What is the history of Bruce's Beach? In 1912 and 1920, Willa Bruce bought land along the shore in the city of Manhattan Beach. Shortly after purchasing the lots, Willa and her husband Charles Bruce ...
L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who long advocated returning Bruce’s Beach to the family, said the theft could reopen “old wounds” and hoped someone targeted the copper plaque for its material ...
Black descendants of Bruce’s Beach could get Manhattan Beach land back under proposed California state law. Manhattan Beach, CA – March 24: Birds take flight on the beach between 26th and 27th Streets ...
A ceremony to dedicate a plaque and an art piece at Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach has been rescheduled due to a winter storm bringing heavy rain across the Los Angeles area. The Bruce's Beach ...
Kavon Ward vividly remembers the sunny day in September of 2021 when she won. When Black people won. Gov. Gavin Newsom had traveled to the overwhelmingly white city of Manhattan Beach to sign ...
The descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce were finally able to claim their inheritance. In 1924, the city of Manhattan Beach, California, invoked the power of eminent domain to seize two beachfront ...
The new plaque for Bruce’s Beach Park will at last be set in stone — in just a couple of weeks. Manhattan Beach will unveil the new monument immortalizing two Black entrepreneurs from Manhattan ...
Get a closer look at the history of Bruce’s Beach through an exhibit at the California African American Museum at Exposition Park in Los Angeles. Historian Alison Rose Jefferson, author of the book ...
Results from water testing conducted at Bruce Beach in February have indicated no elevated bacteria levels in a coastal zone that had been plagued by an all too common occurrence of contaminants ...
The construction of Bruce Beach Park is heading toward the second phase of construction that will allow the park to open in 2024. The Pensacola City Council received updated plans for the second phase ...