Hermosa Beach Trader Joe’s opens, bringing added grocery option to city
Almost a year to the day after former tenant Ralphs closed its doors, specialty grocer Trader Joe’s opened its first Hermosa Beach location Thursday morning. The store opened at 8 a.m., with live music, a reusable grocery bag giveaway and a ceremonial “lei cutting” ceremony. The Hermosa location will be open from 8 a.m. to […]
MBUSD board rescinds Cronin-Hurst censure
Facing significant public pressure, the Manhattan Beach Unified School District unanimously voted last week to rescind the censure of board member Christine Cronin-Hurst. The board had previously voted to censure Cronin-Hurst at its June meeting over her alleged disclosure of confidential information from a closed-session meeting of the school board. The closed session meeting, which […]
Redondo Beach City Council kills campaign reform proposal
Despite an August vote asking the City Attorney to return with an ordinance establishing campaign finance reform regulations, the Redondo Beach City Council chose to let the measure die on the floor at their October 11 meeting, amid fights over the ordinance’s language. The item, which was initially on the night’s consent calendar (a list […]
Motors + Art + Music: How South Bay Customs became the coolest place in the coolest town in the South Bay
Every night during the dog days of the summer of 2007, a gunmetal grey 1950 Chevrolet pickup truck roamed slowly through the streets of Smoky Hollow. A long, tall, razor thin dark-haired man sat behind the wheel, surveying the buildings in El Segundo’s rundown warehouse district. Michael Schreiber was looking for a home. He […]
Mira Costa boys win first Bay cross country meet
Paced by runner-up Caleb Llorin, Mira Costa won the boys team title at the first Bay League meet held Thursday on the Palos Verdes course. Redondo’s Ethan Comeaux won the boys race with a time of 16 minutes, 13 seconds but Llorin (2nd, 16:29), Xavier Court (4th, 16:34), Michael Yaskowitz (8th, 17:09), Cy Chittenden (9th, […]
Letters to the Editor 10-13-2016
Letters to the Editor 10-13-2016 Where was Muratsuchi Dear ER: George Orwell wrote “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” I was recently reminded of this quote when I got a piece of campaign mail from former Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi and Hermosa Beach City Council member Stacey Armato suggesting […]