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by Mark McDermott Manhattan Beach is among the best-known cities, for its size, in the United States. The city is known for its idyllic beaches, beautiful weather, iconic pier, and its well-to-do, occasionally famous citizenry. But among the thousands of families who have moved here in the last two decades, a period during which nearly…
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BBQ Global (Non American) Silvio’s Brazilian BBQ Brazilian food is having a moment right now. People who have never heard of coxinha pastries and Picànha cuts of beef a few years ago are ordering them in droves. Silvio’s was ahead of the curve, having started serving Brazilian barbecue at their Torrance location almost 20 years…
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Mychal’s Learning Place creates a growing business in Redondo Beach, staffed by the developmentally disabled by Garth Meyer The grand opening was March 3, but they’ve been pushing it for awhile. Mychal’s Print and Embroidery moved to its new location at the corner of Artesia and Felton from Inglewood two months ago. It has been…
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by Garth Meyer Barbara and Wes Chock couldn’t be present when daughter Madison finished fourth with partner Evan Bates in ice dancing, and earned a silver medal in the team competition at the Beijing Olympics. But they helped make it happen. Barbara and Wes Chock took Madison, their only child, to the Promenade Ice…
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by Mark McDermott A Manhattan Beach citizens group is making an urgent push to collect enough signatures by Monday, February 14 to put a parcel tax increase on the June ballot. The MB Citizens for Schools initiative, if successful, would raise an additional $12 million annually and provide every student within the Manhattan Beach Unified…
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by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach Police Chief Keith Kauffman announced his retirement Wednesday, at age 50, after 28 years as an officer and seven as the Redondo chief, effective Feb. 28. “I’m old in cop years,” he said. Kauffman will stay on as the city’s acting fire chief, his more recent role, until its…
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Outdoor dining, bike lanes approved Work on restriping traffic lanes on Hermosa and Pier avenues started almost immediately last year, part of a plan to accommodate restaurant and retail needs as the pandemic stretched into the new year. It was one of the first items on the City Council’s 2021 agenda, and it prompted a…
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by Mark McDermott On the morning of May 22, 2020, Maureen McBride opened up her boutique in downtown Manhattan Beach, Tabula Rasa Essentials, for the first time in ten weeks. Those ten weeks had been rough. McBride had endured many sleepless nights. The world had been turned upside down. The pandemic had launched its ravaging…
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Form and formation David Peters’ first solo show is on view at the Manhattan Beach Art Center by Bondo Wyszpolski In the early spring of 2020, Time4Art’s Homeira Goldstein had an impressive lineup for the Manhattan Beach Art Center, a group show of the StudioEleven artists who’d been working with and learning from Tom Wudl…
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Photos by EnduranceSports.com by Mark McDermott After a year in virtual existence, the Manhattan Beach 10k came roaring back to actual life Saturday morning as 3,396 runners filled local streets in the 44th annual running of the race. Stewart Harwell, who won the race in 2017 and 2018, once again finished first with a time…
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A driveway access used by a wheelchair-bound woman until it was demolished by Redondo city workers has been rebuilt after a three-year saga involving a phantom garage, unpermitted remodeling and consternation at City Hall. The repaving in August by Redondo Beach Public Works was celebrated with a ribbon cutting attended by city officials Sept. 7.…
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by Kevin Cody Among Hermosa Beach residents’ foremost, post pandemic concerns is whether or not Comedy and Magic Club will reopen. For four decades, Comedy and Magic has been the anchor point to Hermosa’s cultural identity. The Lighthouse may be better known, but Comedy and Magic’s contributions to Hermosa, and to popular culture, have been…
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by Paul Teetor (Reprinted from Easy Reader, Nov. 2006) When Alix Klineman received the Gatorade Player of the Year award in November 2006, prior to the Bay League Championship game against rival Redondo Union, she never once raised her arms — or the plaque — to acknowledge the applause that made Fisher Gymnasium rock like…
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by Dan Blackburn Hermosa Beach residents have learned their contribution to the battle against a Cypress Avenue fitness gym has cost them more than $1.25 million. The city paid CrossFit Horsepower $950,000, authorized by the city council Tuesday; legal costs paid to City Attorney Michael Jenkins’ firm, Best, Best & Krieger, have so far added…
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