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Hermosa Relives its Summer of Color

The lifeguard tower panels auction raises more than $30,000 for local schools and organizations.

A buzzing crowd gathered at the Community Center on Friday night to place bids on a piece of Hermosa Beach history—colorful panels from the county lifeguard towers that once decorated the local coastline.
 
More than in April as part of a massive public art project called “,” sponsored by the Santa Monica-based nonprofit group Portaits of Hope.
 
The panels have since been removed and were auctioned to raise money for the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation,  and Portraits of Hope.
 
Diana Allen, a board member of the education foundation, led the silent auction event, which raised a little more than $30,000, she told Patch.

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