People3y
California Returns Bruce's Beach to Black Family Nearly 100 Years After Ancestors Were Forced Out
He left PEOPLE in 2023. Nearly 100 years after Manhattan Beach took control of Willa and Charles Bruce's oceanfront property, California has returned the land to the descendants of the Black ...
Daily Breeze2y
Manhattan Beach apologizes for taking Bruce’s Beach, other Black-owned land
Other California cities have apologized for past ... personally apologized when the city unveiled the new plaque at Bruce’s Beach Park on March 18. “We have acknowledged and condemned but ...
THE WEEK2y
The story behind Bruce's Beach
In September 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the bill, allowing the beach to be transferred back to the descendants. "I want to apologize to the Bruce family for the injustice that ...
KTLA1y
Bronze plaque stolen from historic Bruce's Beach in Southern California
A bronze plaque located at Bruce's Beach Park in Manhattan Beach has been stolen by thieves as a string of similar crimes targeting valuable metals in public spaces. The plaque disappeared on ...
People2y
Black Family Given Deed to Bruce's Beach Nearly 100 Years After Land Was Stripped from Their Ancestors
The deed to Bruce's Beach has been returned to the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce, nearly a century after the oceanfront property was seized from the Black entrepreneurs. On Wednesday ...
Los Angeles Magazine2y
L.A. County Will Buy Back Bruce’s Beach for $20 Million
The onetime resort was returned to its rightful Black owners last July and will now be sold back to the county for nearly $20 million Bruce’s Beach, the oceanfront property that was stolen from ...