Mike Eaton was the go-to big gun surfboard shaper shaper
by Mike Purpus Mike Eaton went with fellow shaper and Palos Verdes childhood friend Phil Becker to Hawaii’s North Shore in the mid ‘70s to make big wave boards for pro surfers like Palos Verdes native like Jeff Hackman and Peter “PT” Towend and his fellow Bronzed Aussies. I borrowed a few of their big […]
Calendar: 3-11-2021
Ongoing Health Study The Beach Cities Health District is seeking participants for a Healthy Minds Brain Study. Participants must be 55 or older and live in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach or Redondo Beach. For more information, call Nicole Lunde at 310-374-3426, ext. 120. Shakespeare by the Sea Audiences will think they are there in person […]
NYT publishes Mira Costa students political themed pandemic Legos
by Kevin Cody In anticipation of the one year anniversary of the pandemic, the New York Times posed the question on its Learning Network, “What has it been like to be a teenager during the first year of a historic pandemic?” The newspaper received over 5,500 responses. On March 7, one year from the day […]
Eaton’s passing follows fellow shaper Becker’s, by just 7 days
by Kevin Cody Pioneer surfer and surfboard shaper Mike Eaton passed away at his home from a stroke on the Big Island of Hawaii last Thursday, at the age of 86. Eaton’s death came just seven days after his childhood friend, Big Island neighbor and fellow South Bay surfer and shaper Phil Becker died of […]
Bike path fixture’s ashes will be scattered on Famoso Dragstrip
by Nancy Boyd Jim Boyd, a longtime Beach City bike path fixture, passed away recently, at age of 82. “There’s that guy! He is always out here. I have seen him for years,” people would say as Boyd passed by. Boyd rode his faithful 1949 Schwinn Phantom along the bike path for over decades. It […]
Spencer enjoyed 8 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren in Hermosa
Longtime Hermosa Beach resident Georgia Spencer passed away in January at the Hermosa Beach home of her daughter, at age 91. Spencer was born in Denver, Colorado and grew up in Los Angeles, where she graduated from Dorsey High School in 1949. After attending Long Beach State and, UCLA), she taught school in the Torrance […]
All Ball sports: Rafters to ring in Fisher Gym, UCLA salvages USC season, listen to LeBron
By Paul Teetor Prep sports fans are about to enjoy an unprecedented all-you-can-watch buffet. Or it could just be an all-you-can-read buffet, as the final rules on fan and media attendance are still being worked out. Either way – fans or no fans, maybe only just immediate family with a limit of four — football, […]
Letter to the Editor: 3-11-2021
Refresher course Dear ER: In the 1980s, Hermosa Beach schools had an enrollment crisis, similar to today’s declining enrollment (“Hermosa cuts six teachers, including sole physical education teacher,” ER Mar 4, 2021). The answer was to get rid of the district and be absorbed, as the stepchild, into the Manhattan School District. Aviation High School […]
MBPD officer charged with sexting to teen
by Donald Morrison A Manhattan Beach Police Department officer was charged on Feb. 25 with sending sexually explicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl. Officer John Cheatham, 33, allegedly met the underaged victim while she was at the MBPD station to report a crime, in 2019. He’s accused of sending her sexually suggestive messages through […]
Residents fear Greenbelt path for wheelchairs will draw bikes
by Dan Blackburn A war of words erupted Tuesday as Hermosa Beach City Council members tangled with dozens of residents during a discussion of the future of the Greenbelt, called by some “the crown jewel of the city.” At issue was the funding of a study that officials hope will “determine the feasibility of installing […]
Vote count scheduled for Friday, off-year election turnout faulted
by Rachel Reeves City Clerk Eleanor Manzano announced at this week’s Redondo Beach City Council meeting that results from the Mar. 2 municipal election will be tabulated on Friday. Manzano said her team of 10 people has been working “non-stop” since the election to verify signatures on ballots postmarked by election day. “We were inundated,” […]
SBCCG honored for fiber network
The South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) has received a 2020 Crown Communities Award for its South Bay Fiber Network (SBFN), a dedicated fiber-optic network connecting the South Bay region’s city halls and other local and regional public agencies with high-speed, low-cost broadband connectivity. Each year, the news site American City & County presents […]
Sixth graders are back to school, others soon to follow
by Donald Morrison Sixth graders in the Redondo Unified School District returned to in person classes for two days a week on Wednesday, March 10, in a hybrid learning model with limited classroom sizes. To comply with guidelines set by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, sixth grade students were broken up into […]
Girls doubles teams double down
Mira Costa Varsity defeats Los Alamitos 17-1 Mira Costa’s girls tennis team began the first week of play during the pandemic by defeating Los Alamitos at home, 17-1. Playing singles this week for the Mustangs were juniors Haily Huynh, Ella Lokier, and Allson Cronk, senior Parker Armstrong and junior Katie Mitchell. The singles player combined […]