Jonathan Chacon appears in court, no plea, no bail
Jonathan Chacon, the 23-year-old year old boyfriend of slain 19-year-old Courtney Bergman, appeared in court Friday afternoon for his arraignment.
Palos Verdes Symphonic Band Director David Stanton
Musical Director David Stanton leads the Palos Verdes Symphonic Band into its 50th year As the Palos Verdes Symphonic Band celebrates its 50th anniversary with a March 25 performance at the Norris Theater, David Stanton will be nearing his first anniversary as musical director. Not that Stanton is new to the nonprofit community band, which […]
“Growing Up Beautiful”, Lori Jones – Modeling in Milan
Not many 21-year olds buy a one-way plane ticket to Milan, Italy, but Lori Jones found herself doing just that. “Back in the 1980s when you were first starting out as a model, they put you on a plane to Europe almost immediately,” she says. “And it’s new, and exciting, and truly is an entirely […]
Hermosa Beach settles potentially bankrupting lawsuit
Hermosa Beach officials have announced a settlement in a 14-year-long, $750 million lawsuit by Macpherson Oil Company that had threatened to bankrupt the city. In a conference call with reporters about two minutes after signing the agrement with oil comapny president Don Macpherson Jr., Mayor Howard Fishman said the settlement ends “the crippling litigation” that […]
Making fashions pop: How Palos Verdes made a New York girl’s dreams come true
Renee Jaco knows what she likes when she sees it. For the fresh-faced, classically chic boutique owner, Palos Verdes Estates inspired love at first sight. “It’s the place I had envisioned living, I just never knew it existed until I took a ride up here one day,” she recalls. “It was like, ‘Here it is. […]
Spreading luxury: Karla Kehres opens Boutique Classique on the Peninsula
Karla Kehres was having lunch with a friend when the idea arose to open a luxury consignment store, and although she had never set foot inside such a business, within three weeks she had opened Boutique Classique at the Promenade on the Peninsula. Kehres was perfectly suited to turn notion into reality in no time […]
Aggressive Hermosa Beach outdoor smoking ban to begin
Hermosa Beach City officials and public health agency representatives gathered on the Pier Plaza to promote perhaps the most aggressive outdoor smoking ban in the region, which begins Thursday, March 1 (see map below). The ban, approved by the City Council four months ago, nixes smoking at all of Hermosa’s outdoor dining areas, the popular […]
Hermosa Beach police sergeants score council members
All seven Hermosa Beach police sergeants have strongly urged the City Council not to look outside the department for help patrolling the Pier Plaza nightlife, contending that private security guards would not be qualified to do the job, and law officers from outside agencies would be more expensive to hire. Police found comments from a […]
Hermosa Beach moves to limit nightlife
To combat problems such as noise and rowdiness from Hermosa’s nightlife, the City Council moved toward barring new late-night alcohol-serving businesses, and capping existing nightspots at their current “intensification” of alcohol service, in already-saturated parts of town. The policy tentatively adopted by the council is designed to cap the occupant load of establishments serving alcohol […]
Hermosa Beach pension costs will decline
The City of Hermosa Beach will get some relief from its unusually high pension costs in six years, a consultant reported this week. Over the summer, the city was one of five municipalities in Los Angeles County singled out by a civil grand jury for a cautionary analysis of high pension costs. In Hermosa, which […]
PV Arts Center Celebrates 80 Years
The Palos Verdes Arts Center marked its 80th anniversary in February, dating itself in a community that has long supported an education in the arts. The non-profit group has reached well over one million students in 32 years through Art at Your Fingertips, which brings creative projects to grade school classrooms. It also offers art […]
Rancho PV sanctions dog beach below Trump property
The narrow stretch of beach below Trump National Golf Course has been a favorite spot for decades for people to let their furry companions frolic in the surf. But until last week, the beach was technically off-limits to canines. The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council made the dog beach officially legal for at least […]
Edison responds to intensified power outages on the Peninsula
With power outages on the Peninsula becoming more frequent, Southern California Edison officials are answering tough questions by officials from all four cities on the hill. This week, SCE officials met with area city managers as part of a quarterly update on infrastructure upgrades. The power company is completing a $4 million project this year, […]
“Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie” one of the worst of all time
“Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie” – I deserve a billion dollars for sitting through it! Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, cult writers, directors and performers of “Tom Goes to the Mayor” and “Tim and Eric Awesome Show – Great Job!” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, as well as numerous short films made for HBO’s […]