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Manhattan Beach honors the 20th anniversary of 9/11
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Manhattan Beach honors the 20th anniversary of 9/11

About 100 people attended a 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 in Manhattan Beach. People gathered at the city's 9/11 memorial, which consists of two steel beams from the World Trade Center site. Photos by Daniella Segura
Hermosa Beach hosts its first Pride celebration
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Hermosa Beach hosts its first Pride celebration

By Daniella Segura Hermosa Beach hosted its first Pride celebration on June 26, 2021. About 200 people gathered at 22nd Street and walked along the Strand to the newly painted Pride tower on 13th Street in Hermosa Beach. The group then celebrated the newly painted rainbow lifeguard tower with a ribbon cutting. The project to paint the tower was spearheaded by a Hermosa Beach teen, Izzy Bacallao, who wanted to combat hate after learning the lifeguard tower in Long Beach had been burned down. The tower will remain painted through the summer. Izzy Bacallao places the ribbon for the ribbon cutting of the Pride lifeguard tower in Hermosa Beach on June 26, 2021.Jose Bacallao places the ribbon for the ribbon cutting of the Pride lifeguard tower in Hermosa Beach on June 26, 2021.L.A. County ...
Hermosa Beach teen spearheads project to paint lifeguard tower rainbow for Pride Month
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Hermosa Beach teen spearheads project to paint lifeguard tower rainbow for Pride Month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fR5HPo2RjE Despite it being their summer break before heading off to college, every day for 10 days, Izzy Bacallao, 18, arrived at the 13th Street lifeguard tower in Hermosa Beach just after sunrise in their painting clothes ready to work. Bacallao, who identifies as nonbinary because they do not identify as strictly male or female and uses the pronouns “they,” “them” and “their,” pushed to have the lifeguard tower painted rainbow in honor of Pride Month.  “Pride Month, to me, means joy. It means breaking down barriers that are typically brought into society,” Bacallao said. “It means expressing yourself to an unlimited extent. It’s embracing your community and diversity and everyone’s identity. It means tolerance, and it means learning. But ...