Kevin Cody

by Matt Olin Spencer Hill enlisted a few friends to start the Tuesday Run Club in 2021. Since then, TRC has grown to about two dozen runners, all motivated to support one another, and to start Tuesday mornings with a run through town.  The runs start at Valley Park at 6 a.m. sharp so parents […]

by Kevin Cody I’ve published Easy Reader for over 50 years. It’s fun. A reporter friend described reporting as “play with purpose.” I bike to the end of the Hermosa pier and photograph people fishing. I talk to people along the way, and then write about whether to save the pier, or let it crumble […]

by Chelsea Sektnan Soccer coach Billy Hansen’s path to founding SIFA (Soccer Is For All) grew out of a lifelong passion for the game and what he saw while coaching club soccer in the South Bay. Hansen, a retired professional soccer player, said the roots of SIFA began after he started coaching his daughter’s club […]

by Baran Taghvaei My parents and I went to the Sunday, June 21 World Cup group-stage match at Los Angeles Stadium between Iran and Belgium.  Yet for me, a 16-year-old Iranian immigrant, what was happening off the field was just as culturally significant as what was happening on the field Many Iranians arrived wearing the […]

by Rick Dickert I first learned about the warming of the waters off of Peru, and its impact on the South Bay in 1983, during my freshman year at Redondo Union High School. Because my friends and I surfed, I was already deeply entrenched in the world of weather. I tracked it with my backyard […]

by Mike Hoye Launch Segundo, a new marketing platform designed to attract and retain businesses in El Segundo, has been released by the El Segundo Economic Development Corporation. The program will be supported by a micro-site, social media, digital marketing, events, and other tools to spotlight key milestones of the companies already located in the […]

 The ¡Kooks! #1 exhibit at Gallery of Hermosa in November featured work by a dozen legendary Southern California surf inspired artists, among them former surfing magazine photographer Mike Balzer, Dogtown and Z-Boys film maker Stacy Peralta,and surfboard shaper Dennis Jarvis. Many of those same artists, and some notable additions, including Dogtown skater turned artist, writer, […]

by Kevin Cody  No one knows why a mother duck and her seven ducklings decided to cross Valley Drive, from the Greenbelt to South Park. But had Hermosa Beach resident Paul Greygreg and his dog, Montana, not been walking in the park last month and seen traffic honking at the ducks, it’s likely the ducks […]

Photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”45″ gal_title=”Queen of the South Bay 2026″] by Kira Ivarsdottir Nearly 200 surfers participated in the third annual Queen of the South Bay, held Saturday, May 30 at 42nd Street in El Porto.  But the emphasis wasn’t on competition. “Queen of the South Bay was created to encourage women […]

by Kevin Cody Mira Costa has the Hometown Fair beer garden as a reunion venue every year. Now a group that calls itself We Went to Redondo plans a similar reunion at the Seaside Lagoon for Redondo Union alumni.  The first “Redondo Rager,” which organizers say will be an annual event, will be held the […]

by Nikki Yunker Birds, butterflies and bumble bees joined local leaders and community members in recognizing the 25th anniversary of Manhattan Beach’s only public garden with a green ribbon cutting Friday, April 24. The nonprofit Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden, a hidden oasis at the southwest corner of Polliwog Park, first opened in April 2001 with […]

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”43″ gal_title=”Claires Place Glow Bike Ride 2026″]   by Kevin Cody The 12th Annual Claire’s Place Glow Ride took place Saturday, May 9, over the Mother’s Day weekend, and during Cystic Fibrosis Awareness month. Over 100 colorfully lit bikes participated in the ride from the Hermosa Beach Pier to the Manhattan Beach Pier and […]