Hermosa Beach About Town
Eighth Street fixes underway Crews began staging equipment on Monday for long-awaited fixes to Eighth Street, which will provide ADA accessible sidewalks on both sides of the street. Work will first be done on the north side of the street, heading west from Valley Drive toward Hermosa Avenue, and is expected to last approximately 45 […]
Van Huisen was beloved owner of Barnacles, developer, dies
After returning to the South Bay from the desert in the mid 2000s, Ted Van Huisen bought a pair of Harley Davidson motorcycles: one for himself, and one for someone else to ride with him. The someone else would turn out to be Ted, Jr., one of his children, whom he taught to ride a […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Shakespeare by the Sea Fans of stirring oratory can stop by Valley Park next Wednesday night for a performance of perhaps the most patriotic Shakespeare play. And those with a more questionable allegiance to the Bard can stop by Thursday evening, for a performance of his shortest. Shakespeare by the Sea, which is now […]
Algae poisoning suspected in dolphin death
Authorities say a dolphin that washed ashore in Hermosa Beach last week and later died might have been suffering from poisoning caused by eating other fish that had consumed seasonal algae. The dolphin washed up on the sand near 29th Street about 7:30 p.m. June 20, according to the Los Angeles County Lifeguards. The lifeguards […]
Last call for Suzy’s leaves musicians singing the blues
Chuck Mathieu stood in front of a podium near the entrance to Suzy’s Bar and Grill on Tuesday night. With his Suzy’s t-shirt, his periodic glances at a bound book resting on the podium, and the swarm of people coming up to talk with him, a newcomer to Suzy’s could be forgiven for thinking of […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Extra police presence for 4th Public safety officials will be out in force for the upcoming Fourth of July as part of Hermosa Beach’s attempts to continue to limit raucous behavior on the holiday. Existing prohibitions on fireworks, underage drinking, and drinking in public will all be strictly enforced, according to a letter from Acting […]
Story prompts search for painting
Manhattan Beach resident Nancy Grenier has painted all her life, and has done outdoor scenes up and down the California coast. But it was a watercolor of some apartments in her hometown that proved perhaps her most popular work of art. Grenier, who studied art and education at Occidental College, painted a picture of the […]
Armato puts power (and remote controls) in people’s hands
Hermosa Beach Mayor Stacey Armato probably didn’t have to practice quite as much as mayors past for her State of the City address last week. That’s because, for large portions of the speech, Armato put the microphone in the hands of the people she said were doing much of the work of keeping the state […]
HB dedicates Katz Bikeway
State Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi comforts Gila Katz two weeks ago during the naming of the Hermosa Avenue bikeway in honor of her recently deceased husband Julian, a longtime bicycle activist. The June 6 dedication was a year to the day of his passing from prostate cancer. “Julian would say, ‘Let’s keep working, keep moving along. […]
Manhattan Beach About Town
McArthur named firefighter of the year Once a year, the Manhattan Beach Fire Department recognizes one of its own as an exemplar of what the organization strives to be for the entire community. This year’s firefighter of the year is Christian McArthur, an eight-year MBFD veteran who was publicly commended at the June 4 City […]
Despite brawl, Hermosa Beach sticking with contract cities group
By Ryan McDonald Hermosa Beach City Councilmember Jeff Duclos was fast asleep when the action started. Last month, Duclos was attending the California Contract Cities Association’s Annual Municipal Seminar at the Renaissance Indian Wells Resort & Spa. Some time after midnight following the first day of the seminar, a brawl involving seven people, including elected […]
Hermosa Beach approves annual budget
The Hermosa Beach City Council approved the final budget for 2019-20 at its Tuesday night meeting, which included appropriating money for new positions that staff said are needed to meet growing demands on the city’s employees. Councilmembers voted 4-1 to approve a budget with expenditures just north of $40 million. The city is in the […]
Strand home fire: Hermosa Beach police arrest new suspect, let previous one go
By Ryan McDonald Officers with the Hermosa Beach Police Department have arrested a second suspect in the fire that consumed an under-construction home on The Strand early Thursday morning, and have released the man initially accused of igniting the blaze. Police arrested Keith Yessner, a 50-year-old La Quinta resident, on suspicion of arson Thursday […]
Couture D’Pier
Marcia Schneir designs for the pearls-and-sandals crowd By Ryan McDonald Marcia Schneir can often be found with a gaggle of children and a studio’s worth of art supplies, urging the kids to find the beauty in a lifeguard tower or a sunset. And then, sometimes in the same day, she pushes herself to find the […]
Ten for 10: Depth and dedication help Mira Costa surfers ride a decade-long streak of success
There was a time last fall when Dickie O’Reilly thought it would be a typical South Bay high school surf season. Then the storms came. “We started in early October, and we went through until Christmas Break without any hiccups at all,” said O’Reilly, league director of the South Bay Scholastic Surfing Association. “We were […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Bike route honors Katz Standing in front of Hermosa’s 10th Street Bike Corral last week, Todd DiPaola told the story of a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge hanging in his office: or, rather a photo of where the Golden Gate bridge would someday go. Instead, there are the pylons where the bridge would eventually […]