The town incorporated and its charter was obtained from the state on January 14, At this time the City acquired ownership of its two mile stretch of ocean frontage. This was included in an original deed to the City from the Hermosa Beach Land and Water Company, but did not include the two hundred and ten feet on each side of the pier. The deed stated that it was to be held in perpetuity as a beach playground, free from commerce, and for the benefit of not only the residents of Hermosa, but also for the sea lovers of Southern California.
City of Hermosa Beach Seal, Mr. John T. Hales, The current City seal was designed by Mr. It was said that people were fishing for their supper. By the population had more than doubled to over 7, residents. World War II brought the expansion of the aircraft industry and with it a building boom and real estate price increases. The fear that the city would revert back to economic hardships after World War II failed to materialize.
By this time the thousands of new residents carried in by the economic boom had realized that Hermosa was not just a resort town but a great place to live and raise their families.
To this day Hermosa Beach continues to be a desirable and expensive place to live. Rotate Phone to View. The median age was 34 years. About 1. There are eight hotels and one youth hostel in the city. According to the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, [21] the top employers in the city are:. The wide flat beach makes Hermosa Beach one of the most popular places to play beach volleyball, from professional to amateur.
The Strand stretches north to Santa Monica and south to Redondo Beach , and is a popular place for walkers, joggers and biking. Of the three Beach Cities, only Hermosa Beach owns its own beach. The other two cities' beaches are owned by the county of Los Angeles.
Once part of a railroad easement, this narrow acre 97, m 2 strip had long been the subject of heated controversy and pressure from various commercial interests. After years of litigation and wrangling, the city was poised to permit intensive retail and condominium development in the mids when a grassroots group spearheaded by activist Rosamond Fogg forced the matter to a vote. The City Council at the time was divided over whether the matter was of much importance but after an energetic and passionate campaign, the citizens found that the greenbelt was a vital recreational resource and mandated its preservation for the use and enjoyment of residents and visitors.
As a result, the Hermosa Valley Greenbelt has the quality of a rural country lane, home to the monarch butterfly and many bird and animal species. At any time of day or night joggers and walkers enjoy its soft woodchip trails and graceful landscaping. The Greenbelt is also now part of the federal rails to trails network. RUDAT an urban architectural planning group found that Hermosa Beach, thanks in large part to the existence of the Greenbelt, was a "world class pedestrian city".
The structure of the management and coordination of city services is: [21]. The voters of the three beach cities elect the 5-member Board of Directors to 4-year terms. One of 78 California Health Districts, [29] it was created in as South Bay Hospital and took on its current name in Filled with mazes , tunnels, outdoor rock climbing walls, complex ropes courses , and an indoor gym , AdventurePlex challenges children physically and intellectually in health-focused recreational activities.
Hermosa Beach has its own elementary school and middle school but high school students are served by either Manhattan Beach or Redondo Beach where rankings are in the 80 to 90th percentiles. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon Schools , along with 33 California schools and less than schools across the nation.
The award was based on academic achievement. For the award, the Department of Education reviewed growth in scores over a three-year period. The Hermosa Beach City School District as a whole received a score of [35] on the California Academic Performance Index , neighboring Manhattan Beach Unified School District scored just below at [36] making it one of California's best performing districts.
Each individual school also ranks at the top of its respective category. Hermosa Beach also has one private school :. In the school moved to Palos Verdes Estates.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department has a sectional lifeguard headquarters located at the Hermosa Beach Pier since the new building opened its doors since , currently commanded by Capt. County Lifeguard. Currently located at The Strand housed a lifeguard garage where response vehicles have parked.
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Surnames People by decade Birth decade Death decade. Forums, blogs. Register Don't have an account? Hermosa Beach, California. Edit source History Talk 0. Malibu, California , Ella Porter, and Mrs. Elizabeth Jones. The Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce was organized also in , and is still active, a praiseworthy organization and much of the city's popularity and publicity is owed to the faithful and enthusiastic service promoted by this chamber of public service to the city.
It has occupied various locations but can usually be found in rooms in the Auditorium Building on the Pier, where it is located at present. The first bank was organized by James Walker, who built the first bank building on the northwest corner of Pier and Hermosa Avenues on the old site of the Pacific Electric freight offices.
James Walker, President; Messrs. Hellman, Luxford, Mattison and others. Later, it was known as the First National Bank. The Hermosa Beach gas plant was a privately owned and operated plant, and was owned by I. It was located on Second Street near the Santa Fe's spur track. It was not in operation long and evidences of it have long since vanished, nothing remaining to identify its location but a portion of its cement flooring, Gas service was soon installed in the district by the Southern California Gas Company, and the beach was the first part of the city to receive this public service.
The old Pacific Light and Power Company installed the first electric light service which was later continued by the Southern California Edison Company who took over this company. The lighting service rates were not excessive in early days. The first street lighting system in the community consisted of one 40 watt light bulb at the end of each side street along the Strand. If you were out on a very dark night and fortunate enough to locate the board walk, you could then use this little dim light as a beacon to light you on your precarious way to the next corner.
It was later bought by F. Johnston and moved to press rooms on Hermosa Avenue where it is still located at Hermosa Avenue in the Review building, and published every Thursday by Mr. Johnston, owner and publisher. Through its columns its publisher loyally supports and endorses all constructive civic activities for the city's public welfare.
A box factory was located at one time back of the sand dunes, west of the Santa Fe tracks and near the present site of the lumber yards. The buildings were erected and owned by the Cleghorn Brothers, and Mr. Peter Guernsey first came to the city to take charge of this factory. It burned down one Sunday night a few years after its construction, no one ever being able to determine the cause of the fire. Guernsey is still active in the contracting and building trade of the city and both he and his wife are ardent beach lovers through the years of Hermosa, "the beautiful.
Only one park has this city and it is located on the small triangular plot of ground just east of the Pier Avenue school. It divides the boulevard, the right turn taking one into Pier Avenue, and the left into Camino Real and leading thence to Redondo Beach.
The ground was donated to the city for park purposes by Mrs. Robert Montgomery and for a number of years, or during her residence in Hermosa, she supervised its care. If the city put up benches or planted anything that did not meet with her approval, she would threaten to take it away from them. When they permitted Mr. Anderson of the Olympic Barge to put up a sign at its entrance, she very nearly kept her promise of taking the ground back.
The city fathers finally pacified her, but the unsightly sign still remained, and does so to this day. The first City Marshall and likewise tax-collector, was Herman Smith. As an officer of the law and custodian of the city's revenue he was not exactly a shining light.
Whenever the citizens could find him to pay their tax money to, he would proceed to Redondo taking the money with him, and there entering into a state of ebullition produced by the sweet spirits of aqua vitae, his responsibility to the city faded from his memory. Mary Montgomery pitied him for the sake of his family and was influential in leniency being shown him until he could raise enough money to pay it back.
Hermosa Pier. The Strand. Santa Fe Railway. City Incorporation. Sewer System. Fire Department. First Hotels. Post Office. Cross Church. Early Commerce. First Banks. Hermosa Review Newspaper. Top of Page. History of Hermosa Beach:. Dorcas Ingram, early resident and author, wrote a pleasing bit of verse about Hermosa in which she describes the beach wind in these few lines: "But my inmost being shrank From the greeting chill and dank Of a wind forever blowing O'er the sand dunes of Hermosa.
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