With a high concentration of people living in dense and bustling urban centers like New York and San Francisco, it's no wonder those parts of the country lead the way in establishing areas of mixed-use development as a way to stimulate the local economy. Such developments aim to combine commercial space with residential living quarters…Read more Hermosa ponders mixed use

A couple from Colorado who threatened the safety of and offered a cash bribe to a woman who filed charges against their 28-year-old son accusing him of rape was sentenced to 16 months in state prison in a Torrance Superior Court and ordered into state custody last Wednesday. Rather than face a trial and prison…Read more Denver couple gets 16 months

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson declared a mistrial Tuesday after a jury deadlocked on whether a Hermosa Beach woman was sane when she killed a 65-year-old Latino man with her car in Van Nuys nearly three years ago. In a 10-2 vote, the majority of the jurors agreed with the prosecution and felt…Read more Jury deadlocks in West’s sanity hearing

Although they have lived in the South Bay for years now, Palos Verdes resident Jason Moskowitz and Hermosa Beach resident Michael Napoliello first garnered local mainstream attention in the community with the grand opening of their new art gallery occupying the largest portion of the historic downtown Bijou Theater on Hermosa Avenue. The two business…Read more Local entrepreneurs author a new book

Hermosa Beach Police Monday arrested two teenagers for reportedly carjacking two local residents at knifepoint near the corner of Hermosa Avenue and Herondo Street. Officers arrested and charged 18-year-old Emmanuel Gerardo of Lawndale and an unidentified 17-year-old juvenile also from Lawndale, for carjacking, attempted carjacking, trespassing, felony hit and run, and armed robbery. According to…Read more Two nabbed in carjackings

After deliberating for two days, a Los Angles County jury Monday found a Hermosa Beach woman guilty of second-degree murder for killing a 65-year-old Latino man with her car nearly three years ago. Beginning next week, the jury will now examine all of the evidence in the case to determine whether or not Marie Elise…Read more Local woman convicted on second-degree murder charges

In a controversial 2-2 decision, the Hermosa Beach City Council Tuesday night rejected a plan for full deployment of a citywide wireless system that would have provided both residents and visitors with access to the Internet free of charge. The council did, however, agree to bring the issue back in the near future if supporters…Read more H.B.Wi-Fi plan put on hold

For those Boston Red Sox baseball fans who have been glued to their television sets throughout the regular season and during an amazing postseason, the team's success is easily summed up as nothing short of marvelous. Whether staking claim in arguably the greatest comeback in sports history in its victory against the New York Yankees…Read more Oh, the life of a Red Sox fan …

Already featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and on the local television news station ABC7, Hermosa Beach's Wi-Fi system is making waves across the country since city officials launched the first phase of the project in mid-August. Hermosa Beach is one of the very few U.S. cities to approve a plan to…Read more Residents testing Wi-Fi waters

Former Manhattan Beach schoolteacher Aran Delaney took the stand this week in his own defense to tell his side of the story of what happened the night of June 28, 2003, during a trial in which he is accused of raping a woman on a Hermosa Beach walkstreet. Five weeks into the proceedings, the trial…Read more Accused rapist takes the stand