Week in Review: Painting the Town Green, Spotlighting Nonprofits

The South Bay gets ready to celebrate its green potential with an upcoming Sustainability Summit, and North Manhattan Beach businesses feel the sting of the economic downturn.

SUNDAY

Local landscaper Mike Garcia partners with the city of Manhattan Beach on its first ever Sustainability Summit and Eco-Fair.

MONDAY

A seasonal lifeguard tower art project brightens up the foggy landscape of an unusually gray summer.

The chairman of the North Manhattan Beach Business Improvement District talks with Patch about how shops and restaurants are faring in the area.

TUESDAY

Open Government columnist Gary Osterhout takes a deeper look at the city's proposal to dust off a business license tax on real estate agents.

AT&T expands cell coverage in Manhattan Beach by adding a cell tower site on Grandview Avenue.

WEDNESDAY

Green columnist Joe Galliani takes a look at what a group of eco-minded students in Lawndale are cultivating right on campus, and what the Beach Cities schools can take away from the project.

New vendor Daily Knead brings some gluten-free baked goods to the Manhattan Beach Farmers Market, and food columnist Allison Arbuthnot shares her mom's recipe for baked zucchini.

Students' bags are searched after a backpack with lighter fluid and matches is discovered Wednesday morning at the high school.

THURSDAY

In the debut of a new series, Patch shines a light on local nonprofit G.I.F.T., which is run by two Manhattan Beach sisters and focuses on the gap between social and economic classes of youth.

Community members are honored for their July rescue of an 11-year-old boy who survived a sand tunnel collapse.

A woman reports that her mother's cremated remains are stolen, and a shelf stocked with prescription medication at a CVS pharmacy is emptied in this week's police blotter.

FRIDAY

After a strong showing at a prestigious tournament in Hawaii, the Mira Costa girls volleyball team starts its season by falling in three sets to fourth-ranked Edison.

The city opens the door to competitors of current hauler Waste Management and urges residents to consume less.

Several Beach Cities events mark the anniversary of 9/11, while concerts, a tournament and a film on the beach are served up to those still hanging on to summer.

SATURDAY

Manhattan Beach native and Northern Arizona University freshman Suzu Jeffery competes in the Sport Climbing Youth World Championships in Scotland.