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On The Waterfront
STICKER SHOWOFF: A press release from the Roxburgh Agency reports, "Oceanfront, a community on the Palos Verdes Peninsula of semi-custom homes has pushed the high-end, big house market niche to its newest peak. Priced from $2- to $4- million, these luxury production homes are the most expensive single family, detached housing in the country."
SUSHI
JUNKIES: Apparently heroin and raw fish just don't mix. A sign affixed to
the inside of the glass front door of the California Beach sushi joint in Hermosa
offers the terse message, "No junkies." Oh well. No shirt, no shoes, no rehab,
no service...
SOCIAL CLIMBERS: Well, apparently they don't have everything in Manhattan Beach, and even the chamber of commerce knows it. The chamber is holding its monthly mixer at the high-end Trilogy Spa, located in (gasp!) Hermosa. We hear the spa's massages, facials, body scrubs, anti-gravity beds and so forth are the deluxe treatment in a deluxe setting. The mixer is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at 1301 Manhattan Ave.; for info call 545-5313...
SURF'S UP: For the second week in a row, South Bay Beaches showed high levels of bacterial contamination according to Heal the Bay's Beach Report Card. Dockweiler beach north of Culver Boulevard got a C and near the Hyperion treatment plant it scored an F. Near the Manhattan Pier, off Avenue I in Redondo, and by the Herondo storm drain, the waters all scored a C. To the south of the Redondo pier, the surf scored a D. Malaga Cove and Manhattan Beach near 40th street got A+s rain or shine. After rainfall, Dockweiler north of Grand, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo south of Topaz all got Fs. Manhattan Beach south of the pier got a D, and Long Point in Ranch Palos Verdes got a C. All other local beaches got an a or B. Grades are based on the levels of organic pollution found and low grades reflect an increased chance of ocean users getting sick. Within three days after rainfall, pollution levels generally exceed county standards for beach closing at all beaches.