Cozen-designed Manhattan Beach home picked for Modern Home Tour
While it’s standard for architects to ask clients about their needs before any hammers are involved, Carol Beth Cozen has an inquiry process that delves exceptionally deep. She asks clients where they put their mail after retrieving it from a mailbox. She learns if they want privacy, away from their children. She learns what foods they like and how often they entertain.
Police Beat
Spousal battery A man attacked his girlfriend last Sunday evening near the intersection of Pier and Ardmore avenues, police said. Witnesses reported the couple were walking through a parking lot about 9:15 p.m. when the male suspect allegedly grabbed his girlfriend by her hair, picked her up and dragged her behind him. When police arrived […]
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Barragan Resigns Nanette Barragan resigned from her post on the Hermosa Beach City Council last Wednesday. The first-term councilwoman had initially planned to step down on July 31. But Barragan said she later chose to extend her stay through the end of August in order to ensure passage of the city’s plastic bag ban. The […]
Discarded champagne bottles hold hopes for local artist’s business
A mimosa can be a brunch accompaniment, a way to make cheap champagne more palatable, or the opening salvo of a long day on the Hermosa Pier. And, as was on display at the Fiesta Hermosa last weekend, it can also be the raw material for some eco-friendly decorations. Piece by Paz, which […]
Council considers AES action
Night-time steam releases prompted fresh concerns over Hermosa Beach’s response to the August 28 natural gas discharge at the AES Redondo Beach power plant. Fire Chief David Lantzer told the City Council Tuesday night that there were reports Monday night of “intermittent steam releases” from the power plant. Although the steam was just hot […]
Carolyn Petty takes over as mayor
Councilwoman Carolyn Petty was elected mayor of Hermosa Beach by acclamation Tuesday night. Petty, who had been serving as mayor pro tempore, received the support of all three other council members. Councilman Hany Fangary will take Petty’s place as mayor pro tempore. The mayoralty in Hermosa Beach is typically a nine-month position that rotates among […]
The surge in El Segundo
El Segundo balances growth with its hometown character to emerge as the South Bay’s most vital city El Segundo City Manager Greg Carpenter relishes the opportunity to give tours in the town he manages and grew up in. These tours, in Carpenter’s city-issued 2004 Crown Victoria sedan, have been occurring with increasing frequency […]
Girls volleyball teams sweep highly-ranked opponents
Redondo’s girls volleyball team may have a different look than the one that captured CIF Southern Section and State titles in 2014, but the Sea Hawks have not skipped a beat. Coach Tommy Chaffins squad has not lost a set this season surrendering no more than 20 points in andy set while posting a 10-0 […]
About Town in Manhattan Beach
The Manhattan Beach Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the National Association of School Resource Officers are partnering to get rid of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.
Police Beat in Manhattan Beach
The Manhattan Beach Police Department invites the community to give its feedback at a workshop on its strategic plan on Sept. 16.
Manhattan Beach school board election cancelled
Due to a lack of candidates, the Nov. 3 election for two Manhattan Beach Unified School District board seats has been canceled.
Bringing pencils to Cuba
While visiting Cuba last December, Micah Worner, a seventh grader at American Martyrs, learned that the government rations school supplies.