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.
Michael Detoy took the gavel as Hermosa Beach's new mayor Monday night, with Michael Keegan elected mayor pro tem on a 4-1 vote — a lone dissent the only crack in a mercifully drama-free evening
All's Well That Ends Well? City staff arrived at Tuesday's hearing with a last-minute revision. Robert's Liquor left with its 35-year-old permit intact and exactly the four conditions it was promised.
A busy week for Hermosa Beach PD with multiple drug arrests, several assaults, ongoing e-bike thefts, and the usual parade of public intoxication incidents around Pier Plaza.
Southern California's beaches grew by over 2 million square meters in 40 years — contradicting chronic erosion warnings. The problem isn't sand shortage, says a new federal study, but that coastal structures block sediment from reaching beaches that need it most.
A commissioner resigned. A neighbor locked the gates. Tennis balls with hostile messages were lobbed at a nearby house. And now, after an $826,000 renovation, Hermosa Beach is ready to do it all again.
Nike's global women's night race series wants to run 10,000 runners through Hermosa Beach. The city has to figure out whether the event is worthy of the disruption to residents and businesses.
The Coastal Commission is quietly using building permits to force Hermosa Beach toward charging walk street and Strand homeowners annual fees for front yards they've maintained for generations. And finishing the city's Local Coastal Program is unlikely to save them.
