Posts by Kevin Cody
Hermosa Beach Little League dedicates Logan Field
by Kevin Cody Preceding Friday night’s Hermosa Beach Double A Little League game, the visiting Dragons and home team Cypress Park Prowlers lined up along their respective first and third base baselines for an address by league president Jeff Miller. Miller stood on the newly installed Astroturf infield, facing a…
Read MoreSilent no longer: Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders rally in Hermosa Beach
by Kevin Cody “You can’t legislate away hate,” Sam Liu, chief of staff for State Senator Ben Allen, told a rally on the lawn of the Hermosa Beach Community Center Sunday afternoon. “We need our friends and neighbors to tell their friends and neighbors that hate crimes are…
Read MoreCOVID-19 strikes out Palos Verdes High baseball team
by Kevin Cody The Palos Verdes High School baseball team returned to school and practices this week after completing a 10-day quarantine, the school’s athletic director Brian Shapiro said on Tuesday. The team’s quarantine began over the weekend of April 16, when five of the players tested positive for COVID-19. The team is not…
Read MoreBruce’s Beach announcement Friday morning in Manhattan Beach by Supervisor Hahn, Assemblyman Muratsuchi, State Senator Bradford
by Kevin Cody A press conference has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday morning at Bruce’s Beach Park in Manhattan Beach by Los Angeles County District 4 Supervisor Janice Hahn, State Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) and State Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena). The purpose of the press conference is the “Announcement of SB 796 regarding Bruce’s…
Read MoreStarry Night planned for PV Art Center Chefs and Cellars
by Kevin Cody Bob Yassin, former Executive Director of Palos Verdes Art Center, adopts the persona of Vincent van Gogh during a virtual return to the Peninsula on Thursday, May 6, for the Art Center’s annual Chefs and Cellars celebration. Yassin’s talk is a prelude to “Immersive van Gogh,” which is scheduled to open May…
Read More“Sharks’ skylight”
by Kevin Cody Every evening for two weeks, Renee Capozzola waited underwater in a shallow lagoon in Moorea, waiting for the sun to set, the wind to die, and Blacktip Sharks to swim by. The Palos Verdes High biology teacher wore a snorkel and mask and held a Canon Mark III camera, protected by a…
Read MoreBeach Cities Health District pools ideas for Aquatic Center in Redondo Beach
by Kevin Cody The roughly 20,000 kids within walking distance of the ocean in the three Beach Cities have one municipal pool where they can learn to swim. If they don’t learn to swim, they can never safely enjoy the ocean while surfing, diving, paddling, boating or fishing. “Swimming is a cradle to grave sport,”…
Read MoreNYT publishes Mira Costa students political themed pandemic Legos
by Kevin Cody In anticipation of the one year anniversary of the pandemic, the New York Times posed the question on its Learning Network, “What has it been like to be a teenager during the first year of a historic pandemic?” The newspaper received over 5,500 responses. On March 7, one year from the day…
Read MoreEaton’s passing follows fellow shaper Becker’s, by just 7 days
by Kevin Cody Pioneer surfer and surfboard shaper Mike Eaton passed away at his home from a stroke on the Big Island of Hawaii last Thursday, at the age of 86. Eaton’s death came just seven days after his childhood friend, Big Island neighbor and fellow South Bay surfer and shaper Phil Becker died of…
Read MoreFight on to save Junior Lifeguards
by Kevin Cody “Too early to tell. It’s a great program and I hope we can keep it,” Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Scott Hale told Hermosa’s City Council Tuesday evening when asked if the Los Angeles County Junior Lifeguard program would resume this summer. Two weeks ago, the council approved a list of beach…
Read MoreNew Hermosa Beach Chamber CEO breaks with old chamber ways
by Kevin Cody This Friday is Reveal Day for Hermosa Beach’s Secret Valentines. Over 100 Secret Valentines will drop gifts they purchased from Hermosa stores on the doorsteps of other Secret Valentines. Participants in the Secret Valentine signed up at the start of the month at HermosaOne.com. They listed gifts they would like to receive…
Read MoreHow to beat death
Budgeting for retirement is easy. But it’s only a budget
Read MorePeninsula outlook 2018: Stocks and real estate
Peninsula finance and real estate experts weigh in on the bull market and housing appreciation
Read More2015 Market Outlook – Good times don’t always get better
Many of the same market characteristics and behavior exhibited by investors at the height of our 2007 bubble in real estate and stocks are present today. Risks increase as markets and valuations rise, since the projected returns, based on historical values and price trends, decline. As a bull market in stocks or real estate ages…
Read MorePalos Verdes’ Stuart Chaussee’s top 5 stocks for 2013
Last year at this time I was constructive on the market, despite many headwinds and the ongoing turmoil in Europe. Valuations and dividends were fairly attractive and they still are. Despite the volatility, the market ended 2012, having posted yet another positive year since the market began this current bull run, which started in March…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor: Uncle Stavros, cliffs and struggling artists
Dear ER:
In reference to the write up of Uncle Stavros Café on December 27th in your paper, I would like to forward this rebuttal…
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