MANHATTAN BEACH 2021 Year in Review: A city divided over matters of race and social justice 

by Mark McDermott  The issues of race, social justice, and pandemic policies that roiled the nation came into sharp relief in Manhattan Beach in 2021. The city grappled with a century old racist episode that took on new resonance in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and then faced renewed attention when a racist incident occurred at the Manhattan Beach pier. Meanwhile, the Manhattan Beach Unified School District came under attack from both local parents and a national far-right m