Beloved music teacher Pat Dietz dead in accident
by Jefferson Graham Pat Dietz, who with his brother John has run Dietz Brothers music shop in Manhattan Beach since 1976, died heroically Wednesday in a tragic accident in Torrance. Dietz and 16-year-old grandson Charlie were visiting a Torrance bookstore when a driver lost control of the vehicle and started heading towards the pair as […]
MB Historical museum hosts Catalina Classic history talk
by Sofia Williams Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race Director Francziska Steagall presented a history of the race to the Manhattan Beach Historical Society at its Saturday, June 24 meeting. Steagall noted that local land traditions receive widespread attention, but “there’s so much going on in the ocean that people don’t know about.” The first Catalina to […]
About Town Redondo: Sea Lion advisory, breakwater work, pallet shelter thank-you
Breakwater to receive maintenance work Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand, City Councilman Todd Loewenstein and city staff walked the King Harbor breakwater June 9 with representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers in preparation for a $10 million project to address storm damage. The Army Corps is expected to deliver a report on the repairs […]