Posts by Kevin Cody
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.
Read MoreFirst 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.
Read MoreAndrew 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.
Read MoreEulogy for grieving parents
When the friends were in Little League, they like climbing Clark Field’s 50-foot high, floodlight towers
Read MoreGeoff 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…
Read MoreMiserable 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…
Read MoreHermosa 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…
Read MoreMusic 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…
Read MoreHermosa 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.
Read MoreHermosa 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…
Read More10th Tour de Pier reunion pushes Manhattan Beach fundraiser past $10 million
by Kevin Cody The 10th Annual Manhattan Beach Tour de Pier resembled a reunion of friends as much as a cancer research fundraiser. Teams from previous years rode stationary spin cycles, lined up four rows deep in the parking lots on either side of the pier Sunday morning. The cycling began at 8 a.m. with…
Read MoreManhattan Beach Measure A Parcel Tax Debate
Easy Reader hosted a debate on the Manhattan Beach Measure A Parcel Tax, which will appear on the Tuesday, June 7 primary ballot. The debate was held at the Shade Manhattan Beach hotel. You can watch it here. NOTE: The debate starts at the 8:10 mark. Double click the ER logo in the video,…
Read MoreManhattan Beach Measure A Parcel Tax debate tonight at Shade Hotel
Tonight, Monday May 16, Easy Reader hosts a debate on the Manhattan Beach Measure A Parcel Tax, which will appear on the Tuesday, June 7 primary ballot. The debate will be held at the Shade Manhattan Beach hotel. Doors open at 7 p.m. Debate at 7:30. Limited seating, on first come, first seated basis. Tonight’s…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Development Director Ken Robertson presided over three decades of ‘organic’ growth
by Kevin Cody Ken Robertson oversaw Hermosa Beach development for three decades, from 1989, when he joined the city as a contract planner, until last month, when he retired as Community Development Director. Shortly after he joined the city, plans were made to transform the moribound downtown Pier Avenue from a retail district to a…
Read MorePalos Verdes’ Saracore, Mira Costa’s Ava Miller win SB Scholastic Surfing All Star Contest at Hermosa Beach Pier.
Photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) Palos Verdes High’s Conrad Sanacore, and Mira Costa High’s Ava Miller placed first in the men’s and women’s divisions of the South Bay High School All Star contest at the Hermosa Beach pier on Tuesday. Sanacore put on an impressive performance throughout the 20 minute final, in shoulder to head…
Read MoreEarly surf careers forged Hermosa Surfer Walk of Fame inductees Christensen, Teague, Legardere and Quesnel
by Kevin Cody Two years after being named to the Hermosa Beach Surfer Walk of Fame, the 2020 inductees finally received their bronze plaques on Saturday during a post pandemic ceremony on Pier Plaza. None of the four nominees earned lasting fame. Their stories might have been lost if not for the plaques that will…
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