Hermosa Beach Police seek input on body cameras
The Hermosa Beach Police Department is seeking input from residents about the possible impacts of equipping its officers with body cameras. The department is in the process of seeking grants to pay for body-worn cameras for its officers. They have partnered with Cal State Fullerton in a study of citizen attitudes toward the use of […]
Beach Cities Sports: Cycling, running. volleyball and more
Volleyball: 2014 National Coach of the Year and 2015 California Coach of the year Tommy Chaffins will be having volleyball clinics for 2nd thru 8th grade boys and girls starting Tuesday, Apr. 12. All clinics will be held at Redondo Union High School. For more information, go to tommychaffinsvballclinics.com or email tomchaffins@yahoo.com. El Camino […]
City Council returns Legado Redondo project to Planning Commission
At the end of a six-and-a-half-hour meeting, the Redondo Beach City Council, ultimately, voted for the path of greatest safety regarding an appeal of the Legado Redondo project…and the developer’s legal team. The council unanimously voted to send Legado’s Mediterranean-styled 146 apartment unit, 23,764 commercial square-foot design back to the city’s Planning Commission for further […]
Rowan rides anything for PVHS surf team
by: Ed Solt Palos Verdes High School’s Jack Rowan took to the longboard, shortboard, and bodyboard for the past four years as a multi-threat for the Sea Kings. In his high school career, the senior’s ability to adapt to his own self-shaped surf craft made him one of the standouts in the South Bay Scholastic […]
Manhattan Beach to install cameras at strategic locations
Security cameras and license plate readers will be installed at seven locations throughout the city in September or October, the council decided Tuesday night.
Mira Costa, Redondo await showdown on the diamond
When Mira Costa baseball coach Cassidy Olson was making his pitch for his team to play in the prestigious Boras Classic tournament, he vowed the Mustangs would be competitive. Many other coaches were skeptical as Mira Costa was the only Division 3 team playing in the 32-team tournament that features elite high school baseball teams […]
The songwriter behind the songs: Jimmy Webb performs his Glen Campbell songs
Jimmy Webb wrote dozens of songs that were recorded by Glen Campbell, including “Wichita Lineman” and “Galveston.” Webb performs many of them Friday in Torrance. Beginning in the 1960s, Jimmy Webb was on a roll. Although he himself wasn’t known as a recording artist, his songs were being recorded by the likes of Richard […]