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Response to discovery of unloaded gun at Manhattan Beach Middle School spurs outcry

An April 7 town hall will help assess possible updates to MBUSD school safety plans

Manhattan Beach Middle School teachers and parents are crying out after the school was not put on lockdown on March 19, 2025 when an unloaded gun was found in a student’s backpack. In this 2023 file photo, school officials unveil a plaque honoring former special education teacher Sandy Casey, who was killed at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, as part of a ribbon cutting for a new music building at Manhattan Beach Middle School on Monday, May 22, 2023.
(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)

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Kweku Abimbola, El Segundo’s second poet laureate, will host his inaugural event, “The Land Remembers: El Segundo Blue Butterfly Poetry Walk” at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Courtesy City of El Segundo)

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El Segundo’s new poet laureate connects nature, creativity with blue butterfly walk

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The Soroptimist International Manhattan Beach Film Festival, at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27, 2025 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, raises funds for the Soroptimist International of Manhattan Beach, which supports women locally and globally through scholarships, career development and more. (Courtesy Soroptimist International Manhattan Beach)

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Manhattan Beach festival to highlight films for women by women

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Outgoing Redondo Beach Councilmembers Nils Nehrenheim, Todd Loewenstein and City Attorney Mike Webb will be celebrated at a farewell reception April 1, 2025 at the Redondo Beach Public Library. They are leaving city leadership fter the March 4, 2025 election. (Courtesy photos)

Redondo Beach to host farewell reception for outgoing councilmembers, city attorney

New local officials who were elected in the March 4 election will be sworn in on April 1.

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TBR letters: This is what readers had to say for the week of March 6

One TBR letter writer this week discusses affordable housing in Manhattan Beach.

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Freshman Kekoa Delatori pitched six shutout innings for Mira Costa in a Bay League win against Torrance on Wednesday, March 12. (Photo by David Rice)

Mira Costa baseball opens Bay League with win over Torrance

Baseball roundup: Freshman Kekoa Delatori pitches six shutout innings to lead Mira Costa to a win in the Bay League opener.

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Dr. Geoffrey Pope conducts the Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra during a rehearsal at Redondo Union High School on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)

Theater/Arts: Beach cities symphony to celebrate 75 years

TBR columnist Melissa Heckscher writes about all things theater and arts related in and around...

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Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy presents “Firewise Landscaping: How Native Plants Can Help Protect Your Home” Zoom discussion Tuesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. (Photo courtesy of Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy)

TBR calendar: Things to do on and around the beach cities, March 20-26

Here are some upcoming events and activities for beach cities residents to enjoy.

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Phillips 66 will be closing its refinery in Wilmington. The complex built in 1919 has seen multiple owners over the years and over 600 workers and 300 contractors currently operate the facility. Phillips plans to close the refinery in late 2025. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

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Cleanup of Phillips 66 refinery sites could take years, LA water board says

"Significant amounts of contamination" in soil and groundwater exist on the 650-acre complexes in Wilmington...

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Sample Redondo Beach restaurants during Dine Around Artesia next week
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2nd ever Hot Dog on a Stick, on Redondo Beach Pier, to close after Labor Day

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Rep. Ted Lieu meets with Beach Cities Heath District CEO Tom Bakaly, BCHD Board President Michelle Bholat, Redondo Beach Unifed School District executive director of special education Danielle Duncan-Bernstein, Venice Family Clinic doctor Cesar Barba, Development Director at the South Bay Childrenís Health Center Lisa Daggett Cummings, Medi-Cal beneficiary Kevin Tuxford and many more during a roundtable to discuss the impact of potential federal budget cuts that would eliminate funding for free and affordable health insurance through Medicare and Medicaid. (Photo by Tyler Shaun Evains, Daily Breeze/SCNG)

Roundtable highlights how Medi-Cal cuts would affect local beneficiaries

Local residents, health, nonprofit officials got a seat at the table Tuesday in advocating for...

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Tristan Torres was among the early bird shoppers looking for Black Friday sales at the local Best Buy in Mission Valley in late November. Retail hiring was up in San Diego County in November and December. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

South Bay, Long Beach cities set to get sales tax hikes April 1

A few cities are nearing the edge of an 11% sales tax after voters approved...

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Hermosa Beach City Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Hermosa mayor: Ensuring operational efficiency, strengthening infrastructure among 2025 goals

Hermosa Beach Mayor Dean Francois writes about the city's outlook in 2025.

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