
As Hermosa undertakes an ambitious overhaul of its iconic main drag, owners of businesses lining the avenue foresee their critical summer season blocked by bulldozers. City officials are looking forward to a pedestrian-friendly downtown destination, as are the owners of the avenue’s many shops, restaurants and salons.
But meanwhile, construction is driving away customers, causing sales to fall as much as 30 percent at some businesses, owners said.
Paul Hawkins of the Hermosa Beach Fire Department will receive a Sustained Superiority Award at the 36th annual South Bay Medal of Valor ceremony today, for three decades of outstanding service as a firefighter, a mentor, and a tireless leader in a program to train paramedics in Hermosa’s Mexican sister city.


