Best of the Beach 2026: Neighborhood Gym – Blue Print LA Neighborhood Gym Blue Print LA Kyle Flynn, a former safety on the San Jose State football team, opened Blueprint L.A. Mark McDermott March 16, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Auto Repair – Bothwell Automotive Auto Repair Bothwell Automotive The auto repair business runs on trust. When something goes wrong under the hood, most people Mark McDermott March 16, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Meat Market – La Venadita Meat Market La Venadita Meat Market There is a proliferation of great meat markets in the Beach Cities, and most Mark McDermott March 16, 2026
FIFA World Cup banners will be hung throughout Manhattan Beach by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council voted 4-1 at its March 3 meeting to hang FIFA World Cup Mark McDermott March 13, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Residential Listing Agent – Tiffany McGuinness Residential listing agent Tiffany McGuinness Tiffany McGuinness has won Best of the Beach for residential listing agent seven years in Mark McDermott March 13, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Commercial Listing Agent – Aurelio Mattucci Commercial Listing Agent Aurelio Mattucci When Aurelio Mattucci got the call that he’d won Best of the Beach for commercial Mark McDermott March 13, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Residential Buying Agent – Mercedes Van Pelt, Compass Residential Buying Agent Mercedes Van Pelt Compass Real Estate Mercedes Van Pelt was born at South Bay Hospital in Redondo Mark McDermott March 13, 2026
RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY: Developer takes Deep Roots name for housing project by Mark McDermott Jon Bell spent three decades building the Deep Roots name in Manhattan Beach. A developer is now Mark McDermott March 13, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Commercial Buying Agent – Mike Talbot Commercial Buying Agent Mike Talbot Mike Talbot studied real estate finance at San Diego State in the early 1970s, which Mark McDermott March 13, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Yoga Studio – Kefi Yoga Kefi Yoga Yoga Studio The Greek word kefi has no perfect English translation. It gestures toward joy, passion, the ineffable Mark McDermott March 12, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Nursery/Garden Store – Deep Roots Garden Center Nursery/Garden store Deep Roots Garden Center For 15 years, Jon Bell ran Deep Roots Garden Center out of a barn-like Mark McDermott March 12, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Hotel – Shade Hotels Hotel Shade Hotels Twenty years ago, when Shade Hotel opened its doors in downtown Manhattan Beach, it did more than Mark McDermott March 12, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Art Gallery – Bo Bridges Gallery Art Gallery Bo Bridges Gallery There is a movie poster hanging in Bo Bridges’ downtown Manhattan Beach gallery that tells Mark McDermott March 12, 2026
Best of the Beach 2026: Wine Store – Uncorked Wine Store Uncorked Jeff Bonafede will be the first to tell you that the retail wine business is a lousy Mark McDermott March 12, 2026
PUBLIC SAFETY: Chevron fire spurs changes in emergency communication by Mark McDermott Shockwaves reverberated across Manhattan Beach on the night of October 2 as explosions and huge leaping flames Mark McDermott March 5, 2026
Into the Wild Blue: Eric and Dawn Martin are leaving for Alaska. But their legacy will live on at the Roundhouse Aquarium by Lynne Schafer Gross and Mark McDermott One day circa 1970, a boy in El Segundo looked up at a Mark McDermott March 5, 2026