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Community
Culture Brewing's Bier-to-Bier Run returns Saturday along the Strand
Culture Brewing's annual Bier-to-Bier Run returns Saturday, Aug. 15, with a 4-mile Strand route from the Manhattan Beach Pier to the Hermosa Beach Pier, $25 tickets that include beer and a post-run party, and $5 per ticket benefiting the HIT Living Foundation dog rescue.
Community
Culture Brewing's Bier-to-Bier Run returns Saturday along the Strand
Culture Brewing's annual Bier-to-Bier Run returns Saturday, Aug. 15, with a 4-mile Strand route from the Manhattan Beach Pier to the Hermosa Beach Pier, $25 tickets that include beer and a post-run party, and $5 per ticket benefiting the HIT Living Foundation dog rescue.
Community
Culture Brewing's Bier-to-Bier Run returns Saturday along the Strand
Culture Brewing's annual Bier-to-Bier Run returns Saturday, Aug. 15, with a 4-mile Strand route from the Manhattan Beach Pier to the Hermosa Beach Pier, $25 tickets that include beer and a post-run party, and $5 per ticket benefiting the HIT Living Foundation dog rescue.
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Community
Rescue dogs up for adoption Aug. 1 at Manhattan Beach pet food store
JustFoodForDogs and Pug Nation Rescue host a free DOGust adoption event Saturday, August 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Manhattan Beach store on Sepulveda Boulevard, offering adoptable rescue dogs and a $50 gift card for each successful adoption.
Local Government
Hermosa Beach's budget crisis isn't new — an editor warned of the same squeeze in 1971
A 1971 Hermosa Beach Review editorial reprinted July 22 warned of the same fiscal pressures — no industrial tax base, skeleton staff, borrowed money — that drove the city council's June 23 vote to place a half-cent sales tax on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Local Government
Local Government
Local Government
Local Government
Manhattan Beach parking meters jump to $4 per hour downtown as new rates take effect
The Manhattan Beach City Council's July 7 vote raised summer meter rates by up to $1 per hour and hiked common citation fees from $59 to $65, with all changes effective Aug. 1 — just ahead of the AVP Manhattan Beach Open.
Local Government
Manhattan Beach Mayor David Lesser won't seek re-election; filing deadline extended to Aug. 12
Manhattan Beach Mayor David Lesser announced Aug. 5 he will not seek a fourth City Council term, automatically extending the candidate filing deadline to Aug. 12 and reshaping the November race for two open seats.
Education
Education
Education
Education
RBUSD approves free youth mental health partnership, sets March election
The Redondo Beach Unified school board approved a no-cost behavioral health partnership with Beach Cities Health District, consolidated its March 2027 election with city races, and authorized more than $250,000 in contracts at its Aug. 11 meeting, the last before school starts Aug. 19.
Education
Center Street School to get new principal as El Segundo board opens school year
The El Segundo Unified School District board met Monday, July 27, to introduce a new Center Street School principal, approve the year's first certificated personnel report, and certify official signatures for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Safety
Redondo Beach police chief joins countywide hate crime crackdown; local assault case heads to court
Redondo Beach Police Chief Steve Sprengel joined LA County DA Nathan Hochman and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell at a Thursday press conference announcing a hate crime enforcement crackdown, with one pending case tied directly to a February assault at a Redondo Beach restaurant.
Public Safety
LA County orders earthquake preparedness plan; South Bay fault capable of 7.4 quake
The LA County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, Aug. 4, to order a comprehensive earthquake preparedness plan, with direct relevance to South Bay cities sitting along the Newport-Inglewood Fault capable of producing a magnitude-7.4 quake.
Community
Community
Community
Community
Culture Brewing's Bier-to-Bier Run returns Saturday along the Strand
Culture Brewing's annual Bier-to-Bier Run returns Saturday, Aug. 15, with a 4-mile Strand route from the Manhattan Beach Pier to the Hermosa Beach Pier, $25 tickets that include beer and a post-run party, and $5 per ticket benefiting the HIT Living Foundation dog rescue.
Community
Dark comedy premieres at Hermosa Beach's 35-seat theatre
RimoVision Group will stage the world premiere of "The Luckiest Woman Alive," an original dark comedy by Ray Hanna, at Hermosa Beach's 35-seat Second Story Theatre from Sept. 25 through Oct. 4.
Business
Business
Business
Business
Redondo Beach signs tentative deal to fill vacant Fun Factory space at pier
The city of Redondo Beach has signed a tentative agreement with Multiverse Platforms to bring a bowling alley, arcade, restaurant and sports bar to the former Fun Factory space at the pier, which has been vacant since 2019.
Business
Manhattan Beach couple transforms iconic Pyramid House into family home
Manhattan Beach residents David Makharadze and Anna Vitale have completed a sweeping renovation of the Pyramid House, a 1993 landmark designed by the late architect Antoine Predock, navigating zoning constraints to preserve its iconic silhouette while transforming it into a modern family home.
Sports
Sports
Sports
Sports
Hermosa Beach Triathlon marks 35th year with sold-out field
The 35th annual Hermosa Beach Triathlon drew a sold-out field of competitors ages 14 to 84 to the Hermosa Beach Pier on Sunday, Aug. 9, for a sprint-distance race through warm 74-degree ocean waters, though official results have not yet been posted.
Sports
Redondo Beach teen's race ends in midair after last-lap crash
Redondo Beach's Ryan Giannetta, 16, was one lap from a third consecutive USF2000 podium at Portland when a rival's last-lap lunge launched his car into the air, ending his race and costing him ground in the championship with five races remaining.
About the Editor
About the Editor
About the Editor
Ellie Nevel
Ellie Nevel is an Editor overseeing local news outlets. She holds a marketing degree from Illinois State University and brings that background to her work shaping how communities receive their news. Ellie is committed to delivering accurate, community-focused reporting on the issues that matter most to local readers.
Ellie Nevel
Ellie Nevel is an Editor overseeing local news outlets. She holds a marketing degree from Illinois State University and brings that background to her work shaping how communities receive their news. Ellie is committed to delivering accurate, community-focused reporting on the issues that matter most to local readers.
Ellie Nevel
Ellie Nevel is an Editor overseeing local news outlets. She holds a marketing degree from Illinois State University and brings that background to her work shaping how communities receive their news. Ellie is committed to delivering accurate, community-focused reporting on the issues that matter most to local readers.
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