Even closed, galleries remain busy
Behind the closures, they’re keeping busy An update on galleries in the South Bay Although the major museums are closed for an indefinite period of time, and art galleries as well, a few of the latter, because of their small size, are still allowing in the occasional visitor, although pretty much by appointment only. Here’s […]
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Hermosa Beach to close Strand, Beach on Saturday. ‘We don’t want to be next hotspot,” mayor says
The Hermosa Beach Strand and the city’s beach will be closed to the public, beginning at 6 a.m. Saturday. “We don’t want to be the next hotspot,” Mayor Mary Campbell. She did not know if surfing and swimming will be allowed.
South Bay registers first confirmed COVID-19 death; confirmed cases jump to 79 locally, 799 in Los Angeles County
The South Bay has just experienced its first COVID-19 related death, according to data released Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. The County confirmed 138 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, bringing the countywide total to 799 cases and 13 deaths. Included in those numbers were 18 new cases in […]
Redondo Beach Kensington stops providing infection stats at County’s request
At the request of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, The Kensington Redondo Beach assisted living facility will no longer provide updates detailing the extent of possible COVID-19 spread among its residents and staff. In a series of letters sent by the facility, it detailed its protocols responding to potential infections among its […]
Redondo Beach considers Esplanade closure, County may close beaches
A week of heavy foot traffic along the Esplanade has resulted in Redondo Beach leadership considering potentially drastic ways to control the flow of pedestrians strolling along the iconic oceanfront path amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Those measures include making it more difficult for people to find parking near the area. Los Angeles County may […]
One Manhattan Beach man’s journey into novel coronavirus
Greg Geilman had not been feeling right for a while. He’d had an on-again, off-again sore throat for about six weeks. He self-treated, taking Wellness Formula vitamins and lozenges. The symptoms would go away in a day or two. Then he woke up on Wednesday, March 18, and knew he was really sick. “It […]
The South Bay now has 61 COVID-19 cases; LA County confirms 128 new cases, raising total to 662, including the first death of someone under 18 years old
The LA County Public Health Department Tuesday confirmed 128 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, bringing the countywide total to 662 cases and 11 deaths. Included in those numbers were 17 new cases in the South Bay, bringing the total locally to 61. Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said that one of the […]