Manhattan Beach will require employee vaccinations
by Mark McDermott City of Manhattan Beach employees will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or a valid exemption, by December 1 as a new condition of employment. The City Council approved the policy Tuesday night in a 4-1 vote. Councilperson Richard Montgomery and Steve Napolitano brought the matter to the council due […]
Manhattan Beach Police chief recalls September 11 at memorial
by Garth Meyer A woman walked up in an American Airlines flight attendant’s uniform. A young man stood in a Pat Tillman Rose Bowl jersey with a two-year-old at his shoulder. A nine-year-old girl touched a steel girder that stood at the World Trade Center until Sept. 11, 2001. They were all part of a […]
Copper Pot brings Southern India flavors to Redondo Beach
I like it when restaurants display symbols of culinary culture. The images of village markets laden with exotic produce, bakers proudly holding fresh loaves, grandmothers stirring pots over wood fires, and families at the table are more than mere decoration. It’s a reminder that these recipes are the legacy of countless generations of loving experimentation […]
Redondo Beach About Town: Rides, Rods and Relics, Police beat
17th Annual Rides, Rods and Relics car show The 17th Annual Rides, Rods and Relics car show takes place this Sunday, Sept. 26 at the Redondo Beach pier. The show, which is curated by retired Redondo Councilman and Fire Chief Pat Aust, takes place over the water on the horseshoe pier. 9:30 to 3 p.m. […]
Redondo Beach quietly marks 20th anniversary of September 11
by Garth Meyer A small crowd gathered last Saturday for an unpublicized Sept. 11 memorial outside Redondo Beach city hall, including a group from the Harbor Area Model A Club. The event was organized by Leadership Redondo, a Chamber of Commerce program whose 2007 class arranged for the city’s Sept. 11 installation, containing a piece […]
Redondo Beach High School principal Bridi meets students
by Garth Meyer He never knew his own high school principal, and now he wants to be the high school principal whom all his students know. Anthony Bridi, Redondo Union High School’s new principal, intends to learn the name of every student before they graduate. But first they needed to come back to campus, which […]
“The Auschwitz Report” – To ignore is to repeat [MOVIE REVIEW]
Opening on Santayana’s famous quote: “Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it,” director Peter Bebjak tells a story of horror and bravery that is now all too familiar. The setting is April 1944 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland close to the border of Czechoslovakia (now divided into the […]