Descendents bring South Bay punk to French heavy metal festival
The Descendents’ Milo Aukerman reminded French heavy metal fans of where punk music began by wearing a Hermosa Beach T-shirt during the Descendents’ performance Friday night at the Hellfest Summer Open Air concert in Clisson.
Five murals approved, three rejected
The City Council on Tuesday night approved five new murals on city properties at a total cost of $73,000, while also rejecting three other proposed murals. In a separate public art matter, the council selected four artists to submit proposals for a $250,000 art project in the Civic Center lobby. All funds come from […]
Story prompts search for painting
Manhattan Beach resident Nancy Grenier has painted all her life, and has done outdoor scenes up and down the California coast. But it was a watercolor of some apartments in her hometown that proved perhaps her most popular work of art. Grenier, who studied art and education at Occidental College, painted a picture of the […]
Armato puts power (and remote controls) in people’s hands
Hermosa Beach Mayor Stacey Armato probably didn’t have to practice quite as much as mayors past for her State of the City address last week. That’s because, for large portions of the speech, Armato put the microphone in the hands of the people she said were doing much of the work of keeping the state […]
Council blocks three cell pole sites
AT&T’s two-year quest to install cell phone antennas on light and utility poles throughout the city to improve coverage hit another roadblock Tuesday night as the City Council moved towards denial of three out of four proposed sites. The cell phone carrier, citing gaps in local cellular coverage, originally proposed 15 outdoor distributed antenna systems, […]