Hermosa Beach’s Alysia Grabiner owns three Bar Method studios in Los Angeles and taught at one in Hermosa Beach in the past, but when the coronavirus pandemic shut down the studios in March, she went to virtual workouts.

Small businesses have been hit particularly hard during the coronavirus pandemic — making this week’s Small Business Saturday more important than ever, shop owners and business advocates say.

Resignation and anger swept through much of the local restaurant community this week, as business owners were faced, again, with a countywide closure of in-person dining, both indoor and outdoor, as a second surge of the coronavirus sweeps through the region.

More than 600 families lined up in their vehicles outside the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson Sunday, Nov. 22, for Kinecta Federal Credit Union’s 47th Annual Holiday Food Drive.

A limited edition puzzle featuring a map of Redondo Beach will be available for purchase beginning Nov. 23.

Manhattan Beach's Colin and Malia Aita wanted to give their children, daughter Allie and son Kainoa, the adequate amount of vitamins and minerals in their diet, but not through sugar-filled drinks or gummy vitamins popular with children.

Gustavo Navarro opened his fifth Private Sneakers location in Redondo Beach on Sept. 12, six years after opening his first store in Long Beach.

A 275,000-square-foot creative office space, in the planning for at least two years, could be on its way to El Segundo sooner rather than later — bringing with it multiple retail options, event spaces and massive media production facilities to the city.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

More than 600 families lined up in their vehicles outside the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson Sunday, Nov. 22, for Kinecta Federal Credit Union’s 47th Annual Holiday Food Drive.

A limited edition puzzle featuring a map of Redondo Beach will be available for purchase beginning Nov. 23.

Manhattan Beach's Colin and Malia Aita wanted to give their children, daughter Allie and son Kainoa, the adequate amount of vitamins and minerals in their diet, but not through sugar-filled drinks or gummy vitamins popular with children.

Gustavo Navarro opened his fifth Private Sneakers location in Redondo Beach on Sept. 12, six years after opening his first store in Long Beach.

A 275,000-square-foot creative office space, in the planning for at least two years, could be on its way to El Segundo sooner rather than later — bringing with it multiple retail options, event spaces and massive media production facilities to the city.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Bestie is a Manhattan Beach gym—but it’s so much more than that.

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.

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.