All Ball Sports: Sandy gets a statue
By Paul Teetor There are plenty of retired sports stars walking around Los Angeles. Right here in the Beach Cities we have big-name guys like former USC quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, former Boston Red Sox shortstop and World Series hero Nomar Garciaparra, and former Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash, a two-time […]
The murder in Noble Park, Hermosa Beach
Crows are protecting their nests, bird expert Bob Shanman says by Kevin Cody Danielle Cohen had just opened her father Harold’s La Playita restaurant for breakfast, when a frightened man ran in from the street. He told her he was being chased by crows. Cohen was not surprised. La Playita, on 14th Street, is next […]
Letters to the Editor 6-23-22
E-gads Dear ER; Starting at Torrance Beach and continuing to Imperial Highway, the bike path mixes scenic views with shared street lanes, including the Strand in Hermosa Beach. But the path is no longer mostly pedal bikes. On the weekends it has become an electric motorcycle freeway with no speed limit. The variety of E-Bikes […]
Wally Moore was a popular Hermosa Beach Police Department Public Information Officer
Long time Hermosa Beach Police Public Information Officer Wallace “Wally” Moore passed away May 16, at age 81. Moore joined the department in 1964, a tumultuous era when Hells Angels gathered at the Taco Bell on The Strand. During his years as an undercover officer, his cases included the infamous Bittaker-Norris, and Trash Bag murders, […]
“Apples” – Not oranges [MOVIE REVIEW]
We first meet our unnamed hero as he is slowly, methodically, banging his head against a wall. Clearly this is painful, but for him, just not painful enough. Moments later, sitting catatonically on his sofa, he rouses as he hears an announcement on the radio from the Disturbed Memory Department of the Neurological Hospital. It […]