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by Kevin Cody A bomb threat led Hermosa Beach Police to evacuate businesses along The Strand at about 8:30 Tuesday morning, from the Hermosa pier north to Noble Park, at 14th Street. Gardena police with bomb sniffing K9s concluded a search of the businesses, and beach in front of the businesses just before 10 a.m. […]
Video by Jefferson Graham (PhotoWalksTV.com) Justin Thirsk sings Pennywise anthem ‘Bro Hymn.’Video by Ron Siegel J Blake Vogelsang celebrates winning the Hermosa Beach Fourth of July Ironman for the second consecutive year. Photo by Ron Siegel Hermosa Fourth of July Ironman People by Chris Miller [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”52″ gal_title=”Hermosa Beach 2026 Fourth of July Ironman People […]
by Garth Meyer Democrats will regain control of the House of Representatives in November’s mid-term elections, South Bay Congressional Representative Ted Lieu “guaranteed” in an interview last week. Through his “Lieu Review” email newsletter and social media reels, the generally reserved Representative appears to have taken on the role of a Democratic party attack […]
by Chelsea Sektnan At the January 13, 2026, board meeting of the Palos Verdes Homes Association & Art Jury, the board received the results of the 2026 board election. All five incumbents and two challengers were on the ballot. The results were the same as they have been in every election since 2009, with the […]
by Chelsea Sektnan Soccer coach Billy Hansen’s path to founding SIFA (Soccer Is For All) grew out of a lifelong passion for the game and what he saw while coaching club soccer in the South Bay. Hansen, a retired professional soccer player, said the roots of SIFA began after he started coaching his daughter’s club […]
by Rick Dickert I first learned about the warming of the waters off of Peru, and its impact on the South Bay in 1983, during my freshman year at Redondo Union High School. Because my friends and I surfed, I was already deeply entrenched in the world of weather. I tracked it with my backyard […]
by Paul Teetor The novelist Thomas Wolfe proclaimed a sad truth 85 years ago in the title of his best-known book, You Can’t go Home Again. Former New Yorker turned Florida man Donald Trump learned that painful lesson the hard way this week when he announced that he was going to attend game three of […]
by Mark McDermott If all goes according to plan, Jeff Davis will rise sometime before dawn on July 2 and face a notorious giant in the French Pyrenees. The Col du Tourmalet is known in cycling lore as the Géant des Pyrénées, the Giant of the Pyrenees. At 2,115 meters — nearly 7,000 feet — […]
by Nikki Yunker Birds, butterflies and bumble bees joined local leaders and community members in recognizing the 25th anniversary of Manhattan Beach’s only public garden with a green ribbon cutting Friday, April 24. The nonprofit Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden, a hidden oasis at the southwest corner of Polliwog Park, first opened in April 2001 with […]
By Garth Meyer A talk by L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman in the South Bay June 3 turned into a question-and-answer shout-down by Black Lives Matter protesters. The contentious moments made up the last few minutes of the event, effectively shutting out any further questions. Hochman came to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center […]
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”40″ gal_title=”Mira Costa Baseball CIF Champions 2026″] Senior Nick Feidler leads Mustangs’ comeback from a 1-6 deficit with a home run, triple and two RBIs by Dan Smith The Mira Costa Mustangs used big innings to come from behind in three of their four playoff games, leading up to the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 […]
Story and photos by Nikki Yunker Regency romance blossomed at a Manhattan Beach library speaker series event featuring the author whose book series led to a worldwide breakout hit Netflix show. Julia Quinn, author of the literary series collectively known as “Bridgerton,” spoke about book bans, the romance genre and the TV adaptation of her […]