Letters July 22, 2010
Sand is always cleaner Dear ER: It was a poor decision by the last Hermosa Beach City Council to grant the AVP use of the beach for exclusive paid admission on three volleyball courts for the volleyball tournament. The display last weekend shows that the AVP has little regard for the affects on our environment, […]
Harbor Lights: The Battle of Mole B
by Harry Munns When you build a harbor out from a beach the way King Harbor was built, you need a way to get out to the furthest parts of the body of water you created by enclosing what used to be beach. The way it was done in King Harbor was to build concrete […]
Board games: Hermosa surf shops prepare for Huntington challenger
This weekend, Spyder Surf will host a reopening party for its newly remodeled, 27-year-old, Hermosa Beach shop on Pacific Coast Highway. The party will feature free hats, hotdogs and hamburgers, live music and celebrity surfers signing autographs, including pro surfer and Surfrider Foundation spokesperson Tim Curran. Next weekend, Jack’s Surf, a few blocks south of […]
In the Bronx, it’s even too hot for the bees to be busy
by Roger Repohl It’s been a hell of a summer in New York City, with temperatures topping 90 degrees for days at a time and only the occasional thunderstorm to cool things off and moisten the earth. The Dog Days of August started in June this year, and all you want to do is lie […]
‘Consumate’ firefighter bids adieux
Paul Hawkins, a decorated city firefighter who won the admiration of his peers, the thanks of countless victims of fires and other emergencies, and the gratitude of a Mexican sister city whose emergency services he helped to revamp, has retired with a quiet cheerfulness that marked three decades of service.
Divers repair a piling and inspect pier understructure
The city pier is closed this week as divers repair a piling and shoot underwater video to inspect the condition of the pier’s understructure.
“The Lieutenant of Inishmore”
This reviewer was skeptical from the start. “When I saw this play on Broadway I laughed harder than I thought possible,” notes Michael Ritchie, the Center Theatre Group’s artistic director.
Hotdogging
Thursday, July 22 Jazz near the sea The Perry Smith Quartet, with Smith on guitar, performs from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lighthouse Café, 30 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach. (310) 376-9833. Easy on the pocketbook Mark Shapiro and El Blamo play jazz at 6 p.m. at the Redondo Beach Pier. It’s part of the […]
Rise of Gabriels Fallen
by Jeff Vincent DirtyHippieRadio.com It’s a curious process to watch a young band mature. Much like the maturation of an adolescent human, the young band comes on hot, eager, naive, and a bit crazed; it’s quite fun, and potentially self-destructive. The ensuing phase benefits from a little education and refinement, calming the torrential seas to […]
Edwin San Juan
This week I spoke with a comedian that has performed on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, and Showtime.
Top seeds dominate at AVP Hermosa Open
Sunday was a record-setting day for the top-seeded teams at the AVP NIVEA Tour Hermosa Beach Open, with Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers becoming the first men’s or women’s team to capture five consecutive titles at the event and the women’s team of Jennifer Kessy and April Ross winning their first Hermosa Beach Open championship. […]
Manhattan Beach players dominate AAU Nationals
Thirty-two players from Manhattan Beach earned medals – including six gold – at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Beach Volleyball National Championships in Hermosa Beach. The two-weekend tournament concluded Sunday when the Boys U18 competition was held adjacent to the AVP NIVEA Hermosa Beach Open. “The talent level is increasingly getting better each season,” said […]
Redondo names new AD, baseball coach
It didn’t take long for two key positions in Redondo Union High School’s athletic department to be filled. After the retirement of long-time Athletic Director Les Congelliere and the resignation of first-year head baseball coach Bradey Thurman in June, RUHS Assistant Principal John Newman introduced their successors Monday evening on the diamond of […]
Beach Cities Sports
Baseball Central Redondo Little League is hosting the 11-12 year-old Sub Division tournament beginning Saturday. The tournament includes El Segundo Little League, who won the Section 4 tournament with a 12-1 victory over West L.A. El Segundo begins play Sunday at 4 p.m. El Segundo’s 10-11 team also captured the Section 4 title to […]