Robinson was video game maker, Making it at the Beach cartoonist
In 1985, Keith Robinson entered a cartoon in Easy Reader’s annual Anniversary Writing, Photography, and Cartoon contest. The cartoon, titled “Making it at the Beach,” spoofed the childhood game of Chutes and Ladders. The first square read “Move out of parents’ house.” The final square read “Buy house on The Strand — You […]
PENINSULA ARTS – Dynamic duo
Frances Steiner and Dr. Peter Barrett perform key roles for the cultural gem that is the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay When patrons fill the Norris Theater for the Oct. 18 opening performance of the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay’s 34th season, they’ll know they’re in good hands. At the baton will be […]
Palos Verdes 8th Grader, Lane Karlitz, Makes Mark with Study App
Eighth grader Lane Karlitz makes waves in a nationwide business contest with his musical study app
Thomas Fallo era ends at El Camino College
El Camino College President Thomas Fallo, who shepherded the school through its first two large bond measures and the rescue of a foundering Compton Community College, will retire at the end of January 2016.
El Camino College’s Compton Center poised for ‘major step’
El Camino College has helped the Compton Center get back on its feet, financially and academically, and is preparing for the transition that will allow the community college to operate on its own again after nearly shutting its doors.
Intellivision is back
The Blue Sky Rangers have regrouped to bring back video games from a simpler time In the early 1980s Keith Robinson was getting paid to have fun with his friends, programming video games such as Astrosmash, Night Stalker and Sea Battle in a huge Mattel Electronics office in Hawthorne. In the early 1980s Keith Robinson […]
Woman must halve her pooping cats
The City Council last week told Hermosan Betty Starr she would have to get rid of two of her four cats, following a four-year neighborhood skirmish over dead birds, poop in yards, and who called who a you-know-what. Starr had applied for a permit to breach the city’s official limit of two pets per household. […]
Penalties upped for unlawful drinking, smoking, noise in Hermosa Beach
People drinking in public on the holidays, and violating noise limits, public smoking regulations and leash laws can be prosecuted as misdemeanor criminals under a new policy approved Tuesday by the Hermosa Beach City Council.
Way cleared for surf statue at the gateway to Hermosa Beach
Surf legend Dewey Weber will be memorialized with a statue outside the Hermosa Beach Community Center.
One arrest, further leads in late-night fracas on Hermosa Beach’s Pier Avenue
A fight involving more than 20 people broke out on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach Saturday.
Hermosa Beach pledges tighter no-smoking enforcement, eyes licenses for tobacco sellers to protect minors
The Hermosa Beach City Council has agreed to more actively enforce its three-year-old ban on smoking in public areas such as the Strand, the city pier and the popular Pier Plaza.
Hermosa Beach council sets hotel-friendly development guidelines, considering new parking structure
The Hermosa City Council on Tuesday agreed to consider more centralized parking downtown, perhaps including a second parking structure, as part of a general strategy for ongoing development.
Hermosa Beach schools won’t ask voters for money
Dejected Hermosa school trustees will not ask voters for more money – at least not yet – after a survey of the community gave them little hope for a successful parcel tax measure in November. A consultant’s survey found that 56 percent of likely voters would likely support a $139 annual tax on Hermosa property […]
Hermosa Beach teen author unveils fantasy world
by Jayna Elce Hermosa Beach13-year-old Rashelle Hopkins plunges readers into a world of warring kingdoms, and the quest of a young girl with a unique ability to read, with her first book, the teen fantasy novel Fionavar. “I enjoy writing because you can form characters, places, and truly take control of a story you can […]
Noted artists hit Hermosa Beach classroom
Hermosa Valley School teacher Robyn Alatorre aimed high when she looked for guest helpers for her eighth grade art class, and she came up with noted artists Bob Dob – a Valley School graduate — and Greg “Craola” Simkins. “As a practicing artist, along with being a middle school art teacher, I follow the important […]
Hermosa Beach — no charge for electric charge
For a limited time, the City of Hermosa Beach is giving away free charges for electric vehicles, to encourage residents and visitors to use four new charging stations. “Hermosa Beachis committed to protecting our environment, and we are proud of the aggressive actions we have taken to ensure our city is at the forefront of […]