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MBUSD hopes to begin TK-2 December 8, but teachers urge delay until after...
In-person learning will occur from TK through second grade beginning Dec. 8. Photo by Mark McDermott by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach Unified School District intends to welcome some of its...
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The COVID-19 surge experts saw coming and the public ignored
COVID-19 hospitalizations at the four major South Bay medical centers increased from 46 on Nov. 1, to 506 on Wed., Dec. 23. Sources: California Department of Public Health and U.S. Department of Health...
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LA County says Manhattan Beach is violating outdoor dining ban
Outdoor dining decks along Highland Avenue, now controlled by the city, attracted bustling business last Friday. Photo by Kevin Cody by Mark McDermott The City of Manhattan Beach’s attempt to help...
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Manhattan Beach, with record increase in COVID-19 cases, closes outdoor...
Diners with to-go orders fill tables in Metlox Plaza last week. The County ban on outdoor dining applied to restaurants, but not public seating areas. Photos by Kevin Cody The City of Manhattan Beach...
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Local ICUs are overrun, bracing for another surge
COVID-19 hospitalizations at the South Bay’s major medical centers increased from 48 on November 1 to 638 on January 4. Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Chart by Bernard Wong,...
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Dispatch from an ICU: “We see no end in sight.”
An ICU team at Providence Little Company of Mary work on a patient battling COVID-19. Photo by Anita Sircar MD MPH by Anita Sircar, MD, MPH EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Sircar is an infectious disease...
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Skechers fund contributes $680,000 to struggling Manhattan Beach restaurants;...
Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO congratulates Skechers CEO Michael Greenberg for his company’s Best of Manhattan award during the Best of Manhattan dinner in Nov. 2019. Photo by Kevin Cody by...
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Manhattan Beach registers two new COVID-19 deaths; Mayor questions if deaths...
by Mark McDermott Two more Manhattan Beach residents have died as a result of COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The deaths were reported in LAC DPH’s daily...
View ArticleThe Great Hadley Debate: The politics of the pandemic cause a rift in...
At the very end of a five hour Manhattan Beach City Council meeting on November 17, Councilperson Hildy Stern made a seemingly innocuous motion to add language to the heading on an agenda item for...
View ArticleManhattan Beach to allow outdoor patio dining for diners with to-go orders
Diners with take-out orders from downtown Manhattan Beach restaurants will be allowed to sit at the restaurants' outside tables, under a plan approved by the City Council. Source
View ArticleMBUSD hopes to begin TK-2 December 8, but teachers urge delay until after...
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District intends to welcome some of its youngest students back to part-time, in-person learning on December 8. But many teachers, concerned that parents are not...
View ArticleThe COVID-19 surge experts saw coming and the public ignored
The week before Thanksgiving, public health experts throughout California not only implored people to forgo family gatherings but provided data points and projections showing what might happen were...
View ArticleLA County says Manhattan Beach is violating outdoor dining ban
The City of Manhattan Beach’s attempt to help local restaurants by repurposing outdoor dining decks into city-controlled, public seating has come under direct fire from Los Angeles County Health...
View ArticleManhattan Beach, with record increase in COVID-19 cases, closes outdoor...
The City of Manhattan Beach released the following press release Saturday night: As the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Manhattan Beach and across the County of Los Angeles, the City...
View ArticleLocal ICUs are overrun, bracing for another surge
On Christmas Day, the doctors, nurses, and technicians in the ICU at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center tried to inject a little cheer into their workplace. They held a staff potluck,...
View ArticleDispatch from an ICU: “We see no end in sight.”
by Anita Sircar, MD, MPH EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Sircar is an infectious disease specialist who spent the last two decades working internationally, including work with the Center for Disease Control...
View ArticleSkechers fund contributes $680,000 to struggling Manhattan Beach restaurants;...
The Skechers Restaurant COVID relief fund has raised $680,000 and disbursed 28 grants to restaurants in downtown and north Manhattan Beach. But Skechers president Michael Greenberg hopes that this is...
View ArticleManhattan Beach registers two new COVID-19 deaths; Mayor questions if deaths...
Two more Manhattan Beach residents have died as a result of COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The deaths were reported in LAC DPH’s daily data releases on...
View ArticleBeach Cities restaurants set to resume outdoor dining on Friday
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View ArticleRestrictions begin to lift, but Manhattan Beach’s death toll increases
by Mark McDermott Los Angeles County has lifted its Stay at Home public health order, allowing outdoor dining, private gatherings with people from households outside their own, and personal care...
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