Tested by fire: From Manhattan Beach to Lahaina
A Manhattan Beach family sets aside concerns about the loss of their vacation home in the Lahaina fire to help people who lost even more
Matthews Real Estate interns dress for success
Realtor breakfasts at Martha’s Hermosa Beach are common. Coats and ties aren’t. But not even the 90 degree weather dissuaded Matthews Real Estate interns from dressing for success during a Martha’s breakfast meeting last Thursday. Interns pictured are (left to right) Drew Quail, Harold Baxter, Ben Sklar, sales associate John Gremer, Hunter Randolph, Samuel Monroy, […]
‘High Bacteria’ warnings at Beach City beaches, and Palos Verdes
Yellow “High Bacteria” warning signs greeted beachgoers in the three beach cities, and in Palos Verdes Friday morning. A press release issued by the Los Angeles County Health Department advised local beach goers “to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters… because Ocean water bacteria level exceeds state standards and may cause illness.” The […]
Don Guild’s gilded life as businessman, benefactor, sportsman
Guild Drug, and Antique Guild owner Don Guild maintained a low profile while having a large impact on hometown of Hermosa Beach.
BeachLife’s Sanford is Redondo Beach Mayor’s Person of the Year
by Kevin Cody During his introduction of Allen Sanford as the 2023 Mayor’s Person of the Year, Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand recalled the day in 2017 when Sanford pitched him an idea for breathing new vitality into the slumbering Redondo waterfront. Sanford wanted to drain Seaside Lagoon, and build a temporary stage there. He […]
Torrance well digger brings cable tool drill rig to the beach
Mike Stelter, of Torrance, brought his turn-of-the-20-Century, hand cranked, cable tool drill rig to Hermosa Beach Friday afternoon, towed behind his 1951 Willys M38 Jeep. The retired flight attendant collects old equipment, and often exhibits it at the car show held Friday evenings in the old Ruby’s parking lot in King Harbor.
Clausen, Hunter rein over South Bay Paddleboard race
Photos by Fabien Castro by Kevin Cody The Fifth Annual South Bay Paddle on Saturday was a repeat duel between the two winners of the past two Catalina Classic Paddleboard races. Last year, recurrent Los Angeles County Lifeguard Max First, of Manhattan Beach won the Catalina Classic for a record fifth time. In 2021, First […]
MBX founder Wayland keeps low profile despite high profile Manhattan Beach School projects
After Gary Wayland helped raise $2 million to improve Mira Costa High’s West Field, the school district wanted to rename the field in his honor. God no, he told the district.
Man stabbed in downtown Hermosa Beach parking structure
by Kevin Cody Hermosa Beach Police, and Los Angeles County Fire Fighters, and Lifeguards responded to a stabbing in the downtown Hermosa Beach parking lot on Saturday, at approximately 4 p.m. Fire and lifeguard paramedics subsequently treated a man who appeared to be in his 20s, for a stab wound in his abdomen. The victim […]
Manhattan Beach Unified teachers reject District’s offer of six percent pay increase
The Manhattan Beach Unified Teachers Association responded to their district’s most recent salary offer by picketing Wednesday morning on Artesia Boulevard, in front of Mira Costa High School.
Protests prompt Hermosa Beach council to roll back parking enforcement hours
Surfers, runners, volleyball players convince council to reverse decision to start downtown parking enforcement at 8 a.m. ,rather than 10 a.m., as elsewhere in the city.
Popular Hermosa Beach trainer asks council help in fending off parking enforcement, city responds [UPDATE]
Hermosa Beach trainer Ty Renner was forced to close his outdoor gym at his home in downtown Hermosa Beach because because the city parking enforcement said it violates the parking code. Tenner has asked the city council to reverse the city staff order.
Christopher was master mechanic known for working on a handshake
by Kevin Cody Shortly after midnight on the morning of January 18, 1988, Doug Christopher, and Bennett Talsky met up in the King Harbor Yacht Club parking lot. Christopher was there to check on his 65-foot bugeye ketch, Pandora. Talsky was living on his 32-foot Tollycraft, and had come ashore as a precaution. The previous […]
Surfer Lentz lines up votes in Miss Health and Fitness magazine competition
Hermosa surfer and Spyder Surf store manager Tamara Lentz is in second place this week in voting for the Miss Health and Fitness competition. The winner of the contest wins $20,000 and will appear on the cover of the nationally distributed magazine. Lentz coaches surfing and is a former personal trainer. The preliminary voting round […]
Hermosa hosts Pride Run for Rio Hondo Police Academy grads
by Kevin Cody The Rio Hondo College Police Academy held its traditional graduating class Pride Run on the Hermosa and Manhattan Beach Strands on Monday, May 1. The roughly 50 graduates ran five miles along The Strand, led by Manhattan Beach motor officers, from Pier Plaza north to Marine Street in Manhattan Beach, and back […]
Hermosa Police play I spy with my little drone to find missing kids
Hermosa Police deploy drone to locate missing kids.