A toy story: How the Beach Cities Toy Drive became a local Christmas miracle by Mark McDermott They were a bunch of old hands. Each knew the backroom byways of a world the average Mark McDermott December 22, 2025
Bay Club pool proposal proceeds, but City of Manhattan Beach also seeks estimate to build its own by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council inched closer to accepting Bay Club’s offer to build a public-serving aquatic Mark McDermott November 6, 2025
VETERANS DAY: Manhattan Beach Rotary Club’s VetFest celebrates military veterans, first responders by Mark McDermott The Rotary Club’s motto is “Service above self.” And so in 2018, when the Manhattan Beach Rotary Mark McDermott November 4, 2025
El Porto undergrounding delays discussed The plan to underground the utility and lighting wires in El Porto marked a less than happy 20th anniversary this Mark McDermott October 23, 2025
Bay Club offers to build Aquatic Center for Manhattan Beach, Council questions proposal The City of Manhattan Beach has grappled with the fact that its aquatic facility, the nearly 70 year old Begg Mark McDermott September 4, 2025
Charlotte Lesser retires after 45 years leading Neighborhood Watch On the last day of February in 1980, Charlotte Lesser saw a newspaper headline that grabbed her attention. “A Mark McDermott April 2, 2025
Wanderer of the New West: Costa alum Mark Sundeen returns with his book, Delusions + Grandeur by Mark McDermott Mark Sundeen heard the call. It was a beckoning countless others have heard across two centuries Mark McDermott March 25, 2025
In Memorium: Mira Costa student Ford Savela was “a beacon of hope” by Mark McDermott Two weeks ago on a Tuesday night, Ford Savela, his brother Chase, and another friend were on Mark McDermott January 22, 2025
Shooting the moon (and the sun): How Bo Bridges captured totality by Mark McDermott The April 8 eclipse of the sun by the moon was not on Bo Bridges radar. Mark McDermott May 8, 2024
Teacher layoffs still loom within Manhattan Beach Unified after Governor’s budget is released by Mark McDermott Governor Gavin Newsom released his proposed budget in January, and though he is attempting to spare public Mark McDermott February 1, 2024
Into the Tropic of Cancer How a wandering surfer’s search for waves resulted in one the world’s great musical festivals in a Baja Pueblo by Mark McDermott January 4, 2024
Community gathers to celebrate the life of Pat Dietz Editor’s note: Pat Dietz, the iconic co-founder of Dietz Brothers Music in Manhattan Beach, passed away June 28 after being Mark McDermott August 24, 2023
Greenberg appointed to the MBUSD school board by Mark McDermott Bruce Greenberg was appointed to the Manhattan Beach Unified School District at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon. Mark McDermott February 16, 2023
Manhattan Beach Mayor Stern launches Kindness Initiative by Mark McDermott On the morning of May 22, 2020, Maureen McBride opened up her boutique in downtown Manhattan Beach, Mark McDermott November 28, 2021
The invisible rope by Mark McDermott and Ryan McDonald A rope went up on the beach below Bruce’s Lodge on June Mark McDermott October 22, 2021
Governor Newsom signs Bruce’s Beach bill into law [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2412″ display=”masonry”]by Mark McDermott and Gavin Heaney Video by Jefferson Graham, Photos by Kevin Cody Governor Gavin Mark McDermott September 30, 2021