Something About Mary
Gail Bennett stars in “Mary Poppins” at the Norris Theatre I know you’ve been asked these questions before, so maybe I can just turn on this tape recorder and leave and come back later… Gail Bennett laughs. “I can give you the whole interview, yeah.” Anyway, you’ve done the show quite a few times. […]
Letter to the Editor Ban Ban Full of Gas, Olive Branch Where Due, Not so Quick [September 17, 2015]
Bag ban full of gas Dear ER: Everyone cares about the huge islands of plastic waste circulating in the Pacific and we want to do something about it (“Hermosa Beach poised to adopt citywide plastic bag ban,” ER Sept 3, 2015). But banning plastic bags in Hermosa Beach, which serve a dual purpose for picking […]
Ted Lieu visits El Segundo council; ESFD Chief Smith retiring
The City Council Tuesday night received a proposed preliminary budget for fiscal year 2015-2016 that dips slightly into reserves in order to balance but also contains some hopeful signs. The budget, which was discussed more thoroughly at two strategic planning meetings in August, showed a gap in expenses over revenue of about $1.2 million, which […]
SeaBreeze Project upheld in split vote of Redondo Beach City Council
Discussion of the mixed-use development project at 1914-1926 Pacific Coast Highway, designed to build more than 10,000 square feet of commercial frontage to act as a buffer for 52 condo units, was the centerpiece of a City Council meeting that stretched from Tuesday evening into the early hours of Wednesday morning. The SeaBreeze Plaza […]
Ercoles owner Gary Moore is dead at 82
Gary Moore bought the bar Ercoles on March 16, 1972 and devoted himself to not changing a thing, except maybe adding a grill to make his signature hamburgers, or “beer sponges,” until his death at the age of 82 on Aug. 26.
City poised to ban smoking in multi-unit homes
Smoking in multi-unit housing will be prohibited under an extension of Manhattan Beach’s smoking ban that received its first reading Tuesday night.