Thirty years ago — before coffee chains dotted South Bay streets — Rick Hankus took a chance and decided to open Java Man in a decades-old beach cottage in Hermosa Beach. Hankus and his staff at the ...

BUFFALO - A former Java man who avoided a possible life in prison sentence when child sex assault charges were dismissed in Wyoming County now faces at least 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty ...

Rick Hankus, owner of Hermosa Beach’s Java Man coffee shop, who was known as a “humble hero,” “legend” and the “kindest person” who gave back to the South Bay community and beyond, died last month. He ...

Decades after the ground-breaking find that changed humankind’s understanding of evolution, Homo erectus, popularly known as Java Man, has finally flown home to Indonesia, where it first emerged. The ...

JAVA — A town man was jailed Nov. 16 after sexually abusing a minor for the past seven years, state police said. Jeremy M. Church, 25, repeatedly engaged in sexual acts involving a child less than 11 ...

Rick Hankus, owner of Hermosa Beach’s Java Man coffee shop, who was known as a “humble hero,” “legend” and the “kindest person” who gave back to the South Bay community and beyond, died last month. He ...