Three friends and a truck in Hermosa Beach

  by Kevin Cody Last month, when pandemic protocols were in full force, Granny’s Deli owner Andre Klaser walked up to an old, red Ford 150, parked at the curb in front of his store to deliver some called-in sandwiches.  Andre gave the old truck a hard look. The American Racing wheels were the same […]

CITY COUNCIL: Armato holds up alcohol sales at H20 Hermosa hotel

by Dan Blackburn Brushing aside a wave of vocal local support, Hermosa Beach City Council member Stacey Armato single-handedly temporarily blocked an effort by boutique hotel H2O Hermosa to serve beer and wine to guests. Hotel officials sought an amendment to their business conditional use permit (CUP) to “provide onsite sale, service, and consumption of […]

SANDBOX: Why Chief Yellow Feather’s parking ticket matters

by Chiany Dri [Editor’s note: Chiany Dri is an anti-racism educator and the Public Relations Lead for the Justice for Bruce’s Beach Movement.]  In reading some of the responses to the issue on the parking ticket received by Chief Duane Yellow Feather (“Bruce family rep receives ticket on BLK MAN AVE,” ER May 20,2021), I […]

Wells wins SBBC Big Wave Award

            Chris Wells became the Phil Mickelson of surfing on Saturday, when, at age of 53, he won the South Bay Boardriders Big Wave Challenge. The annual award is presented to the surfer who catches the biggest wave of the winter in the South Bay. The former pro surfer caught […]

Emotional pitch in Mira Costa, Loyola championship game

          Photos by Ray Vidal Manhattan Beach sends more students to Loyola High School in downtown Los Angeles than any other city, which ramps up the emotions in every game in every sport it plays against Mira Costa. The opposing players often grew up on the same teams, prior to high […]