Surfing Santa returns to the Hermosa Beach Pier
Surfing Santa snuck away from the North Pole recently, as he does each holiday season, to catch some fun waves at the Hermosa pier. He acknowledged he wasn’t very generous with waves this past year but promised to make up for it in 2018, if surfers behave and are generous with fellow surfers, even fellow stand-up paddleboard surfers.
Complaint against Mitchell rejected Police report finds alleged threat to Mayor was not “immediate and specific”
A complaint against Redondo Beach Planning Commissioner Marc Mitchell has been rejected by the City Prosecutor’s office. A report released by the Redondo Beach Police Department found that comments made by Mitchell did not rise to the level of a criminal threat against Mayor Bill Brand. A planned discussion of the incident report at Tuesday […]
Torrance Beach ‘better than Pipeline’ for 13th Annual Ratopia Surf Classic
The annual Ratopia Surf Classic was founded in 2005 to raise funds for 22-year-old local surfer Denny Bales was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Over the ensuing decade, the contest has raised $127,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which has recognized contest organizer Nick Weber with its de Villiers Society Award. The contest includes longboard […]
City manager placed on leave, two other positions terminated in Manhattan Beach
In a unanimous closed session vote Thursday afternoon, the Manhattan Beach City Council placed City Manager Mark Danaj on paid administrative leave. City Attorney Quinn Barrow gave only a brief statement on the decision and no indication regarding its cause. “In that this is a personnel matter, the City Council will have no additional comments […]
One Golden Pond gives RUHS students hands-on opportunity
For about a year, Redondo Union High School’s newest educational resource, a fish-stocked freshwater pond, has given students an opportunity to experiment with a fish- and plant-stocked ecosystem. And last spring, it became a short-term home for two unexpected guests. “A pair of mallards took residence,” said AP Environmental Sciences teacher Gillian Moberg. “Nothing […]
Man rescued off 42nd St. dies afterward
L.A. County Lifeguards rescued a man who’d apparently lost his surfboard and got caught in a riptide last Wednesday in North Manhattan Beach. But the man subsequently lost consciousness, despite CPR efforts by lifeguards and paramedics. The rescue occurred off 42nd Street. Lifeguards had deployed a guard in the 42nd St. tower that day — […]