Hermosa Beach City Treasurer David Cohn has called for an overhaul of the parking meter system, saying that many meters do not function properly, $2 million a year in revenue is not properly audited, and there is “an unusually large backlog of disputed parking tickets.”
Gene Mick keeps a photo of himself and Charlie Saikley, commonly referred to as the godfather of beach volleyball, on the refrigerator at his home. In the picture, the two are standing on the tournament stands during the 2001 Six-Man [...]
Under Principal Rhonda Steinberg’s leadership, Grandview Elementary School has reduced its lunch trash from 30 bags per day to just two. The school has embraced the walking-school bus initiative, which has saved Grandview parents $366,000 on gas per year, and [...]
A Colorado man was arrested on Thursday night after allegedly stealing from Target in Manhattan Beach while under the influence of methamphetamine and heroin, according to Manhattan Beach police. Thor Burnam, who turned 23 today, left Target with two PlayStation [...]
Early February saw a tragedy at the Redondo Beach LA Conservation Corps’ SEA Lab. More than half of the sea life in the facility was killed by high chlorine levels due to a faulty coupling in an incoming bleach pipe. [...]
by Jayna Elce It was the first time I had been bar-hopping on a bicycle built for 17. We hopped aboard the Beach Barcycle, which looks like a trolley with two rows of pedalers and a driver, and traveled smoothly [...]
The little service club that thought it could, apparently can. Hermosa Beach Rotary was named the top “Club of Excellence” for its size in a Rotary district stretching from San Pedro and Palos Verdes to Malibu and Vernon. “We’re small, [...]
Toyota and the Wyland Foundation have formally presented Hermosa Beach environmental activist Dency Nelson with the top prize in a countywide “Earth Month Heroes” contest, earning a $1,000 donation to PlugInAmerica, a nonprofit coalition of electric car drivers and advocates [...]