As a way of celebrating its 20 years of service to the preservation of coastlines all around the world, the Surfrider Foundation has enlisted the talent of 30 surfboard shapers, among them two famed surfers from Hermosa Beach, who recently made one-of-a-kind boards for a high-profile fund-raiser this month. A portion of the collection of…Read more Surfing legends assist in fund-raising effort

Since the age of 5, Hermosa Beach resident and Mira Costa High School student Isaac Paz has lived in Marineland Mobile Home Park along Pier Avenue. Marineland is Hermosa Beach's only low-income housing neighborhood where its residents can live and take advantage of the schools, stores and atmosphere common to an affluent beach town. In…Read more Costa student captures life at Marineland

Subsequent to a flurry of public input on various issues surrounding the construction of new facilities on Hermosa Valley campus, the Hermosa Beach School Board June 9 voted to move forward with its newly revised construction plan, the bulk of it encompassing a new gym, two classrooms and a library. The School Board also voted…Read more School Board moves forward with construction

Hermosa Beach Police evacuated a portion of a strip mall in the 1100 block of Pacific Coast Highway April 30 after a man, who is still at large, robbed a bank using a hand grenade, police said. According to Detective Brian Smyth, a white man, who is described as being about 30 years old and…Read more Man robs Hermosa bank armed with a hand grenade

The Hermosa Beach City Council Tuesday night unanimously voted to reject the idea of further exploring a redevelopment proposal presented by resident and economic development committee chair Joe Mark to transform the Marineland Mobile Home Park into a mixed-use project. The park has been in escrow with Millennium Housing for the past four months. Millennium…Read more Mobile home redevelopment plan rejected by H.B. council

It's finally official. Hermosa Beach is the best U.S. mainland beach of 2004. Well, at least according to the national magazine Reader's Digest, which named it so in its May issue. "This is a great boost to our tourism campaign, offering publicity for our town's hotels, restaurants and shops," said Kevin McCarthy, vice chair of…Read more America’s Best Beach: Hermosa

Due to a lack of corporate sponsorship, the annual Beach Bash will not return to the sands of Hermosa Beach this year or in future years to come, according to city officials. This year would have marked the sixth annual Beach Bash, an event free to the public that has always been sponsored mostly by…Read more Annual Beach Bash event loses steam

Hermosa Beach Police are currently on the hunt for several individuals responsible for badly vandalizing a house located in the 2300 block of The Strand that was built in the early 1900s. According to police, the house's three male tenants threw what is known as a "tear-down" party after learning the house was scheduled for…Read more Vandals sought for damaging historic home

A Hermosa Beach man remains in a coma at a nearby hospital suffering from severe brain trauma following a skateboarding accident last Thursday night on Monterey Boulevard at Manhattan Avenue that resulted in him hitting his head on a street curb. Scott Connelly, 37, remains in grave condition at Harbor UCLA Medical Center where he…Read more Friends asking for ‘good thoughts’

Hermosa Beach firefighters last Saturday morning put out a blaze that severely damaged a single-family home located in the first block of 17th Street. According to investigators, no one was injured in the fire that originated in the home's family room at approximately 8:50 a.m. The cause of it has yet to be determined. Darryl…Read more Crowd watches as flames rip through home near The Strand

As a way to save taxpayer dollars while still retaining the right to legally challenge Redondo Beach if necessary, the Hermosa Beach City Council in a recent closed-session meeting agreed to settle its lawsuit against its neighbor to the south in connection to the Heart of the City project. Hermosa Beach city officials argued in…Read more H.B. settles lawsuit of Heart of the City plan

A Torrance Superior Court Monday found a local woman and her boyfriend guilty of felony arson, and sentenced the couple to three years in state prison for throwing a Molotov cocktail into a Hermosa Beach home located on Gould Avenue around 9 p.m. on Christmas Day, 2003. According to Deputy District Attorney Frank Tavelman, Judge…Read more Local woman, boyfriend sentenced to three years