Best craft beer brewery: Strand Brewing Co.

The story has become the stuff of myth. It’s a buddy story about the cool half-genius, fully strange kid and his somewhat dorky but super social buddy who combine to do something that defies all odds. And indeed, brew master Joel Elliot and one-man sales army/marketing machine Rich Marcello have known each other since they…

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Best craft beer bar: Simmzy’s

Hats off to the Brothers Simms, Chris and Mike – or better yet, a tip of a tasty pint to a family that has raised the game for fine food and drink in Manhattan Beach and the South Bay. The Simms family launched locally with the purchase of The Kettle by Tom Simms Sr. ,…

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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. The email was sent Nov. 24, the day after Gabel allegedly discovered his wife and Powell together in what he…

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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. Stephen Jimenez, 33, was apparently behind in his loan payments when a representative from a finance company arrived to take the car. As the…

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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 City Council on Tuesday night voted…

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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. He’s been to 65 countries so far and one gets the sense he’s just begun. Goetz, a Mira…

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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.

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