Travel: Morro Bay and Highway 1

The South Bay Beach Cities have a lot to offer, beachwise, with miles and miles of sand and waves. We even have jettys and rocks to explore. But we don’t have those big huge ones that you find on the central coast. Like the 576 foot high one that dominates the skyline of Morro Bay. […]
Hermosa Beach Planning Commission talks on updating the city’s zoning ordinance
by Dan Blackburn The Hermosa Beach Planning Commission held a special meeting last Wednesday to discuss a lengthy staff report on updating the city’s zoning ordinance. It was last updated in 2017. The commission will vote at a future date to send the proposal on to the city council for public hearings and possible implementation. […]
Court appearance scheduled for suspect in Hermosa Beach resident Jeffery Roderick Woods’ death

by Dan Blackburn Joshua Edward Dirnu will appear in Torrance court April 14 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 for a second attempt at setting a preliminary hearing date on charges he beat and killed longtime Hermosa Beach resident Jeffery Roderick Woods in a July 8 incident caught on surveillance cameras. Dirnu, 23, has been […]
Kushner crushes it – Kai Kushner puts Manhattan Beach on the map with a 9.7 score in Barbados

by Kevin Cody Photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) “Manhattan Beach? Is that near El Porto?” the announcer for the World Surf League Qualifying Series 3000 in Bathsheba, Barbados, asked over the PA system. Kai Kushner, 15, of Manhattan Beach had just scored a near perfect 9.77 on a crumbling, head high wave that he hacked […]