Two locally-based entities, Kinecta Federal Credit Union and Xceed Financial Credit Union, announced on July 16 a tentative agreement to merge following approval by regulatory authorities and Xceed's members. The deal is expected to be finalized before the end of the first quarter of 2021, a…
Natalie Buether realized soon after the coronavirus lockdown that people were finding ways to celebrate events in different ways with drive-by graduation ceremonies or birthday parades instead of gathering in large groups.
During the novel coronavirus pandemic, Christine Elfalan and Dana Ark wanted to offer parents an alternative to buying baby food in jars or spending lengthy amounts of time in the kitchen cooking by offering freshly made baby food delivered from a Redondo Beach kitchen.
Dave Prentice opened the first location of Dave’s Olde Book Shop in Manhattan Beach more than 25 years ago as a retirement business, but he only planned to stay open for 10 years.
A Rock & Brews restaurant in El Segundo has filed for bankruptcy, but the company’s remaining 20 locations are preparing to be up and running soon with safeguards to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
In February, before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Mike Longacre knew his guitar shop’s days were numbered at its current location on Manhattan Avenue in Hermosa Beach, steps from Pier Avenue.
Polly’s on the Pier in Redondo Beach survived a storm in 1988, a move from its idyllic spot on the old sport fishing pier to the International Boardwalk in early 2018, and the death of beloved co-owner JoAnn Turk in February 2019.
As restaurants throughout the South Bay navigate Los Angeles County Department of Public Health orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Barnacles Bar and Grill in Hermosa Beach has first-hand experience with the department's enforcement.
Deniz Özkan held a soft opening for her Lucky 7 Coffee shop on Hermosa Avenue on March 7, but then she had to shutter for a week due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. But on March 15, she reopened for take-out thanks to support from the community, she said.
Despite Los Angeles County beaches likely reopening this week for surfers, swimmers, runners and walkers, its unclear how much that will benefit businesses reliant on those activities.
Hermosa Beach’s Wicked+ recently launched NextMealOnUs, a micro-funding platform that allows people who want to aid those in need during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Downtown Hermosa Business Association in partnership with the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce, Truly Hermosa and the HermosaOne.com platform, is hosting a city-wide Hermosa Beach Virtual Sidewalk Sale May 1 to 3, which will feature more than 100 Hermosa retailers and restaurants with onlin…
El Segundo-based NEFT Vodka will host “Vodka After Dark,” a virtual cocktail party series as a benefit to numerous local bartenders who have lost their jobs due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, beginning Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m.
New York native Hogan Peters grew up surfing and playing hockey, using environmentally unfriendly products to build up tackiness and grip on his surfboard and his hockey stick.
As a nation of normally free-spending shoppers and travelers hunkers down at home to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, South Bay and Long Beach retailers and other businesses are taking tips from the food industry.
Coronavirus fallout has slashed Southern California house hunting to the lowest level in six-plus years, according to one real estate tracker.
Gray Whale Gin founders Marsh and Jan Mokhtari know that service professionals are in a tight bind now during the novel coronavirus outbreak and with the closure of bars and restaurants around the country.
Skechers has donated 4,000 N95 respirator masks to health professionals in the South Bay to help protect nurses and doctors on the frontline who are exposed to COVID-19 as they continue to fight to save lives.
Manhattan Beach native Mason O’Hanlon and some other college students decided video and voice on a dating platform could create better communication and the potential for a better relationship prior to meeting in person for the first time.
Over the past 10 years, as popular chain booksellers like Borders and Crown Books have closed, a little book store with a big following is thriving.
After hosting one tap takeover, Gina Traber vowed to never do so again—that is, until Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. asked the Brewport Tap House owner to host its "40 beers for 40 years" anniversary celebration.
Unita, a collection of co-working spaces, which recently opened its newest location in Manhattan Beach, strives to become a community for like-minded people in a creative industry.
The company 350HAHB and the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting on Feb. 27 to celebrate the renovation and grand opening of 350 Hermosa Ave.
Joe De Pinto and Daniel Wagner met when they were roommates playing minor league baseball for the Chicago White Sox organization.
Ethan Lazar and Matthew Kaplan grew up together in Culver City playing baseball. They've been best friends since they were 9 years old, went to college together and studied abroad in Barcelona. But four months of unhealthy eating and drinking in Spain took a toll on their young bodies.
After spending the last 17 years operating several assisted living facilities for the elderly in the South Bay, Anthony and Leia Joaquin decided it was time to reach out to a younger generation.
There’s an easy way to get a cup of coffee in the South Bay.
After working in the corporate world for 20 years, Carlo Stenta found himself in his mid-40s unemployed wondering what he was going to do when he "grew up.”
There are large empty spaces on the walls inside South Bay Baseball Cards these days.
The popular Tarsan Stand-Up Paddle Boarding shop in Redondo Beach’s King Harbor closed its doors for the last time this week — a sign, say its owners, the sport of is not the rage that it used to be just a few years ago.
The Downtown Hermosa Business Association, along with 50 of its businesses and restaurants, will host its first “Super Sale” taking place Super Bowl weekend, from Friday, Jan. 31 through the beginning of the big game on Sunday, Feb. 2.
One hundred industrious South Bay residents will obey the cow's command to 'Eat Mor Chikin' this week.
A Gardena Thai restaurant has seen a quick rise in popularity, hitting No. 8 on Yelp’s Top 100 Places to eat in the country throughout 2020. — despite being open less than a year.
Collecting sports cards is a Jaspersen family tradition.
Timmy Yanchun and Dan Broadley opened Svelte Barbershop in Manhattan Beach nearly five years ago to create what they call a one-stop shop for guys.
Stella Reid, a nanny to celebrities for 30 years, former reality television star, and the co-author of Nanny 911 and "The Nanny Chronicles of Hollywood" is right here in the South Bay, and ready to help with beach cities progeny.
Kara Connell and Kelly Bockrath were both running individual businesses based in Long Beach, but they knew they wanted to start a business together.
The Bay Club El Segundo opened the Clubhouse for kids in October, but children from all around the Los Angeles area got to check it out for free Thursday night, Dec. 12, during a Play at the Bay event.
Mickey's Deli in Hermosa Beach has named a sandwich after Eric Stevens, the South Bay ex-NFL player turned firefighter who is battling ALS, a fatal neuromuscular disease.
After he retired from the aerospace industry and real estate, Dave Prentice was looking for something to do. So he combined two things he liked, people and books, and opened Dave's Olde Book Shop in Manhattan Beach in 1994.
Lynn Kleiner founded Music Rhapsody in 1983 and the longtime music educator recently published the book and music collection, “Holiday Songs and Winter Adventures,” which features vocals by some of her students, from pre-school through elementary age.
Bestie is a Manhattan Beach gym—but it’s so much more than that.
Marsh and Jan Mokhtari had an epiphany on a camping trip to Big Sur and McWay Falls in 2015.
Located on Highland Avenue in Manhattan Beach, The Waste Less Shop is the perfect stop for eco-friendly gifting.
The Downtown Hermosa Business Association celebrates the holidays beginning Friday, Nov. 29, with Black Friday.
Wolf & Shepherd, a footwear brand based in El Segundo, recently launched a new line of business casual shoes called the Crossover with Steve Nash to benefit the NBA Hall of Famer's foundation, which provides resources for children to lead healthy lifestyles.
The sweet, smiling blue whale is back where she belongs.
Beach Cities Optometry, with the help of the Los Angeles Kings, the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce and city officials, unveiled a mural dedicated to the hockey team that many in the South Bay have adopted as their own.
Dudley's Records Vintage Vinyl, located at 4633 Torrance Blvd. in Torrance, celebrated its second anniversary on Oct. 13. The store sells thousands of records, CDs, cassettes, posters, T-shirts, and other music related merchandise.
Lisa Valerie Morgan is living The Fash Life—and her new digital TV series is depicting it.
Tinkergarten early childhood education program, designed for children from 18 months to 8 years, focuses on loving nature and the power of play.
A Rock & Brews restaurant in El Segundo has filed for bankruptcy, but the company’s remaining 20 locations are preparing to be up and running soon with safeguards to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
In February, before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Mike Longacre knew his guitar shop’s days were numbered at its current location on Manhattan Avenue in Hermosa Beach, steps from Pier Avenue.
Polly’s on the Pier in Redondo Beach survived a storm in 1988, a move from its idyllic spot on the old sport fishing pier to the International Boardwalk in early 2018, and the death of beloved co-owner JoAnn Turk in February 2019.
As restaurants throughout the South Bay navigate Los Angeles County Department of Public Health orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Barnacles Bar and Grill in Hermosa Beach has first-hand experience with the department's enforcement.
Deniz Özkan held a soft opening for her Lucky 7 Coffee shop on Hermosa Avenue on March 7, but then she had to shutter for a week due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. But on March 15, she reopened for take-out thanks to support from the community, she said.
Despite Los Angeles County beaches likely reopening this week for surfers, swimmers, runners and walkers, its unclear how much that will benefit businesses reliant on those activities.
Hermosa Beach’s Wicked+ recently launched NextMealOnUs, a micro-funding platform that allows people who want to aid those in need during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Downtown Hermosa Business Association in partnership with the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce, Truly Hermosa and the HermosaOne.com platform, is hosting a city-wide Hermosa Beach Virtual Sidewalk Sale May 1 to 3, which will feature more than 100 Hermosa retailers and restaurants with onlin…
El Segundo-based NEFT Vodka will host “Vodka After Dark,” a virtual cocktail party series as a benefit to numerous local bartenders who have lost their jobs due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, beginning Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m.
New York native Hogan Peters grew up surfing and playing hockey, using environmentally unfriendly products to build up tackiness and grip on his surfboard and his hockey stick.
As a nation of normally free-spending shoppers and travelers hunkers down at home to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, South Bay and Long Beach retailers and other businesses are taking tips from the food industry.
Coronavirus fallout has slashed Southern California house hunting to the lowest level in six-plus years, according to one real estate tracker.
Gray Whale Gin founders Marsh and Jan Mokhtari know that service professionals are in a tight bind now during the novel coronavirus outbreak and with the closure of bars and restaurants around the country.
Skechers has donated 4,000 N95 respirator masks to health professionals in the South Bay to help protect nurses and doctors on the frontline who are exposed to COVID-19 as they continue to fight to save lives.
Manhattan Beach native Mason O’Hanlon and some other college students decided video and voice on a dating platform could create better communication and the potential for a better relationship prior to meeting in person for the first time.
Over the past 10 years, as popular chain booksellers like Borders and Crown Books have closed, a little book store with a big following is thriving.
After hosting one tap takeover, Gina Traber vowed to never do so again—that is, until Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. asked the Brewport Tap House owner to host its "40 beers for 40 years" anniversary celebration.
Unita, a collection of co-working spaces, which recently opened its newest location in Manhattan Beach, strives to become a community for like-minded people in a creative industry.
The company 350HAHB and the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting on Feb. 27 to celebrate the renovation and grand opening of 350 Hermosa Ave.
Joe De Pinto and Daniel Wagner met when they were roommates playing minor league baseball for the Chicago White Sox organization.
Ethan Lazar and Matthew Kaplan grew up together in Culver City playing baseball. They've been best friends since they were 9 years old, went to college together and studied abroad in Barcelona. But four months of unhealthy eating and drinking in Spain took a toll on their young bodies.
After spending the last 17 years operating several assisted living facilities for the elderly in the South Bay, Anthony and Leia Joaquin decided it was time to reach out to a younger generation.
There’s an easy way to get a cup of coffee in the South Bay.
After working in the corporate world for 20 years, Carlo Stenta found himself in his mid-40s unemployed wondering what he was going to do when he "grew up.”
There are large empty spaces on the walls inside South Bay Baseball Cards these days.
The popular Tarsan Stand-Up Paddle Boarding shop in Redondo Beach’s King Harbor closed its doors for the last time this week — a sign, say its owners, the sport of is not the rage that it used to be just a few years ago.
The Downtown Hermosa Business Association, along with 50 of its businesses and restaurants, will host its first “Super Sale” taking place Super Bowl weekend, from Friday, Jan. 31 through the beginning of the big game on Sunday, Feb. 2.
One hundred industrious South Bay residents will obey the cow's command to 'Eat Mor Chikin' this week.
A Gardena Thai restaurant has seen a quick rise in popularity, hitting No. 8 on Yelp’s Top 100 Places to eat in the country throughout 2020. — despite being open less than a year.
Collecting sports cards is a Jaspersen family tradition.
Timmy Yanchun and Dan Broadley opened Svelte Barbershop in Manhattan Beach nearly five years ago to create what they call a one-stop shop for guys.
Stella Reid, a nanny to celebrities for 30 years, former reality television star, and the co-author of Nanny 911 and "The Nanny Chronicles of Hollywood" is right here in the South Bay, and ready to help with beach cities progeny.
Kara Connell and Kelly Bockrath were both running individual businesses based in Long Beach, but they knew they wanted to start a business together.
The Bay Club El Segundo opened the Clubhouse for kids in October, but children from all around the Los Angeles area got to check it out for free Thursday night, Dec. 12, during a Play at the Bay event.
Mickey's Deli in Hermosa Beach has named a sandwich after Eric Stevens, the South Bay ex-NFL player turned firefighter who is battling ALS, a fatal neuromuscular disease.
After he retired from the aerospace industry and real estate, Dave Prentice was looking for something to do. So he combined two things he liked, people and books, and opened Dave's Olde Book Shop in Manhattan Beach in 1994.
Lynn Kleiner founded Music Rhapsody in 1983 and the longtime music educator recently published the book and music collection, “Holiday Songs and Winter Adventures,” which features vocals by some of her students, from pre-school through elementary age.
Bestie is a Manhattan Beach gym—but it’s so much more than that.
Marsh and Jan Mokhtari had an epiphany on a camping trip to Big Sur and McWay Falls in 2015.
Located on Highland Avenue in Manhattan Beach, The Waste Less Shop is the perfect stop for eco-friendly gifting.
The Downtown Hermosa Business Association celebrates the holidays beginning Friday, Nov. 29, with Black Friday.
Wolf & Shepherd, a footwear brand based in El Segundo, recently launched a new line of business casual shoes called the Crossover with Steve Nash to benefit the NBA Hall of Famer's foundation, which provides resources for children to lead healthy lifestyles.
The sweet, smiling blue whale is back where she belongs.
Beach Cities Optometry, with the help of the Los Angeles Kings, the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce and city officials, unveiled a mural dedicated to the hockey team that many in the South Bay have adopted as their own.
Dudley's Records Vintage Vinyl, located at 4633 Torrance Blvd. in Torrance, celebrated its second anniversary on Oct. 13. The store sells thousands of records, CDs, cassettes, posters, T-shirts, and other music related merchandise.
Lisa Valerie Morgan is living The Fash Life—and her new digital TV series is depicting it.
Tinkergarten early childhood education program, designed for children from 18 months to 8 years, focuses on loving nature and the power of play.
Well + Good Health Studio, an alternative healing space in Hermosa Beach, opened in early September, founded by 30-year South Bay resident Kelly Bloodgood.
The Proud Bird Restaurant — a stone’s throw away from Los Angeles International Airport — has been an institution for more than 50 years and is enjoying a new liftoff with its food-bazaar format.
Mmmmm, doughnuts.
Single mother Amber Castillo was at a crossroads.
The Butterfly, Babes and Bikinis fundraiser for breast cancer patients took place at Life in Style boutique, located at 1702 S. Elena Ave. in Redondo Beach, last weekend.
Tito’s Handmade Vodka, along with Rock’N Fish, The Strand House and zinz@shade, presented a check for nearly $6,400 to Walk With Sally Aug. 23 at the Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach.
The Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated Harcourts Hunter Mason Realty’s new office in the Riviera Village with a ribbon cutting. Pictured here (center) are owner/broker Courtney Self and Broker Tony Self, and Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce boardmembers and ambassadors, s…
Redondo Beach's Michael McNeirney is a Navy veteran who spent more than 20 years as a banker, but he was searching for franchise opportunities when he discovered GYMGUYZ, a mobile gym that brings the workout to a home or even a park or the beach.