Athens says 50 percent trash hauling increase still a deal
by Kevin Cody The Hermosa Beach City Council voted 3-2 at its Tuesday, May 10 meeting, to enter negotiations with Athens Services to extend the company’s trash hauling and street sweeping contract for up to 10 years. The two contracts are scheduled to expire in June 2023. New contract proposals presented by Athens call for […]
Seeing results, city attorney Mike Webb wants more help for Redondo homeless program
by Garth Meyer With progress made in reducing homelessness in Redondo Beach, City Attorney Mike Webb is asking for three items in the next city budget to further the work. Webb and staff members made a presentation May 10 to the city council before June budget talks. Recommendations were to hire a full-time mental health […]
BeachLifer – Local notes from the festival
by Gavin Heaney Coming of age surfing the south side of the Manhattan Beach pier, I wished The Grateful Dead would perform at the Roundhouse while I pulled into translucent tubes. I wanted to live in a Rick Griffin rock poster. I moved only for the wild twisting transportive thrill of riding waves and improvised […]
Three possibilities shape up for education at Redondo’s King Harbor
by Garth Meyer A plan to add an educational piece to King Harbor amenities moved ahead last week with presentations by two more organizations who want to be part of it. Each spoke to the Harbor Commission May 9. Waterfront Education, founded in the harbor in 2012, now works out of a back bungalow of […]
Pizza and sports essentials Pizza Coast Hiway in Redondo
I am often confused by acronyms because the same letters can mean so many things. When a chef mentioned he used to work for the CIA I thought he was a spy until I realized that he meant the Culinary Institute of America. That said, the people who named the former Charlie’s “Pizza Coast Hiway” […]