Posts by Ryan McDonald
Cyclist dies after being struck by truck in Palos Verdes Estates; driver ID’d
A cyclist was struck by a truck in Palos Verdes Estates and later succumbed to his injuries in late May. Police have identified and interviewed the driver, but have not placed the man under arrest. On May 18, officers with the Palos Verdes Estates Police Department were called to the 1100 block of Granvia Altamira…
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Election This coming Tuesday is Election Day. In addition to national, state and county primary races, registered Hermosa voters will be able to weigh in on school facilities bond Measure S. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fit Fest comes to town A fitness competition will wind its way through Hermosa…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Community Center’s history key to bond vote
The Hermosa Beach City School District cannot automatically reopen the city’s Community Center as a school, and attempting to do so would likely require extensive examinations and retrofitting, according to a report provided at a joint meeting of the school board and city council Tuesday night. The meeting came as Hermosa approaches next Tuesday’s election,…
Read MoreSouth Bay Film and Music Fest helps to revive local arts scene
In 1998, Jon Fitzgerald was organizing the film festival of the American Film Institute. To open the festival, Fitzgerald chose a then-little-known movie he had seen earlier that year at a film festival in Venice — Roberto Benigni’s “Life is Beautiful.” He made the decision against the advice of what seemed to be pretty much…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Lawn Bowling club lights up the night
The days may run long in the summer, but when the night does arrive, the Hermosa Beach Lawn Bowling Club will be prepared. The club celebrates its 80th birthday this year with the addition of flood lights. Players will be able to lawn bowl into the evening hours for the first time in the club’s…
Read MoreHorger was long-time Hermosa Beach activist
Longtime Hermosa Beach activist Sue Horger died Friday, May 13 at her home in Hermosa Beach after telling her husband John, “I’m going to take a long nap.” She was suffering from Parkinson’s disease and was 75. During her 40 years in Hermosa Beach, Horger was a founding director of the Hermosa Beach Historical Society,…
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Women’s Club Donation The Woman’s Club of Hermosa Beach presented a check for $22,300 to Walk With Sally at a banquet earlier this month. The money was raised at the 10th Annual Adrienne’s Search for Children’s Cure fundraiser on March 5. Walk With Sally is an El Segundo-based charity that comforts children suffering from the…
Read MoreHappy Hour with Hermosa Beach History
Hermosa Beach artist Jack McClain died in March and his family held an estate sale in the last weekend of April. But if you missed out on leafing through the works of the artist, who trained with famed Mexican muralist Jose Clemente Orozco, you’ll have another chance to do so at the On June 8,…
Read MoreSpeakers can’t stop Hermosa Beach rental law
A determined group of residents tried Tuesday night to prevent the Hermosa Beach City Council from adopting an ordinance prohibiting short-term vacation rentals in residential areas, but were unable to sway any of the council members as the ordinance again received unanimous approval. The ordinance was introduced at the previous council meeting May 10, drawing…
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City Hall to close for fumigation Hermosa Beach City Hall will close for four days later this week as the building is tented and treated for termites. The closure will be in effect from Friday, May 20, through Monday, May 23, according to a statement from the city. In addition to regular police and fire…
Read MoreReports tackle worries surrounding Hermosa Beach’s North School
The Hermosa Beach City School district released a pair of independent reports last week addressing the impacts of proposed school construction under a pending bond measure. While the reports — a traffic impact analysis for the area around North School, and a historical resources assessment of the 25th street campus — indicated that the rebuilding…
Read MoreChef Wang’s closing after 29 tasty years in Hermosa Beach
Jein Ming Wang had been prepared to close on Christmas Eve. Then the phone call came. A business owner wanted to throw a last-minute holidy party for his employees. Could Chef Wang’s accommodate a party of 22? Fitting them all in would be tricky; the Hermosa Beach eatery is only 400 square feet, including kitchen.…
Read MoreOne arrested after gun shot during fight in downtown Hermosa Beach
A man was arrested Sunday night after allegedly firing a gun during a fight in downtown Hermosa Beach. Witnesses told police that the incident began with an argument between four people on the street and two men in a white BMW near the intersection of 10th Street and Hermosa Avenue, said Sgt. Robert Higgins of…
Read MoreHermosa Beach’s Cindy Whitehead launches into Skateboarding Hall of Fame
Cindy Whitehead is a focused person. It’s a skill she developed over the years, first as a pioneering vert skater, and later as an accomplished sports stylist. But in an interview at a Pier Avenue coffee shop last week, the native Hermosan got a bit distracted. At one point, the low rumble of clay wheels…
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Graffiti spree Unknown suspects spraypainted multiple locations in downtown Hermosa last weekend, according to Hermosa Beach police reports. Various structures in the 1300 block of Manhattan Avenue, including a construction site, a car license plate and a trailer, were hit with graffiti at some point on or around the early morning of May 1, police…
Read MoreHope Chapel team crowned champs at robotics competition
When the dust cleared, the points were tallied, and the joysticks stopped moving, the Beach Bots stood as champions. The Beach Bots, the youth robotics team of the Hope Chapel Academy, recently won the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition held in St. Louis. FIRST, established by Segway inventor Dean Kamen, is an annual robotics competition that…
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