AxeALS Beach Fest & Cornhole Tournament Saturday The second annual axeALS Beach Fest & Cornhole Tournament will take place Oct. 18, at Seaside Lagoon, a family-friendly event to raise funds and awarerness for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) research. AxeALS was founded by Eric Stevens, a former L.A. County firefighter, Cal-Berkeley and NFL football player, who […]| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
Brynn Staples, 11, shows perfect form during the Fourth Annual Frosty Olympics at the Hermosa Beach pier on Saturday, October 11. Proceeds from the corn hole tournament will go to persons with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) who don’t have the support system of family and friends. The day is hosted by friends of Mike “Frosty” […]| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
by Laura Garber The Hermosa Beach City Council voted 4 to 1 to write a letter to the Los Angeles County Metro Board opposing the Metro C Line light rail extension being built along the railroad right-of-way (ROW) that runs through North Redondo Beach and Lawndale. Instead, the Council’s letter will advocate the proposed line […]| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
by Garth Meyer The specter of city Housing Elements throughout the state, including those for Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach, being found invalid has been raised by a California State of Appeals ruling. Cities whose Housing Elements are not approved subject them to the State Builder’s Remedy Law, which exempts residential developments from […]| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
Beloved mother, wife, grandmother, and friend, Lorie Allen Vos passed away peacefully on August 25, 2025, surrounded by her family. Lorie ((known to many as Lorie Rice) was born in Virginia in 1965. Her family relocated to Redondo Beach a short time later. Her love for the ocean and competition began early. She started swimming […]| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach Unified School District saw across-the-board increases in student performance, as measured by standardized test results recently released by the California Department of Education. The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) are tests designed to measure student progress on grade level literacy, math and science standards. MBUSD jumped […]| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
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by Kevin Cody Four years ago, when Steve Lopez was approaching his fifth decade as a newspaper reporter and columnist, he confronted a question that continues to confound him. Quit, or keep working? To answer the question, he spent that year, 2021, writing “Independence Day: What I learned about retirement from some who’ve done it, […]| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
- Photos and story by Elka Worner The Woman’s Club of Hermosa Beach served up 325 pancake breakfasts at the newly renovated Clark Building on Sunday,| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
- by Garth Meyer Sydne Michel is the new Redondo Beach city prosecutor, sworn-in last week after 19 years as a deputy, first for former city attorney Mike| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
- Robert Chong and David Weldon were among a group of Peninsula photographers who spent June and July perched on a ledge at Point Vicente Park documenting| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
- by Mark McDermott People get into the real estate business for a lot of reasons, but most Realtors agree that among the most interesting facets of| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
- Honorable Mention Uncle Bill's Pancake House by David Brubaker In 1968, when I graduated from the USC Business School, I was hired for my first job in El| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
- Thursday, August 7 Tom Petty, Redondo Pier Summer Concert Heartbreak Over Petty, a Tom Petty tribute band will perform favorite TP tunes from 6 - 8| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
- With 2026 around the corner, you may be thinking about taking the opportunity to celebrate Route 66 on its 100th anniversary. I recently made the entire Tips for how to plan your 2026 Centennial Route 66 Road Trip| Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine
