Localism at the Manhattan Beach pier triggers racial reckoning for surfers
On President’s Day morning, a middle-aged, white surfer hassled two 24-year-old Black surfers in the line-up at the Manhattan Beach Pier. He told them to go surf in El Porto. Then, more pointedly, he told them to go surf Bruce’s Beach, a Blacks only beach in the 1920s and more recently, the site of Black Lives Matter protests
Redondoan wins Wheel of Fortune, after being inspired by grandmother
by Rachel Reeves As a child, Redondo Beach resident Sarah Harris would watch Wheel of Fortune with her grandmother, the late Evelyn Massengill. Evelyn was her “academic grandmother,” who advocated for education and sent her grandkids to educational camps, in contrast to her other grandmother, who baked cookies and exuded warmth. Evelyn rarely watched […]
Lang was master martial arts and academic teacher
by Kevin Cody In 2009, actor and comedian DH Hughley was invited on CNN to talk about the most influential person in his life. During the broadcast, the star of the ABC sitcom “The Hughleys” and “The Original Kings of Comedy” recalled winning an apple at a school fair and bringing it home to […]
Fight on to save Junior Lifeguards
by Kevin Cody “Too early to tell. It’s a great program and I hope we can keep it,” Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Scott Hale told Hermosa’s City Council Tuesday evening when asked if the Los Angeles County Junior Lifeguard program would resume this summer. Two weeks ago, the council approved a list of beach […]
Lottery will decide recipients of $110,000 in Hermosa Beach business grants
by Dan Blackburn Grants of $10,000 will be issued to 11 Hermosa Beach businesses negatively impacted by the pandemic, under a program approved by the Hermosa Beach City Council last week. The funds, totaling $110,000, will come from the city’s Community Development Block Grant. The federal funds are intended to create or retain jobs for […]
Letters to the Editor: 2-18-2021
Aloha Hermosa Dear ER: Next will be an ABC store on every corner, just like Oahu (“A la carte: Deck to be replaced,” ER Feb. 11, 2021). Danny Black ERNews comment Just stop it Dear ER: A traffic circle? Really (“Many a close call on Prospect,” ER Feb. 1, 2021)? As if gridlock isn’t […]
New Hermosa Beach motel will retain classic beach bungalow
by Dan Blackburn A new Hermosa Beach motel with deep historical roots won near-unanimous approval Monday by the California Coastal Commission after one member called 70 Tenth Street Motel Development “a really creative proposal.” The three-story motel structure will rise at the corner of 10th and Hermosa Avenue and incorporate a conversion of an existing […]
Proof of vaccination was valued bargaining chip in Vietnam era
by John Cody In 1968, the last step in officers’ training was to get the Yellow Shot booklet. I had almost finished three months at introductory army at Fort Sam Houston during a brutally hot summer in San Antonio, Texas. I told the Army they could send me anywhere, just get me out of San […]
Surf ability, no video quality that matters
The ET Surf/South Bay Boardriders Club Virtual Event 2 Surf Contest is underway. Contestants’ videos will be accepted through Sunday February 28. Waves must be ridden between Indicator on the south and the south side of the Santa Monica Pier, on the north. In previous years, the SBBC contest series has been held throughout the […]
“Tell Me Your Secrets” – But hold out for more [TELEVISION SERIES]
“Tell Me Your Secrets,” Amazon’s new series is a juicy soap opera with criminal and mystery underpinnings that relies on too many story threads. It takes a couple of episodes before the series starts to jell and then it begins to take off. Created by Harriet Walter, who has written many episodes of “Call the […]