Baywatch Community Calendar 3-20-25
Spotlight: Springfest Redondo, Teen Talent contest This year for the first time, Springfest will host a Teen Talent Competition, on Friday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. Teens will compete for scholarships to Coast Music and Rise Dance Academy. The 42nd annual Springfest runs Thursday, March 20 through Sunday, March 23. Featuring over 20 carnival rides […]
Redondo Beach mayor’s race: candidates differentiate at old library forum
by Garth Meyer The first Easy Reader/BeachLife/presented by South Bay Boardriders Redondo Beach candidates forum got underway at sunset Feb. 20 at the old library at Veterans Park, with a standing-room crowd. Moderator Marcus “Goodie” Goodloe quizzed mayoral candidates last. He began with a question about pickleball courts, then about the five candidates’ visions for […]
Surfing Santa Rides Again in 2024
For the 46th year in a row, the Easy Reader brings you the return of Surfing Santa, featuring Hermosa Beach chiropractor Derek Levy in the wet suit. As always, we brought the cameras to Levy’s preferred surf spot for the shoot, 1st Street in Manhattan Beach to document him in action. Levy is the fourth […]
PhotowalksTV Goes National on Scripps News
Jefferson Graham travels up and down the California coast and all over the world producing episodes of his PhotowalksTV travel show. The Manhattan Beach resident offers travel and photo tips. The series has been a popular YouTube mainstay since 2018, attracting nearly 2 million views. Now, the series has made the move to broadcast TV, […]
From ace reporter to noted artist: Will Shuck’s paintings on view at Easy Reader
Three local artists plus… …a former Easy Reader news editor who now wields a paintbrush by Bondo Wyszpolski In the late 1990s, Will Shuck covered the Manhattan Beach beat for Easy Reader, and his cubicle was next to mine. We became pals as well as colleagues and so, one day, when the Boss was otherwise […]
MCHS: 1988 Olympian Jeff Atkinson
by David Rosenfeld Editor’s note: The following story is reprinted from Easy Reader January, 2009. Jeff Atkinson stood before the team of cross-country athletes he coaches on a recent afternoon at Malaga Cove Plaza. “How many of you are planning on watching the Olympics this week,” asked the Palos Verdes High School coach, wearing the […]
Art in the heart of Hermosa
photos by Bondo Wyszpolski Gallery of Hermosa, and Easy Reader hosted art openings on Friday, July 5. Both the gallery and the newspaper are hosting rotating shows on a semi-monthly basis. “I Love L.A.” at Gallery of Hermosa is a group show on view through July 28 at Gallery at 138 Pier Ave, Hermosa Beach. […]
Building BeachLife
CORRECTION: In the story “Building BeachLife” (Easy Reader, May 2, 2024), the company that built the BeachLife stages was misidentified. Stage Techs of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., constructed the two main stages, High Tide and Low Tide. Accurate Staging, of Los Angeles, built the festival’s V.I.P. structures and mezzanines. by Garth Meyer […]
SweeperGate ‘Bogus News,’ no sweeper ticket policy change, Hermosa Beach Police say [UPDATE]
by Kevin Cody A story posted on Easy Reader’s website and Facebook page last Wednesday, March 20, stated Hermosa Beach Parking enforcement is now ticketing cars parked on streets during street sweeping hours after the street sweepers have passed. The city website states parking is allowed after street sweepers have passed. The following day, Thursday, […]
Easy Reader is back in downtown Hermosa Beach
After six years away, in an office complex on Pacific Coast Highway, the Easy Reader offices are back where they belong, in the heart of downtown Hermosa. The new address: 67 14th Street, right next to the Grandview Inn. “It’s very uplifting to be here,” says Kevin Cody, the owner-publisher of the Easy Reader. The […]
Sandpiper saved in Manhattan Beach
Honorable mention Easy Reader 2021 Anniversary Writing Contest by Trey Lyter It was a bright and sunny day in Manhattan Beach, California. The perfect beach day in 11-year-old Trey Lyter’s eyes. After a grueling school year summer had finally come. Trey demanded his family go to the beach. Everyone agreed, except Trey’s twin brother Jesse. […]