Two loaded guns at high school in two days; district reacts
by Garth Meyer On back-to-back days, Monday and Tuesday at Redondo Union High School, students were arrested for taking a loaded handgun to school. The campus was closed Wednesday for a K-9 sweep for weapons and explosives and a review of law enforcement protocol. District administrators and police announced plans for new security measures when […]
Sand Berm sleding returns to Hermosa
PUBLIC SAFETY: City unveils new Fire Station 2
by Mark McDeermott and Elka Worner The City of Manhattan Beach took special pride in unveiling its newly constructed MBFD Fire Station 2 last Wednesday. The $9.1 million, state-of-the-art facility replaced a nearly 70-year-old outdated fire station. The new facility’s ribbon cutting was the culmination of a nearly seven year effort that came to financial […]
CITY COUNCIL: Mira Costa students argue for Juneteenth event
by Mark McDermott The City Council deferred a decision Tuesday night on whether to go ahead with a Juneteenth event at Bruce’s Beach Park, but expressed support for a small celebration of the new national holiday at the park and a larger, festival-like gathering at Polliwog Park on June 22. Juneteenth, officially known as Juneteenth […]
Where the camera is king: three photography exhibits
Fine art photography, three exhibitions “Arthur Tress: Rambles, Dreams, and Shadows,” plus “Sheila Metzner: From Life,” and Peter Fetterman’s “The Power of Photography” by Bondo Wyszpolski In the earlier part of his career, New York-based Arthur Tress felt that the reason contemporary photography often failed to move us personally was because it didn’t “touch upon […]