Posts by Kevin Cody
Redondo acts to stop State from allowing “single-family home lot becoming six on a lot”
by Rachel Reeves The Redondo Beach City Council is continuing to push back against state lawmakers’ efforts to determine the city’s zoning and housing allocation. At its Tuesday meeting, the council unanimously agreed to advocate for the city’s right to judicially review state-mandated housing requirements and to oppose decisions about zoning made in Sacramento. Mayor…
Read MoreRedondo High School basketball players test positive for COVID-19 after club tourney in Orange County [Update]
by Kevin Cody Over the last weekend in March, Redondo Union High Schoolboys basketball coach Nick Welch took the South Bay Supreme Basketball club team, which he coaches in the off season, to The Easter Classic 2021. Over 100 club teams participated in the annual tournament at The Map Athletic Facility, a 64,000 square-foot indoor…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Vista School promises new direction in education, end to five decades of district divisiveness
by Kevin Cody Photos and video by Bo Bridges (BoBridges.com) In May 2015, James Scott wrote a letter to the editor that read, “Dear Easy Reader, When I was five years old, people I never met paid for my first kindergarten classroom. In fact, they paid for the whole school. It had a big…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Mira Costa High School Mustangs bring down Redondo High Sea Hawks
Photos by Ray Vidal by Paul Teetor It was all over by halftime. You could tell it by the starkly different body language as the two teams headed for their respective locker rooms. Mira Costa football players strutted off Redondo’s home field Friday night with a 28-0 lead and the clear expectation of putting up…
Read MoreVaccinations Saturday at BCHD AdventurePlex in Manhattan Beach
UPDATE: The approximately 500 vaccinations slots on Saturday at AdventurePlex in Manhattan Beach have been filled. BCHD is awaiting a new allotment of vaccination doses and will reopen for appointments when the new doses become available. Check back at a future date at MyTurn.Ca.Gov Beginning this Saturday, April 17, COVID-19 Pfizer vaccinations will be available…
Read MoreLos Angeles County Lifeguard “blitz” saves eight swimmers in Manhattan Beach
View this post on Instagram A post shared by LACoFD Lifeguard Division (@lacolifeguards) [Video courtesy of Los Angeles County Lifeguards. Expand screen for best viewing on desktop computers.] A “blitz” rescue by four Los Angeles County Lifeguards…
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccination clinic Tuesday at Hermosa Beach Community Center
A COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13, at the Hermosa Beach Community Center, at the 710 Pier Avenue, at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway. To determine eligibility, and to request a vaccination vsit http://www.lapublichealth.org/media/Coronavirus/vaccine. Capacity is limited and filling out the interest form is not a guarantee of an appointment.…
Read MoreLA County Supervisor Hahn leads effort to transfer Bruce’s Park property to Bruce family descendents
Video by JP Cordero by Kevin Cody A coalition of regional and state elected officials, notable for its absence of any Manhattan Beach elected officials, held a press conference in Manhattan Beach, at Bruce’s Beach Park on Friday morning. Los Angeles County Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn began the press conference by announcing new…
Read MoreLA County Supervisor Hahn leads effort to transfer Bruce’s Park property to Bruce family descendents
Video by JP Cordero by Kevin Cody A coalition of regional and state elected officials, notable for its absence of any Manhattan Beach elected officials, held a press conference in Manhattan Beach, at Bruce’s Beach Park on Friday morning. Los Angeles County Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn began the press conference by announcing new…
Read MoreNew Hermosa Beach mobile home clears trees, literally
Bike registration program aims to curb HBPD stolen bike auctions
by Kevin Cody It used to be common for Hermosa Cyclery to lose several bikes a week to thieves. “Then our pal Craig Barnes of Marina Bike Rentals, a former Redondo Beach policeman, suggested we stop using cable locks and start using hardened steel chain locks. That was four or five years ago and rental…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Chamber, Neighborhood Assoc. plan council candidate forums
by Kevin Cody The five Hermosa Beach city council candidates on the Tuesday, May 11 ballot, have been invited to participate in two Zoom forums. On Thursday, April 8, the Hermosa Beach Neighborhood Association will host a forum from 7 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. The organization’s leader Al Benson will moderate. The Zoom web link…
Read MoreBecker, Eaton shaped surfing
by Kevin Cody Phil Becker and Mike Eaton grew up on the Peninsula, across the street from one another, and retired near to one another on the Big Island of Hawaii. Between those periods, during the Gold Era of Surfing, the lifelong friends became celebrated surfboard shapers. Becker passed away Feb. 25, at age 81.…
Read MoreCounty plays jungle ball with beach volleyball organizers. Supervisor Hahn agrees to play setter [Updated Mar. 31, 2021]
Los Angeles County plays jungle ball with beach volleyball organizers
Read MoreHemosa Beach urges County to approve beach volleyball tournaments
by Dan Blackburn Hermosa Beach leaders agreed at Tuesday’s city council meeting to write a letter to Los Angeles County and the State of California officials, advocating resumption of some youth and adult recreational league activities. Brandy Villanueva, the city’s emergency management coordinator, said she expected some changes in COVID-19 protocols, beginning April 1, when…
Read MoreHermosa Beach hires deputy city manager from Newport Beach
by Dan Blackburn A month after Hermosa Beach City Manager Suja Lowenthal was granted a four percent raise, Lowenthal has hired an assistant whose base annual pay will be $137,369. City council members decided last August that Lowenthal’s performance, since her 2018 hiring, justified a pay hike, to $236,868. The council approved the increase at…
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