Obituary for a goat, battling chickens, wine dinners, and other dining news

The Goat Is Dead: The Goat Hill mall on PCH had a long and storied career, beginning when it was actually a goat farm owned by an irascible Scottish lady named Mrs. Auchmoody. She won LA County Fair awards in the 1920’s but was notoriously bad-tempered and prone to suing her neighbors. The Goat Hill […]

Redondo Waterfront plan includes boat launch

by Garth Meyer Plans to revitalize the Redondo waterfront came into sharper focus Monday night, Sept. 12, in a six-hour Harbor Commission review of a nearly final report from city consultants SWA Group.  The projected construction cost, across five mainly recreational areas, is $106,994,328.  This includes $16 million for the Sportfishing Pier, $20 million for […]

District Four city council candidate Tonya McKenzie revealed to have tax lien

by Garth Meyer District Four city council candidate Tonya McKenzie has an IRS tax lien against her and her husband for $63,186.  The lien was filed with the L.A. County Recorder’s Office in 2016 for unpaid personal income taxes, covering the years 2009 to 2014. A copy of the IRS lien was posted on local […]

Americana Beauty – BeachLife Ranch brings it all back home

by Gavin Heaney Photos by JP Cordero/BeachLife Production & Mike Balzer I have listened to Johnny Cash nearly my whole life and for some reason, it never occurred to me he was country. His voice was so plainly original that I never thought of it as pertaining to any particular genre, it just sounded great. […]

MBUSD Candidates Forum at Mira Costa

  Manhattan Beach School board incumbent Jen Fenton, and challengers Wysh Weinstein, and  Tina Shivpuri participated in an hour and a half long forum Wednesday night at the Mira Costa Small Theater. The three are contending for three open school board seats, along with three other candidates who chose not to participate in the forum. […]