A changing of the guard MBPD Chief Eve Irvine is succeeded by Captain Derrick Abell
First of two parts Derrick Abell has an image in his mind, a long-ago encounter he has no memory of but is almost certainly happened. In the early 1980s, he was a student at Inglewood High School, a star football player headed for a Division 1 scholarship at Montana State University. Beyond football, […]
2017 Year in Review: Redondo Beach
Measure C halts CenterCal waterfront development, rewrites harbor-area zoning The multi-year plan to revitalize Redondo Beach’s waterfront was torpedoed on March 7 when voters passed Measure C, a rewriting of harbor-area zoning that effectively outlawed CenterCal Properties’ hotly debated development plan. CenterCal planned to build 19 buildings over 36 acres of waterfront, for a […]
2017 Year in Review: Manhattan Beach
To Texas with love Ben Dale left Cleveland, Texas in 1985 with a truckload of memories. He played football on both sides of the ball, as tight end and defensive end, under the Friday night lights of rural Texas for the Cleveland High School Indians. He worked in a BBQ joint, The Shack, owned by […]
2017 Year in Review: Hermosa Beach
Settlement with E&B got the city out from the shadow of oil claims In March 2015, Hermosa Beach voters decisively defeated an attempt to lift the city’s ban on oil drilling in the tidelands, rejecting Measure O by a four-to-one margin. But an uncomfortable truth got lost in the victory celebration: the vote did not […]
2017 Year in review: Beach passings
January Copter crash claims Justice, Reed Photographer Michael Justice, a long time contributor to Easy Reader, and helicopter pilot Christopher Reed died in January when their helicopter crashed in Los Angeles Harbor. Justice, 61, lived in San Pedro. Reed, 42, lived in Hermosa Beach. Justice’s photos were notable for being tack sharp and perfectly exposed […]
Mayor Bill Brand rebrands Redondo Beach: 2017 Newsmaker of the Year
What began as quixotic effort to replace the AES power plant with a park gains credibility under the leadership of Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand Five lawsuits. Two FPPC complaints. One alleged physical threat from a Redondo Beach commissioner. It’s no wonder why Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand, the Beach Cities Newsmaker of the Year, […]