American Martyrs 5K celebrates 40 years
In February 1980, a leap year, Ronald Reagan won his first presidential primary, the USA hockey team beat the Russians in the Olympics and a few hundred American Martyrs parishioners in Manhattan Beach ran down the nearby streets in the church community’s very first 5K race. Reagan is long gone and the USA never […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Follow the money: California’s budget Former state controller and treasurer John Chang will discuss the California state budget in a talk titled “California’s Budget: Education vs. Everything Else” at Mira Costa High School Feb. 24 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. 1401 Artesia Blvd. State of the City Mayor Nancy Hersman will give the annual State […]
MBFD begins using new CPR technology
Seeking to improve the survival rates of patients undergoing cardiac arrest and reduce injuries to paramedics, the Manhattan Beach Fire Department has acquired a new automated CPR technology. The AutoPulse Resuscitation System is a mechanical chest compression device that can be strapped on to a patient during an emergency response. This enables paramedics to […]
Manhattan Beach seeks compromise over teen bands at Polliwog Park summer concerts
Teen bands will be allowed to play at the City of Manhattan Beach’s Concerts in the Park, the music series that takes place Sunday evenings throughout the summer. But not too much. The city’s Parks and Recreation department has partly relented on what supporters of local teen music regarded as a “teen ban” that […]
City, Farmers Market reach agreement
More than 13 years after its founding, the Manhattan Beach Farmers Market was officially established Tuesday night when the City Council formalized an agreement for the market to pay the costs of using 13th Street between Morningside and Valley drives every Tuesday afternoon. The Farmers Market was launched at the location in 2006. The council […]
Manhattan Beach Police Beat
Targeted At approximately 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, officers responded to Target at 1200 N. Sepulveda Blvd in regard to a cell phone 911 hang-up call. When the officers arrived on scene, they contacted the store manager who said a transient threatened him and stole his walkie talkie radio from his person. Officers located […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
. Firefighters, city reach agreement The City of Manhattan Beach and the Manhattan Beach Firefighters Association came to a new contract agreement which was approved by City Council Tuesday night. The firefighters had been working without a contract since Dec. 31, 2018. The contract is “status quo” in that it does not include any salary or […]
The return of BeachLife
How do you top the most successful music festival in the history of the South Bay? Last May, the BeachLife Festival did something few thought possible. The festival not only drew 10,000 people to King Harbor in an astonishingly harmonious and celebratory fashion, brought in an array of legendary artists such as Bob Weir, Willie […]
Manhattan Beach Police Beat
Stabbing suspect turns himself in The man accused of stabbing a friend multiple times with a knife in a Manhattan Beach hotel room on January 17 turned himself in to police last week. Lee Simpson, 31, called MBPD Detective Sgt. Steve Kitsios last Friday. Police had been conducting a manhunt during the previous week. Kitsios […]
MBUSD considers laying off 30 employees
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District is facing a structural budget deficit that district leaders have determined will require at least $3 million in cuts in the next year and as much as $6.1 million in reductions over the next two years. Among the budget reductions on the table are the layoffs of 30 employees. […]
Laker trainer Vitti recalls on court and off court Kobe
No one knew Laker legend Kobe Bryant’s body and soul, his heart and mind, his methods and motivations better than 35-year Manhattan Beach resident Gary Vitti. Vitti served as the Los Angeles Lakers head athletic trainer for 32 years, including all 20 years of Kobe’s professional career. “I’m probably the only person on the planet […]
A brief encounter with Kobe, remembered
I unexpectedly met Kobe Bryant in 2006 while reporting on a story about Luke Walton. Walton was then in his third year as a Laker and had lived in Manhattan Beach since he was a rookie. I planned on doing interviews with other players about Walton in the locker room after the game, but […]
Police search for stabbing suspect
A man was stabbed with a knife in an altercation at Crimson Hotel in the early morning hours Friday. Manhattan Beach Police Department officers responded a report of a stabbing at the hotel, located on the 800 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, at 2:46 a.m. Jan. 17. Officers found a man in his hotel room […]
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Ring app Manhattan Beach Police Department announced a new partnership with the home security system Ring by joining the Neighbors app network. Residents can download the free Neighbors app to monitor neighborhood activity, receive real-time safety alerts from their neighbors, MBPD and the Ring team. According to MBPD, police will not have the ability to […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
Budget Open House The City of Manhattan Beach is hosting a Budget Priorities Open House on Jan. 28 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Joslyn Community Center (1601 N. Valley Dr.). The event will provide an interactive look at the City’s financial resources, budget outlook for 2020-2021, and provide an overview for every department’s […]
Mira Costa named a top U.S. STEM school
Mira Costa High School has been named one of the top schools in the United States for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, known as STEM. Newsweek magazine and Stem.org worked together to compile the top 5,000 STEM high schools in the nation. MCHS, which as part of an MBUSD districtwide effort has focused […]