Hermosa Beach

A worker was presumed dead Wednesday morning after he fell into a trench that apparently collapsed around him, burying him in loose dirt, at a large building under construction at Cypress Avenue and Sixth Street, in a mixed commercial-industrial area near South Park.

by Robb Fulcher
Mayor Michael DiVirgilio used the annual State of the City address as a pep talk, telling civic leaders that innovative Hermosans will find unexpected silver linings in the economy’s dark cloud, and holding out hope for a positive outcome in a $500 million lawsuit that overarches other local issues.
DiVirgilio devoted a front portion [...]

by Robb Fulcher
Federal authorities have filed a civil lawsuit accusing Hermosan Sean David Morton, well known for frequent radio-show appearances, of fraudulently raising $6 million after telling investors he could use psychic powers to predict the highs and lows of the stock market.
“Morton’s self-proclaimed psychic powers were nothing more than a scam to attract investors [...]

Event co-chairs invite one and all to the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation’s signature fundraiser, the ‘Hearts of Hermosa’ dinner-dance-auction 5:45 to midnight Saturday, March 20 at St. Rocke, 142 PCH. This year’s event will feature a pre-dinner cocktail hour with New Orleans style appetizers. Auction items range from breakfast at the Firehouse for four kids, [...]

Oil gambit
Attorneys for the city will ask the state Supreme Court to dismiss a $500 million breach-of-contract lawsuit by an oil company that once planned to slant-drill under the Pacific Ocean from city-owned land.
The move comes on the heels of an important ruling by a state appeals court that allowed the city a new line [...]