Framing What She Sees: Gloria Plascencia is the catalyst for Hermosa Beach photography show
Gloria Plascencia is the catalyst for a photography show that opens in Hermosa Beach “It’s been a little hobby of mine for years.” But now it’s more than just a hobby. “It is. Now it is my career; it is my life.” Gloria Plascencia didn’t become a photographer and a curator overnight, but this Friday […]
Sand in my Suit: Second Honeymoon
“Welcome to Houston”. Those aren’t the words you want to hear when you are flying to a volleyball tournament that’s being held in Siesta Keys, Florida. My partner, Ola, and I exchange terrified faces, which quickly morph into a stifled medley of tears, shock, and laughter as the passenger seatbelt sign turns off and people […]
Hermosa Strand home sets record, sells for $12.6 million
A glass-fronted, four-level house on the Hermosa Strand, complete with an indoor waterfall and a rooftop swimming pool and putting green, has sold for $12.6 million, setting a new record for the highest home sale in the history of the beach cities, according to the Multiple Listing Service real estate database. Real estate broker Raju […]
Hermosa Beach smoking bans pushed
Councilman Howard Fishman said he will pursue smoking bans for outdoor dining, city parks and perhaps the Pier Plaza, renew a push to augment police with private security guards on the Plaza’s weekend nights, and seek funding to beautify Pacific Coast Highway and Aviation Boulevard, as he accepted Hermosa’s rotating mayoralty on Tuesday. In an […]
Parcel tax, cuts talked for Hermosa Beach schools
The Hermosa Beach city school board will wait until at least July 13 to decide whether to seek a parcel tax, merge with a neighboring district, convert to charter school status, make drastic cuts in programs, or mix and match some of those options. The board of the two-school district, with dwindling financial reserves, is […]
Hermosa Beach: Fourth of July weekend and Gum Tree Jubilee
Heavy holiday: Police anticipate a crowded western Hermosa over the Fourth of July weekend, and while revelers might be tired out by the time the actual holiday rolls around on Monday, that means they’ll be spending the weekend before partying themselves out. The very unofficial “Iron Man” contest, in which hundreds of mostly young people […]
Redondo Chamber names man and woman of the year
The Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce last Friday appointed its new chairperson and announced awards to community leaders at its annual Installation Dinner at the Portofino Hotel and Yacht Club. Charles Gale, the principal government and regional affairs representative with the Metropolitan Water District, was installed as the Chair of the Board for the Chamber […]
City, RBUSD face budget uncertainty
The City of Redondo Beach will go right up to its legal budget deadline after scheduling a special City Council meeting Thursday night. Two of the city’s seven employee unions have yet to agree to wage concessions necessary to meet an ongoing budget shortfall. The Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education, meanwhile, adopted […]
Jimmie Vaughan comes to town
Jimmie Vaughan was a skinny little seventh grader in Dallas, Texas, when one day his buddy laid it on the line for him. “If you want to get girls,” his friend said, “you are going to have to play football.” He didn’t know much about the game but he liked girls an awfully lot so […]
La Paz, Redondo strengthen historic bond
They are two seaside cities separated by a national border and a thousand miles. But La Paz and Redondo Beach have for a half century forged a special bond as sister cities, one that was renewed with gusto Tuesday as dignitaries from each city joined together to launch a campaign aimed at bringing a spotlight […]