PUBLIC SAFETY: Chevron fire spurs changes in emergency communication by Mark McDermott Shockwaves reverberated across Manhattan Beach on the night of October 2 as explosions and huge leaping flames Mark McDermott March 5, 2026
Into the Wild Blue: Eric and Dawn Martin are leaving for Alaska. But their legacy will live on at the Roundhouse Aquarium by Lynne Schafer Gross and Mark McDermott One day circa 1970, a boy in El Segundo looked up at a Mark McDermott March 5, 2026
CITY COUNCIL: Roundhouse Aquarium’s funding ok’d, Manhattan Beach Police Department Chief Rachel Johnson paused by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council agreed to help pay for the Roundhouse Aquarium’s ongoing maintenance as Mark McDermott February 26, 2026
MB Police Beat: Hat trick, armed robbery, burglary foiled and a woman dragged Hat trick From the MBPD Instagram (@ManhattanBchPD) on Jan. 28: “The graveyard crew went for the “hat trick” in illegally Mark McDermott February 20, 2026
PUBLIC ART: Bruce’s Beach artwork selected in a last minute flip by Mark McDermott Toni Scott’s proposed artwork for Bruce’s Beach had the feel of inevitability. Not only within the City Mark McDermott February 19, 2026
PUBLIC SAFETY: MBPD will launch first responder drone program by Mark McDermott From high above, the man could be seen running down a sidewalk in Hawthorne. He hangs a Mark McDermott February 13, 2026
REAL ESTATE: Manhattan Beach kicks off 2026 with a bang by Mark McDermott Local realtors did not enter 2026 with outsized expectations. Last January was very different. A stagnant real Mark McDermott February 12, 2026
Manhattan Beach Police Beat Crime stats Manhattan Beach Police Department received 904 calls for service between January 22 and 28. Officers took 56 reports, Mark McDermott February 5, 2026
Beloved Manhattan Beach News stand Closes After 30 Years Video by Jefferson Graham by Mark McDermott Kay Nam stood behind the counter at Current Events on Friday afternoon, ringing Mark McDermott January 30, 2026
ICE PROTEST: South Bay Takes a Stand on the march again on The Strand by Mark McDermott For Meghan Judge, the moment came last year when ICE first arrived in Manhattan Beach. One of Mark McDermott January 29, 2026
CITY COUNCIL: Project Pulse narrowed to parking, mixed use, open space by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council last April authorized purchase of the former U.S. Bank site in the Mark McDermott January 22, 2026
Brad’s Corner: How a man approaching the end of his life galvanized the anti-Trump protests in Manhattan Beach by Mark McDermott Brad Graverson had several reasons why he was not likely to ever participate in, much less lead, Mark McDermott January 22, 2026
A Port Calling: Alan and Eric Johnson are the developers who are reimagining the San Pedro waterfront with West Harbor by Mark McDermott When Eric and Alan Johnson were grade school kids growing up in Palos Verdes in the early Mark McDermott January 15, 2026
MANHATTAN BEACH YEAR IN REVIEW 2025: Three shining stars dimmed, housing crisis hits, and MB becomes Pali South by Mark McDermott Three unfathomable losses overshadowed everything else that happened in Manhattan Beach in 2025. Ford Savela, Braun Levi, Mark McDermott January 8, 2026
INFRASTRUCTURE: Amid controversy, $28 million storm drain approved by Mark McDermott What began as a straightforward decision by the Manhattan Beach City Council to use state grant funds Mark McDermott January 5, 2026
MB Police Beat: Ransacked, e-bike and vehicles stolen Weekly stats Manhattan Beach Police Department received 760 calls for service between November 27 and December 3. Officers took 38 Mark McDermott December 11, 2025