Letters: July 7, 2011
Bobko confirmation Dear ER Hermosa Beach Councilman Kit Bobko is right in his thinking that the police, firemen, and public employees are overpaid in Hermosa Beach, and the unfunded liabilities are an issue which must be addressed (“Hermosa Beach singled out for pension costs,” ER Website). The Civil Grand Jury’s admonition to conduct a cautionary analysis […]
Barfly: Pitcher House’s Tootie remembered
Farewell Dear Friend: Last week we lost a true South Bay legend. Gary “Tootie” Cullen passed away after a long battle with cancer. He managed Toes Tavern back in the day and owned and operated the Pitcher House at Pacific Coast Highway and Second Street in Hermosa Beach for over 20 years, most of them […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
PCH incident In an incident that briefly closed the northbound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway during Thursday rush hour, a Long Beach man allegedly punched and bit his wife for not letting him drive their car, and kicked and punched two people who tried to separate the couple. Police responded to reports of a fight […]
Events Calendar: July and August 2011
Beachin’ Farmers Markets Saunter, sample and enjoy locally grown fresh produce plus the tastiest breads, cheeses, cooked foods, glorious flowers, plants and more at our beach cities’ farmers markets four days a week: Tuesdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 13th & Morningside Dr. (metered parking underground), MB Thursdays 8 a.m. – noon at Veterans […]
Guitarist Joe Cipolla is retired, but you’d never know it
For Joe Cipolla, known around Hermosa Beach as Singing Joe, it was an easy transition. “Right before I retired,” he says, “I walked into the Mermaid [just as] a kid walked in with a guitar on his back. And I said, ‘Do you play?’ He goes, ‘Well, mister, I’m taking lessons.’ ‘Okay. Do you mind […]
Barnacles serves gastropub quality food without the chic décor or the prices
I have reviewed the food at a number of taverns lately, causing some people to wonder if I have been drinking dinner or eating it. To them I say that like any reviewer, I write about what my readers are consuming, and lots of them are eating in bars. This is due to two trends […]
Dave Williams, Director of USA Beach Volleyball, is the medal maker
The first time Brilliant, Ohio, native Dave Williams visited Hermosa Beach was for a meeting at a home at 7th and The Strand to sign a sponsorship deal between Corona Beer and Jimmy Buffet. Williams was Corona’s West Coast sales manager. It was 1983. “I wore a blue, three-piece, wool suit and felt like the […]
Teacher brings NASA to classroom through Space Academy fellowship
Last year, Manhattan Beach elementary school science teacher Chris Miko received a National Aeronautics and Space Administration fellowship that allowed him to attend a weeklong Space Academy for educators from around the world. He was selected to attend the Advanced Space Academy this year, which took place last month. Over the course of the program, 28 […]
Redondo Beach employees accept pay cuts, two-tier pension in budget deal
All seven city employee unions tentatively agreed to wage concessions, enabling the City Council to adopt a balanced budget at a specially called meeting Thursday night. Some of the unions have agreed to make six percent wage cuts permanent and accept a new, two-tiered retirement system that will reduce benefits for new employees. Negotiations went […]
Village Runner Fourth of July 5K 2011 [PHOTOS]
On a morning when people of numerous heritages began the celebration of the 235th birthday of the United States of America, it seemed fitting that a (North Torrance) Saxon and an (El Camino College) Warrior emerged victorious in the men’s and women’s division of the annual Village Runner Fourth of July 5k run/walk that begins […]