Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce President Michelle Crispin
Jeff Lingle’s utility box painting 14th & Hermosa Avenue
photo by Kevin Cody Jeff Lingle said he was going for a contemporary Gauguin affect in his painting on a utility box at 14th and Hermosa Avenue of a woman surfing. Gauguin was a late 19th-century French artist known for his Tahitian paintings. Lingle’s painting also complements the adjacent mural by John Van Hamersveld, which […]
Letters to the Editor 8-29-24
Outhouse insight Dear ER: Recently, Seaview Park (4,000 sq.ft), North of Hermosa View School, received a one stall bathroom with a separate steel structure topped with a solar panel array of 5 solar panels. This new installation was part of a larger remodel of Clark Field, Fort Lots of Fun Park and South Park bathrooms. […]
Letters to the Editor 8-22-24
Problem trees Dear ER: When you go to a cemetery, you can always tell when there was a recent burial. About 6 feet of dirt is piled above the ground. That is what the southwest corner of 10th Street and Loma Avenue in Hermosa Beach looks like right now. This would not have happened if […]
Easy Reader 54th Anniversary Writing & Photography Contest
An annual reminder Amidst all the news industry changes since Easy Reader began publishing half a century ago, reporting remains a newspaper’s core responsibility. Taking photos and writing with the goal of informing residents is what motivated Easy Reader’s early, volunteer staff. Each year, as a reminder of the paper’s purpose, we invite readers to […]
Letters to the Editor 8-15-24
The less said, the better Dear ER: Hermosa Councilmember Massey advises council not to talk to the press is sage advice from our councilmember, who also happens to be an attorney, and perhaps a bit of a “pettifogger,” in my mind. He reminds the “plebes” there’s nothing to be gained by councilmembers speaking to the […]
HB City councilmember Massey won’t seek 3rd term, Detoy and Worner qualified
by Kevin Cody Two-term Hermosa Beach City Councilmember Justin Massey will not seek a third term in the November 5 general election. “Hermosa is a better place than it was when I joined the Council, and I am happy to pass the baton while staying involved,” Massey stated in a press release on Monday. As […]
Letters to the Editor 8-8-24
Follow the sweeper Dear ER It’s not rocket science (“Redondo suspends courtesy re-parking during street sweeping,” ER August 1, 2024). You simply have the Redondo Beach parking enforcement officers follow the street sweeper, working hand-in-hand, so people can park back on the street as soon as the street sweep passes. With all due respects to […]
Two seats, nine potential HB Council candidates
by Kevin Cody Eight Hermosa Beach residents have requested city council nomination papers from Hermosa Beach City Clerk Myra Maravilla, indicating they are contemplating seeking election to the Council in the November 5 general election. The deadline for filing nomination papers to the city clerk, accompanied by 20 signatures from registered Hermosa Beach voters is […]
BCHD board bets on Lucky 7 on November 5 ballot
by Kevin Cody A $30 million bond measure to fund demolition of the long closed South Bay Hospital, and replace it with two acres of public open space for exercise and gatherings, and to construct a new allcove (all lower case) youth mental health center was unanimously approved by the Beach Cities Health District Board […]
Hermosa Sister City celebrates 50th Anniversary
Students from Hermosa Beach and Loreto, Baja California celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Hermosa Beach Sister City exchange program on Wednesday, July 31, with a traditional barbeque and tug-of-war at Valley Park. Former exchange students are invited to another 50th-anniversary celebration at Loretto Plaza, on Pier Plaza, on Friday, August 2 at 1 p.m. […]
Hermosa Cyclery celebrates 50 years in Hermosa Beach
Letter to the Editor 8-1-24
GROW down Dear ER: We will miss GROW (“GROW market finally loses fight with giants and closes,” ER July 25, 2024). They have been loyal supporters of the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation and have always felt like family. We were so proud of them when they kept feeding their customers during Covid, because we were […]
Beach Volleyball Olympian Andy Benesh starred at Palos Verdes High
Former Palos Verdes High All-American volleyball player Andy Benesh is a dark horse candidate in the 2024 Beach Volleyball Olympics by Kevin Cody USA beach volleyball teams won gold at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, when the game was introduced as an official Olympic Sport. They won gold again in 2000 and 2004. But USA […]
Hermosa schools’ stoke attracted new superintendent
by Kevin Cody When Susan Wildes moved to Hermosa Beach with her husband Brad and young, twin daughters, Presley and Hattie, her prospects for a teaching job weren’t good. She had nearly two decades of classroom experience in Georgia and Northern California. But California was experiencing one of its cyclical financial crises and most districts […]
Letters to the Editor 7-25-24
Mucked up Dear ER: Thank you for featuring Jules Muck (“Painting the Town,” ER July 18, 2024). It’s true, Muck’s Riviera Village dining deck murals were celebratory ribbons, which made it so disappointing when they were replaced with the current ode to blandness. Barbara Schratwieser Redondo Beach Whose mouth? Dear ER: This whole […]