Posts by Ryan McDonald
Hermosa Beach About Town
Greenbelt infiltration project The City of Hermosa Beach will host a site tour and public meeting for a stormwater infiltration project proposed to go under a segment of the Greenbelt in South Hermosa. On Thursday at 6:30 p.m., city officials and project consultants will gather at the intersection of Second Street and Valley Drive to…
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Yellow Vase coming to PCH A bakery, cafe and flower shop are headed for one of the busiest intersections in Hermosa Beach — and they’ll all be under the same roof. The Yellow Vase, a South Bay-based restaurant group whose locations also serve as florists and offer goods baked in-house, plans to open in the…
Read MoreLive from the WSL Founders’ Cup
Saturday marks the beginning of the WSL Founder’s Cup of Surfing, held at the Surf Ranch, a revolutionary wave pool created by 11-time world champion Kelly Slater, in Lemoore, Calif, about 35 miles outside of Fresno.
Read MoreNew traffic analysis OK’d for North School
The board of the Hermosa Beach City School District has approved a new traffic analysis associated with the rebuilding of North School. The City of Hermosa Beach had expressed concerns that previous assessments did not adequately address potential gridlock resulting from reopening the school. At a special meeting Monday night, the board unanimously voted to…
Read MoreAhead of the class: MBX Flex allows students to take summer school on their own time. But does it give an unfair edge to those that can afford it?
In January, teachers in the Mira Costa High School Department of Social Sciences voted to change what it meant to be an “A” student. Although teaching practices would not change, starting with the winter semester of this school year, a cumulative average as low as a 78 would earn an A. The move, department…
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‘Distracted’ premiers at 2nd Story Thanks to the stern admonitions to silence or turn off phones that precede a play, theaters are one of the few places where people can get away from screen time. After viewing “Distracted,” which opens at the Community Center’s 2nd Story Theater this weekend, audiences may keep their phones concealed…
Read More‘Living Street’ designs face uphill drive
Recently released draft proposals to reshape the Aviation Corridor, including by possibly removing traffic lanes in some areas to make space for a bicycle lane, face deep skepticism from those worried about how the plans would impact traffic. That became evident Monday night when several dozen people gathered at the Hermosa Beach Community Center for…
Read MoreExtra-bright lights will be removed; cautious support for AES plans
Some Hermosa Beach residents say they’ve had trouble sleeping recently, but it’s not from bad dreams: it’s the new street lights outside their homes. “They’re horrible. It’s like living in Alaska. Stop the installation right now,” said resident Joe Verbrugge, who lives near Prospect Avenue where a number of the lights have recently been…
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Skate for Schools SK8 for the Schools takes place next Wednesday afternoon at the Hermosa Skate Park. Organized by Hermosa youth Julian and Sebastian “Seabass” Kuhr, the event has raised more than $50,000 for the Hermosa Beach City School District in the 11 years it has run. This year, the Kurhs have set a goal…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Garden Club tends to needs with plant sale
The Hermosa Beach Garden Club meets at the Clark Building last week for their monthly meeting. The club will host its annual Plant Sale on Saturday, April 28. Along with offering indoor and outdoor plants, the sale will feature a raffle of items donated by local businesses. The club’s “trash to treasures” effort…
Read MoreCity seeking input for homelessness plan
Officer Chad Amerine, of the Hermosa Beach Police Department, said the station often gets calls about homeless people from residents, many of whom do not realize that homelessness is not a crime. It takes a bit of explaining, but like other public agencies,…
Read MoreEnvironment is quality of life, not political issue mayor Dulos says
As he neared the end of his State of the City address last week, Mayor Jeff Duclos paused like a man who had reached the top of a hill, only to have a mountain reveal itself from the new vantage. “So the question…
Read MorePolice arrest suspect in last month’s El Oeste shooting
Hermosa Beach police have made an arrest in a shooting that left one man injured in a North Hermosa neighborhood last month. Bruce Jackson, a 25-year-old Los Angeles resident, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury, said HBPD Sgt. Robert Higgins. Jackson was arrested near his Los…
Read MoreHermosa Beach’s Morgan Sliff notches 1,000 days straight of surfing
Peter Spennato, Jose Barahona, Ed Scale, Frank Paine, Boris Vishnevsky, Morgan Sliff, Christian Stuztman, Nina Dorsey and Jose Bacallao gather Monday morning in the parking lot on the south side of the Hermosa Pier Monday morning to celebrate Sliff’s 1,000th consecutive day of surfing. Sliff began her streak in the summer of 2015.…
Read More‘Everything in its place’ at Hermosa Beach’s Baran’s 2239
Baran’s 2239 in Hermosa Beach has become one of the most desirable reservations in the South Bay. How do they stay on top? On a recent Tuesday evening at Baran’s 2239 in Hermosa Beach, the first table to pay their bill was not the first table to be seated, nor the second, but the third.…
Read MoreCouncil backs pilot program to put scooters in city skatepark
The wheels of change rolled through Hermosa Beach Tuesday night, as the City Council unanimously approved a pilot program to allow scooters inside the Community Center skatepark. Starting May 1, the skatepark will be open to scooter riders along with the skateboarders and in-line skaters, the park’s current users. Staff with the city’s Community…
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