Hermosa Beach Council sets fees for market-priced residential development in commercial districts
by Kevin Cody Pier Avenue, from Monterey Boulevard to Valley Drive, will be lined with market rate and moderate to low income homes and apartments if a program approved by the Hermosa Beach City Council at its Tuesday, December 12 meeting is successful. The program, known as Land Value Recapture, involves rezoning upper Pier Avenue, […]
TRAVEL: Christmas in Japan
Christmas doesn’t just belong to Dickens and Coca-Cola. In Japan, despite the language barriers, the same customs exploited by American marketers are alive and well in the Land of the Rising Sun. Department stores have holiday displays in the windows, people stand on long lines to buy boxed holiday packaged chocolates and those endless Christmas […]