The Great Wait Out: Bartenders and musicians endure life under lockdown
On a rainy April afternoon, Michele Gutierez stood solemnly behind the bar, looking around at the empty Patrick Molloy’s in Hermosa Beach, the cavernous room void of bustling conversation and the comforting clink of glasses. A few straggling patrons wandered outside with their beverages in plastic cups, adjusting to the new normal. […]
The pandemic in the ICU: An Intensive Care Unit under siege in the time of novel coronavirus
On March 15, a 50-year-old man who’d been feverish and coughing for the previous 10 days arrived at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center’s emergency department. His wife dropped him off at the entrance and by the time she’d parked, hospital workers had already taken the ailing man inside. Doctors were on […]
Lockdown lessons Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner on how to make use of staying at home
National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner has spent the last 17 years researching the places in the world where people live the longest and experience the most happiness. The United States of America is neither. Americans’ lifespans are on average four years less than countries with comparable wealth, 78 years compared to 82 (the Japanese, […]
South Bay Eco Festival expands, virtually
“Every day is Earth Day” has taken on new meaning for the South Bay Eco Festival. The inaugural festival was intended to take place Saturday at Metlox Plaza, bringing together local environmental organizations, businesses, and educational resources to give residents tools to green their lifestyles. The Eco Festival was canceled, as a gathering, after the […]
LA County experiences most deaths in a day; Beach Cities’ curve appears to have flattened
Forty-two new deaths due to COVID-19 were reported Wednesday within Los Angeles County, the largest number of deaths recorded in a single day since the outbreak began, bringing the total deaths countywide to 402. According to other data released as part of the County’s daily briefing, LA County registered 472 new COVID-19 cases, […]
Construction workers in Manhattan Beach ordered to keep social distance, possibly work a day less
The Manhattan Beach City Council last week issued an emergency order requiring social distancing measures at construction sites. The order was approved at the council’s Friday morning meeting and went into effect Saturday. The city sent out a task force Saturday that included building inspectors and part-time fire inspectors that visited 357 construction sites. […]
Manhattan Beach police issue 129 social distancing citations; fines are $1,000
The Manhattan Beach Police Department issued 129 citations for violations of the city’s new social distancing order over the last weekend. Many of the violations occurred at Polliwog Park, and on the Strand, both which are closed to the public. Thirty citations were issued at Polliwog and ten at Bruce’s Beach. Additionally, 48 people […]
South Bay COVID-19 cases increase to 562 while LA County nears 7,000; “This is stay at home week,” health official implores
The South Bay registered 36 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday bringing the total to 562, according to the daily tally released by the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. Overall, confirmed cases in LA County increased by 550 to a total of 6,910, including 22 new deaths, bringing the total of COVID-19 […]
Confirmed COVID-19 cases reach 526 in the South Bay, 6,360 in Los Angeles County
The South Bay now has 525 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 133 in the Beach Cities, according to the Los Angeles County Public Health Department’s newest release of data. Carson has the most cases confirmed in the South Bay, with 93. Torrance has 92 cases, Redondo Beach 67, and Manhattan Beach 48. The three Beach […]
“You will never see this again”: Robi Hutas, 1935 – 2020
‘You will never see this again’ from Easy Reader News on Vimeo. [Editor’s note: Long time Hermosa Beach photographer, artist and volleyball player Robi Hutas succumbed to cancer over the weekend. The following story originally appeared in the August 19, 2011 Easy Reader] Photographer Robi Hutas has long been known as “Bull.” He […]
Manhattan Beach closes Strand, bike path
The City of Manhattan Beach is closing the Strand immediately due to the rapid spread of COVID-19. The action comes in concert with LA County’s immediate closure of all county beaches and bike paths. “These are unprecedented times and our City is moving aggressively to slow the spread of COVID-19. Closing the Strand combined with […]
LA County confirms 421 new COVID-19 cases and nine new deaths; South Bay cases jump to 126, including 20 in Redondo Beach and 21 in Hermosa/Manhattan Beach
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Thursday confirmed nine new deaths and 421 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections countywide. Over the last 48 hours there have been 559 new cases confirmed, bringing the County total to 1216, and 21 total deaths. In the South Bay, the number of COVID-19 cases […]
South Bay registers first confirmed COVID-19 death; confirmed cases jump to 79 locally, 799 in Los Angeles County
The South Bay has just experienced its first COVID-19 related death, according to data released Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. The County confirmed 138 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, bringing the countywide total to 799 cases and 13 deaths. Included in those numbers were 18 new cases in […]
One Manhattan Beach man’s journey into novel coronavirus
Greg Geilman had not been feeling right for a while. He’d had an on-again, off-again sore throat for about six weeks. He self-treated, taking Wellness Formula vitamins and lozenges. The symptoms would go away in a day or two. Then he woke up on Wednesday, March 18, and knew he was really sick. “It […]
The South Bay now has 61 COVID-19 cases; LA County confirms 128 new cases, raising total to 662, including the first death of someone under 18 years old
The LA County Public Health Department Tuesday confirmed 128 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, bringing the countywide total to 662 cases and 11 deaths. Included in those numbers were 17 new cases in the South Bay, bringing the total locally to 61. Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said that one of the […]
A message from a Marley
BeachLife Festival is postponed. But Ziggy Marley, who was scheduled to appear with his brother Stephen in honor of Bob Marley’s 75th birthday, says this moment offers a larger lesson in human connection Ziggy Marley was scheduled to perform at BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach in May, as part of an international tour celebrating […]