Letters to the Editor 6-1-17
The latest letters from our readers
South Bay Boardriders present Big Wave Challenge awards at Hermosa Beach Theater
Members and friends of the the South Bay Boardriders Club filled the Hermosa Beach Community Theater for the club’s annual Big Wave Challenge Awards night on Wednesday, May 24. Nominees Flavio Pirez, Angel Luhrsen, Tracey Meistrell Alex Gray and Trevor LaShure were called to the stage.
Nutrition entrepreneur Morton coaches young entrepreneurs
American Martyr’s sixth grader Isabelle Hory finished 8th out of nearly 100 regional finalists at the YEA national scholarship championships, held May 5 at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Hory invented a device she calls Gimmieboost. Hory is a member of the 2016-17 Young Entrepreneurial Class, sponsored by the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Manhattan Beach Education Foundation hosts annual fundraiser
Saturday night will be a night of celebration at the annual Wine Auction at the Manhattan Beach Country Club. Hundreds of supporters of local schools will gather at the event, which features more than 40 local restaurants, 70 vintners, breweries, and distilleries, and over 300 volunteers all working together to provide, in a single night, […]
About Town in Hermosa Beach
Fiesta celebrates Memorial Day Fiesta Hermosa kicked off this weekend with a Memorial Day celebration on Saturday morning. After remarks from Mayor pro tem Jeff Duclos and Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, Kim MacMullan, head of the Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Bureau, invited active duty service members to the stage. Above, MacMullan with Lt. Christopher Morett […]
Hermosa Beach designer’s app lets surfers emote on waves
Chris Prenter remembers hearing in a college anthropology class that the Inuit, the indigenous people inhabiting regions ringing the Arctic, had hundreds of words to describe snow. The message was that things that seem indistinguishable to most people — snow is snow — are in fact subject to vast variation in the eyes of those […]
Budget talks in Manhattan Beach focus on cuts
The Manhattan Beach City Council indicated tentative approval of its two-year budget and a five-year slate of public works projects at Tuesday night’s meeting, coming to terms on belt-tightening measures while attempting to hew to various voter priorities from the recent election that installed three new members. Tuesday’s meeting featured broad-brush discussion of the […]
Latest from Hermosa Beach Mural House is a salute to all military veterans
It has been a canvas for creative opposition to oil drilling, an Angel-winged Instagram destination and, of course, a home. And on the recent Memorial Day holiday, it became a place to thank veterans, and remind the community of the enduring value of their service. The latest offering at the 17th Street Mural House was […]