Body Glove Invitational 2014 by Kawakami [PHOTOS]
Body Glove photographer Mark Kawakami shot the Mavericks Invitational from aboard the competors’ boat Mr. Morgan.
Body Glove Mavericks Invitational 2014 by Brent Broza [PHOTOS]
South Bay photographer Brent Broza hopped a ride on the Body Glove charter Denise to get up close to the Mavericks Invitational at Half Moon Bay on Friday, January 24.
Body Glove Mavericks Invitational: The view from the boat
“There are two contests you need to win to be remembered as a big wave rider — the Eddie Aikau in Hawaii and Mavericks. I’m honored to have won one of them,” declared South African big wave rider Grant “Twiggy” Baker at the awards ceremony of the 2014 Body Glove Mavericks Invitational.
Hermosa Beach Oil Drilling draft EIR released for public scrutiny
The Draft Environmental Impact Report for the potential E&B oil drilling project in Hermosa Beach was released Thursday morning after almost six months of preparation. The over 1,000 page document is intended to address E&B’s proposal for development of 30 oil and gas wells on the City’s 1.3-acre public works maintenance yard. The document was […]
Hermosa Beach Pier Avenue piano teacher instructs older generations
Through a small shop window in the heart of downtown Hermosa Beach the light notes of a piano can be heard. Piano teacher Emily Baum keeps the beat while encouraging her afternoon student though a new piece of music. Even though her walls are soundproofed to keep from bothering her many retail neighbors at 200 […]
Prescription drugs seized, stolen car found
An unidentified woman was arrested on Feb. 8 around noon in the Vons and CVS parking structure at Pier Ave and Ardmore Ave after police checking the underground parking area found a vehicle that had been previously reported stolen in Hermosa Beach. Hermosa Beach Police Sgt. Bob Higgins said that the woman who was in […]
Farewell to a Hermosa Beach legend, Susan Blaco
Susan Blaco, a Hermosan through and through, remembered.
Keeping old-fashioned entertainment alive: The Old Town Music Hall hosts a music-filled benefit
The Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo is a South Bay gem. For 46 years, the music hall and theater has run as a non-profit art space showing silent and classic films and holding ragtime, jazz and American Songbook concerts on piano and its Mighty Wurlitzer grand organ. Owners Bill Field and the late […]
Redondo Beach library director Susan Anderson takes the reins
Susan Anderson isn’t who you might picture as a library director. Anderson is a Houston native who honed her library craft at the University of Texas at Austin. She traveled to Botswana as a librarian for the Peace Corps and, most recently, she worked for six years at the West Hollywood Public Library. She is […]
Redondo Beach power plant noise focus of complaints
The state agency overseeing the AES power plant’s application to repower on the Redondo Beach waterfront held a public workshop Monday night and heard an earful about noise.
About Town in Manhattan Beach: Week of Feb. 13
What’s happening in Manhattan Beach this week?
3 Manhattan Beach restaurants cited for selling alcohol to minor
Three Manhattan Beach restaurants were among a clutch of South Bay establishments that were cited Friday for selling alcohol to a minor during a police sting, according to the Manhattan Beach Police Department. On Friday, MBPD partnered with Hermosa Beach and El Segundo Police Departments to conduct a decoy sting throughout the three cities, police […]