Kevin Cody

5 days ago | easyreadernews.com | Kevin Cody

by Kevin CodySeven Hermosa Valley Middle School students were disciplined after what Valley Principal Jessica Bledsoe described in a February 20 letter to school parents as “inappropriate and disrespectful behavior both at the museum, and on the bus.”The incident during a field trip to the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance attracted little attention until an April 8 post on the social media platform NextDoor.

6 days ago | easyreadernews.com | Kevin Cody

by Kevin CodyParker Herriott, a relentless Hermosa Beach activist credited with blocking hotel development on the Hermosa Beach Strand, on the site of the former Biltmore Hotel, passed away last week at 86 from natural causes. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Herriott led the fight against six, City Council-supported, general election ballot measures, asking voters to approve development on city-owned property at 14th Street and The Strand.

1 week ago | easyreadernews.com | Kevin Cody

Re: March 25 City Council Meeting April 11, 2025  After hearing comments from Councilmember Raymond Jackson in the March 25 Hermosa  Beach City Council meeting regarding my short-term rental ban lawsuit, I am compelled to respond to him (“Hermosa Beach signals intent to fight short-term rentals challenge,” ER March 27, 2025). First, Jackson states I rent my entire home. That is not – and has never been – true. I have a single room that is otherwise unused, and that is the one I list on Airbnb.

1 week ago | easyreadernews.com | Kevin Cody

by Kevin CodyPhoto by Matt ParkerSurfers checking the waves at 16th in Hermosa Beach Saturday morning instantly knew the meaning of the fluorescent red graffiti on the mouth of the storm drain whose runoff creates the sandbar that makes 16th Street worth checking every morning. The graffiti read “Greg Lives. God Bless Greg.” It meant Greg Browning was dead. Browning grew up surfing at 16th Street.

1 week ago | easyreadernews.com | Kevin Cody

by Kevin CodyMo Martin won the 2014 Woman’s British Open in one of the most fabled finishes in the prestigious tournament’s four-decade history. The Redondo Beach resident began the final round at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England three shots behind, in a six-way tie for seventh. She finished the final round with an eagle on the 18th hole for a one shot victory over runners-up Shanshan Feng, of China and Suzann Pettersen, of Great Britain.