Comfort bags for women in chemo
Nearly a dozen women formed an assembly line at the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce last week, filling and quickly passing bags of bright pink pillows, pink water bottles and pink toothbrushes.
Hermosa Beach tattoo lawsuit tattooed
A judge on Tuesday dismissed the bulk of a lawsuit by City Council candidate Hany Fangary and other residents calling for stricter regulations on tattoo parlors, a number of which have sprouted in Hermosa since an appeals court overturned a citywide ban on the businesses. “We are pleased with the court’s decision because now the […]
Hermosa Beach — Gun rights advocates react to law
Gun rights advocates said the protections of the Second Amendment are threatened by a new state law forbidding them to openly carry unloaded firearms, with ammunition near at hand. Opponents of the law promise a courtroom battle to determine the new law’s constitutionality. “Open carry” proponents said they would fight back with a federal civil […]
Council and treasurer posts, taxes on Hermosa Beach ballot
Hermosa’s ballot on Tuesday features two challengers squaring off against two incumbents for two open City Council seats, a rare election challenge to the city’s 18-year treasurer, and a surreal battle between competing proposals that would raise business license taxes for some nightspots. Council incumbents Peter Tucker, 64 and Michael DiVirgilio, 40, will face newcomers […]
Pretrial rulings in Hermosa Beach – Macpherson Oil lawsuit
A judge on Monday issued several rulings to shape the Macpherson Oil Company breach-of-contract which, officials say, could bankrupt Hermosa Beach. From the bench in downtown Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge Joanne O’Donnell ruled that former City Council members will not be allowed to explain to the jury their thought processes when they cancelled a […]
Featured Photo: Whale of a tale
It seems the whales are not through exploring Redondo Beach for the summer. Clark McNulty submitted this photo his friend Brent Meyer shot of his boat over the weekend off the coast of Palos Verdes near the Redondo Canyon. “The Blue Whales were out feeding like I have neve seen in my 30+ years of boating in these waters,” said […]