South Bay Community Calendar 2-7-19
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Letters to the Editor 2-7-19
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Manhattan Beach About Town
Candidate debates Three public forums are slated featuring the seven candidates in the March 5 election for two seats on the City Council. On Feb. 12, the Manhattan Beach Residents Association hosts a forum starting at 7 p.m. at the Police/Fire conference room at 420 15th Street. On Feb. 14, American Martyrs Church hosts the […]
International educator to lead Chadwick School
by Barbara Najar Daljit ‘Dal” Sohi speaks English, French, Mandarin, and Punjabi. The British Columbia native is currently Head of School at Dar Al Marefa School in Dubai, an English and Arabic, International Baccalaureate World School with 775 students from 35 countries and more than 150 faculty and staff from 17 countries. Beginning July 1, […]
Manhattan Beach Police Beat
Residential burglaries A rash of residential burglaries was reported during the last week of January, according to the Manhattan Beach Police Department. Overnight Jan. 24, someone entered a home under construction on the 300 block of 17th Street and stole copper wire; that same night, wire was also taken from an unfinished home on the […]
Redondo Beach About Town
League of Women Voters Candidate Forum The League of Women Voters, in association with Easy Reader, will hold a candidates forum at the Redondo Beach Public Library on Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Candidates who have confirmed to participate include District 3 City Council incumbent Christian Horvath and challenger Candace Nafissi; District […]
Sling Pilot Academy offers free Valentines Day flight lesson to Federal employees
Sling Pilot Academy will offer a free flying course and a flight on Valentine’s Day for federal/TSA employees looking to start a new career. The event will be from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., Thursday, February 14
True North: Threat of Hermosa city-school district lawsuit looms
Second of two parts Although the fate of North School has consumed much of the oxygen in recent heated discussions, Measure S, the school facilities bond that will pay for rebuilding North, also funds planned construction at Hermosa View and Hermosa Valley, the district’s existing campuses. The district had planned to do the work at […]
Pontormo’s “Visitation” visits the Getty
Heaven scent “Miraculous Encounters: Pontormo from Drawing to Painting” Sure, a mighty retrospective spilling into adjacent galleries can be quite a treat, but at times a few choice works are all that’s needed for an important exhibition; and that’s what we have now with Jacopo da Pontormo (1494-1557) and a small but elegant show that […]
South Bay arts calendar for Feb. 7 to 13
Thursday, February 7 Underdog specialist “Smudge” is comprised by portraits created by Tom Bolema that he created from photocopied inmate worker IDs printed ten to a page and displayed at the Education Officer’s workstation. For this exhibition they’ve been digitized and modified. The artist provokes viewers to share his concerns over prison conditions and to […]