City has apparently closed its $3.2 million budget gap for next year without cutting jobs, but the path the city took to get there is still challenged by looming fire and lifeguard contract negotiations
Greenbelt is back on the table as a possible site for Hermosa Beach's first off-leash dog park, six weeks after the community group driving the project had walked away from it, following a Council vote Tuesday that revived the option and put a potential November ballot measure into play.
After nine years of trying to enforce a short-term rental ban that courts have now declared illegal, Hermosa Beach is poised to start collecting hotel-tax revenue on roughly 200 coastal-zone rentals it has spent the better part of a decade trying to shut down.
Hermosa Beach recorded just 45 serious crimes in March, capping a first quarter that saw total offenses fall 36% from the prior year. That's the lowest Q1 figure in the last four years.
Hermosa Beach has joined the South Bay's regional housing trust. Could the trust achieve progress that state mandate and city constraints have struggled to unlock?
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Serious vandalism and burglary incident at Pier Plaza restaurant dominates this week's roundup of crime in our city
This weeks activity saw 26 incidents including a vandalism spree that damaged multiple parked vehicles
Hermosa Beach has roughly 3,000 dogs and not a single place to legally let any of them off-leash. The City Council on Tuesday will consider whether to change that, with Valley Park East emerging as the preferred location for the city's first off-leash dog park.
A $3.2 million structural deficit has been sitting under Hermosa Beach's budget for five years, masked by pandemic relief, vacancy savings, and unspent carryforward. With all three now exhausted, the council inherits a problem its predecessors chose to defer.
Our regular weekly roundup of crime in Hermosa Beach. This week included a weapons arrest involving a loaded firearm in a traffic stop.
City budget squeeze laid bare as council prepares to consider a series of difficult options to balance the books.
The first comprehensive update to Hermosa Beach's master fee schedule since 2016 would shift increased costs from taxpayers to applicants, with large hikes landing on developers, businesses and dispute filers.
Hermosa Beach has quietly commissioned a voter survey on city funding and services — a move that typically signals a ballot tax measure is in the works.
Hermosa Beach has roughly 3,000 dogs and not a single place to legally let any of them off-leash. The City Council on Tuesday will consider whether to change that, with Valley Park East emerging as the preferred location for the city's first off-leash dog park.
The Hermosa Beach Lawn Bowling Club celebrates its 90th anniversary this week, and the organization is on top of its game.
Spending time talking with a group of young e-bike riders shows that there are two sides to this high-profile local issue
Exactly 125 years ago today, a kid from Ohio with nothing to do helped survey a town in the sand dunes. Hermosa Beach's 'First Citizen' never left.
Restoration, dedication, celebration. Mural 're-unveiling' sets the scene for Hermosa history in a special birthday week.
Pier Plaza mural has been restored and updated with some new additions to be unveiled on Jan 10th
It's about more than just the tree. Much more.
We go behind 'that door' and discover a memorable Hermosa night out
Strip mall sushi joint that's fresh, friendly and fantastic value
In an interview with The Hermosa Review, Police Chief Landon Phillips offered the most detailed public account yet of last Friday's 'beach takeover'
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge tentatively sided with a local homeowner on Wednesday, finding the city acted outside its authority when it banned short-term rentals without state approval.
Second undercover sting operation at Cypress Avenue venue by ABC officers results in citation and provisional court date.
Serious vandalism and burglary incident at Pier Plaza restaurant dominates this week's roundup of crime in our city
This weeks activity saw 26 incidents including a vandalism spree that damaged multiple parked vehicles
Our regular weekly roundup of crime in Hermosa Beach. This week included a weapons arrest involving a loaded firearm in a traffic stop.
Hermosa Beach has roughly 3,000 dogs and not a single place to legally let any of them off-leash. The City Council on Tuesday will consider whether to change that, with Valley Park East emerging as the preferred location for the city's first off-leash dog park.
A $3.2 million structural deficit has been sitting under Hermosa Beach's budget for five years, masked by pandemic relief, vacancy savings, and unspent carryforward. With all three now exhausted, the council inherits a problem its predecessors chose to defer.
City budget squeeze laid bare as council prepares to consider a series of difficult options to balance the books.
The first comprehensive update to Hermosa Beach's master fee schedule since 2016 would shift increased costs from taxpayers to applicants, with large hikes landing on developers, businesses and dispute filers.
By Hermosa, for Hermosa. Join The Review today.
