Grand Prize Writing: The Christmas tree murder fire by Mike Squires Around midnight, in mid-December, back in the early ‘90s, we received a “voice-page alarm” of a structure Easy Reader Staff August 9, 2012
Honorable mention: Bitter Blue Honorable mention: “Green Bee” by Mike Barbee by Nancy Skiba Marvella Upton leaned her elbows on the red and white Easy Reader Staff August 9, 2012
Honorable mention: My son by Chuck Meyer We had been told in early November 1966 that Mark would be our Christmas present. I ordered Special Contributor August 9, 2012
Honorable mention: Last Stop at the Mermaid The pressure was on. I had to find a venue in Hermosa that could accommodate 100 people for Donald McVicars Special Contributor August 9, 2012
Honorable mention: Live Oak Memories As the decade of the 1960s gobbled up my youth, I knew I must venture out into the real world. Easy Reader Staff August 9, 2012
Honorable mention: In over my head Honorable mention: “El Porto” by Mike Matthewes by Pete Whalon It was a typically gloomy morning in late June, 1966, Easy Reader Staff August 9, 2012
Honorable mention: “The sea shell” by Suzanne Launius by Kristine Quinn Manhattan Beach was unusually cool, thanks to the remnants of an arctic storm with winds that had Easy Reader Staff August 9, 2012
Honorable mention: The comeuppance Honorable mention: “Come blow your horn” by Ted Anderson “Bet your ever-lovin’ Fig Newton!” Sal Canizzi needed no prodding to Kevin Cody August 9, 2012
Easy Reader 42nd Anniversary Photo Contest [PHOTOS] [scrollGallery id = 454] Mike McKinney drove his power boat 25 miles per hour to match the speed of the Kevin Cody August 9, 2012
Taste At The Beach coming Aug. 19 The Kiwanis Club will host its 7th annual Taste At The Beach Aug. 19 to benefit the South Park renovation project. Easy Reader Staff August 9, 2012
Hermosa Beach news briefs Aug. 9-15 A suspect stole two skateboards, a tennis racket and a bag containing cash from a residence in the 700 block of Beach Drive on July 30 at about 10:20 a.m. The suspect was identified on a surveillance video and later arrested, police said. Mark McDermott August 9, 2012
Clock calls dead heat at Dwight Crum pier-to-pier swim At the end of the two-mile Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier race, the first two swimmers finish in a dead heat, according to the clock Special Contributor August 9, 2012