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Pamela Bailey, 82, of Redondo Beach, attends Trump Rally in Rancho Palos Verdes on Friday, August 13. Photo by Kevin Cody
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Rancho Palos Verdes residents ask Trump’s help during presidential campaign press conference

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2956″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]by Kevin Cody While Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump fenced with reporters on a lawn overlooking the ocean, at Trump National Golf Club Friday morning, several hundred Trump supporters chanted, “Fight, fight, fight,” in front of the club. Trump’s motorcade, comprised of a dozen black Chevrolet Suburbans, preceded by three dozen […]

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Hermosa Open volleyball tournament an old-school Olympian effort
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Hermosa Open volleyball tournament an old-school Olympian effort

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2954″ display=”pro_mosaic”]by Kevin Cody One month after returning home to Hermosa Beach from the Paris Olympics, beach volleyball Olympians Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng, and Chase Budinger, and Miles Evans, brought home first place honors from the Hermosa Beach Open.  It wasn’t the AVP Hermosa Open. It was an old-school Hermosa Open with […]

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Catalina Classic Paddleboard race a Bark family affair
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Catalina Classic Paddleboard race a Bark family affair

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2953″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”] Photos by Chris Miller Victories in the men’s and women’s divisions by siblings Jack and Emily Bark, and a solid finish by brother Sam underscored the family orientation of the Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race on Sunday, August 25. The 129 paddlers in this year’s race was the largest number in […]

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Hermosa Beach Police Captain Scheid leaves HBPD with culture changing legacy
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Hermosa Beach Police Captain Scheid leaves HBPD with culture changing legacy

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2946″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]by Kevin Cody In law enforcement, it is traditional to recognize an officer’s retirement with a final radio sign off broadcast by the dispatcher to the full department. In the case of Hermosa Beach Police Department Captain Dorothy Scheid, her final sign off from the dispatcher was broadcast for the entire […]

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Manhattan Beach Six Man/Woman Volleyball tournament highlights Surf Festival
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Manhattan Beach Six Man/Woman Volleyball tournament highlights Surf Festival

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2943″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”] Photos by Chris Miller The best beach volleyball players this side of Paris are competing Friday and Saturday, August 2 and 3, in the Charlie Saikley Manhattan Beach 6 Man/Woman Beach Volleyball Tournament.  The tournament is a highlight of the International Surf Festival, which continues through Sunday, August 4. International […]

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Tokyo beach volleyball gold medal medalists Klineman, Ross prepare Paris Olympians Hughes, Cheng
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Tokyo beach volleyball gold medal medalists Klineman, Ross prepare Paris Olympians Hughes, Cheng

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2936″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]The 16th Street, Hermosa Beach volleyball courts were the site of an exhibition match last Thursday, July 18, between beach volleyball 2020 Olympic gold medalists Alix Klineman and April Ross, and beach volleyball 2024 Olympic gold medalist hopefuls Sarah Hughes and Kelly Cheng. “The matches were a way for Sarah and […]

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Hermosa Beach 24th Place Independence Day Parade follows the old white truck
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Hermosa Beach 24th Place Independence Day Parade follows the old white truck

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2932″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]Over three decades ago, 24th Place, Hermosa Beach residents Dave and Mary Garrett, the Beals and Noel Castiel rallied their neighbors for a Fourth of July parade. Every year since, neighbors have decorated their pets, cars and bikes and paraded up and down what may be the steepest hills in Hermosa. […]

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Ching wins first place twice at Lanakila Outrigger Club Classic in King Harbor
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Ching wins first place twice at Lanakila Outrigger Club Classic in King Harbor

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2897″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”] Photos by Ken Pagliaro (Ken Pagliaro.com) Nearly 200 paddlers competed in the Lanakila Classic 2024 on Saturday, February 24, at Seaside Lagoon in King Harbor. Lanakila coach Danny Ching placed first in both the 10-mile outrigger canoe and surfski race, and in the 5 Mile stand-up and prone race. The […]

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