Schools bring back teachers, programs
After adopting a “stable” budget last week, the Manhattan Beach Unified School Board voted to bring back a baseline form of some popular programs that had been cut, reinstating about 10 fulltime positions.
After losing $4.7 million in revenues since February, the school board was forced to lay off more than 80 teachers and classified employees [...]
Council cuts $1.5 mil in programs
After 25 hours of scrutinizing each city department’s expenditures line-by-line, the City Council approved the 2009-10 budget with nearly $1.5 million in expense cuts.
To balance the budget, the council scaled back the Community Police Academy, an employee wellness program, employee recognition programs, city employees’ conference attendance and the public education budget.
The council suspended popular community [...]
City retailers ride out rocky times
The Cotter family has seen a lot of changes in the 75 years they’ve operated their Manhattan Shoe Repair store in downtown Manhattan Beach. But nothing as dramatic as the past six to 12 months, said store owner Bill Cotter.
“It used to be one person moved out and a new person came in a day [...]
Deficit down to $1.9 million, debate stirred over raises
The Pumpkin Race, Halloween Carnival, Pet Appreciation Day and the Metlox and Arts Manhattan series are among next year’s budget casualties. To trim just over $1 million from their budget, City Council suspended those programs along with neighborhood traffic management, holiday parking meter bagging, the Tree Committee and a majority of city staff’s conferences during [...]
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Colorful restaurateur passes
Maurice Beaudet, a vegetarian restaurateur, musician, activist and onetime needle in the side of Redondo police, died peacefully at home on May 24 after battling a mysterious wasting illness. He was 61.
Beaudet rose to prominence after he and his wife Tonya Beaudet opened The Spot Restaurant, a cozy and well-received vegetarian eatery just off Hermosa [...]