Manhattan Beach Unified School District will fully reopen schools for in-person instruction

by Mark McDermott  The Manhattan Beach Unified School District will fully reopen classrooms on all of its campuses for in-person instruction by April 19 after negotiations with its teachers’ union were successfully completed this week. All elementary, middle, and high school students will be invited to return for five days a week in-person instruction.  Superintendent […]

LA County moves towards reparations for Bruce’s Beach

Embarrassment. That was Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s reaction last year when she first heard the history of Bruce’s Beach, in which a Black-owned resort was taken by force from a family by the City of Manhattan Beach in 1924 after suffering a decade of violence-tinged harassment from the Ku Klux Klan and other […]

Calendar: 4-1-2021: Roundhouse Aquarium reopens

Roundhouse reopens, and continues online  April Earth month celebrations scheduled This Saturday, April 3, the Roundhouse Aquarium Teach Center at the end of the Manhattan Beach pier will reopen. The number of guests will be limited and reservations are required, though walkins, space permitting. The hours are 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. […]

All Ball Sports: Bruins brewing; Help Me Rondo; Mustangs, Sea Hawks down

by Paul Teetor From the First Four to the Final Four. That was the highway to heaven that UCLA traveled on its five-game March Madness journey, and the trip ain’t over yet. The Bruins are moving on to Saturday’s national NCAA semifinals after a pulsating, heart-stopping finish to their 51-49 Elite Eight victory over top-seeded […]