Hermosa Beach Fiesta focuses on ‘local’ with Unsung Hero Awards
by Kevin Cody The Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce underscored the word local in its rebranded Fiesta Hermosa Locale this weekend by recognizing local “Unsung Heroes” at the start of the fiesta, on Friday evening. The awards were presented between band performances in The Garden, an adaptation of the popular Beer Garden from pre pandemic […]
All Ball Sports: Bruins brew over LSU, Dodgers costly season, and prep football kicks off
The UCLA football team is alive and well and undefeated. At least for this week. Head coach Chip Kelly is alive and well and still employed. At least for this week. Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson is still alive and still being touted as a pro prospect At least for this week. But Bruins fans should hold […]
Memorial for ‘Merc’ McFarlane
by Kevin Cody John McFarlane spent 10 years in a lifeguard tower on Torrance Beach. “It was the fastest 10 years of my life and my best years as a lifeguard,” he said in 2014, when he was inducted into the Hermosa Beach Surfer Walk of Fame. Following his retirement in 1983 McFarlane was presented […]