South Bay Community Calendar 6-28-18
this weekend is the warm up to 4th of July. Get your flags ready to fly
Letters to the Editor 6-28-18
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Hermosa Beach About Town
Fourth of July enforcement As in years past, Hermosa Beach will have extra law enforcement on hand and stepped-up fines for this Fourth of July. Along with every available officer in the Hermosa Beach Police Department, more than 50 extra police officers and county fire officials will be stationed in Hermosa throughout the day, the […]
Manhattan Beach Council considers change in election, extension of terms
The City Council last week deliberated changing future municipal elections back to March, a change that would require extending the terms of two sitting council members by a year. The possible change was agendized by Councilperson Richard Montgomery, who was elected last March and whose term would not be one of those extended. Mayor Amy […]
RBUSD picking Apples for student/tablet program
The Redondo Beach Unified School District is trading figurative oranges for literal Apples next year. The RBUSD Board of Education voted at its June 26 meeting to replace Google-powered tablets with Apple iPads in its one-to-one student/computer program. The change comes four years after the district successfully piloted the one-to-one program, which assigned sets of […]
Commission backs new ‘granny flat’ rules for Hermosa Beach
The Hermosa Beach Planning Commission unanimously supported a slate of rules for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) at its Monday night meeting, bringing the city closer to compliance with a state law meant to alleviate the California housing crisis, while exposing ongoing friction with the state legislature over local control of land-use decisions. Commissioners were confronting […]