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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

High levels of bacteria in the waters at Bruce Beach have prompted Pensacola officials to delay the grand opening of the ...

then a UCLA student who was arrested in 1927 at 19-years-old for swimming in the ocean near Bruce’s Beach Lodge, Napolitano said, inspiring the desegregation of California beaches. And Ethel ...

After six years of planning, designing and construction, the new Bruce Beach Park will open to the public as Pensacola's newest public waterfront space. "What's behind us is only accessible sand ...