Business and Beaches: Success in a changing Hermosa Beach downtown
Any effort to determine if opening the Plaza has improved the city is likely to elicit a range of responses. Objective measures are clearly mixed.
Hermosa Beach author recounts life of puppeteer Alan Cook
When Alan Cook was a boy in the 1940s, puppeteers enjoyed the status of current rock stars. They hosted early television shows such as “Howdy Doody” and were mainstays on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” His memories from puppeteering’s Golden Years, and photographs from his collection of over 5,000 puppets are the subject a new book by Hermosa Beach writer and artist Jacqueline Marks.
Former prep track stars to represent USA at Thorpe Cup
The best all-around athletes are considered to be the track and field stars winning combined event competitions. For men, it is the decathlon and on the women’s side, the heptathlon. Beginning with Jim Thorpe, who won the first decathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, gold medalists have become household names throughout the United States. […]
Redondo’s Tripp captures Hermosa Beach Triathlon title
When Mark Tripp crossed the finish line at the Day at the Beach Triathlon in Hermosa Beach Sunday morning, the Redondo Beach resident did not receive the applause he deserved. With participants competing in waves (groups) determined by age, it was not known until the final results were posted that the 37-year-old Tripp had recorded […]
Beach Cities Sports: Cycling, sailing, volleyball and more
Cycling: The 56th Annual Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix returns on Sunday, July 30 but with a new twist as the 1.3-mile course that starts and finishes at Live Park Park will be raced counter-clockwise instead of the usual clockwise direction. The eight-race event begins at 7 a.m. and includes a total cash purse of […]