Miller indictment divided Manhattan Beach

Jim Miller’s effervescent personality and Russ Lesser’s irrepressible enthusiasm, and coupled with their common interests made their very public friendship appear founded in childhood and destined to last their lifetimes. It didn’t. The friendship ended November 7, 2012 the night Barack Obama was reelected president of the United States.
Manhattan Beach’s Miller convicted on all counts of Redondo embezzlement charges

Former U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Jim Miller, of Manhattan Beach, was convicted Monday in Los Angeles U.S. District Court on five counts of wire fraud and four of tax fraud. The jury deliberated less than 30 minutes following the five day trial. Miller was charged in September 2014 of embezzling approximately $300,000 from […]
The future has arrived at Brewport Tap House [RESTAURANT REVIEW]

Here’s a tip for your first trip to Brewport: take a jacket with you even if it’s a warm day. Not that you’ll want to wear it, but so you’ll have something to put over the back of your chair. You’ll be getting up a lot during your visit, and that way people will know […]
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Crimes-against-elderly meeting The Hermosa Beach Community Police Advisory Board will give a presentation next week devoted to preventing crimes against elders. The meeting will take place at the at the Hermosa Beach Senior Activity Center at 710 Pier Ave. on Wednesday at 12 p.m. The presentation is expected to last 30 to 40 minutes. Summer celebration The Community […]
Car crashes into Hermosa Beach apartment complex
A multi-car accident in Hermosa Beach Thursday morning ended with a car crashing into a ground-floor room of Pacific Coast Highway apartment building. No one was seriously hurt. The car, a white, four-door Chevy sedan, crashed head-first into the bedroom of one of the units at the Marina Bay Club Apartments on the 2000 […]
Hermosa Beach wrestles with code enforcement

Some residents think Hermosa Beach enforces too many rules. Others think the city doesn’t enforce enough. Choosing when to be stern and when to use discretion is the tricky task the city has in front of it in the coming months. The City Council hosted a study session devoted to code enforcement last week, revealing […]
Fine art benefit auction on Saturday in Manhattan Beach

All This Can Be Yours! “Cross Town Traffic” benefits everyone Two prominent art organizations, the Manhattan Beach Art Center and South Bay Contemporary, have joined together for a fundraising auction and art show that’s coming to a head on Saturday. “Cross Town Traffic” features almost 100 works of art that are viewable online and […]