Updated rules for city’s public trees starting to take root
If a tree falls in the forest but nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound? And if a public tree must come down in Hermosa Beach, who foots the bill? Hermosans may not be much closer to solving the age-old philosophical puzzle, but the city is inching toward answers to the […]
Measure would end Clerk races
Following the announcement that long-time City Clerk Elaine Doerfling will retire when her term concludes this year, the Hermosa Beach City Council agreed Tuesday night to put a measure on November’s ballot that would make the position appointed, rather than elected, for future terms. Staff recommended introducing a ballot measure to switch the position to […]
Former PV High surfer Nick Wapner survives great white attack off Central Coast
Nick Wapner heard the sound of crunching fiberglass echo through the Pacific Ocean. His head was just above the surface, and his legs were inside the mouth of a shark. On Jan. 8, the Palos Verdes Estates native was surfing Montaña de Oro State Park, near Morro Bay when he was attacked by what is […]
Dancing with desire  Â
The Studio dance school keeps kids moving Miss Kimmy is talking about the eyes again. Two dozen adolescent girls are bounding, popping and twisting their hearts out, and Kimmy Matich tells them their eyes are “too empty.” It’s nearing 9 p.m. on a school night at The Studio, a Palos Verdes youth dance company in […]
Hermosa Beach Police Beat
Flags up at station A combination of officer deaths in other jurisdictions, inclement weather and oversight led to the temporary disappearance of the American flag from the Hermosa Beach Police Department last week. The flag initially came down after Corporal Ronil Singh, of the Newman Police Department, was shot and killed after pulling over a […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Homelessness event The League of Women Voters will host a meeting on homelessness in the South Bay at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater on Monday night. LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn and representatives from homeless services agencies will be among the speakers. The event runs from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Happy Hour with History […]
Lost photos show Black Flag’s history
Forty years ago, some dithering about the release of an EP from four kids in Hermosa Beach laid the foundation for alternative music. The band behind the songs, Panic, had a short run before they eventually become Black Flag. A bit more of that brief history has come to light recently with the release […]
District OKs North School project
The Hermosa Beach City School District Board of Education unanimously approved the North School project last week, setting the stage for the reopening of the North Hermosa campus in an effort to remedy overcrowding in the district. The board’s vote approved a series of planning documents associated with the proposed North project, including a final […]
EPAC will shift focus to public outreachÂ
Members of Hermosa Beach’s Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission will continue to help the city prepare for disasters, allaying fears circulating in recent weeks that the commission would be eliminated. The commissioners and the City Council agreed in a study session earlier this week that in the future the commission should increase its focus on public […]
Hermoa Beach About Town
Homeless count The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count will take place next week throughout Los Angeles County, with Hermosa’s taking place on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The count, organized by Los Angeles’ Homeless Services Authority, collects data that is ultimately used to determine the amount of aid local agencies will receive from the federal Department of […]
Skechers breaks ground on PCH project
Looking out at an expanse of recently graded Hermosa Beach earth, Skechers president Michael Greenberg on Friday afternoon offered a series of timelines for the land on which he stood, the future site of Skechers’ design center. There were the roughly three-and-a-half years that the project took to make its way through the entitlement process […]
South Bay scouts hit Rose Parade
Council tackles rules for wireless
Hermosa’s City Council advanced rules governing wireless communication facilities Tuesday night, attempting to keep up with rapid technological change and an evolving regulatory landscape. The council expressed unanimous support for a series of changes to the Hermosa Beach municipal code concerning the placement of the facilities in the public right of way. And they held […]
MAN OF THE YEAR
Barks is former mayor, Sister City prez People kept telling George Barks that the city needed him. It was the early 1970s, and Barks kept hearing from residents about hot-button property rights issues. They thought his pro-business attitude was what the city needed, and urged him to run for City Council. But although Barks was […]
Hermosa Beach About Town
Meeting on future of EPAC The City Council and the Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission will host a joint study session on Monday night regarding the current and future role of the commission. The commission, which formed in 2007, addresses a variety of public safety issues but, Commissioner Al Benson said at a meeting this week, […]
Slaughter named Hermosa Chamber’s Woman of the Year
Sixteen-year-old Adrienne Slaughter was on stage in front of the members of the Atlanta Rotary Club. Before her was an audience of more than 500 people that included the CEOs of Coca-Cola and CNN. She was there telling the story of how she overcame a cancer diagnosis that forced the amputation of her leg at […]