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And on the Hermosa Beach Patch calendar - Scaredown in Downtown

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Cheers Hermosa Beach! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Will Hermosa's long-awaited off-leash dog park finally land in Valley Park?
  • Investigation continues after worker's sudden death at Hermosa Beach jobsite
  • How a court ruling reshaped Hermosa Beach's coastal Airbnb restrictions

Also on today's calendar: Scaredown in Downtown and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 95 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Sunny and toasty conditions, temps: high: 93, low: 73.
  • Monday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 90 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hermosa Beach Dog Park hopefuls push forward with project (dailybreeze.com) — Hermosa Beach dog owners may finally be closer to an off-leash park, as Bark for a Park pushes a Valley Park East site now under city feasibility study. The group has nearly funded design work and is raising construction money, backed by a large matching donor, while gathering community input and planning a Halloween-themed Treat Stroll on Pier Avenue to keep momentum going.
   

• Utility Worker Dies At Hermosa Beach Jobsite (onscene.tv) — A utility worker died Wednesday night after an apparent medical emergency at a Bayview Drive jobsite in Hermosa Beach, despite 30 minutes of CPR by coworkers and paramedics. Authorities are still investigating whether the death was related to electrical work or another medical cause, and the worker's identity and employer had not yet been released, leaving many shaken at the scene.
   

• How Airbnb is fighting for its place on California's coast • The Mendocino Voice (mendovoice.com) — Hermosa Beach gets a key mention in a deep dive on how Airbnb is reshaping short‑term rental rules along California's coast, including a lawsuit that overturned the city's 2016 rental ban in coastal areas. The story explains how lobbying, legal challenges, and the Coastal Commission's recent decisions in Pacifica could influence what kinds of vacation rentals Hermosa Beach and other beach towns can realistically regulate going forward.
   

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Rancho Palos Verdes

  • Rancho Palos Verdes Could Declare Emergency Ahead Of Powerful El Niño (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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