Redondo Beach election coverage [LIVE]
9:48 p.m. Vote by mail results have been counted and tallied for the following precincts. (There are two precincts per district and five districts.) These are unofficial results, as walked-in absentee ballots and provisional ballots will not be counted until 2 p.m. Monday. Candidates are listed below, followed by the number of total absentee votes […]
Hermosa Beach seeks local artists for competition
Artists across the town are being called to use their skills to help create the new Fiesta Hermosa logo. The Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau will be using the winning logo on event banners, T-shirts and other Fiesta material. “We wanted to open it up for artists to submit their interpretations of […]
Driver in Manhattan Beach motorcycle crash charged with vehicular manslaughter
The driver involved in the collision that resulted in a Hermosa Beach motorcyclist’s death last November has been charged with vehicular manslaughter. Stephen Lee, 39, of Blauvelt, New York, surrendered himself to the Manhattan Beach Police Department on Feb. 28 after an arrest warrant was issued two days prior. He was booked and released, […]
Runners celebrate St. Patrick’s Day early
It may have been two weeks away, but St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated Sunday by more than 1,500 runners/walkers who participated in the annual 5K race hosted by Village Runner and sponsored by Hennessey’s. Eulogio Rodriguez, 29, of Whittier won the race with a time of 15 minutes, four seconds. Jon Megeff, 49, of Rancho […]
Dead Ball Era comes to life at Suzy’s in Hermosa Beach
Dead Ball Era – and we’ll get to the origins of that name shortly – is a three-piece band that’s been together longer than they’ve been on this planet. How did Alex Strahle, Jack Strahle, and Blake Russell pull that off? Well, as Blake explains, “We’ve known each other all our lives – and our […]
The secret is out: there is nothing else quite like Rice in the South Bay
There is a great deal of interest in finding restaurants that might be characterized as “best kept secrets.” When I did a search on the internet, that phrase along with “Los Angeles Restaurants” got a mind-boggling 2,590,000 hits. I assume that the owner of Rice considered higher profile locations before deciding on the small […]