Ukulele Festival – Bakithi Kumalo, of ‘Graceland’ fame, brings his U-bass to Fest
A strange little instrument somehow found its way to a house in Soweto, a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa that forms part of the city of Johannesburg, sometime in the early 1960s. The instrument was small and whimsical and virtually unknown in that part of the world. Bakithi Kumalo was only 5 […]
City urges SCOTUS review in homeless case
A brief was filed Tuesday by municipalities including Redondo Beach, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision that has prompted cities across California to stop enforcing anti-homelessness laws for fear of legal retribution. Redondo Beach, one of the earliest cities to jump on the brief, was among the 33 California cities and counties […]
Redondo Beach Police Beat
Sexual Battery On Sept. 17, at 1 p.m., Redondo Beach police were dispatched to the 500 block of South Guadalupe Avenue. The previous day, a victim reported sexual battery, describing the suspect. After being told the suspect had returned, an officer arrived and detained a man fitting the description. After the victim positively identified the […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Biden fundraises in Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach residents Dr. Sanjay Khurana and wife Mona Khurana hosted Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden at their home Wednesday afternoon for a hour-long fundraiser. Biden left through a side door without answering questions shouted out about impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. Following the Manhattan fundraiser, Biden was scheduled […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Bijou building sold The Bijou Theater building, a historic landmark in downtown Hermosa Beach, was sold last month to Newmark Knight Frank, a commercial real estate firm based in New York City, for $18 million. Newmark purchased the building — which occupies about 14,000 square feet and has about 25,000 square feet of occupancy space […]
Surf heritage – Hotdogger contest returns to Hermosa Pier
Shortly after coming in sixth in a 1965 contest held at the challenging venue of Sunset Beach, surfer Mike Doyle was asked by an announcer whether he preferred the waves of Hawaii’s North Shore, or the less threatening waves of Southern California. Doyle, who learned to surf at the Manhattan Beach Pier, said he liked […]
Mustangs trample Torrance, next up Palos Verdes
After Friday night’s destruction of West Torrance, the Mira Costa football team is now on a three-game winning streak and hungry for more. Next up for the galloping Mustangs: Palos Verdes, the traditional Bay League bully. This time the mercy rule wasn’t invoked — but it was still their second straight blow-out victory. One […]
On Local Government – John Gran’s “own goal”
Redondo Beach City Councilmember John Gran has been served with papers that begin the process of recalling him from his District 4 seat. He was “charged” with forsaking his fiduciary responsibilities by not voting for a $24,000 study to determine whether it would be more financially responsible for the City to contract its fire services […]
300 activists make Stand in the Sand
Early Saturday, hundreds of people began gathering at the beach just south of the Manhattan Beach pier. Among them were Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, senior citizens, teachers, surfers, yogis, local politicians, all sorts of people of different colors and creeds. But as they gathered closer and closer, they were directed by the calculations of […]
Have you been to Hobo Bridge in Manhattan Beach?
Who’s been here? In this episode we take a tour of what is know as Hobo Bridge in Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach Police reported that transients have been spotted under the bridge, often referred to by locals as “hobo bridge,” but there have been no reports of crime linked to the area and its transient […]