Los Angeles County lifeguards and three local surfers were recognized for acts of ocean heroism during the past year at the annual Lifeguard Medal of Valor dinner, sponsored by the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce. Australia’s Victoria Lifeguard Team attended the dinner.
You probably know Eustace Tilley, even if the name doesn’t sound familiar. He’s the mascot of the New Yorker magazine,
On June 28, the Hermosa Beach Mural Committee unveiled the 75-foot-long, 19-foot tall “Great Wave” on the side of the
Five years ago my cousins, Rick and Paula Bickford, came up for one of their bi-monthly photo shoots. The
John Van Hamersveld’s tribute to Hermosa surfing, titled “Hermosa’s Great Wave,” will be unveiled Sunday at 11 a.m. on the side of the Underground Pub and Grill at 14th Street and Hermosa Avenue. I
One day in 1970, a young electrician who worked for the city of Redondo Beach found himself circling the parking
The oil company responsible for the May 19 spill in Santa Barbara County has agreed to pay for damage to a sail done by tar drifting in the water off of Redondo Beach.
Since being named Redondo Beach City Manager, Joe Hoefgen has often said that filling vacancies within the city’s roster of
After a videotaped episode of localism at Lunada Bay went viral last month, the chief of the Palos Verdes Estates Police Department said his force will take a more active approach to policing the famed winter surf spot when waves begin breaking there again later this year.
A quick Q&A with South Bay hotshot Hudson Ritchie.
During a morning surf session on the southside of the Hermosa Beach Pier, it’s hard not to smell breakfast cooking from the lineup. If you happen to be surfing on an empty stomach, the sweet smell that permeates the sea air causes a conflict: do I go in to eat or do I catch one more set wave?
After a very interesting year, the South Bay Boardrider’s Club awards it’s division winners and acknowledges the volunteers.
At the 2008 Dewey Weber Classic in Doheny Beach, Joe Melchione confided to Shea Weber a secret ambition he had harbored since he began surfing in the early ‘60s. The prominent, ponytailed attorney owned homes in Santa Monica, Laguna and Hawaii and surfed daily. Shea Weber was the son of Dewey Weber. Following his father’s death in 1993, Weber carried on his father’s surfboard business, which included shaping boards and running the Dewey Weber Classic longboard contest.
Tim “Fergie” Ferguson’s family and over 100 of his friends gathered for a paddleout in memory of the Manhattan Beach native Saturday morning at Marine Street, where he once “controlled the left,” noted longtime neighbor Mike Murphy.
Southern California lifeguards will display their physical prowess when the 54th International Surf Festival presented by BeachSport.org, the Chambers of
The Hermosa Beach Museum’s permanent collection ranges from Gabrielino Indian artifacts to the original Poop Deck bar sign. Surfboards on
