Letters to the Editor 2-6-25
Ballots on the way Dear ER: Residents of Redondo will be getting a ballot in the mail for a very important March election. I strongly encourage District 1 residents to vote for Brad Waller. He is endorsed by over 25 community leaders, including every Redondo Beach Unified School District school board member. He is a […]
Hermosa Residents express support for trimmed down Civic Center
by Kevin Cody Near the end of a two hour PowerPoint presentation by Hermosa Beach Civic Center consultant Jeffrey Fullerton, Mayor Pro Tem Rob Saemann complained the presentation was too conceptional and lacking in specifics. The presentation in the Hermosa council chambers last Wednesday, January 22 was meant to elicit resident input on proposals for […]
Letters to the Editor 1-30-25
Housing shadow Dear ER: Yes, the State’s Density Bonus law permits developers to build high-rise apartment buildings along the Sepulveda Corridor (“Transparency in criticism,” ER Letters, January 23, 2025). For instance, there is one Manhattan Beach developer who wants to build a 7-story apartment building at 2301 Sepulveda Boulevard, towering over residential homes on Oak […]
Hermosa Chamber asks city help in funding St. Patrick’s parade
by Kevin Cody Rick Koenig has emceed the Hermosa Beach Saint Patrick’s Day Parade every year since it began 29 years ago, except for the inaugural year. He pleaded to the Hermosa City Council at its Tuesday, January 14 meeting for the opportunity to emcee the popular parade again. “From where I announce the parade, […]
American Martyrs welcomes Palisades Fire evacuees
by Kevin Cody American Martyrs Catholic School in Manhattan Beach has enrolled 57 students from Pacific Palisades in the past two weeks. The students and their families are evacuees from the Palisades Fire. Almost all homes, businesses and schools in their community of 23,000 were damaged or destroyed by the fire, including Corpus Christi School. […]
Letters to the Editor 1-23-25
Rebar, not barbed wire Dear ER: I read with sadness that Thelma Greenwald passed away last October. Though I didn’t know Thelma well, we had a lot in common — the house in Hermosa Beach at 9th and The Strand; and yes, it was my dad who put that coiled rebar (it wasn’t barbed wire) […]
Hermosa hotels hold rooms, rates for evacuees
by Kevin Cody Fears of rate gouging by hotels during the recent fires were dispelled, at least in Hermosa Beach, by two beachside hotels that offered lower rates to fire evacuees than were offered to vacationers last month. It wasn’t because of a state law prohibiting price increases of more than 10 percent during a […]
Letters to the Editor 1-16-25
California to the president-elect Dear ER: Thank you Governor Newsom for your work during these darkest of hours and your comments to President elect Trump. When you have the time please go on Fox, Rogan and every other outlet in addition to CNN, MSNBC, that will have you and publicize those that won’t. Continue to […]
Giant Menorah lights up Pier Plaza for Chanukah
photos by Kevin Cody The 11th Annual Giant Menorah Lighting was hosted by the Jewish Community Center on Pier Plaza at dusk on Sunday, December 29. Los Angles County/Hermosa Beach Firefighters assisted in the lighting with their hook and ladder truck. Prior to the lighting the children’s choir performed traditional Chanukah music and hot latkes […]
Nic Lamb goes from El Porto to ‘Eddie’
El Porto surfer Nic Lamb places fifth in a Hawaiian contest only held in 30-foot-plus waves by Kevin Cody Nic Lamb knew at 12 he wanted to be a big wave surfer. He surfed Mavericks in Half Moon Bay at 14, the youngest person at the time, ever to paddle out at California’s cold, most […]
Letters to the Editor 1-9-25
Apartment row Dear ER: The residents of Manhattan Beach should know about the five proposed apartment buildings totaling over 1,000 units, with one proposed apartment project at the Fry’s site on Sepulveda Boulevard having a 10-story building and a 7-story building. Yet, Manhattan Beach residents don’t know anything about these projects, and won’t know anything […]
Trees grow on Loma Drive, again, after being cut down
by Kevin Cody In early August, retired Los Angeles Police Officer Bill Hallett returned to his home on Loma Drive in Hermosa Beach to discover the three, large New Zealand Christmas trees in front of his next door neighbor’s house had been cut down. The trees were in the city parkway. But the city didn’t […]
Queen of Hermosa Beach Thelma Greenwald leaves throne
by Kevin Cody Thelma and Richard Greenwald bought the 17-room Seasprite Hotel, on the Strand in Hermosa Beach as an investment property in 1964. Richard and his twin brother Robert owned Del Amo Dodge, on Hawthorne Boulevard. A few weeks after buying the Seasprite, the manager quit, leaving Thelma to manage the motel. On her […]
Letters to the Editor 12-19-24
Rickety ramp Dear ER: I’m writing as a longtime resident seeking help in understanding what’s happening to the pedestrian beach access ramp at Avenue A and the Esplanade in Redondo Beach. The temporary wood fence is rotting, the concrete is deteriorating and the old lead paint is peeling and baking in the sun. Talk about […]
In memoriam: Bob Courtney, the king of courtroom comity
by Kevin Cody [Editor’s Note: Attorney and long time Hermosa Beach resident Robert E. Courtney passed away Sunday, Dec. 1 at age 89. In the following 2007 interview, Coutney talked about the changes in the practice of law over his then four decade long career.] The defendant had been convicted of rape and murder. The […]
Former Hermosa Beach Chamber CEO gets antiSLAPP’d in libel suit
by Kevin Cody Former Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO Jessica Accamando and her spouse, Ashley Tull, have been ordered by the Los Angeles County Superior Court to pay attorneys’ fees to Hermosa Beach residents Kent Allen and Matt McCool, against whom Accamando and Tull filed a libel suit last May. Allen’s attorney, Harry Safarian, […]