Local athletes win gold on the sands of Hermosa Beach

Manhattan Beach’s Presley Forbes reunited with partner Dani Barton of Salt Lake City, Utah, to win gold in the Girls 16-and-under division. The duo rapidly improved after eking out a close game in the first round of polo play. “Dani is just just getting used to the deep sand here in Hermosa,” Forbes said after […]

Healthy Nostalgia at Hermosa Beach’s Ocean Diner

Ocean Diner seems designed to appeal to a sense of nostalgia. The soundtrack is the Andrews Sisters and Benny Goodman, newspapers on the walls trumpet the Battle of the Bulge, and the décor reminds us of a time when, though conflict raged, the world seemed less complicated.