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What Caused the Fire at the Chevron Oil Refinery Fire in El Segundo? What We Know So Far

A major blaze at Chevron's El Segundo refinery lit up Los Angeles on 2 October. The fire was contained to a jet-fuel unit, no injuries were reported, and the cause is under investigation.

International Business Times UK · Oct 3, 2025

The Impact of California’s Statute of Limitations on Personal Injury Claims

Introduction When pursuing a personal injury claim in California, timing is everything. The state enforces strict deadlines, known as the statute of limitations, that dictate how long victims have to file a lawsuit. Missing these deadlines can ...

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 7, 2025

Fisker Is Closing Its California Headquarters: Report

Fisker has begun the process of closing its headquarters in Manhattan Beach, California, according to sources.

InsideEVs · May 6, 2024

Why Quentin Tarantino will never make a Marvel film: 'I'm not looking for a job'

LOS ANGELES — Quentin Tarantino is brewing some coffee and it is, as Samuel L. Jackson's "Pulp Fiction" hit man would enthuse, "some serious gourmet s—," served up in a mug bearing the logo of his podcast "Video Archives," named after the famed Manhattan Beach video store where Tarantino worked…

Los Angeles Times · Nov 9, 2022

An uninvited Kanye West and crew are escorted out of Skechers HQ by executives

LOS ANGELES — Kanye West and crew showed up at Skechers’ headquarters in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday without an invite, and the shoe company was definitely not having it.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 26, 2022

'We are finally here': Plan to return Bruce's Beach wins unanimous approval

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an unprecedented plan to return Bruce's Beach to a Black family that had been run out of Manhattan Beach almost a century ago — paving the way for more efforts by the government to rectify historic injustices that…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 29, 2022

Officials reveal unprecedented plan to return Calif. beach to rightful Black heirs

LOS ANGELES — In a plan made public for the first time, Los Angeles County officials have detailed how they would complete the unprecedented transfer of Bruce’s Beach to the descendants of a Black couple who were run out of Manhattan Beach almost a century ago.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 23, 2022

Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Sirius plot a film podcast

Long before Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary won an Oscar for co-writing “Pulp Fiction,” they were just a couple of cinephiles working at a video rental store in Manhattan Beach, Calif, discussing and recommending movies and becoming the filmmakers they were meant to be

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022

Commentary: Why Bruce’s Beach may be an outlier in terms of reparations for Black Americans

Nearly 100 years after the property known as Bruce’s Beach was seized by Manhattan Beach through eminent domain, California has agreed to return the oceanfront parcels to the descendants of the Black couple who had owned it.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2022

A trio of Rams players remembers the transition from St. Louis to L.A.

LOS ANGELES — During a 2016 team meeting in a Manhattan Beach hotel ballroom, Rams players glimpsed renderings of a new Inglewood stadium for the first time.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 6, 2022