Silva and friends charge 16th Street Hermosa Beach ‘slab’ waves Video/photos by Brad Jacobson by Kevin Cody The reason Dayton Silva left his Encinitas home at 3:30 a.m. the Saturday Kevin Cody December 31, 2025
Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation Surf Festival scores again by Nancy Miller Jimmy Miller Foundation Over 120 surfers, ages 6 to age 65 competed in the annual Jimmy Surf Special Contributor November 13, 2025
From the Hollywood sign to the Hermosa Ironman: Aerial photography by meteorologist Rick Dickert Before there were drones, aerial photography required a costly helicopter or an airplane. For over 20 years Rick Dickert had Kevin Cody September 26, 2025
Morgan Sliff and The End of the Endless Session Morgan Sliff decided to surf every day for one year. Ten years later, she finally took a day off. It Mark McDermott September 11, 2025
Prone to Punishment: South Bay’s Bark, Hawai’i’s Pere, Japan’s Horibe win challenging Classic by Laura Garber Paddlers pointed to the whitecaps in the Catalina Channel as their boats approached the wind-singing Two Harbors Laura Garber September 3, 2025
Bark repeats in Classic unlimited, Japan’s Horibe, Hawaiʻi’s Pere win Women’s, and stock divisions by Laura Garber A choppy start to the 2025 Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race set the tone for the 32 mile Laura Garber August 28, 2025
Top ranked, novice surfers share waves in Queen of the Bay Photos by Steve Gaffney (SteveGaffney.com) by Laura Garber Cash Hoover, and Teagan Meza, two of the top, young female surfers Laura Garber June 10, 2025
Reaching for Gregness: Pro surfer, filmmaker Greg Browning elevated everyone around him Photos by Brent Broza (BrozaPhoto.com) by Kevin Cody Jeff Browning stood at the mic, surrounded by family, and looking down Kevin Cody May 21, 2025
Geebs: Browning celebrated at 16th Street Hermosa Beach paddleout Photos by JP Cordero Greg Browning’s paddleout at 16th Street in Hermosa Beach spanned generations, from Haggerty’s Surf Club legends Kevin Cody May 17, 2025
Donations trucked to fire victims Beach Cities style, in Tesla Cybertrucks by Elka Worner The line stretched around the block at Guidestone Church on Saturday as hundreds of South Bay residents Elka Worner January 15, 2025
Donavon Frankenriter, protege at Saint Rocke, warmup for BeachLife Festival by Gavin Heaney There’s a place where hip meets hippie, city slick yet perfectly torn and frayed at the edges. Gavin Heaney January 11, 2025
Redondo Breakwall reawakens in time for Big Wave Challenge Photos by Mike Balzer by Kevin Cody On Sunday, December 29, just days after the South Bay Boardriders Club announced Kevin Cody January 4, 2025
Hermosa Beach Little League Snack Bar King Hector Alatorre among Beach Cities’ losses in 2024 Hector Alatorre, a cornerstone of the Hermosa Beach Little League, died tragically in a multi-car accident on Saturday, December 14, Easy Reader Staff January 1, 2025
2024 Year in Review: A community in agreement and a changing of the guard by Mark McDermott On the surface, 2024 was a relatively quiet year in Manhattan Beach. Even town politics were unusually Mark McDermott December 26, 2024
Go North, young man! Writer-director James North and his feature film, “Filthy Animals” by Bondo Wyszpolski With both sets of grandparents living on the Peninsula, James North was able to attend PV schools, Bondo Wyszpolski December 21, 2024
Catching the big wave: Surf’s up for VEFA Gallery curator Delia Cabral by Bondo Wyszpolski It’s largely in the presentation, and early this past November, when VEFA Gallery opened to the public, Bondo Wyszpolski December 19, 2024