Bug hunters wrestle for the biggest catch
It looked like any normal Friday night at the ocean. Fish were feeding and moving from place to place. Waves were crashing on the shoreline, intersecting with buoys and break-walls. However, this night was different. The waves were pounding upon the sides of more boats and scuba divers than normal. More than 200 men and […]
Becker Surf shop emptied for sweeping remodel
The Becker Surf store on upper Pier Avenue has been emptied and moved to a building in Manhattan Beach, to clear the way for a sweeping remodel and a more open, airy look. The Manhattan building, on the corner of Artesia and Aviation boulevards, is serving as the temporary Becker store until the remodel is […]
Hermosa Beach studies 10 percent budget cut
Hermosa Beach City Council on Thursday, Oct. 6 will discuss cutting the city budget by 10 percent, through means such as outsourcing more jobs, offering more early retirement incentives, identifying services that can be cut, and issuing bonds to pay off some of its pension funds. The council at its 7 p.m. meeting will chew […]
Muslim outreach in student swap
As Hermosan David Schrader enjoys another year helping foreign exchange students from around the world adjust to their new South Bay environs, he is seeing more faces from Muslim parts of the world. That is by design of the U.S. State Department, which hopes to encourage good relations among civilians where nation-to-nation relations have been […]
A Swamp Thing: Honey Island Swamp Band plays Saint Rocke
The return of Honey Island Swamp Band When Katrina came and the Mississippi’s waters washed away much of New Orleans, among the city’s greatest losses was the exodus of its musicians, who scattered across America in search of shelter and a paying gig. One of the places some found refuge was at the Boom Boom […]
Two weeks of free parking for holidays in Manhattan Beach
Free parking will be available in downtown Manhattan Beach starting Monday, Dec. 12 through Christmas, as City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to bag the parking meters in the downtown area.
City, RBUSD land swap is dead
The proposed property exchange between the Redondo Beach Unified School District and the City of Redondo Beach involving the South Bay Adult School has been taken off the table. After four months of negotiations, district officials this week decided to end talks regarding the adult school site, which was formerly Edison Elementary School. RBUSD Board […]
Rabies Clinic
Oct. 6 Hermosa Rabies Clinic The annual Hermosa Beach Rabies Clinic is from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Clark Field, 1035 Valley Dr. Please bring your pets on leashes or in cages! Questions: 310-318-0217.
First Thursdays 5pm-9pm Downtown Hermosa Beach
Oct. 6 First Thursdays Hermosa’s downtown merchants stay up late the first Thursday of each month. Enjoy special events, music and other neat stuff. 5-9 p.m. Sponsored by the Hermosa Chamber of Commerce. www.Facebook.com/FirstThursdays for more info.