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About Town: Manhattan Beach
Ski Trips
The Manhattan Beach Parks & Recreation Department is offering five Blue Angel ski and snowboard trips to Mountain High ski resort for boys and girls ages 7 to 14 on Jan. 12 and 26 and Feb. 2, 9 and 23. Parent information meetings will be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 9 for returning Blue Angels and at 7 p.m. for first-timers at Manhattan Heights Community Center, 1600 Manhattan Beach Blvd. The department has also planned five similar trips for teens (sixth to 12th grades) to Ski Summit on Jan. 12 and 21 and Feb. 2, 9 and 18. For more information, contact Idris Al-Oboudi at 802-5404.
‘Cuckoo’s Nest’
The Mira Costa High School Drama Department presents the late Ken Kesey’s "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. All shows will be in the MCHS Auditorium, 701 S. Peck Ave. Cost is $6 for students and $7 for general admission. For reservations call 318-7337, ext. 5242.
More higher learning
The American Association of University Women’s Manhattan Beach Branch will meet from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the Banquet Room of The Lakes of El Segundo Golf Course, 400 S. Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo. The regular membership meeting will include the program "Exploring Eastern Religions" presented by Teri Masters. ER
Police Beat
Bank bandits
Two suspects who police believe were the masterminds behind the armed robbery of U.S. Bank on Sept. 18 in Manhattan Beach were caught by police after a month and a half investigation and were turned over to the FBI, according to city police Sgt. Tony DiGenova. Two people who allegedly took over the bank during the armed robbery were caught later in the day and held on federal, no-bail bank robbery charges. The bank, located at 3300 Sepulveda Blvd., was also robbed earlier in the summer, and police believe both robberies, which aren’t connected by evidence, were gang related.
Sign swipes
In a sidelight to the failure of Measure Y with voters in Manhattan Beach (see story, above right), a resident who opposed the ballot item reported the theft of eight signs reading "No on Proposition Y," which he had placed at various spots throughout the city in the days before the Nov. 6 vote. Three were plucked from Rosecrans Boulevard locations, two off Aviation Boulevard and one each from placements on 24th Street, Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Magnolia Avenue. The resident told police that he had permission to place the signs from the property owners. He says the signs cost him $5 apiece. ER