Easy Reader South Bay Dining Guide
View a wide ranging selection of South Bay restaurants with links to their webs sites and to Easy Reader reviews.
Largest Waves This Winter Featured on This Episode of Chasing El Nino
This is Civic Couch’s second episode in its “Chasing El Nino” series. This episode features some of the largest waves to hit the South Bay this winter. In Chasing El Nino, videographer Brad Jacobson documents what the El Nino winter means for surfers, our beaches and surrounding areas. At the end of the surf season they will be […]
Endless Session, Day 187: Daydreams of Summer, but Praise for Winter
By Morgan Sliff 147 days till summer sun and hot sand. That being said, there is power in cold. Cold wakes you, heightens your senses, and whether you are freezing or not can be more of a mental battle than a physical one. I’ve come to love it — the way the chill in the air and […]
Endless Session, Day 186: Freezing warmth
The start to the weekend came forcefully, and I found myself on the road in a dream state before 6 a.m., landing in Seal Beach to watch my friend compete in the Katin Seal Beach Surfing Championships. On the beach, everyone was bundled in multiple layers and blankets to hide from the cold, and having […]
Endless Session, Day 185: Just Chill
By Morgan Sliff Even though a Malibu mission with surf coach Siordia didn’t work out this morning, Friday vibes and super strong coffee had me bouncing around the beach. A “just” chill session with Frank’s big green bus and the Brother’s Burritos family, surf, then a few more hangs at Brothers was surely a prelude […]
Endless Session, Day 184: Reef Stoke
By Morgan Sliff This morning, the surf check game was strong. The 11th street beach lot in Hermosa was alive and bustling at 7:30 a.m., the sound of crashing waves pulling eager surfers towards the shoreline. The gang and I walked out on the pier to witness the large, heavy, mostly-closeout sets rolling through, a […]
Endless Session, Day 183: Half Surf-Birthday
By Morgan Sliff 183 straight days of surf, stoke, and smiles for miles. I picked an interesting span of time to challenge myself to surf for a year. El Nino has confronted California full force, and it happened to be a leap year, adding one extra day to what would have been a normal 365. […]
Small fire damages Pedone’s Pizza in Hermosa Beach
A two-alarm fire burned through a Hermosa Avenue pizzeria Monday morning, causing thousands of dollars in damage. The Hermosa Beach Fire Department responded to a fire inside Pedone’s Pizza and Italian Food, near 14th Street, about 6 a.m., said HBFD Capt. Mike Garofano. Authorities were alerted to the fire by an alarm linked to the restaurant’s […]