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By Mark McDermott The Emoji House, the duplex on 39th Street in El Porto adorned with a pair of large long-lashed would-be smiley faces, except painted with a lolling tongue and a zipper mouth instead, was put up for sale on Monday morning. The listing price is $1.75 million. The sale is being handled by…
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Susan Wieland had been away for a work conference since the end of May, but neighbors sent her the photo. Even so, upon returning to her home in the El Porto neighborhood of Manhattan Beach on the night of June 8, she wept when she actually saw her neighbor’s house. The house, a two-level…
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Mari “Marz” Fulton was an outcast punk at Mira Costa High in the late 1970s. Upon her recent death, her brother found photos she took of the seminal punk band, Descendents. Four decades after the photos were taken, the Descendents are scheduled to reunite for a performance at Saint Rocke by Steve Fulton Early…
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by Mark McDermott A state appeals court last week ruled that the City of Manhattan Beach’s ban on short-term rentals flouted California law protecting coastal access, and is not legal. A sharply worded 11-page opinion, issued by the three-judge Second District Court of Appeal panel, and authored by Justice John Shepard Wiley Jr., rejected the…
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If you are trying to start up a business or grow a brand, Instagram can be an extremely helpful method of getting your name out into the world. It is the most useful social network for social media marketing. For the most part, all you have to do is make sure you stay social, which…
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Superior Court Judge James Chalfant issued a final judgment last week that the City of Manhattan Beach’s short-term rental ban is in violation of the California Coastal Act and can no longer be enforced by the city. The judgment, issued on August 25, affirmed a proposed judgment Chalfant wrote in July and is effective…
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Superior Court Judge James Chalfant has ruled Manhattan Beach’s short-term rental ban violates the California Coastal Act and can no longer be enforced.
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A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has overturned Manhattan Beach’s ban on short-term rentals in the city’s coastal zone, ruling that the prohibition violates the California Coastal Act. Judge James C. Chalfant, presiding over a challenge to the city’s short-term rental ordinance brought to the court by Manhattan Beach resident Darby Keen, ruled that…
Read MoreSupervisor Janice Hahn responded to the Manhattan Beach City Council’s request to help local businesses reopen by this weekend with a letter to Mayor Richard Montgomery last night in which she expressed a willingness to intervene: “I too have become increasingly concerned with the stringent guidelines for businesses outlined in the Safer at Home ordinance,”…
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Creativity is also contagious Artists responding to the times we’re living through As each week passes, our resolve takes a hit or perhaps hardens, and an ongoing chronicle of our time resides in the thoughts and ideas and imagery created by our visual artists. So, with a nod to our future historians, let’s read…
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An Emoji House, an election, Mira Costa’s #metoo moment, and a few more bans Manhattan Beach prides itself on its iconic pier, beautiful beaches, superb schools, distinct neighborhoods, and its unusual combination of small-town charm and worldly sophistication. Yet in terms of global reach, the biggest story in the history of the town occurred…
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Until Google Analytics develops a moral compass, readers will need reporters and editors
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The Manhattan Beach Education Foundation has donated $6.5 million to Manhattan Beach Unified School District schools for this school year. The bulk of the funding will be dispersed in grants targeting class size reduction, counseling, and student support, music and the arts, physical education, STEM, and reading, writing and libraries, and will continue to…
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El Porto, North Manhattan Beach’s northernmost neighborhood, has been known for many things over the years: its unruly and not-so-distant history as an unincorporated area (documented by Hollywood in the movie “Blow”), its locally-famed surf break, and, of late, its world-famous Emoji House. But if you are local and you close your eyes and…
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