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MCHS Social Studies teachers enact easier grading scale to counter summer...
by Mark McDermott The Mira Costa High School social science department last week announced an unusual policy change, implementing a new grading scale intended to make it easier for students to obtain...
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Manhattan Beach Roundhouse restoration: The boy and the pier
How Michael Greenberg transformed the loss of his son into a gift for the place that made him
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The Manhattan Beach real estate market had a surprisingly strong year in...
Upward, eastward by Mark McDermott The ancient Greeks consulted the Oracle at Delphi for nearly eleven centuries, beginning in seventh century B.C. and continuing until the fourth...
View ArticleMustangs’ last game at Fisher is a heartbreaker
by Paul Teetor If this was the last Mira Costa boys basketball game ever played in Fisher Gymnasium – and it probably was, since the cozy old cigar box of a gym is scheduled to be torn down sometime...
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New leadership, new challenges, addressed at new State of the City in...
by Mark McDermott If one thing unified the many elements of the annual State of the City gathering Wednesday morning at the Joslyn Community Center, it was a sense of new beginnings. Among the...
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The accidental city manager: Manhattan Beach’s Bruce Moe didn’t intend to...
by Mark McDermott When he looks back, somehow it all makes an odd sort of sense. But 30 years ago, if you’d told Bruce Moe that he’d one day be finance director, much less city manager, for the City...
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New Costa gym design ready for state approval
by Mark McDermott Architects for the new Mira Costa gymnasium presented final designs to the Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board of Education last week in preparation for submitting plans to...
View ArticleRenewable energy plan offers choice, savings for Manhattan Beach residents
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council Tuesday night chose default rates for a new citywide plan that will allow residents to choose what percentage of power they receive that is derived...
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Unscrewed founder hosts blind taste test, Appalachian fiddle player plays MB...
MB Wine Co. is hosting a very special event tonight — a blind tasting with Tom DuHamel, the founder of Unscrewed Inc. and owner of Vinopedia, who will uncork bottles ranging from budget wines to $100...
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Short term rentals The Manhattan Beach City Council will consider revisiting its ban on short-term rentals at its March 6 meeting. This will be the first time Council will discuss the issue after...
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On the brink: How Manhattan Beach Unified became the among the lowest funded...
by Mark McDermott Early in the morning on February 1, a few dozen of the most active supporters of Manhattan Beach’s public schools gathered in a conference room at the Main Library on Highland Avenue....
View ArticleMBUSD to seek parcel tax, lay off teachers
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board of Education last week moved to put a parcel tax measure on the June ballot and also approved the elimination of 4.6 teaching...
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Firefighters seek chief’s ouster in Manhattan Beach
by Mark McDermott Firefighters from the Manhattan Beach Fire Department went public this week with a vote of no confidence in Chief Robert Espinosa and made an emotional appeal to the City Council...
View ArticleEnding homelessness
The City of Manhattan Beach is kicking off its effort to establish a plan to end homelessness with a series of meetings seeking community input. The first meeting, which focused on what the business...
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Monday Night Live: How an occasionally homeless comedian created a comic’s...
by Mark McDermott Danno Carter is a curator of sorts. One of his areas of expertise are the bars of the South Bay. He knows them all, pretty much. He arrived here 10 years ago, by way of Hollywood....
View ArticleCity gives MBUSD $1 million to improve campus safety
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council on Tuesday night unanimously moved to allocate $1 million to help bolster school safety in local campuses in the wake of last month’s Parkland...
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Teen brains The “Make It Count” speaker Series at Mira Costa will be presenting ”The 17-year-old Brain and How it is affected by Stress” at the Small Theater on The Mira Costa Campus on April 11 at...
View ArticleShipwreck on Rosecrans
Lifeguards rescued sailors aboard a sailboat in distress in heavy winds early Saturday evening. A powerless 28 ft. sailboat drifted near the surf break at a little after 6 p.m. Saturday. Winds were 20...
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City honors Henry Mitzner, a 45-year municipal veteran
by Mark McDermott When Henry Mitzner starting working for the City of Manhattan Beach, Richard Nixon was president, Apollo 17 had just returned from the moon, and City Hall was located in a bunch of...
View ArticleLA Times Food Bowl event approved on beach in Manhattan Beach
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council last week approved a high-end dinner featuring sustainable seafood and fine wine on the beach just north of the pier. The dinner, part of the Los...
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