Councilman’s residence is questioned
Retired firefighter Paul Hawkins has called upon City Hall and county prosecutors to probe whether two-term Councilman Kit Bobko lives in Hermosa Beach, as he must to hold his elective office. Bobko called Hawkins’ contentions “a joke” and blamed them on the councilman’s ongoing debates with the Hermosa Beach Firefighters Association, of which Hawkins is […]
Dog walker on 1,000 mile journey
Making a difference is as simple as walking, as Carol Kozlovich knows. The former market researcher, now a dog walker and animal massage therapist, has added another leg to her journey: striding 1,000 miles for women suffering horrific abuses in the war-ravaged Congo. Kozlovich worked in the corporate world of marketing and market research for […]
Counts dropped in city lawsuit by three Hermosa police officers
A judge has dismissed most of the complaints in a lawsuit by three Hermosa police officers who claim their rights were violated in the city’s handling of disciplinary matters. City Attorney Michael Jenkins called the ruling a win for the city, while Corey Glave, attorney for the officers, said the judge’s ruling let stand the […]
Late-night standoff ends with arrest
A late-night standoff, with a man wielding what turned out to be a pellet gun resembling a police pistol, ended in an arrest by Hermosa Beach police. The incident began about 2 a.m. Friday when officers received to a report of a man with a gun in the 1300 block of Hermosa Avenue. Officers arrived […]
Schools not counting chickens as they await stimulus money
Call it a mathematics proposition: you shouldn’t count your chickens until they’re hatched. With that in mind, city school superintendent Bruce Newlin said he does not know how much of the federal government’s latest stimulus money will trickle down to the Hermosa Beach City School District, with its 1,300 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. […]
Calamari’s [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
The first time I passed Calamari’s restaurant in Redondo, I did a double-take. Was the place actually owned by someone whose name was Italian for squid? Or (even more unlikely), by an actual squid? Given that an octopus was successful at picking World Cup winners, perhaps cephalopods had taken up business management. Or perhaps this […]