Posts by Kevin Cody
Man pulled from water in Hermosa Beach had wounds in the head
by Kevin Cody A dead man with wounds in his head was pulled from the ocean at 22nd Street in Hermosa Beach shortly after sunrise Friday morning, November 24. “During an initial assessment of the body, it appeared that the male may have received a significant injury from a gunshot,” Hermosa Police said in a…
Read MoreRock for Tots packs Hermosa Pier Plaza
Photos by Ken Pagliaro (KenPagliaro.com) The 18th Annual Rock for Tots raised over $6,000 and 10 barrels of toys while packing the Hermosa Beach Pier Plaza Saturday night, November 18. The annual concert is organized by the Jeremy Buck Band, with support from dozens of local musicians. This year’s concert was dedicated to the memory…
Read MoreHermosa Engine No. 10 brings the Clauses to Hermosa for Holiday Tree Lighting
A weekend of holiday music, workshops, store sales, and carnival rides in downtown Hermosa Beach culminated Sunday evening with Santa and Ms. Clause arriving aboard Los Angeles Fire Department Engine No. 10 for the annual Pier Plaza holiday tree lighting ceremony. Saturday evening, the annual Jeremy Buck Band Rock For Tots concert raised over $6,000,…
Read MoreRain can’t extinguish Manhattan Beach Holiday Lighting Tree Ceremony
Despite early evening rain, crowds filled downtown Manhattan Beach for its annual Holiday Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration on Wednesday, November 16. After children at Metlox Plaza told Santa their holiday wishes, the gathering of an estimated 1,000 people walked in the rain down to the pier to listen to the Manhattan Beach Middle School, and…
Read MoreHermosa, Manhattan, Redondo Beach Cities Toy Drive begins 31st year
Beach Cities Toy Drive organizers and Manhattan Beach firefighters gathered Saturday at the Manhattan Beach firestation to launch the local toy drive’s 31st year. Unwrapped toys may be dropped off at the Hermosa and Manhattan Beach fire departments. Toys will also be collected Saturday evening, November 18 on Pier Plaza prior to the Jeremy Buck…
Read MoreHermosa Beach, the ‘Williamsport’ of junior beach volleyball, struggles with scheduling
by Kevin Cody Hermosa Beach in July is to youth beach volleyball what Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is to Little League baseball in September, Denny Lennon observed in an interview this week. Lennon is the AAU National Beach Volleyball Director. Each July, for the past three decades, Lennon has run AAU Girls and Boys Junior National Beach…
Read MoreHermosa Beach aims to kickstart affordable housing with double barreled Land Value Recapture [UPDATED]
by Kevin Cody Land Value Recapture (LVR) was endorsed by the Hermosa Beach City Council at its Tuesday, October 10 meeting, as a means to encourage commercial property owners to build affordable housing. As explained in a report to the council by Community Development Director Carrie Tai, Hermosa’s LVR will involve rezoning approximately 74 non…
Read MoreManhattan Beach Pier lights up in blue and white in solidarity with Israel
by Kevin Cody On Wednesday, October 11, at sunset, for the second time in less than a week, the lights that line the Manhattan Beach pier glowed blue and white. Last Friday, October 6, the colors were in memory of Manhattan Beach Police Officer Chad Swanson, who died in a collision while riding his motorcycle…
Read MoreManhattan Beach Police Officer Chad Swanson’s memory to live on, fellow officers promise
by Kevin Cody Manhattan Beach Police Officer Donovan Torres, a resource officer at Mira Costa High School, with a degree in education, said he couldn’t adequately paint a picture of Manhattan Beach motor officer Chad Swanson. Torres stood in front of the Manhattan Beach Police and Fire Facility Friday evening, addressing 500 people gathered for…
Read MoreYoung runners set the pace in the 46th Annual Manhattan Beach 10K
by Kevin Cody Over 100 runners ages 14 and under competed in the 46th Annual Manhattan Beach 10K on Sunday, October 7. Three, all girls, were 8 or younger. The 9 to 11 age division drew 16 girls, and 34 boys. And the 12 to 14 age division was almost evenly divided, with 48 girls…
Read MoreHermosa council sticks with tradition, elects Massey Mayor, Francois Mayor Pro Tem
by Kevin Cody The Hermosa Beach City Council voted 4 to 1 at a special council meeting Thursday night to name Mayor Pro Tem Justin Massey to replace Raymond Jackson as mayor, and to name Councilmember Dean Francois as mayor pro tem, replacing Massey. The vote followed a tradition tracing back to the early 1970s,…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Oktoberfest a new tradition, Mayor declares [UPDATE]
by Kevin Cody by Kevin Cody Hermosa Beach Mayor Raymond Jackson yodeled as he took the stage Saturday morning in downtown Hermosa Beach to announce the opening of the Locale 90254 Oktoberfest. Then he raised his beer stein and asked, “Any young guns out there ready to take on the old man in the stein…
Read MoreHermosa Beach to review Metro Line stance after Redondo Beach council complains
by Kevin Cody Nearly one dozen Redondo Beach residents, including Redondo City Councilmembers Nils Nehrenheim, and Paige Kaluderovic, asked the Hermosa City Council to rescind its two letters to the Los Angeles County Metro Board expressing support for having the C Line (Green Line) extension pass through North Redondo Beach. “Imagine a Metro train…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Mayor rotation has heads spinning
by Kevin Cody Minutes before 1 a.m., eight hours into the Tuesday, September 12 Hermosa Beach City Council meeting, Councilmember Dean Francois asked, “Are other council members interested in taking a look at the mayor rotation policy?” A long silence followed, finally broken by Mayor Raymond Jackson asking, “Anyone interested? Seeing none…. Meeting adjourned at…
Read MoreHermosa Mayor Jackson State of the City a celebration of the city
Story and photos by Kevin Cody State of the City addresses typically resemble wonky workshops featuring power point presentations about the previous year’s council legislation and capital improvements. Hermosa Beach Mayor Raymond Jackson’s State of the City Thursday night, September 14, took its cue from Porky Pig’s classic, 1942 Loony Toons, “Who’s Who in the…
Read MoreHermosa Beach Pier brawl video fuels fear loud ‘bang’ was gunshot
by Kevin Cody Video by multiple passersby of a brawl on Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach early Sunday morning, September 3, includes what Hermosa Police describe in a post on the department’s Facebook page as “a loud bang.” The police post states “plaza patrons react as if they heard a gunshot,” but adds, “Other than…
Read More