State commission drastically alters Manhattan Beach’s downtown specific plan
Manhattan Beach Mayor Amy Howorth walked away from Thursday’s California Coastal Commission at the Redondo Beach main library ready to fight. More than a year and a half ago, Manhattan Beach approved its Downtown Specific Plan, a zoning measure that aims to protect the identity of the area while creating a vision for the next […]
Coastal Commission certifies voter-approved zoning in Redondo Beach
There were checks and subpoenas, yelling and shouting, low-slung faces and waved signs – and at the end of the day, cheering. Thursday, was a long, strange day in the Redondo Beach Public Library’s second-floor meeting room. But around 10 p.m., 13 hours after the meeting began, the California Coastal Commission approved of Redondo’s […]
Future of skatepark monitor uncertain
Kids who frequent the Hermosa Beach skate park have for years enjoyed a little more supervision than they find at other skating facilities in the region, but the future of monitors at the park is now up in the air. Earlier this month, the city’s Parks, Recreation, and Community Advisory Board considered whether to continue […]