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Editor’s note: Dr. Sircar is an infectious disease specialist who spent the last two decades working internationally, including work with the Center for Disease Control fighting Ebola in Africa. She returned to the South Bay to be with family just before the pandemic arrived. She works at three area hospitals and a clinic. […]
The only thing consistent about Jared Goff and the Rams is their utterly frustrating inconsistency. And it always seems to come down to one question: can Goff limit his costly mistakes? This time, he couldn’t. And not even Coach Sean McVay, usually so protective of the quarterback he transformed from dud to stud three years […]
Vanessa Poster, who was recently elected to her sixth four-year term on the Beach Cities Health District board, has been meticulous about avoiding COVID-19. Her father David, who is 93, lives with her and her husband Johnny in Redondo Beach. “We’ve been in a bubble,” Poster said over the phone, several days after contracting […]
In the penultimate chapter of Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesburg, Ohio,” the newspaper reporter George Willard is preparing to leave the village where he grew up for the big city. He spends the day walking through the county fair, alone amid the crowd and increasingly conscious of the stakes of getting older. He has reached […]
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to name Suzanne Hadley mayor of Manhattan Beach. The vote followed two weeks of intense citywide debate and included voluminous public input for and against Hadley’s ascension to mayor, a position that for the last 42 years has rotated automatically every nine months. Things were far from […]
Nearly a month after polls closed, Joe Franklin finally won election to the Manhattan Beach City Council, winning the third open seat to join reelected incumbents Steve Napolitano and Richard Montgomery. The lengthy process, which resulted from the unusually large numbers of mail-in votes, created a topsy-turvy end to the council race. Candidate […]
Great Blue Heron on The Esplanade I go to the Redondo Beach Esplanade most mornings to photograph dolphins. During an early October morning this handsome fellow swooped right in front of me, landed on a building for a minute and took off. I was lucky enough to have my camera ready and capture him as […]
The Hermosa Beach City School District has received permission to reopen its transitional kindergarten through second grade classes, under a waiver from the Los Angeles County Department of Health, Schools Superintendent Jason Johnson said this week. “We’re shooting for [Dec. 14] the week before the break.,” he said, “But if necessary it will be the […]
Beach Wheels Recently, I had the chance to test drive Cadillac’s XT5 sport utility vehicle and came away with an appreciation for both its quality and performance. Mind you, while this is no rock climber, it is an exceptionally comfortable and capable crossover five-person SUV that is perfect for the city and the suburbs. […]
Choosing an affordable rental property in California is not always easy. You may be set on moving to a particular city but cannot find a home that suits your needs. Often, people end up choosing properties with imperfections since it can be the only option they can comfortably afford. If this sounds like you then […]
Bumps in the road Dear ER: I’d like to thank the person who took it upon themself to place small speed bumps at the widely-ignored stop signs at the end of our walk street on 4th and Crest and I wonder why the city, the following day, tasked a crew to remove those glued-down speed […]