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There’s no place like a polling place for some Beach City voters
Redondo Beach resident Ken Elliott bucked the trend of voting by mail by voting at the Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Club on Monday afternoon. Eliott said he prefers the neighborly feel of a polling place like the Kiwanis Club to the sterility of a mail box. He said he voted in Hermosa…
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Final artists invited to submit ideas for Artesia Boulevard in Redondo Beach
by Garth Meyer A list of artists have been named as finalists to submit ideas for installations on Artesia Boulevard. Phase One of the city project, with a budget of $485,000, consists of two street median sculptures, two monuments, one decorative crosswalk, five concrete bench…
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Redondo Beach hires consultant to monitor underground gas levels at Dominguez Park
by Garth Meyer Dominguez Park will soon be monitored by gas meters around its perimeter. The 16-acre park is built on the site of a former landfill, which closed in 1968. “The probes are meant to detect migration of gases beyond the borders of the former landfill,” said Andy…
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Angel City’s Hot Streak Reshapes Its NWSL Identity
Angel City FC enters the NWSL playoffs on a franchise-best unbeaten run, capping a turnaround season built on coaching changes and depth. Angel City’s Late-Season Surge Reshapes Its NWSL Identity Angel City FC’s 2-0 win over Bay FC on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, pushed the Los…
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Self-funding shapes Manhattan Beach council race spending
Mark Burton has put more of his own money into the Manhattan Beach City Council race than the other three candidates combined have raised from donors. Burton lent his campaign $39,500. Through Oct. 17, the close of the last reporting period before the Nov. 3 election, donors had…
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Kasai brings Tokyo-style listening room, restaurant to Hermosa Beach
by Richard Foss Your first impression of Kasai Records is one of pusslement. The building on Hermosa Avenue looks like a restaurant, but the name suggests a merchant of music, and their logo has a more than passing resemblance to that of the late Tower Records chain. Walk inside…
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Goodwill’s Eco Couture turns donated clothes into runway fashion
by Laura Garber Goodwill Southern Los Angeles County will hold its annual Eco Couture fundraiser Saturday, November 7, in El Segundo. Design students from Cal State Long Beach and El Camino College will transform donated clothing into high fashion and streetwear for a runway…
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Redondo’s Mia Minestrella closes in on Duke scoring record
Mia Minestrella did not score a goal her freshman year at Duke. She has scored 45 since. The Redondo Union High School graduate, now a senior forward for the sixth-ranked Blue Devils and a national player of the year candidate, is two goals shy of tying Duke’s career scoring…
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Jeffrey Rudolph’s dream was to display the Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center as if it were ready for take-off. On November 13 he will share his dream with the world
by Chelsea Sektnan If you’ve ever walked through the doors of the California Science Center without paying a dime, you have Jeffrey Rudolph to thank. If you were among the estimated 1.5 million people who lined the streets of Los Angeles in October 2012 to watch the space…
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Corrected: Two Hermosa incumbents fund their own campaigns
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said a $1,000 contribution from Artpac to Councilmember Dean Francois was the largest single outside contribution in the race. Francois’ campaign returned $500 of the contribution. Francois stated the donation was made…
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City consultant: Artesia Boulevard could be like Venice’s Abbot Kinney
by Garth Meyer A consultant hired by the city to study the Artesia-Aviation Blvd. corridor has concluded that its future could be quite a change from today. AREAS – Advisors Real Estate Asset Services, Inc. – named 22 properties on Artesia Blvd. in its Oct. 20 report and 11 on…
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Polliwog Park’s Canada geese (poop) problem lingers
“Is that geese screaming at us?” asked Mayor Joe Franklin, midway through last week’s city council meeting. “Geese are mean,” said Councilperson Amy Howorth. The council are understandably spooked. Manhattan Beach has a Canada geese problem, or more specifically, a Canada geese…
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Summit Beer Festival brings best California breweries to Torrance Airport
For a certain beery percent of the population, three words headline the Summit Beer Festival. Pliny is coming. Well, nearly. The famously elusive Russian River Brewing Company, makers of Pliny the Elder and its once-a-year sibling Pliny the Younger, perhaps the most sought-after…
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The eleventh hour: Manhattan Beach rebuilds its Veterans Day
Bob Holmes came home from Vietnam in July 1970. There had not been much to spend money on over there, so he had some saved, and he did not go to work for six months. He surfed. He read. He drove down to Baja. And at beach parties that summer, he kept ending up in […]
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Letters to the Editor: October 29, 2026
High ground Dear ER: At a time when politics often brings out the worst in people, this campaign has shown me the best of Hermosa Beach. I was nervous when I first started knocking on doors and talking to voters. But in the midst of a divisive election season and 93-degree heat…
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High tide, lowbrow humor spill over Redondo Beach King Harbor seawalls
by Kevin Cody “Naja’s is becoming a swim up bar,” joked retired lifeguard Mike Inscore as he watched Tuesday’s 6.8-foot tide clear the seawall that protects the International Boardwalk in King Harbor and seep under the famous beer bar’s front door.. “It looks like Scholb On The…
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Hermosa Beach holiday parking program gets a second look
by Laura Garber The free holiday parking program in downtown Hermosa Beach may get a second chance. Business owners packed Tuesday night’s council meeting to protest the council’s decision at its October 13 meeting to eliminate the program this holiday season. In recent years,…
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Hermosa police introducing drones as first responder program
by Laura Garber A drone may respond to your 911 call before a Hermosa Beach police officer does. The Hermosa Beach Police Department is expanding its drone program into a “drone as first responder” (DFR) system. A drone will launch from a dock on the roof of the police station…
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All Ball Sports: Happy Trails to Lincoln Riley
by Paul Teetor It’s past time for USC to fire Lincoln Riley. The Trojan’s pathetic performance in losing to Wisconsin – Wisconsin! for God’s sake – was the last straw, the nail in the coffin, and the rotten cherry on top of the ice cream cement sundae with no sprinkles. USC…
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All Ball Sports: Mighty Casey has struck out
by Paul Teetor The Dodgers are old and slow. There, I’ve said it. Somebody had to say it. And they’re only going to get older and slower as time goes by. Despite spending more money on player payroll than any team in history, they are no longer the best team that money can buy.…