Posts by Kevin Cody
South Bronx to South Bay: Indefensible to indepensable
By Roger Repohl
Last Sunday’s rush to passage of the health-care reform bill by the House of Representatives was an example of high drama you never thought happened in a place better known for droning diatribes made to an empty chamber.
March 25, 2010
Help
Dear ER:
I found out Friday about one of our school’s teachers getting laid off because he has not been here as long as the other teachers (“Teacher gets NASA award and pink slip,” ER Mar. 18, 2010). He is the first person who has made me want to come to school.
Benoit, Okura hook up at Norris
Prior to welcoming violinist and er-hu player Meg Okura to the Harlyne J. Norris Pavilion stage in Palos Verdes on Saturday night, conductor David Benoit told the audience he found Okura on the Internet. “In keeping with the Asia America Symphony’s mission statement to break down the barriers between jazz and classical music, I was…
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Behold, the Hermosa Beach you dream at night!
In memoriam
Hermosa students under the direction of the Builders Club have collected more than 8,000 buttons to be embedded in and around a bench to commemorate the people who died in the 9-11 terror attacks. Hermosa Kiwanis raised money for the bench itself, the location of which was being determined. The students brought buttons from home,…
Read MoreHermosa Beach: About Town – March 24, 2010
Appeal sought As promised, attorneys for the city have asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss an oil company’s $500 million breach-of-contract lawsuit. The city attorneys have filed a petition for a hearing before the high court, at which they would ask justices to partially overturn a recent ruling by a state appeals court. City…
Read MoreIn memoriam: Hermosa Beach students commemorate 9-11 victims
Hermosa students under the direction of the Builders Club have collected more than 8,000 buttons to be embedded in and around a bench to commemorate the people who died in the 9-11 terror attacks. Hermosa Kiwanis raised money for the bench itself, the location of which was being determined. The students brought buttons from home,…
Read MorePreparing the town
Former Councilman George Schmeltzer readies El Camino College students Hansol Lee, Jisoo Lee and Sunjoo Oh to go door-to-door helping Hermosans prepare for disasters. Volunteers from Neighborhood Watch, Leadership Hermosa Beach, the Beach Cities Health District, CERT, Kiwanis, middle and high school service clubs helped in the citywide canvass. Photo
Read MoreAbout Town
Appeal sought As promised, attorneys for the city have asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss an oil company’s $500 million breach-of-contract lawsuit. The city attorneys have filed a petition for a hearing before the high court, at which they would ask justices to partially overturn a recent ruling by a state appeals court. City…
Read MoreMira Costa rules the court
Costa gains top ranking
Overtime on the other side of the pond
When the USC women’s soccer team played its final match of the 2008 season, Amy Massey thought her days of competing on the soccer field were over and she would hang up her cleats. Massey was right, but only in the sense of terminology. A former captain of the Mira Costa High School…
Read MoreBeach Cities Sports
Running The Redondo Union High School Athletic Association and the Redondo Union High School Alumni Association will be holding the “Striff/Seifert Memorial Track Meet” on Saturday, June 5 at 12 p.m. Admission is free. Participation fee is $25 per person. A pancake breakfast will be served the morning of the event in the RUHS cafeteria…
Read MoreEulogy for Monsignor Lenihan by Bishop Joseph Sartoris
Saint Lawrence Martyr Church — In addition to the teaching of our faith, story-telling is a great help in coping with the death of someone we love — stories of incidents, events, words, moments, that comfort us, amuse us and console us. There are so many such stories connected with the life and ministry of…
Read MoreBarfly: Open Mmic at FFFF
Due to the increasing popularity of Hermosa Beach open mic nights for musicians, Fat Face Fenner’s Fishack, Pier Plaza, HB now hosts an open mic night on Wednesdays.
Read MoreA La Carte: Waterman’s, Izakaya-ya, Lou-E-Louey’s…
Ortega 120 has been calling their popular tequila classes “Tequila University,” a happy little conceit that is suddenly more real than it used to be. El Camino College decided that the classes are actually informative enough that culinary students can get class credit.
Read MoreMarch 18, 2010
Hermosa isn’t Leisure World
Dear ER:
It’s a hoot to hear how folks like Howard Longacre bemoan restaurants and bars for the liquor they serve, as if having a beer with a burrito is a precursor to social decline (“Freeze bars, not police,” ER Letters Mar. 3, 2010). Perhaps Longacre should inquire about where his meager Prop 13 limited property tax ranks in filling the coffers of the City’s revenue?