
The year 2009 ended with Hermosa Beach awaiting a milestone ruling in a $500 million lawsuit that could break the city’s bank and drive it into bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Hermosa’s private sector struggled against a nationwide recession, the curtain fell upon the tale of a municipal inspector accused of taking bribes, and Hermosans banded together to save their 52-year-old post office.

Dear ER
Here’s a Sand Dune Park solution (“Sand Dune neighbors plead for rest”). Build a sand dune at the north end of El Porto. Two dozers could do it very quickly. It might not be as tall as Sand Dune Park, but it would be a good work-out…
Dear ER:
Redondo Planning Commissioner Ray Benning calls for Redondo Councilman Bill Brand to represent, not sue the City of Redondo Beach Suit (ER letters, Dec. 24, 2009). He implies the votes for Measure DD do not represent the majority of Redondo…

If you placed Twiggy or Penelope Tree in one palm and The World in Vogue in the other, the latter would be heavier. There are some 300 photographs in this large-format, glossy book, culled from the past few decades of Vogue magazine, and it not only contains an A-list of models and actresses and socialites, but an impressive array of photographers.