Letters to the Editor 12-2-21
E-bike lawsuit pending Dear ER: Hermosa Beach is doing a lousy job of enforcing the 8 mph speed limit for pedal/e-bikes on The Strand (“Beach e-bikes revolutionize transportation in Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo,” ER Oc. 3, 2021). I walk there in the morning several days a week and many bikes are traveling 20-35 mph, and […]
Widman was Hermosa councilman, school board member, ECC professor
Former Hermosa Beach councilman, school board member, and El Camino College civics professor Lance Widman died Wednesday morning from conditions related to congestive heart failure. He was 76. Widman also served as executive director of the South Bay Center for Dispute Resolution (SBCDR) for the past two decades.
Redondo Beach ABOUT TOWN
Woman dies in single vehicle crash on Catalina Ave. A fatal, single-vehicle collision occurred in the early morning hours Wednesday on Catalina Avenue. At approximately 2:08 a.m., at the intersection of Palos Verdes Boulevard, a vehicle with an adult female driver and adult female passenger hit a light-signal pole and caught fire. Fire personnel arrived […]
Sandbox: Clearing the smoke
by Damian A. Martin, Esq., M.B.A. Over five years ago, the citizens of Redondo Beach overwhelmingly supported passage of State Proposition 64 for the legalization of cannabis for adults over the age of 21, with 65 percent of the vote. Yet in the past five years, as support for legal and regulated cannabis continues to […]
IN MEMORIAM Eric Dellenbach’s fight comes to an end
by Mark McDermott Eric Dellenbach’s long, hard-fought battle against the devastating impacts of COVID-19 came to a peaceful end the night before Thanksgiving. The Manhattan Beach native, who lived near Seattle, departed while in the arms of his wife Erika and surrounded by his loved ones. A lifelong dedicated surfer, Dellanbach’s farewell was accompanied by […]
All Ball Sports: New Trojan horse, Mustangs escape, Kobe’s House
by Paul Teetor The gold and cardinal USC banners came out of deep storage Sunday afternoon, and started flying all over the beach cities. Whether they were hanging from a showy over-priced multi-million-dollar mega-mansion, a boxy concrete duplex carved up into a rat-hole megaplex, or a run-down sea shack eyesore – yes, there are still […]