Easy Reader founder reflects on the purpose of community newspapers

Fifty years ago, not long out of college, I put out a call for volunteers to help staff an upstart newspaper in Hermosa Beach, hoping to provide an alternative to entrenched local publications that favored big growth and the political status quo.
Beach Streaming: From Easy Reader/HermosaOne
Music and other streaming events from throughout the South Bay. To be included in the Easy Reader/HermosaOne.com streaming calendar, email details to Calendar at EasyReaderNews.com or post details at HermosaOne.com. Thursday, May 14 Hermosa Brewing Company Live Music: Nick Shattuck. 7 p.m. HBC has teamed up with HBEF and local musicians to live stream a […]
Manhattan Beach reopens its Strand

The Manhattan Beach City Council voted to immediately reopen the city’s portion of The Strand in a 3-2 vote Thursday morning. The vote came in the wake of an extension of LA County’s “Safer At Home” public health order released Wednesday, which extended most social distancing measures first implemented in March, including the closure […]
Tower 60’s Alex Abad: The Mask Man of El Segundo

Tower 60 masks advance wearing masks as both a fashion and social statement. Sales benefit the El Segundo Ed Foundation.
Dear Class of 2020

Dear Class of 2020, Spring has always been an optimistic time for high school seniors. Rituals, rites of passage and celebrations give us the opportunity to honor where we’ve come from before moving on to our next adventure. But how do we do that this year? There have been so many things canceled this spring. […]