Posts by Mark McDermott
Pedestrian seriously injured in late night collision with a car
A man was seriously injured early Friday morning when he was hit by a car while crossing a street outside the crosswalk. According to police reports, the driver of the car has been charged with driving while intoxicated. The incident occurred at about 1:26 a.m. near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Herondo Street.…
Read MoreWoman allegedly stabs boyfriend in dispute over internet access
A woman was charged with attempted murder yesterday after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend with a steak knife in frustration when he turned the power off in their home, cutting off her access to the internet. According to police reports, a domestic dispute erupted at about 2:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon on the 500 block of Cluster…
Read MoreThe education of Kirk Fletcher
Kirk Fletcher honed his chops at the Boogaloo. The nationally recognized blues guitarist returns to where it all started. Kirk “Eli” Fletcher grew up Gospel. His father was the pastor and his mother the first lady of the Macedonia Church of Christ Holiness in Compton. But as much as he loved and admired his parents…
Read MoreVitality City ‘Walking Moai’ takes off
The Vitality City poster child for the beach cities has been found. Tuesday afternoon, Vitality City director Joel Spoonheim was visiting Jefferson Elementary when he was accosted by a youngster. Vitality City organizers had been equipping students with pedometers, and this particular boy had taken to his with genuine zeal. He showed off his pedometer…
Read MoreAmbitiously green design for new boutique hotel in Redondo Beach’s King Harbor
Mike Zislis has unveiled an ambitiously green design for the new boutique Shade Hotel he intends to build in Redondo Beach’s King Harbor. The local entrepreneur, whose restaurants and Shade hotel have been a key part of Manhattan Beach’s flourishing downtown, will submit a design proposal for a 39,000 sq. ft., 45-room “eco-hotel” to the…
Read MoreRichard Sherman’s longstanding gig: bringing the swing to the South Bay
Richard Sherman was 19. He was a math whiz who’d been playing the piano obsessively for nearly half his young life – he’d graduated from the ukulele at 10 after an aunt got divorced and, out of the settlement, Sherman got the piano he’d been longing for — when his mother finally put him to…
Read MoreCBS Radio’s ‘Jack FM’ to launch 4th of July festival in Redondo Beach
Fourth of July festivities at the Seaside Lagoon will likely be extended to the third of July this year after the City Council agreed Tuesday to enter negotiations with CBS Radio to create a two-day festival. The city, which has grappled with how to provide fireworks with minimal public subsidy, hopes that CBS’s “Jack FM”…
Read MorePolice make teen sex solicitation arrest
Redondo Beach police last week arrested a 40-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy in an alleged sex solicitation incident that began on Craigslist.org, the popular online bulletin board site. According to police reports, the teen’s mother had been monitoring her son’s computer activity with “spyware” – specifically, software that allows observation of a user’s web…
Read More‘Gate Wave’ chosen for Redondo Beach transit center
A large wave, albeit one made of aluminum and wood, is about to break on Kingsdale Avenue. The Redondo Beach City Council on Tuesday night served as a de facto art jury and selected “Gate Wave,” a large public artwork that will be built later this year alongside the new transit center adjacent to the…
Read MoreJake & John: Songs from the Green Store
Some harmonies seem just meant to happen. — Most famously, back in 1968 Graham Nash was invited to Joni Mitchell’s house up in Laurel Canyon to meet a couple of her friends, Stephen Stills and David Crosby. The pair had just written a couple songs together, and Nash, a member of the Hollies, instantly broke…
Read MoreThe Scheimer Residence: an interview with architect Ray Kappe
Architect Ray Kappe’s beach party house It rises from the corner of 16th Street and the Strand in Manhattan Beach like a luxury steam liner that has been quite intentionally beached. The Scheimer Residence, designed by architect Ray Kappe, is not for the meek. Kappe is one of the seminal figures in Southern California’s architectural…
Read MoreManhattan Beach home sells for $10.9 million [PHOTOS]
The Scheimer Residence at 1600 The Strand in Manhattan Beach sold for $10.9 million. Photos by Scott Mayoral.
Read MoreStrand sale sets real estate record
See 1600 The Strand photo gallery by photographer Scott Mayoral. The landmark home designed by noted architect Ray Kappe at 1600 The Strand in Manhattan Beach has sold for $10.9 million, which according to the Multiple Listing Service real estate database sets a new mark for the highest home sale in the history of the…
Read MoreVitality City kicks off with Moai walks
The Beach Cities Vitality City project officially kicks off with a walk next week. But the talk among walkers is what organizers hope will help achieve significant improvements in health and well-being throughout the beach cities. The “Walking Moai ” kick-off event, which launches at all 11 elementary schools in all three beach cities April…
Read MoreAvrick, Emdee take office — Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education
The Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education added two new members Tuesday night as the newly elected Anita Avrick and Laura Emdee, were sworn into office. The new members’ arrival was in keeping with the campaign that brought the two close friends to elected office. The meeting, held at Washington Elementary School, was…
Read MoreBBR sues city over records requests
The citizen group Building a Better Redondo has filed another lawsuit against the City of Redondo Beach seeking more legal documents and fuller disclosure of the city’s litigation costs in its ongoing legal battle with BBR. BBR Chair Jim Light said that the lawsuit, filed March 28, was made necessary by the city’s lack of…
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