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Beach holiday weekend recap [PHOTOS]
During this damp weekend, it’s easy to reminisce about last weekend when the sunny beaches were not empty.
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Photo & Video
![South High takes plunge at Hermosa Beach 2013 Polar Bear Swim [PHOTOS]](http://www.easyreadernews.com/wp-content/themes/cadabrapress/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://www.easyreadernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/PC010024.jpg&w=185&h=130&zc=1)
South High takes plunge at Hermosa Beach 2013 Polar Bear Swim [PHOTOS]
South High Swim coach Sharron Thompson promised her swimmers a practice pass if they participated in the 23rd Annual Hermosa Beach 16th Street Polar Beach Swim.
Bo Derek, Bob Meistrell renew old friendship at King Harbor Boat parade
Forty years ago, Bob Meistrell chaperoned his then 15-year-old son Randy and Randy’s 16-year old, Narbonne High girlfriend Mary Collins during a week in Catalina aboard the family’s boat Que Paso.
![Anzavino pier shot wins Spyder/SBBC surf contest [PHOTOS]](http://www.easyreadernews.com/wp-content/themes/cadabrapress/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://www.easyreadernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMG_2584.jpg&w=185&h=130&zc=1)
Anzavino pier shot wins Spyder/SBBC surf contest [PHOTOS]
Natalie Anzavino didn’t let the opportunity to shoot the Hermosa Beach pier stop her from first taking a strong smack off the lip during the Spyder South Bay Boardriders contest at the Hermosa pier on Saturday, December 8.
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Seth shoots Hermosa Beach pier [PHOTOS]
Tom Seth took off in front of the 14th Street lifeguard tower, then streaked south a block to the Hermosa pier, where he threaded the pilings and came out on the south side.
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Jacobson gets in the barrel at the Spyder/SB Hermosa Pier contest [PHOTOS]
Photos by Brad Jacobson (CivicCouch.com)
Photographer Brad Jacobson put himself in the line up for an inside at the competitors in the Spyder/South Bay Boardriders contest at the Hermosa pier on Saturday, December 8.
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Spyder South Bay Boardriders Surf Contest by Henze [PHOTOS]
Photos by Pete Henze (PeteHenze@gmail.com)
Photographer Pete Henze captures what it took to get into the open mens and junior boys finals at the Spyder South Bay Boardriders contest in Hermosa Beach on Saturday, December 8, 2012.
![Hermosa Beach Christmas tree lighting [PHOTOS]](http://www.easyreadernews.com/wp-content/themes/cadabrapress/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://www.easyreadernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/santa-and-olivia.jpg&w=185&h=130&zc=1)
Hermosa Beach Christmas tree lighting [PHOTOS]
A few hundred people gathered on Thursday to watch the annual Holiday Tree Lighting on the plaza.
Best of beach musicians sit in at Mama Liz Thanksgiving Dinner in Hermosa
Over 400 guests at the 29th Annual Mama Liz Thanksgiving Dinner enjoyed not only home cooked turkey, mashed potatoes and pies, but also performances by a dozen of the area’s finest musicians.
Cheer for Children at South Bay Galleria
Santa Claus arrived at the South Bay Galleria Saturday morning, bringing along free breakfasts for over 500 children.
![In Celebration of Donald Takayama: Part two (more unseen photos of DT and other surf legends) [PHOTOS]](http://www.easyreadernews.com/wp-content/themes/cadabrapress/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://www.easyreadernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/D113.jpg&w=185&h=130&zc=1)
In Celebration of Donald Takayama: Part two (more unseen photos of DT and other surf legends) [PHOTOS]
Santa Donald
Donald laughed when he saw my May Company surfboard.
Art Sale and Wine Tasting
A Night in Tuscany
St. Francis Episcopal Church, Palos Verdes Estates hosted their annual event in mid-October featuring special guest, winemaker, Richard Sanford of Alma Rosa Winery.
Las Candalistas
Entertaining for the Holidays
Members of Las Candalistas held their 4th annual tabletop design, boutique and speaker series in October in the former Restoration Hardware location at the Promenade on the Peninsula.
Cool kids fall fashions at the beach
Bryson Traudt, 2-1/2, and his sister Brenna, 4-1/2, visited Sol Baby on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach in search of warm clothes for the upcoming holiday season.
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On a Night Like This, Even Cats Take Notice of the Moon [PHOTOS]
Preparing for the PV Art Center’s “L’aura borealis” was surreal, but the 38th trip to Kyoto was out of this world
The diffused autumn light and the sound of the mountains filtered into the room as I set down my valise, and next to it I placed the large, soft-leather satchel containing twenty-three photographs of Laura.