Hermosa Beach Museum nears national accreditation
The Hermosa Beach Museum – a small but mighty institution known for celebrating the city’s surf, skate, and beach culture – is closing in on a major milestone: national accreditation. Officials said Sunday the museum is preparing for a pivotal site visit in August from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the primary accrediting body […]
Hermosa Beach ‘Saint Mike of Public Works’
Mike Flaherty recalls a lifetime of service looking after the city’s streets, buildings and residents by Elka Worner For nearly four decades, if something went wrong in Hermosa Beach – sewer backups, troublesome rodents, parking disputes – former Public Works Superintendent Mike Flaherty was the guy to call. From 1973 to 2010, Flaherty worked […]
Araksya Karapetyan, Star Anchor in PV
“Good Day LA” anchor Araksya Karapetyan learned all she really needed to know at her immigrant family’s Malaga Cove Ranch Market by Elka Worner The Malaga Cove Ranch Market is a touchstone for Araksya Karapetyan, linking her family’s proud immigrant story to her own rise to prominence as a respected fixture of local television news. […]
Donations trucked to fire victims Beach Cities style, in Tesla Cybertrucks
by Elka Worner The line stretched around the block at Guidestone Church on Saturday as hundreds of South Bay residents rushed to donate clothes, blankets, towels, and toiletries to the victims of the deadly wildfires that have wiped out entire Los Angeles neighborhoods and pushed tens of thousands out of their homes. “It was a […]
Blessing of the Trees opens mass Hermosa Kiwanis tree sales
by Elka Worner Following a Blessing of the Trees by Rev. Josh Paget of St. Cross Episcopal Church, the Hermosa Kiwanis sold more than 700 noble pines and Douglas firs in just three days at their 38th Annual Holiday Tree Lot. But they quickly restocked the lot with 750 new trees. The lot, at Pacific […]
Hermosa Beach Museum Exhibit Celebrates Historic HB Bars
by Elka Worner Critter’s, the Mermaid, the Poop Deck and the Lighthouse. If you lived in Hermosa Beach during the 1960s and 1970s, you probably patronized these iconic local bars. “Cheers, Hermosa,” a new exhibit unveiled on Sunday, July 14, at the Hermosa Beach Museum celebrates these historic watering holes and the lasting impression they […]
Hermosa Beach 2024 Olympians: Local players “Cardinal and Gold” going for gold in Paris
by Elka Worner For the past several months, top ranked U.S. beach volleyball teams Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes, and Chase Budinger and Miles Evans have been training at the 16th Street courts in Hermosa Beach, home to the legendary Memorial Day, and Labor Day weekend tournaments, as well as this past week’s Fourth of […]
Leadership cookbook celebrates Hermosa dining scene
by Elka Worner Foodies will now have access to the city’s best loved recipes from restaurants like Baran’s, the Bottle Inn and Radici thanks to the newly released “Top Dish Hermosa Beach Cookbook.” Leadership Hermosa Beach 2024 unveiled the 200-page book at a well attended event Thursday, June 20, at the Underground Pub & Grill. […]
Local bars, nightclubs must offer drink spiking test strips
by Elka Worner Beginning July 1, a new California law will require bars and nightclubs to make test strips available customers that detect date rape drugs and post warning signs about drink spiking. “People want to go out and enjoy themselves without having a bull’s eye on their back,” said State Assembly member Josh Lowenthal […]
To the moon and beyond: Former SpaceX engineers are developing a reusable spacecraft propelled by moon water
by Elka Worner Nestled among the surfboard shapers, architects and artists in Hermosa Beach’s light industrial Cypress District is an aerospace start-up with a unique and ambitious mission. “We want to be the Über of outer space,” Argo Space Corporation co-founder Kirby Carlisle said. “We want to create an in-space transportation network.” He and his […]
Hermosa Beach pooch party
Chocolatier opens chocolate shop in Hermosa Beach
by Elka Worner When it comes to gourmet chocolates it’s all about the shine and the snap. Chocolatier Ginny Horstman demonstrates with one of her 9-inch-long chocolate surfboards in the store she opened on Hermosa Avenue in April, called Stoked Chocolates. The snap is audible when she breaks the board in two. “It needs to […]
Hermosa Beach Clark Building ready, pickleball courts delayed
by Elka Worner After five years of being closed for repairs, the Clark Community Building is open for meetings and other events, city officials said at the April 18 Capital Improvement Program Study Session. “I absolutely understand this one’s been on the books for a long time,” Public Works Director Joe SanClemente said at the […]
‘Because you need me,’ Courtney told Richstone
by Elka Worner Richstone Family Center President Roger Van Remmen once compared Dorothy Courtney to Mother Theresa. “She thought it was too much,” Van Remmen recalled. “But she was okay with us calling her the Godmother of Richstone.” Under Courtney’s leadership, Richstone grew from a “small home in Hawthorne with a chinchilla farm out back,” […]
Lieu cautiously optimistic about AI, he tells officials
by Elka Worner Congressman Ted Lieu cautioned local politicians that artificial intelligence can make local governments more efficient, but they need to be careful how they use the technology. “As a member of Congress, my priority is the safety and well-being of my constituents and our nation,” he said. “As a recovering computer science major, […]
Hermosa Beach Valley School Empty Bowls Dinner
by Elka Worner Hermosa Valley School students served soup in handmade bowls at the Second Annual Empty Bowls dinner on Feb. 29. The event helped raise awareness of local, national, and global hunger. During the dinner guests enjoyed music by the school band and a performance by the drama students. The ceramic bowls in various […]