Hermosa’s western stretches continued to serve as party central on the Fourth of July, but the crowds were smaller and seemed somewhat less intense on Sunday, when the holiday came at the end of a tiring party weekend.

by Robb Fulcher The city school board avoided laying off teachers, but halved the hours of one physical education teacher and cut hours for non-teaching personnel, as board members approved a $9 million budget for the coming school year. The balanced budget also calls for five furlough days for all district personnel, draws upon 10 [...]

by Robb Fulcher

Hermosa’s western stretches continued to serve as party central on the Fourth of July, but the crowds were smaller and seemed somewhat less intense on Sunday, when the holiday came at the end of a tiring party weekend.

“The weekend was busy, but no major events occurred,” Hermosa Beach Police Chief Greg Savelli said.

Police Chief Greg Savelli said people may not legally carry guns onto the beach, after gun rights advocates raised the possibility of carrying unloaded weapons in holsters onto the sand.

Hermosa Beach, the first city in Los Angeles County to pledge to become carbon neutral, will partner with AECOM Technology Corporation to seek grants and other funding to fulfill its promise to eliminate its carbon footprint, Mayor Michael DiVirgilio has announced. The Los Angeles-based firm will provide consulting and grant-writing services to help Hermosa get [...]

 More than 200 solar panels lift their faces to the heavens atop Our Lady of Guadalupe School. Photo by Olivia Kestin by Robb Fulcher Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and School is used to turning heavenward for the sunlight of the spirit, and with the completion of the largest installation of solar panels in Hermosa, [...]

by Robb Fulcher An upscale, 53-unit office condo complex on Pier Avenue is faced with a foreclosure sale July 22. The 53-unit development on the corner of Pier and Manhattan avenues, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, is in default of its loan by $16.1 million, according to the lender. Bryn Stroyke of Vintage Properties Company Inc., [...]

by Robb Fulcher Tim Beck is accustomed to getting nowhere with the government. For months he appeared before the Hermosa Beach City Council to push for limited beach nudity, and to explain that beach sand could be frozen to prevent its migration to other shores. Council members listened obligingly and treated him respectfully, but the [...]

Carbon push Hermosa Beach, the first city in Los Angeles County to pledge to become carbon neutral, will partner with AECOM Technology Corporation to seek grants and other funding to fulfill its promise to eliminate its carbon footprint, Mayor Michael DiVirgilio has announced. The Los Angeles-based firm will provide consulting and grant-writing services to help [...]