Manhattan Beach News

A U.S. tourism Web site's list of "Unusual Places for Romance" includes cities with amorous names and an island shaped like a heart.

Nathan Mintz will run for the 53rd Assembly District seat. Redondo Beach resident Nathan Mintz, founder of the South Bay Tea Party, formally announced his candidacy Wednesday for the 53rd District Assembly seat.

Faced with a $6.1 million budget deficit over the next two years, the Manhattan Beach school board is moving to increase classroom sizes and reduce the district's counseling services.

Deckhand Jerry Fine, right, uses a gaff to bring fisherman Randy Mosteller s jumbo squid aboard the boat.

The man who prosecutors say killed a popular Manhattan Beach bartender and dumped her body on Highway 330 pleaded not guilty to murder charges this morning.

GARDENA : If you're hard up for development news, head to Gardena to meet 1600 at Artesia Square.

El Segundo 1. Robbery. Police took a report Jan. 31 in the 200 block of North Sepulveda Boulevard.

A Manhattan Beach Fire Department paramedic, right, brings one of the pier jumpers up from the beach Sunday night.

Film Journal got an update from director Joe Johnston about his next project, Marvel Studios' The First Avenger: Captain America : "We're in prep," Johnston says.

San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department photo of murder suspect Tony Lopez Perez as seen during a press conference in San Bernardino October 9, 2009.

Police believe a 71-year-old woman found dead in her Manhattan Beach house died of natural causes, officers said.

A Redondo Beach man accused of killing and dumping the body of a popular Manhattan Beach bartender off Highway 330 was ordered held on murder charges Thursday.

A state appellate panel dealt a setback today to Manhattan Beach and to other cities that have sought to ban plastic bags, ruling that the city should have done an environmental impact report before imposing its bag ban in 2008.

Grunions Sports Bar & Grill in Manhattan Beach will hold a fundraiser for Haiti earthquake relief on Thursday.

Shamash Smith, from Atlanta, makes his way to the top of the steep sand dune recently at Sand Dune Park in Manhattan Beach.

The number of newly-laid off workers seeking jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, as the job market recovers at a slow and uneven pace.

A third powerful rainstorm pounded an already soaked Southern California Wednesday, forcing evacuations of hundreds of homes, creating flooding on roadways and freeways, causing roofs to collapse and unleashing lightning strikes on two passenger jets.

A memorial service will take place Friday in Redondo Beach for Rodney "Blue" Fox, a longtime doorman who was called a fixture in the Manhattan Beach bar scene.

The National Weather Service has warned of a strong thunderstorm associated with a possible waterspout near Manhattan Beach that could become a tornado and impact south Los Angeles County.

The Manhattan Beach City Council voted this morning to limit use of the sand dune at Sand Dune Park reports the Daily Breeze.