LOS ANGELES — After nearly three years of controversy and intense debate, Manhattan Beach on Saturday held a ceremony of its own to acknowledge its racist history at Bruce’s Beach
by Mark McDermott The City of Manhattan Beach will unveil a new plaque at Bruce’s Beach Park on Saturday, one that replaces a plaque erected in 2006 that…
After almost three years of controversy and fraught debate, Manhattan Beach unveiled a new Bruce's Beach monument and sought to mark a chapter of healing.
Laguna Canyon Conservancy to Host Presentation on Randall Preserve, Formerly Banning RanchRecent media headlines announced the successful permanent preservation of 387 coastal Orange County acres previously known as Banning Ranch, now called the Randall Preserve. Well-deserved congratulations for this accomplishment are due to the Trust for Public Land, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority and especially to the Banning Ranch Conservancy.
The Bruce family won the return of oceanfront land near Los Angeles seized nearly a century ago. Their decision to sell for $20 million set off a different debate about reparations.