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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Java man was charged with assault with intent to injure a state trooper after being arrested in connection with a burglary investigation on Friday, state police said Sunday.