Quick Change in Hermosa, Sugarfish Coming to Manhattan, Cookies on Pier, Wine and Beer Dinners (A La Carte Dining News for 08 June)
Well, That Was Quick… Three weeks ago the people at Buona Vita in Hermosa were reassuring customers that although the place had sold no big changes would happen for some time. Last week the restaurant had a new paint job, name, and menu. Casa Vicenzo is still serving Italian food but under the leadership of […]
Manhattan Beach About Town: MBUSD names new principals, MBEF raises record $1.8 million at Wine Auction
MBUSD appoints new principals The Manhattan Beach Unified School District announced last week that Jessica Bledsoe and Tara Grings have been selected as new vice principals at Mira Costa High School and Karina Gerger has been recommended as the new principal at Pennekamp Elementary School. Grings fills the vacancy created by the departure of Kristin […]
After five year ‘cool off,’ Manhattan Beach’s 6 Man volleyball tournament will run on Friday, Saturday
Citing concerns about the continued viability of the historic event and confident that public safety impacts had been addressed, the Manhattan Beach City Council Tuesday night approved a change in schedule for the 6 Man beach volleyball tournament, allowing the event to run one of its two days on a weekend. Councilmembers unanimously approved allowing […]
Musical comedy ‘Opening Night’ is worth a standing ovation [MOVIE REVIEW]
by Morgan Rojas/www.cinemacy.com Birdman meets 30 Rock in director Isaac Rentz’s feature film Opening Night, an ensemble musical comedy with heart, soul, and a bunch of naughty jokes. We spend one hilariously chaotic night backstage the Broadway production ‘One-Hit-Wonderland,’ a musical journey through the poppy hits of yesterday, led by *NSYNC’s JC Chasez (as himself). […]
Hermosa Beach Police Beat
Ticket leads to soda-as-projectile In an apparent case of parking rage, a suspect allegedly hurled a container of soda at a parking control officer after receiving a ticket in North Hermosa last month. About noon on May 16, the officer was ticketing the suspect’s car, parked in the 200 block of 28th street, when the […]
Champion skateboarder, surfer Ty Page invented pop shove-it
Former professional skateboarder and surfer Ty Page passed away last Thursday, just two days before the memorial paddleout for Redondo Beach surfboard shaper Don Swift. Page passed away, at age 59, at his home in Park City, Utah. Both he and Swift succumbed to inoperable brain tumors. Page was a member Larry Stevenson’s […]