Retrospective: A dog park gets its shot — and Costa wins four CIF titles in 48 hours

The one thing. Hermosa's dog park got its shot. Council voted 3-2 on May 12 to send two sites out for feasibility studies — the east corner of Valley Park and a stretch of the Greenbelt. Bark for a Park arrived with 1,400 signatures and a $250,000 matching grant waiting on a location decision. One wrinkle for the Greenbelt: a 1989 ordinance keeps dogs leashed there, so that site could need a November ballot vote. Easy Reader →

At City Hall. The fee fight came back. Hermosa's first fee update since 2016 passed in late April, but nearly 20 line items were pulled after business pushback and returned on the May 12 agenda for a revised look. The flashpoint: a commercial use-permit fee proposed to more than double, to $12,800. Easy Reader →

Schools. A weekend for the trophy case. Mira Costa won four CIF Southern Section titles in 48 hours — boys volleyball swept Loyola on Friday, both lacrosse teams won Saturday, and the boys track team took its first section crown in program history that evening. That makes six section titles this school year, all from one public school. Easy Reader →

Next → Manhattan Beach passes the gavel, and mortgage rates snap back.

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