Firefighters seek chief’s ouster in Manhattan Beach
Firefighters from the Manhattan Beach Fire Department went public this week with a vote of no confidence in Chief Robert Espinosa and made an emotional appeal to the City Council for his removal. Firefighters privately brought concerns about Espinosa to city leadership more than two years ago, accusing the chief of using intimidation and […]
Redondo Beach to support MHF refinery ban
The Redondo Beach City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to support a ban on the use of a controversial catalyst in the Torrance Refining Company’s gasoline production process. The Los Angeles Count Board of Supervisors has also called for a ban of Modified Hydrofluoric Acid (MHF), a chemical used as an alkalizing agent in oil […]
MBUSD to seek parcel tax, lay off teachers
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board of Education last week moved to put a parcel tax measure on the June ballot and also approved the elimination of 4.6 teaching positions. Discussion of the parcel tax has been ongoing for several months as a means for helping the district find a stable source of […]
Beach Cities Health District Cities keep top Well-Being Index marks
The Beach Cities, as a whole, continue to be at the top of rankings indexing regional well-being across the country. Although overall well-being in Manhattan, Hermosa, and Redondo Beach is statistically unchanged, it is, like the rest of the nation, trending slightly downward in almost every metric. Dan Witters, of the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being […]
Brownies try to improve crossing safety
The average age of speakers in public comment periods at Hermosa Beach City Council meetings tilts more heavily toward retirees than students. But last Tuesday it drifted lower than normal after an entire Brownie troop addressed the council in sequence. Ten members of Brownie Troop 6025 addressed the council to ask for the council’s help […]