Hermosa Beach’s Tattu was model for the California Beach lifestyle
by Kevin Cody In a 1970s Newsweek photo accompanying an article about California beach culture, a teenage Vinnie Tattu skateboards on The Strand, wearing sunglasses, and a purple and yellow wetsuit, carrying a surfboard, and being towed by his dog Tattu was a model, but he was playing himself in the Newsweek photo. He grew […]
New Power Trio: Lamkin, Stroman honored for business advocacy in pandemic, Villareal heads North MB
by Mark McDermott Nobody had any plan for this. Almost exactly 18 months ago, nearly every business in Manhattan Beach was shut down. Kelly Stroman, the president and CEO of the MB Chamber of Commerce, remembers sitting down with her one full time employee, Carolina Dorado, and addressing a single simple question: what do we […]
Another surge in the ICU: the Delta variant “hunts” the unvaccinated population
by Mark McDermott When the wall came down in the ICU at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, a small group of nurses, doctors, and technicians danced in jubilation. It was May 21, and to this exhausted crew of health care workers, it felt like the pandemic’s end was finally in sight. “We are […]