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Police still searching for ATM thieves
An organized crime ring is suspected to have been behind the theft of more than $200,000 from more than 1,000 victims who used an ATM at a local gas station.
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MBMS scholars outsmart the parents
Are the Scholar Quiz preparers smarter than the 8th graders?
History teacher Jed Rucker reads a Quiz question.
“Zero degrees Celsius is….”
Eighth grader Alec Lautanen raises his flag. “F-A-H-R-E-N-H-E-I-T.”
The crowd erupts into laughter.
The organizers of the Manhattan Beach Middle School Scholar Quiz have this problem every year—how to outsmart the middle schoolers. Because, by the end of [...]
Against All Odds
Renee Raab Whitcombe of Manhattan Beach used Independent Book Publishers Association’s help to become a high-sales indie author of distinctive children’s books. Photo by Robb Fulcher
From a quaint house in Manhattan Beach they help the nation’s tiny book publishers and indie authors compete with the big boys
by Robb Fulcher
Before Renee Raab Whitcombe became an [...]
