Obagi squeaks past Gran; Brand, Loewenstein, Nehrenheim cruise to victory in Redondo Beach elections
by Kevin Cody Despite leading by 75 votes, or 8 percent on election night, Redondo Beach Fourth District City Council incumbent John Gran has been unseated by challenger Zein Obagi. Obagi led by 33 votes, or just over 1 percent when City Clerk Eleanor Manzano announced, Friday afternoon, that her office had completed counting ballots […]
Nemeth, Elder and Strutzenberg win election to Redondo Beach Unified Board of Education
by Donald Morrison Rachel Silverman Nemeth, Dan Elder and Rolf Curtis Strutzenberg won election to the Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education on Friday, emerging from a field of eight candidates in what was one of the most competitive school board races in memory. The all mail-in election was held March 2, but […]
Hermosa Beach Valley Middle School to open in two weeks
by Donald Morrison Middle school in the Hermosa Beach City School District will open for in person classes on Monday, March 29, Superintendent Jason Johnson announced today. The reopening news follows an announcement yesterday, March 11, by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, that officials anticipated the County would move into the less-restrictive […]
From A Fijian Village to LACMA, via Redondo Beach
Chandra Williams did not originally dream of moving from her village in Fiji to California. The stories she had heard about the US were frightening, and she was still concerned even after moving here in 1987. A prank shortly after she arrived confirmed her worst fears. “When I was growing up I heard America was […]
The HippyTree Tale: A surf brand launched in Hermosa Beach
by Mark McDermott The crooked little trees started appearing around the South Bay early in the summer of 2005. The trees were about seven inches tall, made out of metal, and usually found in pairs hanging off power lines, much the way pairs of sneakers are sometimes thrown over power lines. They veered slightly leftward, […]
Photowalks travel series now on Tubi
By Jefferson Graham My travel photography series Photowalks just debuted on Tubi, the free TV streaming app. In the series, first hatched in Manhattan Beach from my garage, I set out to bring viewers with me to great places and show them how to get postcard-perfect photos. How many times do we travel and complain […]