El Porto residents ask for more protection after robbery
Some residents are asking the city to install cameras at points of ingress and egress, such as where Highland Avenue turns into Vista del Mar in North Manhattan Beach. Photo At the same time Teresa Lang was walking home from a friend’s house before midnight on Dec. 9, laptop in her hands, her neighbor was being held up at gunpoint outside her house on 41st Street. Lang woke up to the news the next day through a Facebook group for El Porto residents. “I could’ve easily been the victim of the crime myself,” said Lang. She started a Change.org petition that day asking the city council and Manhattan Beach Police Department to increase foot and vehicle patrols in the area “and work with community members to strengthen existing local neighborhood watch programs, in an effort to increase safety and to combat the perception of El Porto, and North Manhattan more generally, as an easy target.” As of Dec. 22, it had 283 signatures. “It felt like there was a lot of momentum in the community wanting to see action,” said Lang. “I personally don’t feel safe. I took it upon myself to create a space for people to express they don’t feel safe to our elected officials and police chief.” Police Chief…
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