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On Saturday, Gov. Jerry Brown rejected AB 165, a piece of legislation that would have prohibited schools from collecting fees from students for books, art supplies, lab equipment or mandatory school-related activities, subjected schools to annual audits and required all schools to post notices in each classroom about the no-fee policy.
Hatcher Johnson stood on his front lawn with a grin as a bright-red fire engine pulled up beside his house in Manhattan Beach on Tuesday.
After placing third in the women’s division at last year’s Day At The Beach Triathlon held in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan

Mira Costa hosts Redondo Thursday in the first of two Bay League meetings between the rival schools with the winner put in the driver’s seat in the race for the league crown which the teams shared last season. Both teams are ranked in the top ten of the CIF Southern Section Division 1-AA poll.
Aquatics: The Redondo Beach Yacht Club will hold the 8th Annual Frank Guernsey Single-Handed Challenge Race at 1 p.m. (check-in