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Weekly E-Newsletter and Crime Log
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Tuesday 07/13/10
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HBNW CRIME LOG
We are now using the information on
CrimeReports.com
for the crime log.
It will be a great benefit to the community as a
whole to help increase awareness and encourage
residents to be more cautious.
You can go directly to the site below any time you
want to check out the crime status. The
information is downloaded daily.
www.CrimeReports.com
You can also visit the HBPD on Facebook at:
Hermosa Beach PD Facebook Page
For those of you that are interested in seeing the
monthly crime statistics for crimes in HB, please
click the link below.
Hermosa Beach Police department Monthly Report
This is a SAMPLE COPY of what a SOLICITOR
PERMIT looks like for your reference.
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Go to
www.CrimeReports.com
Go to CrimeReports.com to access official
crime data in your neighborhood and sign up
for free email alerts.
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Items include:
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BREAKING & ENTERING
11 Jul 2010
1600 BLOCK PACIFIC
COAST HWY
Time: 00:07
Burglary
Victim's belongings are stolen from a
secured locker.
PROPERTY CRIME 09 Jul 2010
500 BLOCK PIER AV
Time: 18:36
Vandalism/Graffitti
Unknown suspect(s) hit the victim's
unoccupied parked vehicle with multiple raw
eggs. The victim is not desirous of
prosecution and he requested this report for
insurance purposes.
BREAKING & ENTERING 07 Jul 2010
1700 BLOCK GOLDEN AV
Time: 03:15
Burglary
I/O's received a radio call of a vehicle
burlgary report.
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Police are trying to identify two men they
say stole a woman's wallet from her purse at
a Hermosa Beach bar and used her credit
cards. The crime occurred about 6 p.m. July
2 at Patrick Molloys on Pier Avenue. Two men
sat down at a table directly behind a woman,
who had placed her purse over the back of
her chair.
One man acted as a lookout while the other
reached into the woman's purse, using his
jacket to conceal his actions. The thief
took the woman's wallet, and he and his
friend took off. The victim was unaware her
wallet was gone for about an hour. The
thieves later used the victim's credit card
at two locations in El Segundo.
A surveillance camera recorded the crime.
The video can be viewed atwww.insidesocal.com/crime&courts.
If you watch it closely, about 2 1/2 minutes
in you'll see the guy in the white shirt at
the table in the left corner take the
woman's wallet from the woman sitting next
to the guy wearing the "24" jersey.
Contact Detective Dave Bohacik at
310-318-0330 with information.
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MBNW CRIME LOG
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Courtesy of
Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Watch and Police
Department
Area 5
7/5/10 1 p.m. -
1:45 p.m.
600 block of 23rd Street
(Residential Burglary) The elderly victim was conned
by a couple that she let into her residence after
they told her they were grieving over the death of
their grandmother, who they claimed was a neighbor
of the victim. After the couple left, the victim
noticed that several items of jewelry were missing
from the bedroom and bathroom. The first suspect was
described as a male Hispanic adult in his fifties
with dark skin, 5'8" tall, heavy build, gray hair,
wearing a white t-shirt. The second suspect was a
female Hispanic adult, about 27 years old with short
thin dark hair.
Area 6
6/23/10 - 7/2/10
6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
100 block of 7th Place
(Residential Burglary) The victim secured the
residence upon leaving. When the victim returned she
noticed a large armoire was not in its usual place
and had clothing spilling out of it. Other items in
the room had been moved and a window next to the
armoire was broken. Upstairs the victim discovered
French doors leading to the living room patio were
ajar and appeared to have been pried open by unknown
suspect(s) to gain entry. It was unknown if anything
was missing from the residence.
Area 1
7/4/10
12:01 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.
1100 block of N. Meadows Ave.
(Theft from Garage) Unknown suspect(s) entered the
victim's detached garage and removed several items
from the garage including golf clubs, two
surfboards, two wetsuits and three suitcases
containing miscellaneous items (clothing, jewelry,
toiletries). The garage door was found closed but
the automatic garage door had been unlatched from
its motor. No suspects were seen or heard.
Area 3
6/26/10 - 6/28/10
7 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
700 block of Center Place
(Theft from Garage) Unknown suspect(s) removed the
victim's unsecured bicycle from the attached garage
of the residence. It is possible the garage may have
been accidentally left open.
Area 5
7/4/10
9:15 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
1800 block of The Strand
(Theft from driveway) Unsecured tools were stolen
from the driveway of the residence by unknown
suspect(s).
Area 6
6/30/10 - 7/1/10
5 p.m. - 7:20 a.m.
200 block of The Strand
(Theft from Construction Site) Unknown suspect(s)
stole several tools including compressors, saws,
drills and lights from the residence that is
currently under construction. Some of the stolen
items were in the garage inside a locked storage
container that had been forced open. A padlock on
the gate surrounding the property had been cut.
Area 6
7/2/10
11 p.m.
500 block of 5th Street
(Residential Burglary) An unknown male suspect
entered the victim's residence from an unknown
location while the victim was sleeping. The victim
awoke to find the suspect in the house, ran out of
the residence and observed a second suspect standing
in the alley behind the house. The second suspect is
described as a male black, 5'9" to 5"10" tall,
muscular build, with short black hair wearing a navy
blue USC sweater and jeans. The second suspect drove
away south on Valley Drive in a dark colored smaller
size sedan that had been parked at Valley Drive and
4th Place. Although items were disturbed
in the residence, there was no loss.
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RBNW / RBPD CRIME LOG
Courtesy of
Redondo Beach Neighborhood Watch and Police
Department
Please follow the link below to learn about recently
published weekly crime
information.
http://www.redondo.org/depts/police/crime/weekly_crime_information.asp
Click here to see CRIME STATISTICS
RBPD Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/redondobeachpolice
RBPD Notification System:
http://local.nixle.com/city/ca/redondo-beach/
To subscribe to City of Redondo Beach e-zine
service, please go to
http://www.redondo.org/ezines/default.asp
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FIRE CHIEF LANTZER'S CORNER
The July 4th
weekend this year was busy as usual for the fire
department. However, in comparison to other
years it was very manageable on the fire
suppression/emergency medical side. This year,
the department responded to 26 incidents from noon
July 4th to just past midnight. In
the same time period last year the department
responded to 44 incidents.
The department staffed
up personnel to handle the extra call volume (HBFD
averages approximately six incidents a day) by
placing an additional fire engine in service and
staffing a fire investigation unit. As a
result, the department was able to immediately
respond to all incidents.
A constant July 4th
problem is the use of fireworks. All fireworks
are illegal in Hermosa Beach; despite the ban, there
are instances of fireworks use throughout the city.
The difficulty in enforcement of the ban is the time
lag between receiving a telephone complaint and/or
visualizing illegal fireworks in the air and the
time to arrive near the area where the fireworks
were fired from.
Fortunately, no major
injuries were reported to the fire department and
none were suffered by department personnel.
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IN THE NEWS...
To see a transcript of the speech click
here
Video of a
massive landslide
Pier Avenue Update
PIER AVE PROJECT UPDATE - 7/8/10
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Fri. 7/9 thru Mon 7/12 - Concrete paving of
remaining areas of sidewalk on north side of
Pier Av between Monterey & Hermosa; concrete
paving of medians between Valley to Monterey;
and concrete paving of curb and gutter on north
side of Pier between Valley to Monterey and also
on south side of Pier between Monterey and
Hermosa.
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Thurs. 7/15 - All traffic will be moved to the
south side of Pier median between Valley and
Monterey and to the north side of Pier median
between Monterey and Hermosa. Parking on the
south side between Valley and Monterey will be
converted to parallel parking stalls. This will
allow the contractor to grind 4" of existing
asphalt roadway on north side of Pier between
Valley to Monterey and south side between
Monterey and Hermosa. At end of work day
traffic will be returned to one lane on each
side of new medians.
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Mon. 7/19 thru Tues. 7/20 - Traffic will again
be moved as described in 2 above to allow the
preparation of road base in the same reaches as
2 above. This new road base will need to cure
until Friday 7/23 with no traffic on it. This
will require closing all street intersections to
cross traffic on Pier Ave except Valley/Ardmore,
Monterey and Hermosa from Mon. 7/19 thru Fri.
7/23.
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Fri. 7/23 - New asphalt road paving will be
placed on all areas described above will be
completed by end of work shift Friday and
traffic will be shifted back to one lane each
side of median and all cross traffic access will
be restored. Note that this is an asphalt base
layer and at the end of the project an
additional 2" of asphalt wearing surface will be
placed over entire Pier Avenue.
These next two weeks represents a huge level of
effort that after completed will greatly reduce the
dust and improve traffic circulation. Thank you for
all of your patience and understanding. Rick
Prescription Drugs Drop Off Locations
Click above for a list of locations for persons who
wish to drop off unused prescription drugs or other
narcotics (legal or illegal).
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Introducing:
The Hermosa Beach
4th Annual National Night Out Program (NNO)
Starting at 6:15pm on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Hermosa Beach Neighborhood Watch, Police, Fire and
Public Works will be meeting with neighbors and
demonstrating many of their capabilities to local
families at up to eight HBNW blocks in Hermosa
Beach.
Attention HBNW block captains:
If you want each of these outstanding public safety
teams to visit your block, please apply using this
form: http://bit.ly/nnohbnw
"How does my Block participate?"
1) If you're an HBNW Block Captain, please apply
here
HB Neighborhood Watch, HB Police, HB Fire and HB
Public Works participate in the 27th Annual National
Night Out Program (NNO)
LIVE Tuesday, August 3rd from 6:15p.m. - 9:00p.m.
NNO 2009 involved 37 million people in 15,449
communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories,
Canadian cities, and military bases worldwide.
We have won national recognition for the past three
years that we have participated in our population
category.
It is your party.
It is your neighborhood.
Nothing elaborate is needed or it can be as big as
your imagination.
Doing such a simple gesture will go a long way in
maintaining a relationship with your neighbors.
Only on this one night, all fees are waived and
Public Works will close down your street to have a
block party. This is a unique opportunity to
encourage your neighbors to come out of their homes
and enjoy each others company. A procession of
HB Police & their vehicles, HB
Firefighters/Paramedics & their vehicles, HB Public
Works and our public officials will be on your
street to meet you and your residents! See the
members from each department and meet Sparky the
Fire Dog.
Only Block Captains can
sign up their block.
We hope to see your block on Tuesday, August 3rd!
PARTICIPATING BLOCK CAPTAINS
1. Doris Eberhart
2. Terrie Sanchez
3. Erin Phillips
4. Dana Graner
5. Barbara York
6. Janine Bozeman
7. Dyan Kaufman
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BE A TREND SETTER
JOIN YOUR FRIENDS AND SHOP IN TOWN
SUPPORT OUR PIER AVENUE RETAILERS
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SHOP. EAT. PLAY
The First Thursday of every month in
Downtown Hermosa Beach from 6pm-9pm.
Participating shops, cafes, and art
galleries will feature events and other cool
stuff for you to enjoy.
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Abe's Liquor
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Becker Surfboards
Bikram Yoga
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Blue Rose Boutique
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Bottleworx
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Bow Wow Boutique
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C'Est La Vie
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Crème de la Crepe
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Curious Gift & Furniture
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Fritto Misto
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Gum Tree
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Hair Mechanics
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Hermosa Chiropractic
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Hermosa Lock and Safe
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Java Man
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Los Mychachos
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Mark of Excellence Hair Salon
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Marx
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Maximus Salon
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Mimosa
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New Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Nu Shuz
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Planet Earth Eco-Café
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RE:Style
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Salvatore's
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Sol Baby
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Splashin Gifts
Mani Pedi Cutie!
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Stars Antique Market
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Studio 7
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The Coastal Connection
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The Massage Spot
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Everyone plays a role in creating and
maintaining a safe environment.
Report Crime - Don't assume that your
neighbors have already reported the crime or
that the police already know. Report
criminal or suspicious activity each and
every time it occurs.
DIRECT HB Dispatch Number
310-524-2750
Reasons for
calling the non-emergency number include,
but are not limited to the following:
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You want to report a nuisance, such as a
noise or parking complaint.
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To report a non-emergency crime, one
that did not just occur, and the
suspect(s) are not in the immediate
area.
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You have questions about something
suspicious occurring in your
neighborhood, and you are not sure it is
criminal activity.
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Solicitor just came to your door or are
in the neighborhood.
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Trash diggers.
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Unusual foot
traffic.
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People you
don't recognize walking your block with
no seemingly specific direction or
purpose.
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Parked,
occupied vehicles at unusual hours.
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Abandoned
vehicles.
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Business
transactions conducted from vehicles.
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Unfamiliar
people peering into parked vehicles.
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Person
removing vehicle accessories.
Be alert and observant wherever you are and
learn to recognize signs of criminal
behavior. Report all crime to the HBPD even
if it is only an attempt. Crime cannot be
controlled or prevented if it is not
reported. By reporting crimes and suspicious
activities you can protect yourself and
others.
If you are in another city in the South Bay,
these are their direct dial phone numbers to
their PD/FD dispatch.
El Segundo Dispatch 310-524-2760
Manhattan Beach Dispatch 310-545-4566
Palos Verdes Dispatch 310-378-5211
Redondo Beach Dispatch 310- 379-5411
Torrance Dispatch 310-320-2611
If you are in a city that you do not know or
are on the freeways, call 9-1-1 and your
call will be routed to the appropriate call
center.
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The 2010 Great California ShakeOut
on October 21 is now less than four months away, and
already more than 4 million Californians are
registered to participate. In 2009 this milestone
was not reached until mid-September!
If you have renewed your registration already, thank
you! If you or your organization has not yet
renewed your registration for 2010, please
login today
to easily update your information and confirm your
participation in this year's drill.
Who will ShakeOut with you?
A great way to help your friends, relatives,
community, employer, and others get prepared is to
encourage them to
register to
participate in the
ShakeOut! Let them know you are
participating and ask them to join you. You
can also display posters, distribute flyers, and use
other materials available on the
ShakeOut
Resources page.
We're all in this together...
The ShakeOuthas grown
because of people like you, who see the value of
practicing how to protect ourselves and for getting
prepared. We have formed the
Earthquake Country
Alliance to foster an earthquake and
tsunami resilient California. Our signature activity
is the ShakeOut. If you have
similar commitments please
join the Alliance!
Prepare, Protect, and Recover!
The ShakeOutis an
opportunity for us to prepare together, hopefully
before a major earthquake happens again here in
California. To help we will be sending you
preparedness tips each month, following the
Seven Steps to
Earthquake Safety:
 Step
5: Drop, Cover, and Hold On! Everyone
should learn what to do during an earthquake,
whether you're at home, at work, at school, or just
out and about. taking the proper actions,
sucha s "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" can save lives
and reduce your risk of death or injury. During
earthquakes, drop to the floor, take cover under a
sturdy desk or table, and hold on to it firmly.
Be prepared to move with it until the shaking stops.
NOTE:
Firefighters, preparedness officials, and other
experts agree that "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" is the
best way to protect yourself during earthquakes.
Other methods can be very dangerous. Read our
updated
special report
to learn why.
Thank you for your participation and commitment to
earthquake safety!
When Disaster Strikes, it's too late to prepare.
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RECOGNITION OF VOLUNTEERS
THERE IS POWER IN NEIGHBORS
HB Neighborhood Watch ~ a crime awareness and
disaster preparedness neighborhood program.
To view all ACTIVE blocks in HBNW
Please request an INTRODUCTION Block Meeting, so
your block will be considered as an active block in
HBNW. You may have volunteered to be your
block's captain and receive the HBNW
E-Mails. However, we do not know if you are
connected to your residents until you have had this
meeting. Please e-mail us if you have not had
it.
Upcoming Introduction Block Meetings
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MAP YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
READY THE RESIDENT
You may want to consider doing the MYN 9 step Drill
with your block on Saturday Oct. 23 in addition to
the ShakeOut! Drop, Cover and Hold On Drill on Oct
21 at 10:21 a.m.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A MAJOR DISASTER AT HOME...
1. TAKE CARE OF YOUR LOVED ONES.
2. PROTECT YOUR HEAD, FEET AND HANDS.
3. CHECK THE GAS AT YOUR HOME.
4. SHUT OFF WATER AT THE HOUSE...
If you have had the MYN training but have not yet
trained your block and would like some assistance
just let me know.
View the MYN
PowerPoint Presentation
"Map
Your Neighborhood" (MYN) is a program designed
to help neighborhoods prepare for disasters.
It is a program that HBNW has adopted and highly
encourages Block Captains to attend a class and
implement the program on their street.
MYN will help you to:
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Learn the "9 Steps to Take Immediately Following
a Disaster" to secure your home and to protect
your neighborhood. It is hard to think clearly
following disaster and these steps will help you
to quickly and safely take actions that can
minimize damage and protect lives.
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Identify the Skills and Equipment each neighbor
has that would be useful in an effective
disaster response. Knowing which neighbors have
supplies and skills helps your disaster response
be timely, and allows everyone to contribute to
the response in a meaningful way.
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Create a Neighborhood Map identifying the
locations of natural gas for quick response if
needed.
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Create a Contact List that helps identify those
with specific needs such as elderly, disabled,
or children who may be home alone during certain
hours of the day.
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Work together as a team to evaluate your
neighborhood during the first hour following a
disaster and take the necessary actions.
Work together as a team to evaluate your
neighborhood during the first hour following a
disaster and take the necessary actions.
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CodeRED
The CodeRED system gives Hermosa Beach city
officials the ability to deliver pre-recorded
emergency telephone notification messages.
Please answer your phone when you see this number
866-419-5000 and save it as CodeRed.
SIGN UP FOR CODE RED
May be used to
register your cell phone number, Voice over IP phone
number, and e-mail address with the Alert LA
County Emergency Mass Notification System.
Listed and unlisted land line telephone numbers are
already included in the database and do not need to
be registered.
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JOIN THE AMATEUR(HAM) RADIO TEAM!
American Red Cross First Aid, CPR and Automated
External Defibrillator (AED) Courses
For those interested in attending a future CPR/AED
training session in Hermosa Beach, please email:
kenhartley@verizon.net
We know how we will communicate when phones, cell
phones and Internet go down. Do you?
email
Ken Hartley @ HBARA
T-038 / K6KAH
Hermosa Beach Amateur Radio Association
Voice : 310-376-4776
Visit the
HBARA website!
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SURVIVAL KITS
Order your supplies
TODAY!
We want to help you get prepared!
Hermosa Beach residents receive FREE
SHIPPING TO HB.
Enter HB2007 at checkout.
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ACCURATE EMERGENCY SERVICES
Home-Savor Emergency Utility Shut Off Kit
Description:
The Home-Savor Emergency Utility Shut Off Kit is a
means by which a homeowner, tenant, or neighbor can
easily locate their gas, water, and electrical mains
and shut them off in case of a natural disaster or
accidental emergency.
Visit
AES online
today!
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FOCUS ON SENIORS
Welcome to Hermosa Beach's new,
Senior Activity Center!
Located at the Community Center 710 Pier Ave.
310-318-0280
BINGO, LECTURES, FITNESS, EXCURSIONS, SOCIAL HOUR
Let your Senior (50+) family and neighbors know
about the new Senior Center today!
EVENT:
There will be an Emergency Preparedness presentation
Wednesday, July 14 at 10am in the new
Senior
Center in the Community
Center. We'd love to have you.
Please RSVP to 310-318-0280
FANNY PACK EMERGENCY KIT
Hermosa Beach Neighborhood Watch and the newly
established Hermosa Beach Emergency Preparedness
Advisory Commission applied for and received a Micro
Enrichment Grant from the Beach Cities Health
District. The grant will be used to purchase
and distribute 138 Disaster Supply Fanny Packs to
disabled and/or homebound seniors residing in
Hermosa Beach.
To receive a kit, please contact tracy@saferhermosabeach.com or
call 310-374-1828.
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DON'T MISS A MEETING
SEE ONLINE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ONLY TIME FOR A QUICK MINUTE?
SEE MAYOR DIVIRGILIO'S
'MEETINGS IN A MINUTE' ON
YouTube.
City Council & All Commission meeting media clips
are arranged by date, with the most recent at the
top of the list. Click Video to view the meeting
with documents, or Agenda / Minutes to see just the
documents. You can also search the archives by
typing keywords into the Search box.
Hermosa Beach City Council and All Commission
AGENDA'S, MINUTES AND VIDEO
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