Elka Worner

Los Angeles, United States

West Coast Producer at Fox Business

Contributor at Easy Reader News

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Hermosa Beach Museum nears national accreditation

1 week ago | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner

The Hermosa Beach Museum – a small but mighty institution known for celebrating the city’s surf, skate, and beach culture – is closing in on a major milestone: national accreditation.
Hermosa Beach ‘Saint Mike of Public Works’

2 months ago | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner

Mike Flaherty recalls a lifetime of service looking after the city’s streets, buildings and residentsby Elka WornerFor nearly four decades, if something went wrong in Hermosa Beach – sewer backups, troublesome rodents, parking disputes – former Public Works Superintendent Mike Flaherty was the guy to call. From 1973 to 2010, Flaherty worked for the city’s Public Works Department. He and his crews enjoyed a well-earned reputation for problem solving and responsiveness.
Araksya Karapetyan, Star Anchor in PV

Jan 20, 2025 | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner

by Elka WornerThe Malaga Cove Ranch Market is a touchstone for Araksya Karapetyan, linking her family’s proud immigrant story to her own rise to prominence as a respected fixture of local television news. “I grew up working here. All my cousins did. My sister. All of us did,” recalls Karapetyan, news anchor on KTTV’s “Good Day LA.”She says she learned lessons at the market that would prove useful throughout her life.
Donations trucked to fire victims Beach Cities style, in Tesla Cybertrucks

Jan 15, 2025 | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner

by Elka WornerThe line stretched around the block at Guidestone Church on Saturday as hundreds of South Bay residents rushed to donate clothes, blankets, towels, and toiletries to the victims of the deadly wildfires that have wiped out entire Los Angeles neighborhoods and pushed tens of thousands out of their homes. “It was a madhouse,” said Guidestone Pastor Brett Armstrong.
Blessing of the Trees opens mass Hermosa Kiwanis tree sales

Dec 5, 2024 | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner |Judy Rae

by Elka WornerFollowing a Blessing of the Trees by Rev. Josh Paget of St. Cross Episcopal Church, the Hermosa Kiwanis sold more than 700 noble pines and Douglas firs in just three days at their 38th Annual Holiday Tree Lot. But they quickly restocked the lot with 750 new trees.
Hermosa Beach Museum Exhibit Celebrates Historic HB Bars

Jul 27, 2024 | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner

by Elka WornerCritter’s, the Mermaid, the Poop Deck and the Lighthouse. If you lived in Hermosa Beach during the 1960s and 1970s, you probably patronized these iconic local bars. “Cheers, Hermosa,” a new exhibit unveiled on Sunday, July 14, at the Hermosa Beach Museum celebrates these historic watering holes and the lasting impression they left on their patrons. The display features mementos and photos from some of the most popular places in town where locals went to grab a drink and socialize.
Hermosa Beach 2024 Olympians: Local players “Cardinal and Gold” going for gold in Paris

Jul 10, 2024 | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner

by Elka WornerFor the past several months, top ranked U.S. beach volleyball teams Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes, and Chase Budinger and Miles Evans have been training at the 16th Street courts in Hermosa Beach, home to the legendary Memorial Day, and Labor Day weekend tournaments, as well as this past week’s Fourth of July four-player tournament.
Leadership cookbook celebrates Hermosa dining scene

Jun 26, 2024 | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner

by Elka WornerFoodies will now have access to the city’s best loved recipes from restaurants like Baran’s, the Bottle Inn and Radici thanks to the newly released “Top Dish Hermosa Beach Cookbook.”Leadership Hermosa Beach 2024 unveiled the 200-page book at a well attended event Thursday, June 20, at the Underground Pub & Grill.
Local bars, nightclubs must offer drink spiking test strips

Jun 19, 2024 | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner

by Elka WornerBeginning July 1, a new California law will require bars and nightclubs to make test strips available customers that detect date rape drugs and post warning signs about drink spiking. “People want to go out and enjoy themselves without having a bull’s eye on their back,” said State Assembly member Josh Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), who authored the new law.
To the moon and beyond: Former SpaceX engineers are developing a reusable spacecraft propelled by moon water

May 23, 2024 | easyreadernews.com | Elka Worner

by Elka WornerNestled among the surfboard shapers, architects and artists in Hermosa Beach’s light industrial Cypress District is an aerospace start-up with a unique and ambitious mission. “We want to be the Über of outer space,” Argo Space Corporation co-founder Kirby Carlisle said. “We want to create an in-space transportation network.”He and his two brothers, all SpaceX veterans, are developing a space vehicle that would transport satellites from inner orbit to outer orbit.