Mb mayors Incoming Mayor Joe Franklin and outgoing Mayor David Lesser. Photo by Jefferson Graham IF ROOM: Mb franklins Mayor
Mark McDermott
June 1, 2026
Mb mayors Incoming Mayor Joe Franklin and outgoing Mayor David Lesser. Photo by Jefferson Graham IF ROOM: Mb franklins Mayor
The famous phrase is about the loneliness of the long distance runner, but sprinters, hurdlers and pole vaulters tend to
Last year’s Mira Costa High School Boys Volleyball squad was a hard act to follow. Not only was that Mustang
Across two days last weekend, Mira Costa High School won four CIF Southern Section championships. The boys volleyball team swept
by Mark McDermott Any early evening on a late spring day in Manhattan Beach is already a wonder to behold.
The Manhattan Beach Education Foundation has awarded $7,636,400 in grants to the Manhattan Beach Unified School District for 2026-27, the
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board of Education, in deliberations that began in early February and finalized at
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District held a standing-room-only budget workshop last Thursday morning. The rain pouring down outside did
by Mark McDermott They were a bunch of old hands. Each knew the backroom byways of a world the average
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council inched closer to accepting Bay Club’s offer to build a public-serving aquatic
by Mark McDermott The Rotary Club’s motto is “Service above self.” And so in 2018, when the Manhattan Beach Rotary
The plan to underground the utility and lighting wires in El Porto marked a less than happy 20th anniversary this
The City of Manhattan Beach has grappled with the fact that its aquatic facility, the nearly 70 year old Begg
On the last day of February in 1980, Charlotte Lesser saw a newspaper headline that grabbed her attention. “A
by Mark McDermott Mark Sundeen heard the call. It was a beckoning countless others have heard across two centuries
by Mark McDermott Two weeks ago on a Tuesday night, Ford Savela, his brother Chase, and another friend were on
