Community honors veterans
The 22nd annual Veteran’s Day Intergenerational Event lived up to its name Monday. Cub Scout Troop #275 led the Pledge of Allegiance. The Manhattan Beach Middle School choir sang the Star-Spangled Banner. The MBPD Color Guard conducted a solemn Presentation of the Colors. Three Girl Scouts who have attended the ceremony 10 years straight […]
South Bay must plan for more housing units
The Beach Cities might have to accommodate a significant increase in the number of housing units in the coming years to comply with a state planning law. The Southern California Association of Governments voted last week at its Regional Council meeting to approve a significant change in how cities in the region will produce the […]
Council adds to plastic, polystyrene bans
Hermosa Beach will phase out all plastic straws and silverware, as well as polystyrene meat trays and certain types of balloons, by next summer. The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance at its Tuesday night meeting that would prohibit the items from being sold or distributed within Hermosa by June 30, 2020. Non-plastic, single-use alternatives, […]
Redondo ‘shuts window’ on rent gouging, evictions
The City of Redondo Beach has slammed shut a window on predatory housing practices, banning both no-fault evictions and extreme rent hikes with an urgency ordinance that will hold until new statewide renter-protection laws take effect in January. The Redondo Beach City Council unanimously passed the ordinance on Tuesday night, which was one of two […]
Redella announces retirement after 19 year career
Janet Redella is calling it a career after 19 years at the Redondo Beach Unified School District. RBUSD’s Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services announced her decision at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting. “I’m excited about the prospect of retiring…but at the same time, I’m very sad,” Redella said as she made her announcement before […]
Juvenile gray whale visits Manhattan Beach Pier
Mike Balzer was standing on the Manhattan Beach Pier last Thursday morning looking out at the ocean and silently bemoaning the lack of waves when he noticed something odd. A few hundred yards south, just beyond a standup paddler at the Surfline, the water was roiling. Something very large was surfacing. “There was this huge […]