Its permits withdrawn, CenterCal project ‘is dead’
The future of the Redondo Beach waterfront is wide open. Plans by both the City of Redondo Beach and its estranged development partner CenterCal Properties have been withdrawn. Tuesday night, the Redondo Beach City Council directed staff to withdraw California Coastal Commission application permits for the CenterCal project, as well as permits for a new […]
Seniors needed for BCHD study on Alzheimer’s and the environment
The authors of “The Alzheimer’s Solution,” a 2017 book that examines links between lifestyle and dementia, will oversee a Beach Cities Health District study on how to prevent Alzheimer’s. The district is seeking 1,700 beach city residents to participate in the study. The residents must be over 65 and not currently suffering from […]
Downtown office use, retail curtailed in Manhattan Beach
After a nearly two year wait and $1.4 million spent in hopes of California Coastal Commission approval, the City Council Tuesday night abandoned its attempts at a comprehensive Downtown Specific Plan. Instead, the council began a more piecemeal zoning approach, adopting an urgency ordinance that will limit ground floor office uses and prohibit large retail […]