Local Becomes Local: Almost six years after previous tenant Sion’s closed after a kitchen fire, Local Kitchen is serving next to the Seahorse Motel on PCH in Manhattan Beach. It’s an offshoot of an… ...

by Richard Foss When a former bootlegger named Ernest Gantt opened a bar and restaurant called Don the Beachcomber in 1933, he couldn’t have known that he was beginning a craze that would long… ...

by Mark McDermott Marshall Varon loved and respected his father, but he had absolutely no intention of following him into the family business. Morgan and Helen Varon founded Morgan’s Jewelry in 1946… ...

by Dan Blackburn Joseph SanClemente, a former City of Santa Monica transportation planner, started his new job Tuesday as the city of Hermosa Beach’s public works director. SanClemente will supervise… ...

by Robb Fulcher Tom Sullivan has lived a limitless and star-studded life in his 76 years and counting. As an entertainer, he’s appeared on Johnny Carson’s iconic late-night TV show dozens of times… ...

by Chrissa Olson The hum of drones replaced the bang of fireworks during Redondo Beach’s July 4 Independence Day celebration. Redondo Beach City Council approved a 200-drone show for Fourth of July… ...

by Garth Meyer AES stockholders could gain $15 per share in cash after a consortium paid $33 billion to buy the energy company, which formerly owned the Redondo Beach AES plant and its 52-acre… ...

by Mark McDermott A nine-room, 4,494 square foot hotel, developed by longtime local property owner Tony Choueke and designed by architect Louie Tomaro, will replace a real estate office in downtown… ...

The independent community newspaper of the South Bay beach cities of Los Angeles.