Back to the Future
Game tester Dale Lynn geeks out (left) with systems support tech Ray Roux and Bill Fisher, who programmed and designed the videogame Space Hawk, as members of a pioneering team of 1980s Mattel videogame designers celebrate their classic games, Intellivision Lives! becoming available for Nintendo DS. David Warhol (right), designer and programmer of Mind Strike, […]
Hermosa Beach nightspots mostly peaceable in 2010
The year 2010 was marked by continued cooperation from Hermosa Beach nightspots to limit disturbances and other incidents, Police Chief Greg Savelli said. He added, however, that incidents requiring police responses have risen a bit over the past two years. Nightspots, most of them in the downtown area, have often drawn criticism from neighboring residents […]
Hermosa Beach city revenues continue to sag
Property tax revenue, the largest source of revenue for the City of Hermosa Beach, increased 2 percent during the last fiscal year, according to an annual audit by a public accounting firm, but the modesty of the increase marks a still-sagging economy. Hermosa enjoyed the fifteenth highest assessed property valuation among 88 cities in Los […]
Businessman learns from the best
Before Doug Howarth took part in an exhaustive small business education program backed by Goldman Sachs, he had already built a strikingly successful catering company and opened the well-received Silvio’s Brazilian BBQ on the Pier Plaza. Now, armed with greatly expanded knowledge, top-flight mentors and a wider access to funding sources, Howarth is working on […]
About Town
President named Former Hermosa Councilman George Barks has been elected president of the executive board of the United States/Mexico Sister Cities Association. Barks was named executive board president at the association’s 48th annual national conference in Riverside. In addition, the Hermosa Beach Sister City organization was among only three organizations to receive awards for its […]
Flying Pool
Workers used a crane to lift an 8,000-pound swimming pool onto the third floor of a Manhattan Avenue house under construction. The home of Alysa and T.J. Brenan and their three kids, designed by noted architect David Hertz, will feature passive solar heating through southwest windows, passive cooling using a stairwell to draw a flow […]
Redondo sweeps Mira Costa on the court
For the first time in four years, both Redondo basketball teams swept rival Mira Costa during Bay League competition. The Lady Sea Hawks remained undefeated in league play with a convincing home victory.
In the later game Tuesday night, Redondo’s boys team held off Mira Costa to produce a three-way tie for third place with one week left in the regular season.
A Long and Winding Road
One can say this about Andy Hill and Renee Safier, they haven’t slowed down. The South Bay folk-rock duo continues to perform regularly – each Friday night at Delzano’s by the Sea – and their annual Dylanfest, celebrating the music of Bob Dylan, draws musicians from across the country. They’ve also just released a new album, their eleventh, and they’ve got a CD release concert next week that’ll announce it in style.