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Sandpipers host 27th Annual Holiday Home Tour
The 27th Annual Sandpipers Holiday Homes Tour, featuring four stunning homes made more stunning by local holiday home designers takes place this Friday through Sunday in Manhattan Beach. The tour will benefit local charities and families in need of emergency financial assistance. Tour hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, […]
Manhattan Beach Police Beat
International drug bust Manhattan Beach Police Department Detective Don Brown was recently recognized at the White House, where he received the 2018 Land Interdiction and Apprehension Award. The City Council recognized Brown at this week’s meeting. Brown was assigned to a regional police effort to combat drug trafficking, called the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Blankets of Love Blankets of Love, a local non-profit that makes and delivers blankets to children in need, this month celebrated its 2,000th blanket. The group was recognized at City Council on Tuesday. Founder Cyndi Strand launched the effort in 2016 following the death of her son, Justin, to opioid overdoses. Justin was a Mira […]
Manhattan Beach Sandpipers Holiday Home Tour features four homes stunningly decorated by local designers
The 27th Annual Sandpipers Holiday Homes Tour, featuring four stunning homes made more stunning by local holiday home designers takes place this Friday through Sunday in Manhattan Beach.
Beach Wheels: BMW’s X2 M35i delivers sports performance, everyday utility
The BMW X2 M35i is one of those rare vehicles that actually delivers sports performance quality and everyday utility. While other manufacturers claim their cars have cornered that state of vehicular bliss, BMW actually delivers it.
EIR for desal project approved
by Ryan McDonald An ocean water desalination project that has been opposed by all three Beach Cities moved closer to reality Monday when the regional water district voted to approve key planning documents for the project. The West Basin Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors voted 4-1 to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report for […]
Slackstring rides again
by Mark McDermott Gavin Heaney was in his second year at Mira Costa High School and still a little bit jittery about the whole social situation when a tall pink-haired guy approached him one day in the fall of 1993. “Hey,” the kid said. “I hear you play bass. Do you want to be in […]
Hall of Fame inductees Rogers, Kessy pay tribute to mentors
by Kevin Cody In the summer of 1930, Paul “Pablo” Johnson grew tired of waiting for 12 players to show up for a six on six beach volleyball game at the Santa Monica Beach Club. So, he proposed to the four who had shown up that they play two on two. That game An onscreen […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
New undergrounding district is formed The City Council unanimously approved the formation of a new utility undergrounding district Tuesday night after petitions were submitted from residents indicating that over 50 percent favored the district. District 4 will now go to an official vote throughout the neighborhood, which consists of 167 parcels located between Valley Drive, […]
Word on the Street: Gelson’s anniversary, King’s mural, Brews Hall, Exer Urgent Care open
Word on the Street: Gelson’s annivesrary, King’s mural, openings of Brews Hall, Exer Urgent Car.
Community honors veterans
by Mark McDermott The 22nd annual Veteran’s Day Intergenerational Event lived up to its name Monday. Cub Scout Troop #275 led the Pledge of Allegiance. The Manhattan Beach Middle School choir sang the Star-Spangled Banner. The MBPD Color Guard conducted a solemn Presentation of the Colors. Three Girl Scouts who have attended the ceremony 10 […]
Juvenile gray whale visits Manhattan Beach Pier
by Mark McDermott Mike Balzer was standing on the Manhattan Beach Pier last Thursday morning looking out at the ocean and silently bemoaning the lack of waves when he noticed something odd. A few hundred yards south, just beyond a standup paddler at the Surfline, the water was roiling. Something very large was surfacing. “There […]
Jannie Kouri honored as Manhattan Legend
by Kevin Cody Almost all of the honorees at the 7th Annual Best of Manhattan Awards dinner recounted overcoming career challenges. Pages co-founder Linda McLoughlin, winner of the Shop MB Award, recalled opening her bookstore at the height of the recession, during the ascendancy of Amazon. Yoga Loft co-founders Justin Randolph and Greg Cicchino, winners […]
A new storefront in Manhattan Beach offers an antidote to plastic pollution
The Waste Less Shop helps you save the planet one pour at a time by Mark McDermott Stephanie Cochrane’s head was in the clouds. She was alone, backpacking north through the Sagarmāthā Valley in Nepal, on a 13-day trek to the Mount Everest Base Camp, and at the very beginning of a three-month journey through […]
Gray Whale visits students at Manhattan Beach Pier Roundhouse Aquarium
Students visiting the Roundhouse Aquarium at the end of the Manhattan Beach pier this morning received an unexpected visit from a baby humpback whale.