Black Flag sound engineer, skater and Easy Reader music reviewer and photographer Spot is photographed in the late 1970s for an Easy Reader promotion. Sound of Two Eyes Opening, his recently published book of photos from Hermosa’s early punk years was recently published, to critical acclaim.
SPOTLIGHT
And now, skateboarding
The Hermosa Beach Museum is pleased to announce the opening of Skateboarding Then, an exhibition about the rise of skateboarding in Hermosa Beach and the South Bay. The exhibit will include photographs, objects from the private collection of Cindy Whitehead, and skateboarding film from Gerard Ravel.
Skateboarding in Hermosa Beach is a common thread through several generations, from the individuals in the community who pioneered the sport to today’s youth. This exhibition features a glimpse into the world that was ‘skateboarding then’.
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image captionThe North Devon District Hospital said it has made improvements to its maternity service since 2017
A baby who died shortly after birth might have survived if he had been delivered one or two minutes sooner, an inquest has concluded.
Freddie Barnett died at North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple after a difficult birth in June 2017.
The coroner at the inquest in Exeter concluded his mother was not given full information over her emergency birthing options.
The hospital trust said it had taken positive steps towards improving.
Mum Charlotte Barnett was in advanced labour when Freddie was unexpectedly found to be in a breech position.
A coroner has said that a newborn baby may have survived if a consultant had not left the room and the child had been born a few minutes earlier.
The hospital - which has been linked to 20 maternity deaths or serious harm cases - accepted there were failings in their care and offered their sincere condolences for the devastating loss of the baby.
Freddie Barnett s delivery at the hospital in Barnstaple, North Devon, in June 2017 was difficult because of his low heart rate and poor condition.
Despite the best efforts of midwives, Freddie died 30 minutes after his birth.
Today his mother Charlotte Barnett, 30, gave an inquest a harrowing account of Freddie dying minutes after he was delivered.
A heartbroken mother has given a harrowing account of how her baby son was still born after panicking midwives pushed on her stomach at a hospital linked to at least 20 maternity deaths.
Charlotte Barnett told an inquest at Exeter s County Hall today that during labour at the North Devon District Hospital, her son Freddie was breached and his foot was delivered first.
She said midwives were told by a doctor to push on her stomach in an effort to deliver the baby naturally.
Ms Barnett of Westward Ho! Devon, was left absolutely inconsolable when a nurse told her, her son Freddie had died.