Hermosa Beach Hotel bed tax boost to be on fall ballot
Hermosa Beach voters will weigh in on whether the city should raise its transient occupancy tax, added to the bills of those who book rooms in hotels within its boundaries, in order to boost city coffers. Hermosa’s City Council chose to put the measure, which would increase the tax to 14 percent from its existing […]
Redondo Beach Health report lays out three year plan
The Beach Cities Health District has laid out its health priorities for the next three years, and while it continues to prioritize Blue Zones-related tenets of nutrition and exercise, its latest report indicates the Health District has expanded its priorities. “I think the biggest takeaway from our data is that we’re a physically healthy community…but […]
Redondo Beach This week’s Swim the Avenues event hopes to build momentum and tradition as Redondo hopes to host an Olympic event
For many, many minutes after open-water swimmer Quinn Fitzgerald marched himself out of the ocean off of Torrance Beach, following a test swim on a Thursday morning in May, he was unable to peel the smile off of his face. “It was beautiful, refreshing. It was pretty great to see dolphins — multiple dolphins,” Fitzgerald […]
Redondo Beach SCVC’s 17 Quiksilver win championship
Southern California Volleyball Club’s 17 Quiksilver team took first place in USA Volleyball’s Boys Junior Volleyball Championships, which ran June 30 through July 7. SCVC’s 17 Quiksilver beat Balboa Bay’s 17 Blue in three sets during the July 7 final to win the championship. The team is led by Head Coach Cameron Green, and Assistant […]
Hermosa Beach company hopes to redefine CBD market
When Josh Standifer was a kid, his mother would periodically summon him to her room using the noise made from banging a ladle against a soup can. A series of compounding health problems frequently left her unable to care for herself, and Standifer was taking care of his mother from a young age, which […]