Founded in 1970, the ''Easy Reader'' is a

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published every Thursday and delivered to homes in

Hermosa Beach Hermosa Beach (''Hermosa'', Spanish for "Beautiful") is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California, United States. Its population was 19,728 at the 2020 U.S. Census. The city is located in the South Bay region of th ...

, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach (

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/ South Bay,

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), with a circulation of approximately 45,000 weekly (70,000 first Thursdays include Palos Verdes), offering local news and extensive entertainment listings. It is the legally adjudicated newspaper for the cities of Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach.City of Redondo Beach Barking Dog Incident Report
page 5, section 5 Easy Reader, Inc. also publishes two monthly magazines: ''Peninsula People'' and ''Beach''.

Bob Staake Bob Staake (born September 26, 1957 in Los Angeles) is an American illustrator, cartoonist, children's book author and designer. He lives and works in Chatham, Massachusetts on the elbow of Cape Cod. After drawing editorial cartoons while at ...

, award-winning editorial cartoonist, had his first long-term position working at the paper for six years. In the 1980s, ''Easy Reader'' was known for its in-depth coverage of the

McMartin preschool trial The McMartin preschool trial was a day care sexual abuse case in the 1980s, prosecuted by the Los Angeles District Attorney Ira Reiner. Members of the McMartin family, who operated a preschool in Manhattan Beach, California, were charged with hu ...

. On January 21, 2014,

Freedom Communications Freedom Communications, Inc., was an American media conglomerate that operated daily and weekly newspapers, websites and mobile applications, as well as ''Coast Magazine'' and other specialty publications. Headquartered at 625 N. Grand Avenue in ...

, owner of the '' Orange County Register'' and other publications, announced that it had signed a long-term agreement to take over management of the ''Easy Reader''. The arrangement was short-lived. Management of the ''Easy Reader'' quickly reverted to publisher Kevin Cody.

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Newspapers published in Greater Los Angeles Hermosa Beach, California Manhattan Beach, California Redondo Beach, California Publications established in 1970 Weekly newspapers published in California {{California-newspaper-stub