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This Week's Top News in the South Bay

A look at what made headlines this week in the South Bay of Los Angeles.

Here are the stories that made headlines this week locally in Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Palos Verdes:

REDONDO BEACH


Final Election Results to Be Released Monday: Redondo Beach City Clerk Eleanor Manzano and her team will finish counting on Monday vote-by-mail ballots received at the polls and provisional ballots cast on election day last Tuesday.
Related: Redondo Beach Treasurer, Runoff Election Results

Police: Burglary Suspect Arrested After Neighbor Phoned in Tip: A burglary suspect was arrested May 7 after a neighbor spotted a suspicious person leaving a residence in the 800 block of Avenue C in South Redondo Beach, according to Redondo Beach Police Department spokesman Sgt. Shawn Freeman.

PALOS VERDES

2 Earthquakes Hit South of Palos Verdes: A magnitude-4.0 earthquake struck about six miles south of the Palos Verdes Peninsula at 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was followed about two hours later by a magnitude-2.0 aftershock in approximately the same location.

PVE Appoints New City Manager: The city of Palos Verdes Estates has a new city manager: current Rolling Hills City Manager Anton "Tony" Dahlerbruch, according to a news release from the city. Dahlerbruch will replace interim City Manager Dan Dreiling. The position was vacated by former City Manager Judy Smith earlier this year.
Related: Steve Burrell to Serve as Rolling Hills City Manager

Marymount College Sees Revitalization: Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes has gone through a revitalization over the past several years, according to an article in last weekend's Daily Breeze. The college, which will become Marymount California University on Aug. 1, honored a graduating class of 139 on Saturday; right now, a record-high 1,000 students attend the school—double the number that attended in the 2009-2010 school year.

MANHATTAN BEACH


Tennis Coach With Ties to Manhattan Country Club Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor: A tennis coach who is believed to have worked at the Manhattan Country Club has been charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old student in Irvine, and prosecutors suspect there are more victims, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Jarrid Thomas Baldogo, 29, of Irvine, is charged with eight felony counts of lewd acts on a child younger than 14.
Related: District Attorney Comments on Tennis Coach's Link to Country Club

MBEF Saves Teaching Jobs With Larger-Than-Expected Grant:
Thanks to an additional $385,000 from the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation, the Manhattan Beach Unified School District is able to shorten its potential teacher layoffs for the 2013-2014 academic year to five. MBEF Nina Patel announced the additional funds at last night's school district board meeting, raising MBEF's previously announced $5 million grant to $5,385,000.

Fire Department Donates Retired Engine to Fire Academy:
Students training to be firefighters now have the benefit of working with more realistic equipment thanks to a donation by the Manhattan Beach Fire Department. In late April, the department donated a retired 1989 Emergency One Hush fire engine to the Fire Academy at El Camino College to help replace an aging fleet of engines built in the 1970s.

HERMOSA BEACH

City Cited for Lack of Drilling Permit: The City of Hermosa Beach is among three entities cited by the Los Angeles County Public Health Department's Environmental Health Drinking Water Program for drilling on the public works yard site last Tuesday without the required permits. Brycon, LLC, a consultant out of Newport Beach, and J & H Drilling Co. Inc. out of Santa Ana were also cited for their participation in the work, which was being done on behalf of E&B Natural Resources to test soil and groundwater for contamination. All entities will be fined.
Related:
E&B Issues Statement Regarding Permits, Projects | City Issues Statement on Permit Snafu

Council Keeps City Treasurer Position Status Quo—For Now: Residents will still elect the city treasurer per a unanimous vote by City Council Tuesday night despite a recommendation from city staff to allow voters to decide if the position should be elected or appointed. With former elected treasurer David Cohn's resignation after 18 months in office effective Wednesday and his recommendation the position be appointed, council decided to keep the status quo.
Previously: City Treasurer David Cohn to Resign










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