Porta potties substitute for Opening Day
by Elka Worner After a yearlong delay, construction has resumed on a new restroom at Clark Field, but the project will not be completed, as had been anticipated, in time for the Hermosa Little League opening day on Saturday. “Our players, their families and friends have been anxiously awaiting the completion of the bathroom at […]
Mustang boys, Sea Hawks girls advance to CIF second round
by Paul Teetor Win, lose or draw, from the moment he arrived on the Manhattan Beach campus five years ago Mira Costa boys basketball coach Neal Perlmutter has been a tell-it-like-it-is kind of guy. His assessment of Tuesday night’s 49-45 victory over Montgomery of San Diego was no different. “It was an ugly game,” Perlmutter […]
Endless Winter
Photo by Garth Meyer
Ranked-choice voting up for vote March 7
Redondo Beach voters will decide next week whether to make a change to city election practices. Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot. In this system, people vote for a list of candidates, in order of preference. If a voter’s top choice does not win, and no candidate receives a majority, voters’ second and third choices […]
Employee parking permit plan offers less for more
by Kevin Cody Downtown Hermosa Beach employees will pay higher monthly parking permit rates for fewer parking spaces under a plan approved by the city council on a 4 to 1 vote at Tuesday’s council meeting. Presently employees pay $61 per month for 24 hour permits, and $31 per month for daytime permits. The new […]
Council slow-walks parking permit program
by Kevin Cody The Hermosa Beach City Council voted four to one Tuesday night to increase residential parking permit fees from the $40 annually set in 2008 to $50 annually, and to impose a three-permit limit per address. A fourth permit will be allowed under special circumstances. Absentee property owners will no longer be allowed […]
Opposite Sides of the Tracks
Every five to 15 minutes, a proposed extension of the Metro Green Line would pass within 100 feet of 1,000 North Redondo Beach and Lawndale residents. by Garth Meyer Tanker trains run 66 feet from Chelsea Schreiber’s backyard, and 66 feet from her neighbor on the other side of the tracks. Two trains per […]