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by Laura Garber There are many volleyball communities in Hermosa Beach, but few have a legacy that spans four generations. The annual Seawright volleyball tournament called back multi-generational families and friends on the sand at 28th street for its 68th year on Saturday, July 11. Winners of the 68th Seawright tournament team included Aiden Peters, […]
by Garth Meyer The new park about to open underneath the giant “Redondo Beach/King Harbor” sign has been named “Bill Brand Gateway Park.” City councilmembers confirmed the name Tuesday night, in honor of the late mayor who died in 2024. The land has been under construction since last fall. Its fences are due to come […]
Swell dreams El Porto is the take off point for inspirational, children’s surf book by El Porto surfers John Pickle and Hunter Jones by Nikki Yunker During COVID, Jonathan Pickle looked without success for books about surfing to read to his 3-year-old son, Wolfe. “It was really hard to find children’s books about surfing. […]
by Laura Garber A sea of blue and red jerseys and bikini-clad fans hit the sand south of the Hermosa Beach pier for the kickoff FIFA World Cup watch party hosted by Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy, and the City of Hermosa Beach on Tuesday, July 14. Roughly 400 attendees watched France and Spain […]
Hermosa Beach Public Works employees Noah Narita, DJ Hodges, Brad Cocking and Rene Rodriquez were among two dozen City employees treated to lunch from Martha’s Restaurant on Thursday, July 9. The lunches were provided by Martha’s and Mark Paaluhi, whose Sand Court Experts set up over 60 volleyball courts on either side of the Hermosa […]
Park view Dear ER: I was pleasantly surprised to see some of the dark black covering taken away from the basketball courts at Clark Field. It is so much brighter. It is so refreshing to be able to see our fields now as we drive, bike or walk by. I can only hope that the […]
Manhattan Beach Tennis Open 7/20/2025 at Manhattan Beach Country Club Manhattan Beach resident Ella Kenney is congratulated by her kids after winning the women’s 4.0 division in singles at the Manhattan Beach Open last year. This year’s Manhattan Beach Open begins Thursday July 16, with finals at the Manhattan Country Club on Sunday, 19. […]
by Romia Lisboa It’s an exciting change of pace to sit in a park on a weekday evening, listening to the chants of witches while watching actors in medieval costumes. The longer we sit, the more the experience enchants us. Last Wednesday, July 8, in Hermosa Beach’s Valley Park we were immersed in the land […]
by Matt Olin Spencer Hill enlisted a few friends to start the Tuesday Run Club in 2021. Since then, TRC has grown to about four dozen runners, all motivated to support one another, and to start Tuesday mornings with a run through town. The runs start at Valley Park at 6 a.m. sharp so parents […]
By Garth Meyer Building a new police headquarters and two new fire stations took another step forward Tuesday as the Redondo Beach city council chose Swinerton Builders and L.P.A. Design Studios to bring the projects to reality. Contracts approved July 7 call for completion of the initial designs, and to set a maximum price […]
Carrie Dietz Brown didn’t have a lot of hope her plan would work. But crazy longshots, along with wild things surviving in unlikely places, are among the revered ideals handed down to her by her father, the late, great Pat Dietz. So she hatched the plan anyway. She hoped to reach Wendell Berry, the poet, […]
by Kevin Cody I’ve published Easy Reader for over 50 years. It’s fun. A reporter friend described reporting as “play with purpose.” I bike to the end of the Hermosa pier and photograph people fishing. I talk to people along the way, and then write about whether to save the pier, or let it crumble […]