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Baran’s 2239, Tower 12, Rabano’s, and a re-energized “modern old school” Bottle Inn are the latest examples of new beach city restaurants experiencing tremendous success. More are coming. Radici, Decadence, Serve Kitchen, Sister’s Barn, and Gabi are all in various stages of development and will contribute unique offerings to our evolving dining scene.…
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One week following the festivities of graduating from Mira Costa High School, Sunny Villapando continued to celebrate when she kicked off the summer with a second-place finish in the high school division of the Queen of the Beach Invitational beach volleyball tournament Sunday in Hermosa Beach. “Finishing second was an incredible experience,” said Villapando,…
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The last two meetings of the Redondo Beach Planning Commission have dealt, in large part, with a concern that much of California has faced since voters passed Proposition 64 last November: What are we going to do about cannabis? On May 18, after hours of public comment and deliberation over two meetings, the Commission reached…
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Mira Costa’s girls beach volleyball team increased its winning streak to 71 matches with two sweeps at the first Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League State Championship held Saturday at Metro Beach Center in Chatsworth. Winning the inaugural State Championship put an exclamation point on a season dominated by the Mira Costa team. [See last week’s Easy…
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Mira Costa’s girls beach volleyball team seeks to add its streak of 69 straight victories and five Southern Pacific titles with an historic first State Championship In 2011, when Gino Grajeda envisioned the possibility of having beach volleyball competition for high school girls, Mira Costa High School was an instant selection to be…
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Best New Car Dealer: Manhattan Beach Toyota
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The Hermosa Beach City School District adopted the academic calendar for the 2017-18 school year last week, with school board members forced to make difficult choices about vacation time for district families and conflicts with summer school. School board members had to choose between two potential calendars. Although both options had a school start date…
Read MoreAfter months of deliberation, the Hermosa Beach school board decided Monday night that it is not yet ready to put a school bond measure on the ballot in November. Instead, the board will do more public outreach and decide whether to put a bond measure to voters in June or November of next year.
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Going through someone’s trash is generally frowned upon as a delinquent, disruptive practice. But, as the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
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Spotlight: Saturday, April 5 Art show exhibit Bernard Fallon at ER A solo exhibit featuring the works of Bernard Fallon. Bernard Fallon was born in Liverpool and attended the Liverpool School of Art. This was followed by a post-grad at the Leicester Polytechnic School of Photography. He now lives in Redondo Beach, where he paints…
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Alta Vista tennis in a pickle Dear ER: As a 40-year resident and homeowner in Redondo Beach, and an active member of Alta Vista Tennis Community I support the expansion of pickleball courts, but not at the expense of tennis courts at Alta Vista. We need additional tennis courts at Alta Vista, not fewer. The…
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by Mark McDermott Tyler Morant saw something he’d never seen before shortly after arriving in Manhattan Beach 14 years ago. As he works on behalf of the Yes on MB campaign, that image often comes to mind. It was a large group of kids, accompanied by a few parents, walking to Grandview Elementary School together…
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by Mark McDermott Mayor Bill Brand knew the finish line was approaching. He’d had a frank conversation with a palliative care doctor not long after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in both his brain and lungs. Brand was an engineer and thought like one, both in his unlikely political career and in his approach…
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by Hibah Samad The Manhattan Beach Unified School District anticipates reducing expenditures by nearly $11.3 million over the next two years. On January 10, Governor Gavin Newsom released his proposed budget, kicking off the state’s six-month budget process. “While there is a long way to go before MBUSD has an approved state budget for the…
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by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach Unified School District will need to lay off as many as 60 employees over the next two years due to an anticipated cut to the district’s already drastically lower-than-average state funding. MBUSD Deputy Superintendent Dawnalyn Murakawa-Leopard gave the Board of Education an interim budget report at last week’s meeting…
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Blue belt for men/women in blue Dear ER This is great (“Hermosa police train in martial arts,” ER November 16, 2023). Every law enforcement officer should be required to have at least a blue belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu. I guarantee you will see a huge decline in excessive use of force complaints. Kyle Thompson…
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