Up Close and Personal from an Anonymous Bay Source
The Lunada Bay surfer who agreed to be quoted for this story wasn’t born into surfing the point, but knew a few of the boys, stayed tough, kept quiet, and earned a few waves here and there.
Bravada at Lunada: Second Helpings of Hamburger Hill
Computer jockeys in early January were called to the battlefield by an across-the-Pacific vendetta to bust Lunada at the seams. A website marketed to the “thinking surfer’” proclaimed “Lunada Bay for All.” After a decade of dormancy of the media covering the hilltop salty hand of localism, a grassroot movement fueled by social media was […]
Hermosa Beach historical society searches for help
The Hermosa Beach Historical Society is desperately searching for locals who have knowledge and a love of Hermosa Beach, a little time on their hands and who play well with others. “There are a lot of dedicated people in our organization as board members, but our docents are our ambassadors, the people that the public […]
Lunada Bay localism faces a new challenge
The aim of the protest was to defy the localism that has for decades denied surfers from outside Palos Verdes access to Lunada Bay’s big right-hand break.
About Town in Manhattan Beach: Week of Feb. 6
What’s happening in Manhattan Beach this week?
City of Manhattan Beach to refund mis-collected street sweeping fees in full
The City of Manhattan Beach could spend up to $3.3 million paying back its residents nine years of mistakenly collected street sweeping fees. Last June, the city stopped charging businesses and residents street sweeping fees when their legal validity came into question. Under Proposition 218, or “Right to Vote on Taxes Act,” certain “property-related fees” […]
Rare fossil of sperm whale skull discovered on Palos Verdes school campus
On this day, the 600-pound rock was finally being transferred from Chadwick’s campus to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, where a veteran paleontologist named Howell Thomas will spend a year restoring the unusual fossil to determine its significance.