Project Barley opens third outlet in Torrance, Brewery Project Barley Square
Torrance, CA – July 8, 2022 Project Barley Square is the newest addition to the Project Barley Franchise, owned by South Bay mainstays Brent Reger and Joe Smith, alongside outlets in Redondo Beach and their flagship Lomita Brewery Nestled near Old Town inTorrance, Project Barley Square stands as a testament to the thriving craft beer […]
Lindberg, Frankenreiter discuss BeachLife Ranch, coming to Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach (click here for Video)
BeachLife Ranch coming to Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach Sept. 16-18
Hermosa Beach Ironman 2022: Run a mile, paddle a mile, chug a six-pack: In photos
All you need to know about Hermosa Beach Ironman 2022: As told in photos
Manhattan Beach responds to ‘smash and grab,’ ‘home invasion’ crimes
Eleven masked men entered a jewelry store last Friday at arguably the busiest possible time in downtown Manhattan Beach, early on a balmy Friday evening, and proceeded to conduct a “smash and grab” robbery, breaking cases throughout the premises and then running across the street to leave in three vehicles waiting in an adjacent alley. […]
Parade, speeches, documentaries highlight Hermosa Beach Pride Festival 2022
A parade down Pier avenue to the beach, followed by speeches at the rainbow-painted lifeguard tower on Saturday morning; and a surf session Sunday morning highlighted the second annual Hermosa Pride Festival.
Manhattan Beach ‘rainbow crosswalk’ a welcoming for all
This is more than a crosswalk. It’s a path of hope and inspiration. It’s a reminder that anything is possible. Maybe someone walking across this path will feel a little less alone.” Manhattan Beach Cultural Arts Commission Chair Joe Marcy, speaking at the Manhattan Beach pier Rainbow Crosswalk ribbon cutting
Hermosa Beach dads bowl on the green, for Ed Foundation green
Decorum wasn’t entirely compliant with Hermosa Lawn Bowling Club standards during the Fathers Day Weekend Hermosa Ed Foundation tournament. Team names ranged from the irreverent Bowl of Shame, Smoking Bowls, Sleeze Bowls, and Fire Bowls, to the more irreverent.
First and Second Amendments focus of March for Our Lives in Hermosa Beach
“I find it ironic,” March for Our Lives organizer Lance Rodriquez told marchers, “that it is more difficult to organize a peaceful march than for an 18-year-old to walk into a store, and walk out with an AR-15, and 100 rounds of ammunition. The march began Saturday, at noon on June 11, at the Manhattan Beach pier and ended with a rally on Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach.
Andrew Ryan leapt from the Hermosa Beach pier into local surf folklore
Andrew Ryan knew there is an easy way out to the line-up on big days in Hermosa. Simply jump off the pier. He also knew it’s illegal.
Eulogy for grieving parents
When the friends were in Little League, they like climbing Clark Field’s 50-foot high, floodlight towers
Geoff Hirsh was a fierce Hermosa Beach ADA advocate
Geoff Hirsh, Hermosa Beach’s most effective ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) advocate, passed away over the weekend at his home in Marineland Mobile Park. After becoming wheelchair bound as the result of a stroke seven years ago, Hirsh devoted himself to making the Beach Cities more accessible to the handcapped. He spent five years in […]
Miserable conditions make for memorable SB Paddle at the Hermosa Beach pier
by Kevin Cody Photos by Jefferson Graham After Andrew Amenta completed the 15-mile South Bay Paddle Saturday morning in three hours, 40 minutes and 39 seconds, his wife Alyson asked him how he felt. “It wasn’t like the pictures,” he answered. Amenta is from San Luis Obispo. He trains in Morro Bay, and is used […]
Hermosa Beach survey shows residents would support sales tax increase, cannabis sales
by Kevin Cody A majority of Hermosa Beach residents support a .75 cent sales tax increase, and lifting the city’s ban on retail cannabis products, as well as imposing a local cannabis tax, according to a survey presented to the city council at its Tuesday, May 24 meeting. The City of Hermosa Beach Priorities/Budget Survey […]
Music on the beach, arts and food at Memorial Day Weekend Fiesta Hermosa
The Hermosa Beach Memorial Day Weekend Fiesta rebounded from the pandemic with newly added concerts on the beach, and an expanded layout, which stretched from Hermosa Avenue, up Pier Avenue to the Community Center, where the art booths and carnival rides were located. Though well attended, food and craft booths in the downtown were spread […]
Hermosa Beach Flowers of the Valley School Dune
Hermosa Beach Valley neighbors and Valley School eighth graders are restoring native flora to Hermosa’s last large area of undeveloped sand dune.
Hermosa Beach Council opposes retail cannabis sales, majority of residents favor it
by Kevin Cody The Hermosa Beach City Council expressed unanimous opposition at its Tuesday May 24 meeting, to a November ballot initiative that seeks to legalize retail cannabis sales in the city. “There’s been no community clamor for legalizing retail cannabis sales in the city. This initiative is an attempt at a hostile takeover of […]