Coastal commissioner resigns over undisclosed indiscretions

Manhattan Beach City Councilman Jim Aldinger has resigned from the Coastal Commission.  He had failed to disclose a decade-old public intoxication charge and a 1998 temporary restraining order. He resigned in a letter to state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, on Thursday. Perata had demanded his resignation last month for his failure to disclose the incidents in his application for the position.