Casey found his voice, shared it for the disabled
by Kevin Cody “If I could write everything I am thinking, my words would reach to the sky,” Casey Rohrer says in a 2016 documentary about a play he had written. At the time, his play, “Once Upon a Road Trip,” was in rehearsals with the Family Theater production company at the Hermosa Beach Second […]
Letters to the Editor 3-23-23
Library appreciation Dear ER: I want to commend Steve Fulton on his beautifully written cover story about Manhattan Heights Library 319 (“319,” ER March 16, 2023). I am the daughter of the librarian he wrote about, and he really captured the spirit and the ultimate subversiveness of the library and how magical it can be. […]
Indivisible Arts gala features Boards Across Hermosa art
The Second Annual State of the Art, a fundraiser for Indivisible Arts, will feature an auction of nearly 100 skateboard decks painted by local artists. The decks are from a competition sponsored by Leadership Hermosa. Proceeds from the auction will go to the artists and to Indivisible Arts’ youth programs. Emmy award winning sportscaster, and […]
Hermosa Friends awards $10,00 to Sliff Foundation
The David Sliff Memorial Foundation was named winner of the annual Hermosa Beach Friends Foundation “Quick Pitch” competition last Wednesday at the Lighthouse Care. The Friends Foundation was founded by Karen and Ryan Nowicki in 2016 to support local charities. Karen has served as Hermosa Beach’s City treasurer since being elected in 2013. Ryan is […]
Surf sessions threatened by parking meter change
by Kevin Cody Every morning as 10 a.m. approaches, Hermosa Beach surfers rush from the water to their cars. Parking meter enforcement begins at 10 a.m. (except on street sweeping days when enforcement begins at 8 a.m.). Because the surf generally is blown out by 10 a.m., and the surf shops, where many work, open […]
Letters to the Editor 3-16-23
Time management Dear ER: At the last Hermosa Beach city council meeting, Councilmember Mike Detoy made the astute observation that the Employee Parking Permit issue was too complicated to be discussed at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday (“Slow walking parking permits,” ER March 2, 2023). At the same meeting earlier, a three hour discussion took place prior […]
Best of the Beach 2023 Winners – Retail and Services
Retail Flower Shop Growing Wild For the past 30 years, Growing Wild Flower Shop has been creating unique and artistic floral arrangements for South Bay residents. The quaint Highland Avenue and 12th Street store is owned by twins Lisa and Lee Hoven, two creative souls who grew up in Manhattan Beach. There’s plenty to […]
Hermosa Beach Little League Opening Day 2023
Hermosa Beach Little League president Mark Mamber welcomed nearly 400 Little Leaguers to Clark Field Saturday morning. Then, the Hermosa Boy Scouts presented colors, the Hermosa Valley School Band led the singing of the National Anthem, Mayor Raymond Jackson threw out the first pitch, and finally, the teams gathered at home plate for the traditional […]
Letters to the Editor 3-9-23
Wrong numbers Dear ER: Metro has refused to support their proposed Green Line costs with details (“Opposite sides of the track,” ER March 2, 2023). But more importantly, construction cost estimates are the wrong metric for judging cost effectiveness. Cost per rider, including operation and maintenance costs, is the correct metric. Due to the higher […]
Employee parking permit plan offers less for more
by Kevin Cody Downtown Hermosa Beach employees will pay higher monthly parking permit rates for fewer parking spaces under a plan approved by the city council on a 4 to 1 vote at Tuesday’s council meeting. Presently employees pay $61 per month for 24 hour permits, and $31 per month for daytime permits. The new […]
Council slow-walks parking permit program
by Kevin Cody The Hermosa Beach City Council voted four to one Tuesday night to increase residential parking permit fees from the $40 annually set in 2008 to $50 annually, and to impose a three-permit limit per address. A fourth permit will be allowed under special circumstances. Absentee property owners will no longer be allowed […]
Letters to the Editor 3-2-23
Chang, chang Dear ER: Redondo Beach school board candidate Jerome Chang really caught my eye during the last Redondo election (“Chang seeks school board again,” ER February 23, 2023). He is a highly gifted, very highly educated person, with a love of the arts, and with experience in architecture and business. I loved seeing him […]
Million dollar smiles at MCHS Friendship club
by Kevin Cody Sixteen years ago, Rabbi Yossi Mintiz asked a Mira Costa High School social club called PACE to befriend fellow students with disabilities, such as autism, Down Syndrome, and cerebral palsy. Xan Saks was among the PACE students who responded by helping form the Mira Costa Friendship Circle. Jakob Dominguez was among the […]
Flashing lights, camera, action: Hermosa Beach Police go viral
by Kevin Cody The Hermosa Police Department’s Facebook and Instagram posts were so lame in their early days that Lieutenant Landon Phillips, who helped form the program’s social media team in 2018, had trouble enlisting fellow officers to work on it. After some thought, he traced the problem to himself and his superiors. “Every Facebook […]
Letters to the Editor 2-23-23
Future greatness Dear ER: Redondo Beach would be the greatest beach city in Los Angeles County if it allowed two big projects (“Public auction still on for AES site,” ER Feb 9, 2023). Turn the AES power plant into something useful, beautiful, and attractive to both residents and visitors. Renovate the pier and International Boardwalk. […]
Stars align for MB twins in Super Bowl LVII
by Kevin Cody One day after her first birthday, Sequoia Macko, of Manhattan Beach, spit out her binky in front of 113 million Super Bowl LVII television viewers. Sequoia expressed her displeasure with her binky during a Kia Telluride commercial, late in the third quarter of Sunday’s Eagles versus Chiefs game. The Kia commercial began […]