Horvath holds on in District 3 election
District 3 Councilman Christian Horvath has secured reelection based on the post-election night vote tallies from the March 5 General Election posted by the Los Angeles County Recorder Registrar’s Office on March 8. Horvath now leads challenger Candace Nafissi in the City Council race 1,587 votes to 1,299, for 54.9 percent of the vote, after […]
Fine family says farewell to Kite Festival
Redondo Beach’s annual kite festival could be seen as an unofficial start to the spring, as well as a semi-official start to the warm season for pier merchants. Each year, hundreds of families gladly pay for their kids and loved ones to fly bright, multi-colored kites south of the Redondo Pier. But this year’s edition […]
Skechers Walk tops $2 million for special ed kids and schools
“Thank God, Rabbi Yossi Mintz made a mistake after arriving at LAX from New York. He turned south and settled in the South Bay instead of going north, to the Valley,” Skechers CEO Michael Greenberg told guests last Thursday during the 10th Annual Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk check presentations at Shade Manhattan Beach. […]
Underground parking structure plan sunk by costs
A plan to build a subterranean parking structure in Riviera Village, at the existing Triangle parking area near Trader Joe’s, appears to be sunk, for now, by construction costs ranging between $18.6 million to $32.8 million. “I wish we had the money to do something, but we don’t right now,” said Councilman Christian Horvath. Last […]
Short-term rental ban will be enforced
The City Council’s brief flirtation with allowing some short-term rentals within the city is officially over, for now. The Council last week rejected options to allow homeowners limited ability to rent their homes to vacationers and instead doubled down on its existing ban, which was enacted in 2017 but has been largely ineffective. The Council […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Election finalized The results of the March 5 election have been all but finalized, with only 26 ballots left untallied. Hildy Stern, who leads Joe Franklin by only 37 votes after election night, now has a 189 vote lead. The election will be certified by the LA County Registrar’s office by the end of the […]