Resident neighbors of the downtown Manhattan Beach Shade Hotel showed up in force at the June 24 Planning Commission meeting to object to the hotel’s request for an increase in operating hours for its Zinc Lounge, an outside terrace, an interior courtyard and a rooftop deck.
Salt Creek Grille had a family barbeque fund-raiser June 24 for the Hermosa Beach School District. About 300 people attended and raised more than $7,300. (photo by Chris Miller)
Hermosa Beach school officials have prioritized a list of programs they would like to save while adopting the district’s $10 million budget. Now they say it will have to wait to see if the state hurts or helps the district’s grim financial situation.
As state lawmakers debated spending reductions and contemplated deep budget cuts to close a historic deficit well into the night Tuesday in Sacramento, Redondo Beach city officials approved their annual budget hours before the midnight deadline.
Lily Craig of Chevron, center, presented a check for $35,000 to the El Segundo Educational Foundation representatives Bill Fisher, center left, and Jayne Pimlott, center right, at the school district’s fifth-grade graduation ceremonies June 18. (photo by Chris Miller)
Anyone interested in voicing their concerns on next year’s City of El Segundo budget, with a looming shortfall of anywhere between $1 million and $4 million, is invited to the El Segundo Library Wednesday July 8, when the City Council will have its second strategic planning meeting to plan the city’s spending for the fiscal year starting Oct.1.
Bahati pulls three-peat at Manhattan Beach Grand Prix To win the Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix at Live Oak Park, you must first navigate the final hairpin turn successfully and then have enough power left in the legs to sprint to the finish.
Mermen Still Stoked on Surf Sounds The Mermen has been making its own unique brand of surf music for 20 years. Featuring the original lineup performing for the first time in more than 10 years in Southern California, the band will take the stage at Brixton on the Redondo Beach Pier Thursday, July 9.
Question: The beach cities and local school districts have approved their 2009-10 budgets, with the exception of the city of El Segundo, which is on a different fiscal year. All of the approved budgets require cuts to programs and positions to address declines in revenue related to the economic downturn. The school budgets may change depending on the final state budget, which has yet to be hammered out by legislators. * What do you think of the cuts that have been made?
* Are there further potential cost-saving measures that have not been addressed by the city and schools?
* What do you think needs to be changed about the budgeting process, either locally or at the state level?
