Manhattan Beach school enrollment down 8 percent due to pandemic Manhattan Beach public schools enrollment fell 8 percent from last year, from 6,524 students to 6,031. Kevin Cody January 28, 2021
Letters to the Editor 1-27-21 Zoom out a doom out Dear ER: The Board of Education is a volunteer position that demands countless hours Special Contributor January 28, 2021
Vaccinate Teachers Before Requiring Them to Return By Elaine Maimon Philadelphia and Chicago teachers are being pressured to return to face-to-face instruction. Before that can happen, teachers Easy Reader Staff January 24, 2021
Redondo High’s Ziegler is ‘Yearbook Adviser of the Year’ When Mitch Ziegler was offered a job teaching English at Redondo Union High School, in the fall of 1990, it Rachel Reeves January 23, 2021
MBEF annual fundraising drive stalls as deadline approaches by Mark McDermott Every parent, student, and educator in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District has likely, at some point Easy Reader Staff January 21, 2021
Freewriting – a Great Way to Improve Your Creativity Creativity in writing is the skill that every person needs. From completing a home assignment on one of the narrative Kevin Cody January 20, 2021
How to Write Problem and Solution Essay Problem and solution essays are not the most common type of writing assignment given to today’s students, but they have Kevin Cody January 20, 2021
Return home inspires plan for Redondo Beach community garden Brianna Egan had to leave Redondo Beach to realize some things about her beloved home city: the general lack of Easy Reader Staff January 15, 2021
New HBCSD superintendent met by COVID, back to school challenges Jason Johnson became Superintendent of the Hermosa Beach City School District on July 1, as coronavirus caseloads were increasing in Easy Reader Staff January 9, 2021
Manhattan Beach an improbable focal point for protests in 2020 The pandemic in Manhattan Beach was met with an uneasy mixture of community cooperation and outright defiance in a year in which the city’s conflicts would mirror the nation’s. Easy Reader Staff December 31, 2020
New HBPD contract to attract recruits Around the beginning of the year, Hermosa Beach residents received a mailer featuring a balaclava-clad bad guy, headlined “2019 was Easy Reader Staff December 31, 2020
Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo beaches were battleground in pandemic In late March, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health closed The Strand, the bike path and Easy Reader Staff December 31, 2020
Youth-led coalition addresses mental health in a pandemic Members of Beach Cities Health District’s Youth Advisory Council attended the district’s coalition kickoff last year. Photo courtesy of Beach Easy Reader Staff December 28, 2020
Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Hermosa Beach breaks ground, breaks tradition with Robert Kerr design Design for Our Lady of Guadalupe School’s new arts and STEM building is more Strand home than staid school. Kevin Cody December 24, 2020
Beached party: Beach Cities Republican numbers tumble over Trump When newly elected Congressman Steve Kuykendall arrived in Washington, D.C. in January 1999, the Palos Verdes Republican made a point Ryan McDonald December 24, 2020
Redondo’s off-year elections draw crowded fields for council, schools Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand will face three challengers in the March 2 city election. The election will also see Easy Reader Staff December 18, 2020