New Lighthouse All stars draws new jazz audience La La Land fans and a new house band lead local jazz resurgence by Garrick Rawlings In the early 1950s, Garrick Rawlings April 16, 2023
South Bay Boardriders Big Wave Challenge Winter of ‘23 Redondo Breakwater in perspective Photographer Mike Balzer favors shooting surfers from a distance. For these photos, taken Kevin Cody April 16, 2023
2023 SWOF Inductee – Carper is a shaper of surfboards, and surfers John “JC” Carper grew up in Hermosa Beach, and moved to Hawaii after graduating from Mira Costa High School. Carper Kevin Cody April 14, 2023
2023 SWOF Inductee – Mangiagli was low profile, top producing board builder Becker Surf partners Steve Mangiagli, Phil Becker, and Dave Hollander made more hand-shaped surfboards boards than any other board builder Mike Purpus April 13, 2023
Best of the Beach 2023 Dining & Entertainment American BBQ Willingham’s World Champion BBQ There are several good barbecue options in the greater South Bay that offer expansive Richard Foss April 12, 2023
Baywatch Community Calendar 4-13-23 Ongoing: Walkers needed The South Bay will be represented at NAMI Walk, to be held on April 29 at the Erin Waldner April 12, 2023
Letters to the Editor 4-13-23 Snared by the law Dear ER: We are disappointed to hear Manhattan Beach has chosen to embrace trapping in its Kevin Cody April 11, 2023
Hermosa Mayor’s Monthly Community Conversation and clean-up Hermosa Beach Mayor Raymond Jackson introduces Public Works Superintendent John Cordova and thanks his crew for participating in the Mayor’s Kevin Cody April 8, 2023
No women, but smoking OK when these guys joined Kiwanis by Elka Worner When they joined the Kiwanis Club, ash trays lined the bingo tables, the Greatest Generation ran the Elka Worner April 7, 2023
Hermosa Beach neighbors protest against Five Corners cell tower by Kevin Cody Over the past three decades, Verizon Wireless engineer William Desmond has found locations for over 18,000 cell Kevin Cody April 6, 2023
Baywatch Community Calendar 4-6-23 Event Spotlight 5K Run/Walk The mental health campaign “You Are Enough” will present the first annual “You Are Enough” 5K Erin Waldner April 5, 2023
Letters to the Editor 4-6-23 Changing the future Dear ER: My children’s book, “New Year at the Pier,” winner of the Sydney Taylor Gold Medal Kevin Cody April 4, 2023
Word on the Street – BeachLife hosts Tito’s Bloody Mary Contest Bartenders Kerry McMenamin, and Natalie Bush, of Vista, on the Hermosa Beach Strand, were named winners of the First Annual Craig Hymovitz March 30, 2023
Hermosa Beach ‘Early Bird” parking permit proposed as remedy for early enforcement by Kevin Cody An “Early Bird” parking permit was approved on a three to two vote by the Hermosa Beach Kevin Cody March 29, 2023
$10 per sq. ft. too rich for outdoor dining decks, Hermosa restaurant owners say [UPDATE] Downtown Hermosa Beach restaurant owners fear the city’s proposed deck fees will lead to deck closures Kevin Cody March 29, 2023