Peninsula About Town

Bromeliad Show and Sale Rainforest Flora Nursery hosts a sale and judge bromeliad show on Saturday, August 5 from noon to 4:30 and Sunday, August 6 from 10 a.m.to 4:30. Free admission and parking. All bromeliad growers are welcome to enter. Ted Johnson, Show Chairman of South Bay Bromeliad Associates, and Jerry Robinson and Paul…

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Redondo Police Beat: car theft thwarted, jailors attached by prisoner being released, robber uses online sales site, man injures three officers before arrest

Attempt Vehicle Theft Shortly after midnight on Saturday, July 22, a victim on the 2400 block of Fisk Lane awoke to a loud noise that sounded like his vehicle horn. He looked outside and inside his vehicle, he saw a male suspect wearing dark clothing and a ski mask. The victim began yelling, startling the…

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Redondo Beach Sportfishing pier to be replaced

The Redondo Beach Sportfishing pier will be reincarnated as a modern concrete pier, following a unanimous vote of Redondo’s City Council to replace the decaying timber pier. However, the future of the popular cafe Polly’s on the Pier remains unclear, as there are no clear plans to replace the pier’s existing buildings. “It didn’t make…

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Music world mourns loss of PV’s Bennington

Chester Bennington wrote music to ‘numb’ his personal demons. It wasn’t enough A private service was held July 29 at the South Coast Botanical Garden for Peninsula resident and international rock star Chester Bennington. An estimated  500 fellow musicians, friends and family members were handed yellow “Chester Bennington” wristbands and memorial cards that looked like…

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Manhattan Beach About Town

  Memorial service for ER cartoonist Keith Robinson A memorial service for longtime “Easy Reader” cartoonist and lifelong Manhattan Beach resident Keith Robinson will be held Sunday at 3 p.m.  at the Manhattan Beach Community Church.  Robinson began contributing his “Making It at the Beach” cartoon to “Easy Reader” in 1985, after winning the “Easy…

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Redondo Harbor Commissioners advised to recuse selves

  On July 10, the Redondo Beach Harbor Commission met for the first of two meetings planned to take public comment with regards to a planned boat ramp at King Harbor’s Mole B, a man-made outcropping controlled by the City of Redondo Beach and leased to King Harbor Marina. Two Harbor Commissioners, Vicki Callahan and…

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UCLA alumnus wears down UCLA prospect in MB Open

  MB Open winners-park and rec.jpg Men’s Open finalists Karue Sell and Connor Hance with Manhattan Parks and Rec manager Jessica Vincent and Tournament Director and Parks and Rec supervisor Michael Hudak. Photo courtesy of Manhattan Beach Parks and Rec Dept. UCLA-bound Peninsula High tennis star Connor Hance and former UCLA tennis star Karue Sell…

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Manhattan Beach Police Beat

Woman injured in home intrusion A woman suffered minor injuries after being attacked by a man broke into her Sand Section home early Saturday morning. The assault occurred about 1:15 a.m. at a residence in the 400 block of 15th Street. The woman was asleep when an unknown suspect entered her bedroom and punched her…

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Redondo Beach to expand social media footprint

    The Redondo Beach City Council will implement a wider social media policy for its city departments, offering the likes of the city’s libraries and public services the same opportunity enjoyed by a few, very successful city-sponsored social media campaigns with subs from themarketingheaven.com Redondo Beach’s social media program is designed both to disseminate…

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