Hermosa Beach Kiwanis honor Public Works Superintendent Ells Freeman
Over the past 12 months, Hermosa Beach has received a beauty makeover. Flowers have replaced ice plant in Noble Park and the shrubs on the Hermosa Avenue meridian. New lights were installed on Pier Plaza and added to the 13th Street mural. And new trees on the Greenbelt have created a canopy that give joggers the feeling they are running through a sun dappled forest.
Charity volleyball tourney tries for silence on sand
Players assemble in Hermosa Beach for last year’s Volley4Sound charity tournament. This year’s event will take place Oct. 19. Photo courtesy Volley4Sound Last year, Kelsey Brandin bought earplugs for the first time in her life. Brandin, who is hearing impaired, normally had little need for them. She wanted to make sure that the earplugs […]
Tobacco bans pass — with a few carveouts
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em — especially if they’re flavored. The Redondo Beach City Council has approved a set of ordinances with the aim of effectively banning all but the most basic of tobacco products from being sold, or even seen, in Redondo Beach. On Tuesday night, the Council approved two ordinances after […]
Water main break closes busy intersection
The intersection of Inglewood Avenue and Manhattan Beach Boulevard was closed for about 24 hours last week, while Redondo Beach public works staff and representatives of three water agencies worked to identify, then fix, a broken underground water line they feared would cause a sinkhole. Water was seen gushing up from multiple areas under the […]