Pastel chalks and engine grease at Lexus
It’s Pastel, Passionate and Pastoral The Pastel Society of Southern California’s annual show is on view through May 4 in Torrance “John, party of two. John.” In case you’re wondering, I’m sitting outside a busy restaurant with Lynn Attig and her sidekick, Bernard Fallon, both of them key figures (Lynn’s the president) of the Pastel […]
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Hermosa Beach alley shooting injures one; police seeking to question two suspects
Police are searching for suspects who shot a man in an alley in North Hermosa this weekend. Hermosa Beach Police was summoned to the 2700 block of El Oeste Drive, a cul-de-sac off Gould Avenue near Pacific Coast Highway, about 3:15 p.m. Saturday. According to an HBPD statement, calls to the department reported sounds of […]
Redondo Beach crime stats fall, but cases closed at 7 year low
Redondo Beach’s reported crimes fell to their lowest numbers in three years in 2017. However, the Redondo Beach Police Department posted their lowest rate of case closures, or clearances, since 2011. Last year, RBPD officers cleared one out of five crimes, for a rate of 20.4 percent. The low rate of cases cleared in 2017 […]
Measure C doesn’t apply to Waterfront project, judge rules
Lawyers from all sides of a lawsuit between the City of Redondo Beach and CenterCal contended they have issued at least a partial victory last Thursday during a Superior Court hearing — including intervenors siding with the City from activist organization Rescue Our Waterfront. The next step will come later this year when voter-approved Measure […]
LA Times Food Bowl event approved on beach in Manhattan Beach
The Manhattan Beach City Council last week approved a high-end dinner featuring sustainable seafood and fine wine on the beach just north of the pier. The dinner, part of the Los Angeles Times Food Bowl, a month-long series of events, will take place May 24. The proposal met some initial resistance due to its inclusion […]
City honors Henry Mitzner, a 45-year municipal veteran
When Henry Mitzner starting working for the City of Manhattan Beach, Richard Nixon was president, Apollo 17 had just returned from the moon, and City Hall was located in a bunch of trailers. It was March 12, 1973. The city was still rebuilding after the earthquake of ‘71 and the country was in the […]
Shipwreck on Rosecrans
Lifeguards rescued sailors aboard a sailboat in distress in heavy winds early Saturday evening. A powerless 28 ft. sailboat drifted near the surf break at a little after 6 p.m. Saturday. Winds were 20 knots. Lifeguards responded to the boat’s distress call. Two rescue swimmers helped bring the ship safely near shore, and then the […]