Debt-free Hermosa’s okay financially, citizen committee finds

Hermosa Beach’s property taxes, hotel taxes and governmental costs are all relatively low. And contrary to popular belief, Hermosa’s pension costs are not excessive and Hermosa will not go bankrupt if residents fail to approve oil drilling. Those are some of the findings presented by the Hermosa Beach Community Dialogue finance committee during a public […]

California Energy Commission pays Redondo Beach another visit

AES Power power plant Redondo Beach. Photo by Chelsea Sektnan.

Many of the same people who each week populate the public gallery during City Council meetings appeared at Crowne Plaza Thursday to absorb a five-hour technical discussion about such things as air quality measurements, ambient noise, and view corridors. Representatives of the California Energy Commission (CEC) took questions and concerns regarding the proposed reconstruction of […]

Strings, suds and sandwiches: bluegrass hits Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach

  The folks at Saint Rocke are celebrating the holiday season with the unlikely marriage of bluegrass, grilled cheese and craft beer. Every Wednesday in December, a bluegrass band is rocking the Hermosa Beach stage in a series named “The Strings and Cheese Incidents” where a pre-sale ticket gets you a complimentary pint of craft […]

DZLA Presents: PREOCCUPIED with PORTO [SURF VIDEO]

A fun swell pushed through the South Bay in early December giving us waist to head high surf. Surfers include: Jalian Johnston, Tyler, Wil Reid, Kyle Beatty, Chris Wells, Angelo Luhrsen, Marcelo Malinco, Jamie Meistrell, Matt Meistrell, Hunter Jones, Noah Collins, Mike Siorida, Josh Gilberts and others. It was filmed and edited of Civic Couch.