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by Ralph Doyle Lance Smith earned recognition in the surf punk art world in the early 2000s with his surfboard airbrushings of sea monsters holding Budweiser cans. During this period he also designed STDs’ black, skull-shaped logo, formed from the letters in the punk band’s name. The logo has become as synonymous with Hermosa punk […]
Photos by Kenny Ingle (KennyIngle.com) [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2997″ display=”pro_mosaic”]by Ralph Doyle Over 1,200 Santas, representing just about ever segment of the Beach Cities community, paraded from the Hermosa Beach Pier to the Manhattan Beach Pier and back Saturday morning, December 14. The occasion was the 6th, and largest ever Great California Santa Stroll. The stroll […]
photos by Ralph Doyle The Hermosa Beach Friends of the Park jump-started Halloween on Saturday, October 19 with its Annual Pumpkins in the Park festival at Edith Rodaway Friendship Park. The day included pumpkin painting, face painting by the legendary Mijo, and the equally legendary Franklin Haynes Marionettes. Organizers included Steve Francis and Howard Fishman, […]
PV High’s “Urinetown” goes with the flow Director (and Hermosa native) Nicole Thompson had challenges aplenty by Bondo Wyszpolski One might have wagered that a musical called “Urinetown” would have a strike or two against it from the start, let alone little chance of reaching Broadway (and pulling in three Tony Awards). It’s a wager […]