevard Sunday afternoon when he noticed three young girls who looked suspicious.
Attorney suing Manhattan Village Mall refuses to identify clients
Cory Briggs, the attorney suing Manhattan Village Mall on behalf of a group called the Sensible Citizens of Manhattan Beach, declined this week to identify any members of the group or make them available for an interview.
Lifeguards hold memorial for popular deckhand Kutil
Hundreds of mourners gathered at Dockweiler State Beach on Saturday to remember LA County Fire Department ocean lifeguard Brian Keith Kutil, who passed away during a routine swim test at Mira Costa High School on January 15.