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Silent sea: UC Santa Barbara scientist locates thousands of DDT-filled barrels in Catalina Channel
Palos Verdes

Silent sea: UC Santa Barbara scientist locates thousands of DDT-filled barrels in Catalina Channel

by Donald Morrison Peninsula residents have grown up seeing “Do Not Eat Contaminated Fish” signs at local piers and beaches. The signs warn against catching and eating White Croaker, Black Croaker, Barred Sand Bass, Topsmelt and Barracuda.  The signs trace back to the period between 1947 and 1982 when Montrose Chemical Corporation of California, in […]

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Hermosa Beach Valley Middle School to open in two weeks
Hermosa Beach

Hermosa Beach Valley Middle School to open in two weeks

by Donald Morrison Middle school in the Hermosa Beach City School District will open for in person classes on Monday, March 29, Superintendent Jason Johnson announced today.  The reopening news follows an announcement yesterday, March 11, by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, that officials anticipated the County would move into the less-restrictive […]

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MBPD officer charged with sexting to teen
Manhattan Beach

MBPD officer charged with sexting to teen

by Donald Morrison A Manhattan Beach Police Department officer was charged on Feb. 25 with sending sexually explicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl.  Officer John Cheatham, 33, allegedly met the underaged victim while she was at the MBPD station to report a crime, in 2019. He’s accused of sending her sexually suggestive messages through […]

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Sixth graders are back to school, others soon to follow
Redondo Beach

Sixth graders are back to school, others soon to follow

by Donald Morrison Sixth graders in the Redondo Unified School District returned to in person classes for two days a week on Wednesday, March 10, in a hybrid learning model with limited classroom sizes.  To comply with guidelines set by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, sixth grade students were broken up into […]

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Hero Quilts presented to South Bay Vietnam Vets
Manhattan Beach

Hero Quilts presented to South Bay Vietnam Vets

by Donald Morrison Only one thing comforted Lieutenant Daniel Massey after he was injured while serving in Iraq. It was 2009, and he’d been left temporarily paralyzed from injuries sustained during a mortar blast in Basra. He wasn’t sure if he’d ever walk again.  “I came back from one of my procedures and on my […]

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Redondo third, fourth, fifth graders returning to campus
Redondo Beach

Redondo third, fourth, fifth graders returning to campus

by Donald Morrison Redondo Beach Unified School District third, fourth and fifth graders are on track to return to school by March 2, in two groups, with sixth graders quickly to follow, according to a plan reviewed by the school board during its Wednesday Zoom meeting. On Monday, Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office announced that Los […]

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Redondo School Board candidates look past the pandemic
Education

Redondo School Board candidates look past the pandemic

by Donald Morrison Debate surrounding the reopening of Redondo Beach schools has fueled unprecedented interest among voters in the upcoming Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education election, on Tuesday, March 2. The RBUSD has three open seats being sought by eight candidates. Incumbents Brad Serkin, Michael Christensen and Brad Waller are not seeking […]

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