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First You Get the Sand: 9 Chutzpah-y Things to Know About Hollywood Big Shots' Plans to Temporarily Fix Shrinking Broad Beach
Manhattan Beachers aren't the only ones giving side-eye to Malibu homeowners' plans to harvest offshore sand for their erosion-prone beach--environmentalists think the whole thing is pretty wack too. The 114 ridiculously wealthy homeowners of Broad Beach (average house price:...
Week in Pictures for Nov. 30
Subjects include sewage problems following Hurricane Sandy; residents returning to Ortley Beach, N.J.; and camels enjoying the Manhattan streets.
Considering ROI From Legal BitTorrent Promos
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Seth Keller of SKM Management, an artist management firm in Manhattan Beach, California, writes, “Hi Eliot: Would you be open to doing a follow up piece to this post [about the most-downloaded legal...Show More Summary
Weekend Linkage: Rose Bowl EIR to be Challenged, Burbank Banning Mobile Adverts
· Foreclosed Irvine mansion with dog shower on market for $9.5MM · Nowhere to park: Car sharing hits snag in Manhattan Beach · Residents plan legal challenge of EIR for the NFL at Rosebowl · Rich Canadians are moving...
Small earthquake strikes in Santa Monica Bay
A small earthquake was reported Thursday morning in the Santa Monica Bay. The 2.8 temblor struck at 6:03 a.m. about four miles from Manhattan Beach and about 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles. There were no reports of damage. According...
First You Get the Sand: Rich Malibuites Drop Plan to Harvest Sand From Manhattan
The superrich homeowners of Malibu's Broad Beach have dropped plans to harvest sand from off the coast of rich-but-not-nearly-as-rich Manhattan Beach; oh, they'll still need precious sand to replenish their eroding beach (for the next decade or two anyway), but...
Great White Sharks Caught off of Los Angeles
In the video above, people are shocked that a fisherman accidentally caught two great whites off of the pier at Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles in the same day (both sharks were released). But, in fact, this isn’t too surprising given...Show More Summary
Monday holiday notes
Mike Trout wins some hardware, a new co-anchor for 'ET,' remembering the colorful Art Snyder, Manhattan Beach's sand, a memorial for John Retsek and more.
First You Get the Sand: Rich Broad Beach's Plans to Harvest Sand From Manhattan
Click here to view the full photogallery. Details have been released on superwealthy Broad Beach's plans to raid sands from Manhattan Beach and other areas to help shore up its rapidly-eroding beach--the Malibu homeowners along Broad have voted to tax...
DEAD PIG in a Romney T-Shirt Left at GOP Headquarters (Video)
A dead pig in a Romney T-shire was left at the GOP headquarters in Manhattan Beach, California last night. The pig’s head was wrapped in barbed wire. ABC Local reported: A dead pig clad in a Mitt Romney T-shirt was … Continue readin...
Hurricane Sandy Destruction in Staten Island & Rockaway Beach
Last week we posted Casey Neistat’s jaw-dropping video of the flooding in Lower Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy. The New York City-based filmmaker has followed up with two sobering videos of the storm’s devastating aftermath. Five days after the hurricane, Neistat brought clothes and food to badly battered Staten Island and documented the many destroyed homes [...]
Dead Pig Wearing Romney Shirt Gifted to South Bay GOP Office
In the wake of the 2012 presidential election, a Republican Party campaign office in Manhattan Beach was gifted a rather appalling item to signify the loss of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney: a dead pig. Because apparently nothing says "Mitt Romney" like a lifeless swine. [ more › ]
Dead pig wrapped in Mitt Romney T-shirt dumped at GOP office
Manhattan Beach police were looking for the person or persons who wrapped a dead pig in a Mitt Romney T-shirt and dumped it at a local Republican Party campaign office.
Dead Pig Left at Republican HQ in Manhattan Beach
Wearing a Mitt Romney T-shirt: MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — A dead pig clad in a Mitt Romney T-shirt was left at a Republican campaign office in Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach Police had to discard the pig’s head and its feet in a trash bin, but not before several passersby saw it. “I thought it [...]
Dead pig in Mitt Romney shirt left at GOP Manhattan Beach office
A dead pig with a Mitt Romney T-shirt was found dumped at a Republican Party campaign office in Manhattan Beach, police said Thursday night.
Down and Out at Rockaway Beach
Life lurched back into motion as power was restored to all but 5,800 Manhattan residences and businesses over the weekend. But prospects for a return to normalcy after Hurricane Sandy remained dim for some 130,000 people who call the Rockaways home.
Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes near Manhattan Beach
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Monday evening 10 miles from Manhattan Beach, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:39 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.8 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter...
How To Save New York
Growing up in New York City, I never had much consciousness of it as a coastal city. The beaches are in the farthest-off parts of the outer boroughs, and the population centers in Manhattan and Brooklyn are oriented inward rather than toward the waterfronts. Show More Summary
ConEd restores power to parts of lower Manhattan, Brooklyn
(Reuters) - New York power company Consolidated Edison Inc restored power to about 2,000 homes in lower Manhattan and 28,200 in the Brighton Beach area of Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, it said in a statement.
Photos: 2 Juvenile Great White Sharks Caught Off Manhattan Beach Pier
We can't speak for you, L.A., but all this recent talk about great white sharks is making us a bit nervous. Last Tuesday, a 39-year-old surfer was fatally bitten by a great white in Santa Barbara County. Just yesterday, a 25-year-old surfer was attacked by a great white in Humboldt County, but survived. [ more › ]