Hermosa Beach visit by Ecuadorians hits a parking snag
Hermosa city staff explains parking violations to members of “The Muppets” visiting from Ecuador. Photo by Ron Arias Fourteen middle-aged couples from Ecuador rode into Hermosa Beach on their Harleys Tuesday noon, all eager for lunch by the pier. They parked their bikes behind The Lighthouse, paid for their spots by machine, and quickly headed for a look at the sea and eats along the Promenade. Midway through their meals, they heard their bikes were being ticketed by a city parking enforcement officer. Dropping their burgers and tacos, the men bolted for the lot and buttonholed the officer, a young Hispanic who fortunately could field the barrage of questions from the visitors about their fines—multas in Spanish. “But we paid for two hours,” said Guillermo Pinzon, 63, a retired businessman from Guayaquil. Others chimed in to complain that one of the fee-machines was broken or that they’d gone over the limit by just a few minutes. The officer apologized but said his boss had come by shortly before the alarmed Ecuadoreans appeared and told him to “ticket them all.” A Spanish-speaking bystander told the officer who the out-of-town riders were, but apparently it didn’t matter. In the…
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