Baywatch Community Calendar 11/14/24
Spotlight: Friday, November 15 Warren Miller, Hermosa Museum Join the Hermosa Beach Museum for the opening of a new exhibit, No Boundaries: The Life and Work of Warren Miller. This exhibit will feature photographs, art, mementos and stories from the life of Warren Miller, famed ski film maker who started his film company on Pier […]
85 and THRIVING! Manhattan Beach Photographer Evelyn Schmitt Shares Her Success Story
Who is that lady with the white hair, red jacket, Nikon camera around her neck and a big tripod who always seems to be under the Manhattan Beach Pier? Not just any senior out for a morning or afternoon jaunt, but the woman many have called “The Queen of the Pier,” an award-winning photographer who […]
ELECTION 2024: Joe Franklin, Nina Tarnay win Manhattan city council election
by Mark McDermott Joe Franklin was reelected and Nina Tarnay elected to the Manhattan Beach City Council Tuesday night, emerging first and second from a field of six candidates vying for three seats. Candidate Steve Charelian held a 550 vote lead ahead of Karen Komatninsky for the third and final seat, likely winning election, but […]
EDUCATION: MBUSD student performance rises in state tests
by Mark McDermott Every autumn the Manhattan Beach Unified School District receives what school board trustee Bruce Greenberg likes to call its “report card,” or what is more cumbersomely known as the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, a battery of standardized tests required by the state to measure how well students are learning. […]
“A Piece of My Heart: – When nurses served in Vietnam…
Battle Zone “A Piece of My Heart” on stage in Manhattan Beach by Bondo Wyszpolski The Manhattan Beach Community Church Theater should be commended for presenting a work that doesn’t merely entertain but rather induces us to reflect upon a rather painful and contentious period in our nation’s history. Based on the 1986 book of […]
Medved’s sets Manhattan Beach 10K record with first ever under 30 time
by Michael Weisberg Manhattan Beach 10K Race Director For the second consecutive year, the Manhattan Beach 10K sold out – this time 5 days before – with 4,420 participants. It was the largest field in the nearly five-decade history of the race. But the biggest record set on race day, last Saturday, was Arturs Medveds […]
Six Manhattan Beach Council candidates vie for three open seats
Manhattan Beach Council candidate Joe Franklin, Manhattan Beach Council candidate Brenda O’Leary, Manhattan Beach Council candidate Joe Marcy, Manhattan Beach Council candidate Steve Charelian, Manhattan Beach Council candidate Karen Komatinsky, and Manhattan Beach Council candidate Nina Tarnay.
Manhattan Beach Council Candidate O’Leary a finance pro
by Jefferson Graham Brenda O’Leary has been living in the South Bay for over 30 years, initially splitting a small place in Hermosa with five roommates, and then moving on to Manhattan Beach in 1991. “At the time, Manhattan Beach was the fun place to be,” she says, even with the daily commute to Century […]
Manhattan Beach Council Candidate Charelian former finace director
by Jefferson Graham After serving 35 years for the city of Manhattan Beach, most recently as its finance director, Steve Charelian only lasted a few weeks away from City Hall when he stepped down in July. “This isn’t goodbye,” he said in his last appearance before the Council. One month later, Charelian filed papers to […]
Manhattan Beach City Council Candidate Komatinsky doing the work
by Mark McDermott During candidate forums that tend to be long on verbage and short on actionable plans, Karen Komatinsky likes to remind herself of something outgoing Councilperson Steve Napolitano once advised her. “Remember,” he told her, “you’re going to govern very differently than you’re going to campaign.” This doesn’t mean Komatinsky’s campaign promises are […]
Manhattan Beach Council Candidate Franklin incumbent mayor and MB believer
by Mark McDermott Very early most mornings, when The Strand the pier are mostly isolated and the most wakeful population of Manhattan Beach are its surfers and sea birds, you will find a man with a shock of white hair walking alone along the beach, stopping every so often to pick something up, almost like […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 10-10-24
Spotlight: Skechers 16th Annual Pier to Pier Friendship Walk Registration is underway for the Skechers Friendship Walk on Sunday, October 20 at 8 a.m. Families and friends walk from Manhattan Beach Pier to Hermosa Beach Pier and back in support of the Friendship Foundation, local Education Foundations and Skechers college scholarships. The walk has raised […]
Letters to the Editor 10-10-24
Taxes for bricks Dear ER: I’m a 27-year resident of Manhattan Beach, and I am in favor of Measure RLS for our public schools. RLS is a $200 million bond measure. Unlike parcel taxes, which fund teacher’s salaries, bond measures can only be used on “bricks and mortar,” such as school facilities. RLS replaces existing […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 9-26-24
Spotlight: Oktoberfest Pier Plaza Hermosa Beach Sat., Sept. 28 and Sun., Sept. 29 Locale 90254 Octoberfest The Hermosa Chamber of Commerce brings Locale 90254 Oktoberfest back to downtown Hermosa beach. Three beer tents will offer local craft beers, music, food and games, including a stein-holding contest. Admission to the beer tents is $20. Drink tickets […]
AN AMERICAN DREAM: Beach Chinese, a local takeout food institution, closing shop after Sunday
Video by Jefferson Graham by Mark McDermott In 1989, Kim Ngo and her husband Son Dang saw an opportunity on Rosecrans Avenue. They’d arrived in the United States a decade earlier as “boat people,” a term that was popularized after media coverage showed thousands of refugees fleeing Vietnam, adrift on boats. They were flown to […]
Cardboard box with $1 million reported stolen from parent’s car in Manhattan Beach [UPDATE]
by Timothy J. Burger The victim of an alleged Friday the 13th theft of $1 million in a cardboard box from his SUV in Manhattan Beach faces continued danger from “sophisticated” criminals, his lawyer told the Easy Reader this week. He asked that the victim not be publicly identified. “At this time, there are several […]