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About Town in Hermosa Beach
Movies on the beach The Hermosa Beach Friends of the Parks and the South Bay Art and Film Festival kick off a monthly cinema series this weekend with a Saturday night screening of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Moviegoers can catch Indiana Jones, free, from the sand on the south side of the Hermosa Pier,…
Read MoreManhattan Beach City Council holds off on hotel tax study
A discussion of ways to boost municipal revenue became tangled in Manhattan Beach City Council members’ diverging views over expenditures at Tuesday night’s city council meeting, likely preventing the city from placing a variety of possible taxes and fees for next March’s ballot. Councilmember Amy Howorth and Mayor pro tem David Lesser had suggested moving…
Read MoreRancho Palos Verdes resident offers treatment ‘beyond the grief’
For children who have run out of medical options, Dr. Glen Komatsu of TrinityCare Hospice offers a listening ear For Dr. Glen Komatsu, the most valuable tool a doctor can have is a good pair of ears. Komatsu is the chief medical officer for Providence TrinityCare Hospice, and the medical director of Providence’s TrinityKids…
Read MoreBeloved hair stylist killed in Hermosa Beach
Two people were found dead in a South Hermosa home last week, the result of an apparent domestic murder-suicide that claimed the life of local hairdresser. Hermosa Beach Police responded to a residence in the 100 block of Herondo Street, near Hermosa Avenue, about 6:30 a.m. last Thursday after calls reporting the sound of gunfire.…
Read MoreHermosa Sidewalk Festival
August 13, 14 Hermosa Beach Local retailers will take their wares outdoors for the Summer Sidewalk Sale in downtown Hermosa. The al fresco merchandise will be offered at a discount, and local restaurants will also have deals to entice ambling shoppers. Live music in front of Java Man will entertain passersby, courtesy of the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce…
Read MoreCourting controversy in Hermosa Beach
Even on a beach volleyball court, it’s impossible for Hermosans to stick their heads in the sand. After a lengthy meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Community Resources Advisory Commission earlier this month, varying proposals regarding courts and nets in the area surrounding the pier remain stuck in disagreement. The proposals represent approaches to space…
Read MoreHermosa Beach church hosts event to humanize Islam and followers
by Saima Fariz Young people hold up cue cards, a la Bob Dylan in “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” One, a bearded man wearing a short, rounded skullcap with a prayer mat hanging in the background, holds a sign that asks: “WOULD YOU BE SCARED IF I MOVED TO YOUR CITY?” Later, a young woman’s card says,…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Police Beat
Strand robbery A man was arrested last Thursday afternoon after allegedly robbing a person in downtown Hermosa. The suspect approached the victim in the 1100 block of The Strand about 5:45 p.m., according to police reports. The suspect used force or fear to take the victim’s skateboard, as well as a backpack that belonged to…
Read MoreAbout Town in Hermosa Beach
The 23rd running of the Smackfest Volleyball tournament will take place at the Hermosa Pier this weekend. The event begins Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. at the courts on the south side of the Pier, and runs till 6 p.m. It combines amateur and professional divisions, features players in elaborate costumes. A portion of the…
Read MoreEndless Session: Hermosa Beach’s Morgan Sliff celebrates a year of stoke
When she emerges from the water on Thursday morning, Hermosa Beach resident Morgan Sliff will have surfed 366 days in a row. She’ll gather with fellow surfers, as she often does, at Brother’s Burritos on 11th Street. She’ll have a party later that day to celebrate accomplishing her goal of surfing every day for a…
Read MoreManhattan Beach council modifies upcoming election, rejects picketing law
Citing concerns about fairness and accountability, the Manhattan Beach City Council voted at its Tuesday night meeting to hold their municipal elections so as to coincide with state and federal ones by slightly shortening the terms of council members elected in the March 2017 and March 2019 elections. The change was mandated by the passage…
Read MoreA ‘Living Museum’ at Hermosa Beach Butterfly Garden
The Monarch butterfly may have a regal name, but it is just as vulnerable as the rest of its light-winged brethren. That’s the lesson that local girl scouts and students at Hermosa View have drawn from the butterfly habitat erected on a corner of campus. School may be out for the summer, but caterpillars continue…
Read MoreHermosa Beach coucil gives OK to smoking ban, rolling outages resolution
Hermosa Beach’s City Council tentatively approved an expanded smoking ban in the city’s outdoor areas at its Tuesday night meeting. The ban would apply to all public outdoor areas, and private outdoor areas where the public is invited, such as businesses like Deep Pocket Jean Company, a Pier Avenue retailer and barber shop that in…
Read MoreMira Costa grad launches hemp-based product for aches and pains
Garrett Greller stood inside a room teeming with pot plants. Next to him was his companion and “caregiver:” his mother. You could say he felt a little paranoid. Then a senior at Mira Costa High School, Greller was at a medical marijuana dispensary in search of a CBD topical salve. Greller’s past attempts at…
Read MoreAbout Town in Hermosa Beach
Shakespeare by the Sea A Moorish general and an ancient King of England will appear in Hermosa’s Valley Park next week for the annual running of Shakespeare by the Sea. The Little Fish Theatre Company will present “Othello” on Wednesday night and “Cymbeline” on Thursday night. Both plays will run from 7 p.m. to 9…
Read MorePanelists smoke out possible impacts of broader smoking ban in Hermosa Beach
In advance of considering a ban on smoking in all public areas, Hermosa Beach hosted a panel of experts last week to discuss the benefits and challenges of curbing tobacco use. The forum, held in association with the Beach Cities Health District and the Surfrider Foundation, addressed the health and environmental impacts of smoking. It…
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