URBAN WILDLIFE – Coyote management plan altered to include trapping
by Mark McDermott The City of Manhattan Beach is prepared to trap and euthanize coyotes who behave aggressively within city limits. The City Council Tuesday night amended its Coyote Management and Response Plan to authorize the hiring of a trapper. The action was approved in a unanimous vote. Before trapping commences, however, staff will conduct […]
Hermosa Mayor’s Monthly Community Conversation and clean-up
Hermosa Beach Mayor Raymond Jackson introduces Public Works Superintendent John Cordova and thanks his crew for participating in the Mayor’s Monthly Community Conversation and Clean-up, last Saturday at South Park. After listening to a brief talk about the City’s parks, and housing master plans from Jackson and Community Development Director Carrie Tai, the two dozen […]
Almost Open
A man breaks in the new skate park on the Redondo Beach Pier Thursday afternoon, March 30. Several skateboarders used the not-yet-open, still enclosed-by-chain link fence park, skating past construction equipment. The session ended after a Redondo Beach Police Officer was seen watching from a railing above. The opening date has not been announced. Photos […]
Chinese American classics from another era
by Richard Foss The Chinese takeout container with its stylized pagoda on the side has been a symbol of fast food since shortly after that term was invented in the 1950’s. Some people have an almost Pavlovian reaction to seeing them thanks to so many childhood meals that began by opening those paper boxes to […]