Jefferson Graham, holding two of his guitars, a Benedetto Bravo Deluxe and a Martin, with an import from Portugal behind him
Jefferson Graham, holding two of his guitars, a Benedetto Bravo Deluxe and a Martin, with an import from Portugal behind him. Photo by Ruth Stroud
By Jefferson Graham
You can never have enough guitars.
Even in a home with ten of them hanging on the walls, resting on couches, standing erect on the ground in guitar holders, I feel I’ve only just scratched the surface.
My friend Scott Kelby has 40 of them. But that’s nothing. The great guitarist Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top has 450.
A Brand new Redondo Beach
SHARE Mayor Bill Brand at the AES power plant in Dec. 2016. Brand had recently enlisted the support of Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn and State Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi in converting the AES power plant into a park. Photo by Brad Jacobson
Slow growth Mayor Bill Brand has big plans for the power plant, the waterfront, and the Galleria
by Ralph Doyle
Redondo Beach has long been overshadowed by its smaller, but wealthier neighboring beach cities, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach.
Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand appears intent on changing that, based on his State of the City address last Thursday.
by Mark McDermott
The return of Bruce’s Beach to the Bruce family came one step closer to fruition Tuesday when Senate Bill 796, introduced by Senator Steven Bradford and intended to resolve deed restrictions, quickly passed out of the Senate’s Water and Natural Resources Committee with unanimous bipartisan support.
Bradford, a Democrat from Gardena, is a member of the state’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The Task Force was created last year in wake of Black Lives Matter protests and intended to develop proposals by 2023. But Bradford said that Bruce’s Beach is exactly what the Task Force, the first of its kind in the nation, was intended to address.
LA County supervisors vote to return Bruce s Beach to owners descendants
By CNS Author article
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to return a scenic and valuable parcel of Manhattan Beach land to the descendants of a Black couple who once operated a beach resort there before the city condemned and seized the site to force them out of business.
LA County supervisors to vote on returning Bruce’s Beach to owners’ descendants
Acting on a motion by Supervisor Janice Hahn, the board voted both to direct the county s CEO to come up with a plan to return the property to the family, and to sponsor Senate Bill 796, legislation required to make the transfer possible.
LA County supervisors to vote on returning Bruce s Beach to owners descendants
By CNS Author article
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on whether to return a scenic and valuable parcel of Manhattan Beach land to the descendants of a Black couple who once operated a beach resort there before the city condemned and seized the site to force them out of business.
LA County supervisors to vote on returning Bruce’s Beach to owners’ descendants
Acting on a motion by Supervisor Janice Hahn, the board will take two votes: one to direct the county s chief executive officer to come up with a plan to return the property to the family, and another to sponsor Senate Bill 796, legislation required to make the transfer possible.