Palos Verdes style, Jacqueline Miller Bachar’s son republishes the popular columnist’s profiles
by Elka Worner When Jacqueline Miller Bachar passed away in July 2021, her son Greg found his mother had left behind an unpublished literary legacy to help him through his mourning. What began as a personal journey through boxes of her articles, floppy disks, and yellowing drafts soon became something more profound: a labor of […]
CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Elvis, Queen, Black Flag, and heaven
by Mark McDermott Imagine a summery Sunday late afternoon in Manhattan Beach. You walk the winding path through Polliwog Park, the softening golden light anointing this idyllic scene with a just-lucky-to-be-here kind of feeling. Kids are playing on a sparkling new playground, shrieking with delight, and families are watching their dogs happily rumble through the […]
About Town Manhattan Beach
MCHS senior earns $50,000 STEM grant Mira Costa senior Maia Rocha has been awarded a $50,000 STEM grant by Chevron, recognizing her promise as a young technological innovator. Rocha, who has been coding since elementary school, developed the Doing Done productivity app. “It is a productivity app mainly focused on productivity techniques for people with […]
Interim city manager makes appearance at Hermosa Beach Police Department’s ‘WTF’ event
Steve Napolitano made his first public appearance as interim City Manager at Hermosa Beach Police Department’s ‘What the Fuzz’ event at Paisano’s Pizza on Thursday in downtown Hermosa. The event encouraged residents to express any questions or concerns over a slice of pizza. The next ‘WTF’ event has not been announced.
A Wayfarer Vision: The Iconic Chapel Rises Again
Resurrection from the rubble The dismantled Glass Chapel awaits its resurrection, with help from the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, the U.S. Coast Guard, and its many supporters. by Mark McDermott Last July, Katie Horak oversaw a project unlike anything she had ever worked on in her professional life. She had devoted over 20 years […]