Police are investigating a burglary in Manhattan Beach after thieves broke into a jewelry store and stole gold and other valuables — a hit that the owners said the franchise has never seen in its century of doing business.

Police said that between the hours of 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Sept. 1, an unknown number of suspects broke into South Bay Gold’s Manhattan Beach location by carving a hole in the roof.

As of Friday morning, the Manhattan Beach Police Department said investigators were still working to determine the total amount of jewelry and gold the suspects stole from the shop, located at 2413 N. Sepulveda Blvd. “The total loss is still being assessed,” police told KTLA.

Workers from a business next door to South Bay Gold later discovered the hole in the roof and alerted police and t

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