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View MoreRedondo Beach council weighs year-round farmers market
The Redondo Beach City Council meets Tuesday to decide whether the North Redondo Beach Farmers Market, which drew up to 2,300 weekly visitors during a six-month pilot, should become a year-round program, with unresolved infrastructure costs ranging from $35,000 to $385,000.
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View MoreEl Segundo council to hear data center moratorium extension Tuesday
El Segundo's City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Oct. 20, on data centers and whether to extend the city's temporary moratorium, a decision that follows a developer's dramatic withdrawal of a proposed data center at the Hyatt Place hotel site after more than 100 residents packed a Planning Commission hearing in July.
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View MoreHermosa Beach cuts free holiday parking in 3-2 vote
Hermosa Beach's City Council voted 3-2 to suspend the city's three-week complimentary holiday parking program, aiming to recover about $200,000 in meter and citation revenue as the city faces a multimillion-dollar structural deficit.
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View MoreManhattan Beach sets Oct. 21 town hall after downtown robbery
An armed robbery on Friday, Oct. 9, in downtown Manhattan Beach has prompted an MBPD town hall on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Joslyn Community Center, where residents can raise safety concerns and push for more police foot patrols.
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View MoreManhattan Beach council votes on paid parking rules Tuesday
Manhattan Beach City Council meets Tuesday to adopt a paid parking ordinance, launch a housing task force, hold a coastal zone text amendment hearing and review year-end city finances.
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View MoreEl Segundo survey shows 70.6% favor housing east of PCH
More than two-thirds of Vision 2050 respondents said they want more housing east of Pacific Coast Highway, according to figures cited at El Segundo's Sept. 24 Planning Commission study session, raising the question of whether the city's long-range plan will reflect that input.
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View MoreRedondo Beach advances citywide facility naming rules
The Redondo Beach City Council approved a draft policy at its Sept. 8 meeting that would standardize how the city names parks, buildings and public spaces, barring current officials from being honored and allowing corporate naming rights with limits.
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View MoreManhattan Beach taps LoveMB Foundation as city philanthropy partner
Manhattan Beach has officially partnered with LoveMB Foundation, a resident-led nonprofit that will channel private donations into public projects like park upgrades and first-responder resources, with two projects already in the pipeline.
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View MoreNewsom signs Braun's Law after fatal Manhattan Beach DUI crash
Gov. Newsom signed Braun's Law, a DUI reform measure named after 18-year-old Braun Levi who was killed by a repeat drunk driver on Sepulveda Boulevard in Manhattan Beach, requiring courts to warn DUI offenders they could face murder charges.
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View MoreManhattan Beach council candidates split on Sepulveda speed cameras
Three of four Manhattan Beach City Council candidates support some form of automated speed enforcement on Sepulveda Boulevard, where six people have died in crashes over five years, while Richard Montgomery opposes cameras and proposes more police patrols and LED lighting instead.
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View MoreManhattan Beach council reviews Project Pulse downtown designs
The Manhattan Beach City Council on Sept. 15 reviewed schematic designs for 400 Manhattan Beach Blvd. as part of Project Pulse, the city's plan to redevelop two downtown properties it acquired or cleared in recent years.
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View MoreEl Segundo weighs data center moratorium, wave pool plan
The El Segundo City Council on Sept. 15 discussed a 45-day moratorium on new data centers and held a public hearing on a proposed wave pool surf club, following months of resident opposition to large-scale data center development.
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