Meter rate increase worries downtown business owners - City Council says that meter hike is a necessary evil to keep the parking fund solvent.
For downtown store owners, pulling shoppers away from strip centers and malls is a difficult task, but crucial in tough economic times.
Community mourns loss of longtime artist, friend Jack Tedesco ambles through his Manhattan Beach home, proudly scanning the paintings and drawings lining the hallways and stairwells, pointing out the detailed shadows and shading. He stops in front of an intricate figure drawing of hands; another, a close-up of a wolf; and then, a striking nude of a woman with piercing eyes. Tedesco shared his home with the artist, his wife, Julia, for 30 years. City Council hopes to kick RVs off city street curbs Mayor Mitch Ward sympathizes with residents who’ve had to live next to the “big monsters” for 15 years. City Council wrap Verizon service |