Hermosa Beach News
by Elka Worner After 47 years in downtown Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Lock and Safe Shop is closing in December because of lack of parking. Owner Frank Hallstein said business is down 80 percent because of the outdoor dining decks installed at the beginning of the pandemic in the parking spaces near his Pier Avenue store. The dining decks, which he thought would be a six-month program to help restaurants survive the pandemic, have been extended “with no end in sight,”…
