Posts by Kevin Cody
Popular Hermosa Beach trainer asks council help in fending off parking enforcement, city responds [UPDATE]
Hermosa Beach trainer Ty Renner was forced to close his outdoor gym at his home in downtown Hermosa Beach because because the city parking enforcement said it violates the parking code. Tenner has asked the city council to reverse the city staff order.
Read MoreChristopher was master mechanic known for working on a handshake
by Kevin Cody Shortly after midnight on the morning of January 18, 1988, Doug Christopher, and Bennett Talsky met up in the King Harbor Yacht Club parking lot. Christopher was there to check on his 65-foot bugeye ketch, Pandora. Talsky was living on his 32-foot Tollycraft, and had come ashore as a precaution. The previous…
Read MoreSurfer Lentz lines up votes in Miss Health and Fitness magazine competition
Hermosa surfer and Spyder Surf store manager Tamara Lentz is in second place this week in voting for the Miss Health and Fitness competition. The winner of the contest wins $20,000 and will appear on the cover of the nationally distributed magazine. Lentz coaches surfing and is a former personal trainer. The preliminary voting round…
Read MoreHermosa hosts Pride Run for Rio Hondo Police Academy grads
by Kevin Cody The Rio Hondo College Police Academy held its traditional graduating class Pride Run on the Hermosa and Manhattan Beach Strands on Monday, May 1. The roughly 50 graduates ran five miles along The Strand, led by Manhattan Beach motor officers, from Pier Plaza north to Marine Street in Manhattan Beach, and back…
Read MoreHermosa Police play I spy with my little drone to find missing kids
Hermosa Police deploy drone to locate missing kids.
Read MoreHermosa Schools Superintendent Johnson tries to slow Dolphin Dash fundraiser
“Don’t donate,” Hermosa Beach Schools Superintendent Jason Johnson Superintendent told anyone who would listen Saturday morning at the Eighth Annual Dolphin Dash fundraiser, Saturday morning at the Hermosa Beach pier.
Read MorePathway cleared for permanent Hermosa Beach dining decks, bike lanes
by Kevin Cody After having been in legal limbo since the lifting of COVID restrictions, Hermosa Beach’s outdoor dining on public property was given a pathway to permanency at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. “That’s permanency with a small ‘p,’” Mayor Jackson repeated throughout a four hour discussion, spent hammering out a consensus on the…
Read MoreMarauding e-bikers in black balaclavas start fight on Hermosa Beach Strand
by Kevin Cody E-bike riders wearing black balaclavas attacked other e-bike riders on the 1900 block of the Hermosa Beach Strand Sunday afternoon. The fight was broken up by an adult male passerby who wrapped up one of the assailants in the assailant’s own hoodie, and restrained a second assailant as he was about to…
Read MoreEl Camino College Trustee Murakawa seeks Beach Cities input at Thursday, April 20 forum
To encourage enrollment, and to gather community input for El Camino College’s 10-year, comprehensive plan, Beach Cities Trustee Trisha Murakawa will lead a community forum on Thursday, April 20 at 6 p.m. at the South Bay Adult School, 3401 Inglewood Ave. Redondo Beach.
Read More‘March of inevitability,’ not politics, drives clean energy revolution, Manhattan Beach Deputy Energy Secretary Rodrigues tells South Bay leaders
President Biden names Manhattan Beach clean energy veteran Gene Rodrigues to serve as his DOE Deputy Secretary of Energy. He tells South Bay Cities Council of Governments new energy sources will be locally based and locally managed.
Read MoreHermosa Beach ‘Early Bird” parking permit proposed as remedy for early enforcement
by Kevin Cody An “Early Bird” parking permit was approved on a three to two vote by the Hermosa Beach City Council at the Tuesday, March 28 council meeting. The permit will cost $180 annually, and allow free parking at downtown, and neighboring downtown parking meters from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. daily Currently, parking…
Read More$10 per sq. ft. too rich for outdoor dining decks, Hermosa restaurant owners say [UPDATE]
Downtown Hermosa Beach restaurant owners fear the city’s proposed deck fees will lead to deck closures
Read MoreA dry Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Hermosa Beach
Despite the Pineapple Express raining down on most of California, it didn’t rain on the 27th Annual Hermosa Beach Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Spectators who ignored Saturday’s rain forecast were rewarded by a parade featuring nearly 100 entries, including Irish dancers, marching bands, and exotic cars on loan from El Segundo Automobile Driving Museum. The…
Read MoreCoach Marcelo’s half time tough love propels Sea Hawks to So. Cal CIF finals
by Paul Teetor When Redondo girls basketball coach Marcelo Enriquez walked into the locker room during halftime of Saturday night’s CIF SoCal Regional Division 3 semifinal game against Oak Park he knew he had to do something he doesn’t like to do: jump all over his underachieving team. It wasn’t just that Redondo was second-seeded…
Read MoreUPDATE: Hermosa Beach CPA released on bail, one day after attempted murder charge
by Kevin Cody Hermosa Beach CPA and attorney John Q. Rodgers, 68, was released from Los Angeles County Men’s Jail on Tuesday, March 1, one day after being arrested in Hermosa Beach, and charged with attempted murder, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Rodgers bail was set at $1.25 million. Rodgers alleged accomplice,…
Read MoreManhattan Beach with a different view by Scholz
Manhattan Beach is best known for its ocean views. This week, Manhattan Beach surf photographer Charles Scholz turned his camera away from the ocean, and pointed it at the mountains. For more of Scholz’s photos, go to Charlie Scholz Photography on Facebook.
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