Plans to renovate Manhattan Beach’s Peck Reservoir okayed
The Manhattan Beach City council unanimously agreed Tuesday night on a plan to replace the aging Peck Reservoir, stabilizing the city’s largest water storage facility and rejecting proposed plans to add recreational facilities to the area. The 5-0 vote approves a plan to drain and tear down the existing structure, located at the intersection […]
In Manhattan Beach City Council race, Burton focuses on fiscal responsibility, public safety
At a Manhattan Beach City Council meeting last year, the city was considering an ordinance that would restrict “targeted picketing.” The measure came to council after a Sand Section residence was surrounded by protesters last March after its owner allegedly tried to evict a low-income family from their home in San Bernardino. The proposed ordinance […]
About Town in Hermosa Beach
John Croteau paddleout A paddleout for John Croteau, one of the Silver Strand Hermosa surfers in the ‘60s, will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. in front of Longfellow Avenue in Hermosa Beach. Croteau moved to Haiku, Maui 20 years ago and became a general contractor and an expert windsurfer. Croteau was on […]
Hermosa Beach Police Beat
A woman was found dead underneath the Hermosa Pier midday Saturday. Though police have ruled out foul play, the cause of death remains unknown. The woman and a male companion, both transients, spent Friday night under the Pier, and the man became concerned when he was unable to wake her, said Sgt. Robert Higgins of […]
Beach art – 4th Annual “Hey Turkey Day”

On the night before Thanksgiving local South Bay artists took over Hermosa Design
Beach charity – Torrance Memorial Raises $1.5 Million at 33rd Annual Holiday Festival Gala

Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s Holiday Festival Gala raised more than $1.5 million
Beach art – Hermosa Artists Collective at Harmony Yoga
Beach art Hermosa Artists Collective at Harmony Yoga Hundreds of people filled Harmony Yoga on Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach on Saturday November 19, but there were no downward-facing dogs to be seen. The revelers had gathered for the Harmony Show featuring the Hermosa Beach Artist Collective. The organization gathered local talent, whose work […]