REDONDO BEACH (CBSLA) – A part-time employee of the Manhattan Beach Unified School District was arrested Wednesday for allegedly possessing child pornography, Redondo Beach police reported. Kevin Bandel, 30, of Manhattan Beach was taken into custody Wednesday morning and booked on suspicion of possession of child pornography, according to Lt. Fabian Saucedo of the Redondo Beach Police Department. Bail was set at $20,000, and Bandel was released early Wednesday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “As part of the Los Angeles Regional Internet Crimes Against Child ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The National Weather Service issued a tsunami advisory for all Southern California beaches following an underwater volcano eruption near the Pacific nation of Tonga. In Orange County, the sheriff’s department did their best to alert anyone out on the beach that it was potentially unsafe. “Attention in the area, this is the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, this is a tsunami advisory,” deputies announced over the loudspeaker from their chopper. Jan. 15, 2022 (CBSLA) While most beaches were barren, there were still plenty of surfers out riding waves in Newport Beach. “I ..read more

MANHATTAN BEACH (CBSLA) – A stretch of beachfront property in Manhattan Beach that was wrongly seized from a Black family more than 90 years ago is one step closer to being returned to their descendants. FILE — Bruce’s Beach on March 24, 2021, in Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images) The L.A. County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a state grant deed modification that clears the way for L.A. County to transfer Bruce’s Beach to the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce. In August, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that gives L.A. Cou ..read more

MANHATTAN BEACH (CBSLA) – Three people were killed and another three hurt, including a child, in a multicar wreck in Manhattan Beach Tuesday night. Nov. 24, 2021. (CBSLA) The crash involving four vehicles occurred at about 9:45 p.m. at Sepulveda Boulevard and Marine Avenue. “One vehicle that was traveling at a very high rate of speed, broadsided another, and caused a chain reaction with the other vehicles involved,” Manhattan Beach police Officer Wilbert Pereira told reporters. Two men and a woman died on scene, according to Manhattan Beach police. Two of them were identified as 48-year-old ..read more

Screenshot from aerial footage of the pursuit via Sky2. MANHATTAN BEACH (CBSLA) – Authorities were searching Manhattan Beach for a grand theft auto suspect who avoided police during a pursuit on Thursday evening. He was arrested around 9:30PM and the area has been cleared by authorities. The pursuit began in the Marina Del Rey area, and ended when he stopped the car on Sepulveda Boulevard. The suspect then exited the stolen vehicle, a white work van, and began running through various parking lots and buildings before ending up in an empty Manhattan Beach home on the corner of Oak Avenue ..read more

MANHATTAN BEACH (CBSLA) — Hungry for a PLT? That would be a plant-based patty, lettuce and tomato, which will be available at select McDonald’s locations starting today. McDonald’s is testing the McPlant at eight of the chain’s restaurants across the nation. Two of those locations are right here in Southern California, at Manhattan Beach and El Segundo. The star of the McPlant burger is a plant-based patty, which was developed in partnership with Beyond Meat and is exclusive to McDonald’s, which is made up of ingredients like peas, rice, and potatoes. It comes on McDonald’s famed sesame seed b ..read more

MANHATTAN BEACH (CBSLA) — Hungry for a PLT? That would be a plant-based patty, lettuce and tomato, which will be available at select McDonald’s locations starting today. McDonald’s is testing the McPlant, its first vegetarian option, at eight of the chain’s restaurants across the nation. Two of those locations are right here in Southern California, at Manhattan Beach and El Segundo. The star of the McPlant burger is a plant-based patty, which was developed in partnership with Beyond Meat and is exclusive to McDonalds, that is made up of ingredients like peas, rice, and potatoes. It comes on Mc ..read more

EL SEGUNDO (CBSLA) — McDonald’s will roll out their meatless McPlant burger at their El Segundo and Manhattan Beach locations on Nov. 3. The Southern California cities are among eight U.S. locations that will serve the new menu item. Other test sites include Irving and Carrollton, Texas; Cedar Falls, Iowa; and Jennings and Lake Charles, Louisiana. The McPlant has also been added to menus in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria and most recently the U.K. The McPlant was co-developed with El Segundo-based Beyond Meat and is made from peas, rice and potatoes. It is served on a sesame seed bu ..read more

MANHATTAN BEACH (CBSLA) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday is slated to sign a bill that will pave the way to return a stretch of beachfront property in Manhattan Beach that was wrongly seized from a Black family more than 90 years ago. FILE — A pedestrian walks past a marker that gives the history of Bruce’s Beach in Manhattan Beach on April 9, 2021. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images) Senate Bill 796, approved by the California Legislature earlier this month, clears the way for Los Angeles County to return Bruce’s Beach to the Bruce family. In 1912, the beachfront property ..read more

MANHATTAN BEACH (CBSLA) — Legislation giving Bruce’s Beach back to the family of its original owner now awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature to become law. California’s legislature has approved a bill that will return a prime piece of Manhattan Beach property back to the Bruce family. The property, which had been turned into a resort that welcomed Black families, was taken from the Bruce family in the 1920s. “We are one step away from correcting a century’s old injustice,” State Sen. Steven Bradford said in a statement. “The vote we took today is proof that it is never too late to do the right ..read more