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Manhattan Beach About Town
Class of 2018 The Mira Costa High School Class of 2018 celebrated graduation Friday night, pictured above, while teachers James Locke, Tim Piper, Shawn Chen, and Amber Dixon celebrated the departing seniors. Photos courtesy Mira Costa High School.
Foil Surfing Floats on in Manhattan Beach
Foiling is the latest craze in the surfing world, but safety risks have some worried. Can its adherents save it?
Beach school – Yes on MB celebration
The Parcel tax ballot measure on the June 5th 2018 Election
MBUSD recognizes teachers of the year
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach Unified School District recognized its Teachers of the Year at last Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting, an annual ceremony that took on deeper resonance at the end of a school year that began with the tragic loss of one of the district’s brightest young stars. The night ranged in […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Wine Auction sets new record The 24th Annual Manhattan Beach Wine Auction, the signature event for the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation, set a new record on Saturday, hosting a sold-out crowd of 2,000 and raising $1.3 million for local schools. Guests enjoyed culinary delights from over 40 local restaurants and beverages served by more than […]
South Bay Promise Offers free first year for El Camino students
by Kevin Cody “The roots of knowledge are bitter, but the fruits are sweet,” State Senator Ben Allen told 130 educators and elected officials at a luncheon hosted by El Camino College on May 11. The quote is from Aristotle. “I learned it from my father, a UCLA professor of Neoplatonism,” said Allen, whose 26th […]
Team effort, keyed by a Good Samaritan, saves a man’s life in El Porto parking lot
by Mark McDermott Matt Donatucci arrived at the beach at Rosecrans at 7 a.m. on the morning of May 12 because he wanted to play volleyball for free. If Donatucci wasn’t a cash-strapped student, Jeff DeCoste would have died that morning. Donatucci is a 19-year-old Manhattan Beach native who is studying psychology at El Camino […]
Librarian Melissa McCollum departs for El Segundo library
by Mark McDermott More has changed at the Manhattan Beach Library over the last few years than the transformation of the building, itself, from a one-room, fluorescent-lit relic into a multi-level, sunlit 21,500 sq. ft. architectural wonder. The library has become an attraction, and not just because of the building, but what began to happen […]
Manhattan Beach voters approve parcel tax to fund schools
Measure MB, a $225-a-year parcel tax intended to give the Manhattan Beach Unified School District a stable, local source of funds, was approved by voters Tuesday night.
Manhattan Beach About Town
Book sale The Manhattan Beach Library will host a books sale Saturday featuring books on art, cooking, history, biography, gardening, decorating, crafts, self-help, science, travel, classic as well as textbooks. Prices start at 50 cents with most only $1. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Manhattan Beach Library, 1320 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach. Proceeds pay for […]
Pinewood Derby rolls on
Editor’s note: The Pinewood Derby celebrated its 65th year on Memorial Day at the Jocelyn Community Center. Below is an investigation into the history of the event and its local origin published in the Easy Reader on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 2003. by Jerry Roberts When the police investigate the Cub Scouts […]
Parcel tax ballot measure heads to Manhattan Beach voters
by Mark McDermott Measure MB, a proposed $225 parcel tax, will come before voters Tuesday in an election Manhattan Beach Unified School District leaders and supporters believe will determine whether or not the district can stave off teacher layoffs. The proposed per-parcel tax would generate $2.65 million annually and expire after six years. The Board […]
LA Times/Manhattan Beach Food Bowl cool in every way
The LA Times Sustainable Seafood dinner on the sand in Manhattan Beach was a logistical, educational and culinary success.
LOVE mural again rejected due to Manhattan Beach pier location requirement
by Mark McDermott Loves me, loves me not: the months-long saga of the proposed loan of the iconic LOVE sculpture came to a likely end after a topsy-turvy affair in which the Manhattan Beach City Council rejected the sculpture, then accepted it, and finally rejected it again Tuesday night. It’s not about you, a […]