Summer Calender: Surf Camps
BeachSports BeachSports Surf & Beach Camps is celebrating its 20th year. The camp was founded by LA County Lifeguards. Separate camps focus on surfing, boogie boarding, beach volleyball and junior lifeguard skills. Camps are located at lifeguard tower Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Vista del Mar. BeachSports.org. CampSurf CampSurf offers surf instruction year round […]
Summer Calender: SUP Camps
Summer is for stand-up Stand-up paddling begins with a gently sloping learning curve in the protected waters of King Harbor or the calm summer water off local beaches. But the curve quickly steepens for paddlers who choose to surf or to enter any of the year round races in Southern California. Fortunately, the South Bay […]
Summer Calender: Skate Camps
PCH Skate Camps PCH Skate Camps, an affiliate of Body Glove Camps, provide beginner to intermediate level skate and safety instruction focusing on basic ollies and turns, flip tricks, grinds and vert skating. A variety of ramps, rails and fun boxes are positioned differently each day. All campers are required to wear full pads. Private […]
Hermosa Beach groundbreaking set for Dewey Weber surf statue
The groundbreaking for a 12-foot tall bronze statue of surfer Dewey Weber will be held Saturday, May 16 at 9 a.m., at the entrance to the Hermosa Beach Community Center. The statue will be surrounded by a reflective pond with rippling water to suggest waves and drought tolerant plants to suggest a coral reef.
The Sandman Cometh: Sand sculpting legend Todd Vander Pluym’s ephemeral artistry comes to King Harbor
In 1981, Todd Vander Pluym received a dire diagnosis from his doctor: Within the next ten to fifteen years, he’d be completely blind. Diagnosed with diabetes early in life, Vander Pluym — who had held a number of jobs through his life, from riverboat gambler to bus boy to architect — decided to follow […]
‘Endless Summer’ artist’s mural to trace history of surfing in Hermosa
The highly anticipated unveiling of artist John Van Hamersveld’s 75-foot long surf mural will be held Sunday, June 28 on the Underground Pub and Grill’s wall at 14th Street and Hermosa Avenue, in downtown Hermosa Beach.
Naked man pulled from Redondo Beach Harbor after fleeing police
A naked man was unwillingly pulled from the waters near the Redondo Beach Pier by the city’s Harbor Patrol last night, according to Redondo Beach Police. According to Sgt. Mario Fizulick, police spotted the unidentified man running a red light on Catalina Avenue, near Emerald Street, around 10 p.m. on May 14 and began pursuit […]
Summer Calendar: The Bard is Back
Shakespeare by the Sea returns for its 18th season The enchanting woodland romance, “As You Like it,” opens on June 18. Directed by Stephanie Coltrin, this romp through the forest of Arden tells of Rosalind, the daughter of a banished duke, who falls in love with Orlando, the disinherited son of one of the court’s […]
Summer Calendar: Hermosa’s Art Walk Steps Up
Same month, same place, same format, but classy new name It’s official, the Hermosa Beach Art Walk is now the Hermosa Beach Fine Arts Festival, and this year its taking place on Saturday, June 6, and Sunday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days on the lawn at the the southwest […]
Harbor Drive/Herondo Street path opens in June
The Herondo Street/Harbor Drive Gateway Project, a joint venture between the cities of Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach, will have its grand opening on Saturday, June 13. Representatives from the two cities cities and Beach Cities Health District, as well as members of the South Bay Bicycle Coalition will be represented. The project features a […]
Beach decisions
Surf camp or coding camp for the kids? Or Junior CEO camp? It includes a limo ride. Train at sunrise for the Catalina Classic or read late after a concert?
A night at the track: Relay for Life Summer walks in Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach
The Beach Cities will host two Relay for Life walks this summer to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Teams solicit pledges and walk around local tracks over the weekend, sometimes spending the night. Relay for Life of Manhattan Beach begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, at Mira Costa High School, […]
Paddleboard races, surf contests almost every weekend in South Bay
The growing popularity of stand-up paddling has breathed new life into traditional prone paddling, as well. Paddlers and surfers can find a race within driving distance just about every weekend through the summer.
Mira Costa boys reach CIF Division 1 volleyball quarterfinals
Mira Costa’s boys volleyball team took care of business in convincing fashion Thursday evening, sweeping visiting Servite in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. The 25-20, 25-18, 25-13 win advances Mira Costa (23-4) into the quarterfinals when the fifth-ranked Mustangs will travel to take on fourth-seeded Newbury Park (21-1) Saturday […]
Indie coffee shop opens on Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach
In mid-March, three partners opened Scapegoat, an independent coffee shop on Pier Plaza. It is housed in a modern but tiny space that was annexed last year from Pier Surf.
“I AM BIG BIRD: THE CAROLL SPINNEY STORY” [MOVIE REVIEW]
One is invisible and virtually unknown and the other is one of the most universally recognized and beloved characters of all time. They are indivisible and have been feeding each other for almost 50 years at the same time that they were nourishing generations of children and parents alike. “I Am Big Bird: The Caroll […]