Beach people – Where education begins
Grand View kindergarten teacher Dina Moll lays a joyful foundation
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Winter concert The Mira Costa High School bands will host their annual Winter Concert Friday night beginning at 7 p.m. at the MCHS auditorium. Under the direction of Joel Carlson, performances will...
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Pier Roundhouse project breaks ground
by Mark McDermott The $4 million Roundhouse Beautification Project broke ground Monday with more than a symbolic gesture. “We are not just doing a ceremonial groundbreaking,” said Mayor Amy Howarth to...
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Where education begins Grandview kindergarten teacher Dina Moll lays a joyful...
by Mark McDermott Early last Thursday afternoon, a chorus of “ehs” were echoing in Room 12 at Grandview Elementary School. Twenty-five kindergartners sat in a semi-circle around teacher Dina Moll, who...
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In the lab, above the world: Meadows Elementary’s Joanne Michael brings the...
by Mark McDermott The young geneticists had decisions to make. Six legs, or four? Curly legs, or straight? Green or brown? Maybe most importantly, would their insect have a tail? “Six legs!”...
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City manager placed on leave, two other positions terminated in Manhattan Beach
by Mark McDermott In a unanimous closed session vote Thursday afternoon, the Manhattan Beach City Council placed City Manager Mark Danaj on paid administrative leave. City Attorney Quinn Barrow gave...
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Irvine farewell The City Council on Tuesday night honored Chief of Police Eve Irvine, who after six years at the helm of the Manhattan Beach Police Department will depart at the end of the year. She...
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Man rescued off 42nd St. dies afterward
by Mark McDermott L.A. County Lifeguards rescued a man who’d apparently lost his surfboard and got caught in a riptide last Wednesday in North Manhattan Beach. But the man subsequently lost...
View ArticleCity manager placed on leave, two other positions terminated in Manhattan Beach
by Mark McDermott In a unanimous closed session vote Thursday afternoon, the Manhattan Beach City Council placed City Manager Mark Danaj on paid administrative leave. City Attorney Quinn Barrow gave...
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A changing of the guard MBPD Chief Eve Irvine is succeeded by Captain Derrick...
First of two parts by Mark McDermott Derrick Abell has an image in his mind, a long-ago encounter he has no memory of but is almost certainly happened. In the early 1980s, he was a student at...
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Manhattan Beach city manager Mark Danaj officially let go
by Mark McDermott Mark Danaj’s tenure as Manhattan Beach’s city manager officially ended Jan. 3 when the City Council unanimously voted to terminate his contract, three weeks after placing him on...
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Budget workshop Join the conversation about the city’s financial future at a Community Budget Social on Tuesday, January 30 from 6-8 p.m. at the Joslyn Community Center. This social marks the beginning...
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Changing of the guard : Derrick Abell becomes the first African American...
by Mark McDermott Late in the summer of 1982, Ron Gueringer, an assistant football coach and defensive coordinator for Inglewood High School, noticed during the team’s first practices that one of his...
View ArticleThe boy and the pier: How Michael Greenberg transformed the loss of his son...
First of two parts by Mark McDermott Michael Greenberg was in England on business when the call came that every parent fears most. It was April 7, 2015. His oldest son, 19-year-old Harrison Greenberg,...
View ArticleFree bike repair stations in the works
by Mark McDermott The Leadership Manhattan Beach Class of 2018 won approval at Tuesday night’s City Council to install three free bike repair stations in different areas of town. The four-and-a-half...
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Redondo Union hoops squad defeats Peninsula with a spectacular last second...
by Paul Teetor When the Redondo boy’s basketball team came out of a timeout down by 2 points with 14 seconds to play against Peninsula Friday night, Coach Ali Parvez wasn’t messing around. He didn’t...
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Budget workshop Join the conversation about the city’s financial future at a Community Budget Social on Tuesday, January 30 from 6-8 p.m. at the Joslyn Community Center. This social marks the beginning...
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Lester Silverman dies while on vacation
by Mark McDermott Lester Silverman, an optometrist, and longtime community activist died Monday while on vacation in Jamaica with his brother. According to initial reports, he was caught in a riptide...
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John Post photos featured in National Geographic calendar
by Mark McDermott John Post started taking photographs in 1974 and sold his first photo at the Hometown Fair the following year. He’d returned from traveling for three years on the other side of the...
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State of the City The State of the City, presented by the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce, takes place Feb. 7 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Joslyn Community Center. The event will feature a panel...
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