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[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2956″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]by Kevin Cody While Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump fenced with reporters on a lawn overlooking the ocean, at Trump National Golf Club Friday morning, several hundred Trump supporters chanted, “Fight, fight, fight,” in front of the club. Trump’s motorcade, comprised of a dozen black Chevrolet Suburbans, preceded by three dozen […]

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2954″ display=”pro_mosaic”]by Kevin Cody One month after returning home to Hermosa Beach from the Paris Olympics, beach volleyball Olympians Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng, and Chase Budinger, and Miles Evans, brought home first place honors from the Hermosa Beach Open. It wasn’t the AVP Hermosa Open. It was an old-school Hermosa Open with […]

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2953″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”] Photos by Chris Miller Victories in the men’s and women’s divisions by siblings Jack and Emily Bark, and a solid finish by brother Sam underscored the family orientation of the Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race on Sunday, August 25. The 129 paddlers in this year’s race was the largest number in […]

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2946″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]by Kevin Cody In law enforcement, it is traditional to recognize an officer’s retirement with a final radio sign off broadcast by the dispatcher to the full department. In the case of Hermosa Beach Police Department Captain Dorothy Scheid, her final sign off from the dispatcher was broadcast for the entire […]

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2943″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”] Photos by Chris Miller The best beach volleyball players this side of Paris are competing Friday and Saturday, August 2 and 3, in the Charlie Saikley Manhattan Beach 6 Man/Woman Beach Volleyball Tournament. The tournament is a highlight of the International Surf Festival, which continues through Sunday, August 4. International […]

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2936″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]The 16th Street, Hermosa Beach volleyball courts were the site of an exhibition match last Thursday, July 18, between beach volleyball 2020 Olympic gold medalists Alix Klineman and April Ross, and beach volleyball 2024 Olympic gold medalist hopefuls Sarah Hughes and Kelly Cheng. “The matches were a way for Sarah and […]

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2932″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]Over three decades ago, 24th Place, Hermosa Beach residents Dave and Mary Garrett, the Beals and Noel Castiel rallied their neighbors for a Fourth of July parade. Every year since, neighbors have decorated their pets, cars and bikes and paraded up and down what may be the steepest hills in Hermosa. […]

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2897″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”] Photos by Ken Pagliaro (Ken Pagliaro.com) Nearly 200 paddlers competed in the Lanakila Classic 2024 on Saturday, February 24, at Seaside Lagoon in King Harbor. Lanakila coach Danny Ching placed first in both the 10-mile outrigger canoe and surfski race, and in the 5 Mile stand-up and prone race. The […]