Posts by Mark McDermott
Letters to the Editor – August 15 edition
Music & oil Dear ER: I am the last ‘legitimate’ recording studio in Hermosa Beach. My place of business is 671 Valley Drive…since 1984. I am 4 feet from the City Yard. I want a full explanation and full documentation how the planned “Oil Recovery” will impact my specific building/business. How the walls of my…
Read MoreEl Segundo K-9 Ty retires due to medical condition
Officer Cory McEnroe’s partner made him laugh almost every time he went to work when he’d jump several feet in the air, land, and run in frantic, joyful circles. K-9 Ty is a Belgian Malinois dog who served as McEnroe’s partner since 2009 and lived with McEnroe, his wife and two young children. His routine…
Read MoreSWAT team enters North Manhattan Beach residence, finds “trickle” of blood, safe, bullet casings
A Manhattan Beach Police Department SWAT team, responding to early Saturday morning reports of two gunshots, gassed a residence on the 3000 block of North Bayview Drive and entered the building only to find a trickle of blood, a bullet casing and a safe. “Officers said they did see blood, a trickle…not a mass amount,”…
Read MoreThe 43rd Annual Easy Reader Writing and Photography Contest [Photos]
[scrollGallery id = 628] All the entries are in for the 43rd Annual Easy Reader Writing and Photography Contest. The winners will be announced next Thursday, with the photography winner earning a camera from Paul’s Camera as well as the cover of Beach magazine. This year’s entries were among the strongest we’ve ever had. Here…
Read MoreLAPD’s Sharon Papa selected as next Hermosa Beach police chief
Hermosa Beach likely has a new chief of police. City Manager Tom Bakaly announced Wednesday that he has selected Sharon Papa, currently an assistant commanding officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. Her appointment is pending a final background check expected to take three to four weeks. Papa was chosen from 47 applicants for a position that…
Read MoreLast call at Manhattan Beach’s Side Door
The Side Door bar in downtown Manhattan Beach, the most happening 387 sq. ft. in town, will changes hands and concept after Sunday. The Side Door was the first local venue to truly bring back the martini, nearly ten years ago, giving serious attention to drinks before it become a predominant trend. The Easy Reader…
Read MoreOff to see the wizard: legendary guitarist David Lindley plays Saint Rocke
(originally published Nov. 19, 2009) Here is a story of cave bears and cat food sandwiches and Blind Willie flying through space and how the wild beauty of a voice-like sound pouring out of a stringed instrument can serve as a magic carpet ride going all the world wide. But it begins with a small…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor – July 18 edition
Lifesaver Dear ER: We are property owners in Hermosa Beach who return here each summer so that our twin 10 year olds can participate in the Junior Lifeguard program. This afternoon, we were waiting for our boys to finish Junior Guards at the pier and witnessed a heroic rescue of an elderly gentleman by Officer…
Read MoreEl Segundo today: Doobies Inc. play Concerts in the Park, Swing Band at Automobile Driving Museum
Concerts in the park, El Segundo El Segundo’s Concerts in the Park continue at 4:30 p.m. July 21, featuring Doobies Inc., at Library Park. Big band, car show The Beach Cities Swing Band, a 16-piece big band, will play at the Automobile Driving Museum on July 21 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. (610 Lairport…
Read MoreBike racks to be installed in downtown El Segundo
Downtown El Segundo is about to become more bike-friendly. The City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved the installation of 40 bike racks at 25 spots along Main Street and Grand Avenue, with possible later expansion to Richmond Street and El Segundo Beach. Meredith Petit, the city’s recreation superintendent, told the council that the idea grew…
Read MoreChevron El Segundo gives $1.6 million to South Bay schools
Chevron last Wednesday hosted what has become its annual mixer for the El Segundo and Manhattan Beach chambers of commerce. But the event, held at Chevron Park near the El Segundo refinery, included one very unusual element in the mix – the company announced it would give $1.6 million in grants to local Science, Technology,…
Read MoreEl Segundo to fight for fair share of property taxes
Through a combination of historical accident and the law of unintended consequences, the City of El Segundo has found itself shortchanged when it comes to property tax revenue. City Manager Greg Carpenter, at the City Council’s behest, presented a short history of the city’s property tax Tuesday night. But he began with a stark fact…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor: July 11 edition
Outrage over outages Dear ER: Assembly Bill 66 (State Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi) – requires utility companies to provide annual reports on the frequency and duration of outages and would give the California Public Utilities Commission authority to require remediation of infrastructure deficiencies if repeated outages occur in the same region. Frequent South Bay outages not…
Read More15-year-old girl still missing in North Redondo Beach
The whereabouts of 15-year-old Emma Carter remain unknown more than a day-and-a-half after she wordlessly walked out of her family’s North Redondo Beach home. Her parents, Mary and Darrell Carter, are desperately trying to get the word out their daughter is missing, in hopes that somebody can provide information about where she might be —…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor, July 4 editions
Barbecued bugs Dear ER: What ever happened to the good old days when the worst things we had to fear on the 4th of July were traffic jams and wayward fireworks? According to the Department of Agriculture’s Meat & Poultry Hotline, this year’s top threat is food poisoning by nasty E. coli and Salmonella bugs…
Read MoreTech guru Roger McNamee and his band Moonalice
Roger McNamee is a rock star of a different sort. Long before he and his band, Moonalice opened up a U2 stadium show, became the first artists to independently live stream all their shows, had a record produced by the legendary T-Bone Burnett, or were certified by the Rock N’ Roll museum as the only…
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