Cold for a cause: Dodger Chris Taylor’s CT3 Polar Plunge draws hundreds to support special needs kids and those fighting cancer by Alessandra Haddick Hundreds of people charged into 63-degree Pacific waters along the Manhattan Beach shoreline Sunday morning, February 1, Special Contributor February 10, 2026
El Porto/South Bay Boardriders contest mixes in big surf with music, and art festival Video by Blackline Video Photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) by Will Watson South Bay Boardriders Club Chad Kroeger, of the Special Contributor February 4, 2026
Signs of the time reflect local ICE outrage during Manhattan to Hermosa march [UPDATE] Video by Jefferson Graham. Photos by Kevin Cody by Kevin Cody Last March, South Bay Takes a Stand staged Jefferson Graham February 1, 2026
Beloved Manhattan Beach News stand Closes After 30 Years Video by Jefferson Graham by Mark McDermott Kay Nam stood behind the counter at Current Events on Friday afternoon, ringing Mark McDermott January 30, 2026
ICE PROTEST: South Bay Takes a Stand on the march again on The Strand by Mark McDermott For Meghan Judge, the moment came last year when ICE first arrived in Manhattan Beach. One of Mark McDermott January 29, 2026
Tin Roof: The only locally owned restaurant in Manhattan Village celebrates 15 years Independent thinkers at the Mall by Richard Foss Restaurants in malls used to have an almost parasitic relationship with the Richard Foss January 28, 2026
CITY COUNCIL: Project Pulse narrowed to parking, mixed use, open space by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council last April authorized purchase of the former U.S. Bank site in the Mark McDermott January 22, 2026
Brad’s Corner: How a man approaching the end of his life galvanized the anti-Trump protests in Manhattan Beach by Mark McDermott Brad Graverson had several reasons why he was not likely to ever participate in, much less lead, Mark McDermott January 22, 2026
Former NBA, WNBA Coach Paul Westhead gives pre game pep talk to the Mira Costa girls basketball team by Patrice Campbell The Mira Costa High Mustangs girls basketball team that showed up at Fisher Gym on Saturday for Special Contributor January 21, 2026
Sunday Mornings Standing With Brad in Manhattan Beach to protest ICE arrests In March 2025, Manhattan Beach resident and former Daily Breeze photographer Brad Graverson began bearing witness against the national ICE Kevin Cody January 18, 2026
INFRASTRUCTURE: City may add $61 million in new developer fees by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council has been grappling with an onslaught of new multifamily housing projects that Judy Rae January 15, 2026
MANHATTAN BEACH YEAR IN REVIEW 2025: Three shining stars dimmed, housing crisis hits, and MB becomes Pali South by Mark McDermott Three unfathomable losses overshadowed everything else that happened in Manhattan Beach in 2025. Ford Savela, Braun Levi, Mark McDermott January 8, 2026
INFRASTRUCTURE: Amid controversy, $28 million storm drain approved by Mark McDermott What began as a straightforward decision by the Manhattan Beach City Council to use state grant funds Mark McDermott January 5, 2026
Bob White: The man who was Manhattan Beach Bob White made Manhattan Manhattan by Kevin Cody Bob White followed a path common to Manhattan Beach’s post World War Kevin Cody January 1, 2026
Way of the Water: Szilvia Gogh’s underwater work on the Avatar movies came from her own epic life experience by Alessandra Haddick At first glance, the massive underwater world of Avatar seems galaxies away from the South Bay. But Special Contributor December 25, 2025
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