Tommy Emmanuel, arguably the greatest living guitarist, returns to Redondo Beach

More than 300 nights a year, Tommy Emmanuel strides onto stages the world over and does things with the six strings of an acoustic guitar that nobody who hears will likely ever forget.

El Segundo teens urge ‘Think Before You Toss’

Three El Segundo High School student groups join forces on a campaign identifying our wasteful ways and how to get better: “Think Before You Toss.”

Beach Blue Zones miracle: Beach Cities show big health gains

The Blue Zones Project in the Beach Cities ambitious goal — the help residents live longer, better — is working. And the data shows it.

El Segundo City Treasurer resigns amid allegations of an affair

City Treasurer Chris Powell has resigned his post after the husband of school board trustee Laura Gambel sent an email to city officials detailing what he alleged was an affair between his wife and Powell.

Repo man run over while trying to claim car in El Segundo

A man whose 1999 Mercedes was being repossessed has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly ran over the man trying to claim his car last week in El Segundo.

Chevron, El Segundo reach $134 million settlement

After a year of intense negotiations that began with the firing a former city manager, the City of El Segundo and Chevron have tentatively agreed to a settlement in which city will receive an estimated $134 million over the next 15 years in lieu of disputed tax payments.

The return of Peter Goetz

Peter Goetz gets around.
For the last decade, Goetz has travelled the far-flung corners of the world, working as a crewmember and more recently as a director on television shows such as Survivor and The Amazing Race.

Manhattan Beach police seeks help finding alleged cell phone creeper

Police are searching for a man who walked up behind a woman at a gas station on Sepulveda Boulevard, flashed his phone camera under her skirt and fled.

Firefighter, fisherman save drowning woman near Manhattan Beach pier

A firefighter and a fisherman together helped save the life of a distraught woman who jumped off the Manhattan Beach Pier Saturday night.

The Blasters come to Hermosa Beach

The Blasters are, in a real sense, more than just a band. They are a repository of American music. They are a living link that connects Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, and Chuck Berry to rockabilly, punk rock, and cowboy poetry.

Spyder’s Hermosa Beach Snow Fest cancelled due to lack of sponsorship

Snow will not fall on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach this year.

Homeless in the South Bay: In their own words- Mike Hammond

Mike Hammond may be the most thankful man you’ll ever meet.

Hammond is not homeless. But he was homeless for 17 years, and he still lives among the homeless.

Car rental-by-the-minute proposed for South Bay

A new kind of car rental service that uses “smart cars”, charges by the minute and and allows users pick up and drop off the vehicle anywhere locally has been proposed for the South Bay.

Mattel’s 12 Days of Play goes worldwide from El Segundo

The snow days began, of all places, in sunny El Segundo.

Race to Nowhere, documentary on “overscheduled child” epidemic, shows free in Manhattan Beach tonight

A free screening of the film “Race to Nowhere”, the documentary about stress and other negative health impacts in what the New York Times described as “the overscheduled child” epidemic, will be held at the Manhattan Beach Preschool (1431 15th St., MB) from 6 to 8 p.m.