El Segundo swimmers Cole, Cummings win Pier to Pier
by Kevin Cody Anthony Cole put the open ocean swim world on notice last summer by finishing second in the Dwight Crum Pier to Pier Swim at the International Surf Festival in Manhattan Beach. The then 17-year-old El Segundo High senior finished less than a minute behind Ryan Bullock, of Redondo Beach. Bullock’s 2022 win […]
Easy Reader 53rd Anniversary Writing & Photography Contest Grand Prize WINNERS
Grand Prize Writing Lambos and Fudgesicles by CC Williams June’s gloom is burning off nicely and it looks like another glorious day in the South Bay. Good morning, Hermosa Beach. I head for my favorite chair, balancing a banana on my coffee cup while powering up my laptop for the latest from the ER. From […]
Huntley’s Heroes
Captain Troeger remembered
Los Angeles County Lifeguards and Firefighters gathered at the Los Angeles County Lifeguard Training Headquarters in Manhattan Beach on Tuesday, August 1, for a flag ceremony in honor of Steve Troeger. The 31-year lifeguard veteran passed away in January 2023 from colon cancer at age 63. The ceremony was delayed because of the pandemic. Troeger […]
Women lifeguards honored at Medal of Valor dinner
Fifty years ago, the first women lifeguards began patrolling Los Angeles’ 17 miles of beach. Kia Schwartz (nee Nowell) was hired by the Los Angeles City Lifeguards in 1973. A few months later Wendy Jordan (nee Paskin), a future Olympic swimmer, was hired by the Los Angeles County Lifeguards. Male guards were generally accepting of […]
Letters to the Editor 8-10-23
Budget clarification Dear ER: We would like to clarify two important items in response to the Easy Reader’s recent story about the City of Hermosa Beach’s 2023-2024 budget (“$50 million budget balanced, AI lurks over unfunded jobs,” ER July 30, 2023). The story claims that “The council left 15 city staff positions unfunded, among them a mental […]
September beach concerts get okay, more planned in 2024
by Kevin Cody Beach concerts will return to the south side of the Hermosa Beach pier on the evenings of Sunday, September 3, and Sunday September 10, under an agreement between the city and the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce. The city council unanimously approved the agreement at its Tuesday July 25 council meeting. In […]
The International Surf Festival: Sail, surf, swim, run, and VB
The International Surf Festival, the South Bay’s biggest participatory beach sporting event, began Wednesday evening with the youth sailing competition, hosted by the King Harbor Yacht Club. Competition resumes Friday morning with the Charlie Saikley Six Man/Woman Volleyball tournament at the Manhattan Beach Pier. Friday evening, the festival moves to the Hermosa Pier for the […]
Letters to the Editor 8-3-23
AI generated Dear ER: Should we replace Hermosa Beach Councilmember Justin Massey with AI (“$50 million budget balanced, AI lurks over unfunded jobs,” ER July 27, 2023)? Anna Tattu Hermosa Beach Studied decision Dear ER: As a 20-year Redondo Beach resident, homeowner, husband and parent of two children, youth sports coach, former Planning Commissioner, […]
Lighting up The Strand for the annual Glow Ride for Cystic Fibrosis
by Kevin Cody Massimo Armato, 8, of Hermosa Beach, was surprised Saturday evening at Hermosa Cyclery by the gift of a Strand cruiser lit up by over 1,000, individually programmable LED lights. The bike was presented to Massimo in appreciation of his participation in the annual Glow Ride for Cystic Fibrosis. Massimo, and his mother […]
Letters to the Editor 7-27-23
Save the Cypress Dear ER: I grew up in South Hermosa Beach. I left in the late ‘90s to go to college, and after many years of living and working in other states, and other countries, I have come home to raise a family. I bought a home near Cypress Ave because I grew up […]
Son surprises mom at game on Jumbotron
Photos by Chris Miller Georgie Hensley, 87, is a lifelong Dodger fan. Her favorite players are Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella. She remembers listening on the radio from her home in Cut Bank Montana to the Brooklyn Dodgers winning their first World Series in 1955, against the New York Yankees. But she had never been […]
Letters to the Editor 7-20-23
You get what you vote for Dear ER: Nobody wants more density (“Residents urge the council to nix St. Cross plan,” ER July 13, 2023). The argument against it and proposals to move it elsewhere are completely NIMBY. I find it ironic that Hermosa Beach is mostly Democratic and the same governor and legislature they […]
Photographer, big wave body surfer Tim Tindall honored
Nearly 100 paddlers formed a circle and joined hands Sunday morning off the end of the Manhattan Beach pier in memory of body boarder, and nature and surf photographer Tim Tindall. He was also a longtime and highly appreciated employee at the Kinkos/FedEx in Hermosa Beach. Tindall was known for generously sharing his photos with […]
‘Big B’ set the beat, and the scene for life at the beach
“I paint scenes that are designed to lower your blood pressure, and make you nod in affirmation.” — Brian Sisson by Kevin Cody Dan Sisson recalled a characteristic lesson his dad Brian, or “Big B” as he was known, taught him when he was 12. “Melissa Etheridge was on the radio. ‘I said,’ I think […]
Letters to the Editor 7-13-23
Poop fairies in the park Dear ER: This is an open letter to all the inconsiderate dog owners. What is wrong with you? Why can’t you folks pick up after your dogs. I’m not referring to the little nugget in the ice plant where no one usually walks. I’m talking about in the middle of […]