Hermosa Beach Community Police Academy helps blur the Thin Blue Line
Two cars are pulled to the side of a Hermosa Beach street. One is a run-down truck with tools in the back; the cab smells faintly of beer, the driver a construction worker headed home to San Pedro. The other is a late-model SUV, a youngster buckled in the backseat; up front sits the mother, […]
Manhattan Beach founder’s house demolished for condos
A house built by one of the city’s founders almost a century ago was demolished on April 1 to make way for new condominiums.
Best of the Beach 2016, Best Neighborhood Bar: Ercoles
Even with the passing of longtime owner Gary Moore last September, Ercoles continues to hold fort in a rapidly changing Manhattan Beach. “We are excited to carry on for Gary,” said manager Dennis Scott, who’s been going to Ercoles for 30 plus years. He’s a part of the family as his wife, who is […]
A Feisty Woman, and the Man in the Mirror
Surf City Theatre brings a rarely seen comedy to Hermosa Beach Charles Busch has written many successful plays, including “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,” which in 2002 was staged to acclaim at the Ahmanson Theatre. “Olive and the Bitter Herbs” didn’t garner as much praise when it opened off-Broadway a few years back, and […]
Author to visit Hermosa Beach Historical Society
Author Alex Moreno Areyan will shed some light on the neglected history of Latinos in the South Bay with an event at the Hermosa Museum Thursday night. Areyan, the author of Beach Mexican and Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa, will appear at the Hermosa Beach Historical Society’s “Happy Hour with History” program at […]
Best of the Beach 2016, Best DJ: DJ DIK
If there’s a sweet beat being played in the South Bay, most likely it’s coming from the turntables of South Bay native DJ DIK. “This past year was dominated mostly by my Friday night residency at American Junkie. We are continuing it through the summer,” DJ DIK said. “Another staple has been my Thursday night […]