Mark McDermott

by Mark McDermott The job description includes some unusual aspects. Hours, 10 to 30 a week, depending. No pay. Be prepared for frequent criticism, often delivered extremely publicly.

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by Mark McDermott Two things happened that caused Christy Barnes to run for school board. The first was an experience her son had with his history teacher at Manhattan Beach Middle School.

by Mark McDermott Rita Crabtree-Kampe became involved with the city government a few years ago when she was appointed to serve on the homelessness task force. After several meetings…

by Mark McDermott First in a series One day last June, Sheri Hastings heard a telltale sound as she was shoveling out the muck in the horse stalls at her property on Portuguese Bend in Rancho Palos…

Shooter Jennings and friends celebrate the late great Hoss by Mark McDermott Nobody brought the thunder like Waylon Jennings. His thunder took many forms. Jennings rattled the suits in Nashville when…

by Mark McDermott Chase Meidroth has dreamt about this moment for most of his 21 years. It began with T-Ball, then started coming into focus in Manhattan Beach Little League. By the time he was a star…

Pleas from Manhattan Beach residents to stop coyotes from killing their pets prompted the City Council to enlist a trapper for help…

by Mark McDermott A state appeals court last week ruled that the City of Manhattan Beach’s ban on short-term rentals flouted California law protecting coastal access, and is not legal.

by Mark McDermott Manhattan Beach is among the best-known cities, for its size, in the United States. The city is known for its idyllic beaches, beautiful weather, iconic pier, and its well-to-do…

by Mark McDermott The Strand House had only been opene for about a year, and it was something new and ambitious both for restaurateur Mike Zislis and for Manhattan Beach. It was 2012 and neither…

by Mark McDermott A Manhattan Beach citizens group is making an urgent push to collect enough signatures by Monday, February 14 to put a parcel tax increase on the June ballot. The MB Citizens for…

by Mark McDermott The Omicron surge has moved beyond its peak in the Beach Cities and begun to decline. But similar to trends elsewhere, even as COVID-19 cases decrease, the number of deaths has…

by Mark McDermott On the morning of May 22, 2020, Maureen McBride opened up her boutique in downtown Manhattan Beach, Tabula Rasa Essentials, for the first time in ten weeks. Those ten weeks had been…

by Mark McDermott Something about the building always sparked Bill Graw´s imagination. He lived a few blocks away, up by Valley Park, and often walked down the hill to have a burrito at El Gringo and…

by Mark McDermott fourth in a series Bruce’s Beach left behind a lot of memories. For nearly 15 years beginning in 1912, the resort represented an almost magical destination for Black residents of…

Third in a series by Mark McDermott By the first years of the 1920s, Manhattan Beach was coming together. In the decade since its founding, what had been mostly a scattering of sandswept shacks…

by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach Education Foundation has a uniquely crucial goal for its 27th Annual Manhattan Wine Auction on June 12. The hope, as always, is to meet fundraising goals…

by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council spent much of the last 14 months grappling with how to handle the pandemic locally. Now, as the pandemic wanes but its impacts linger…