Christmas on the beach in Southern California, as rest of country copes with monster winter storm
[ad_1] Alex Filipchik of Redondo Beach pushes his 5-year-old daughter Veronica down a hill of sand on Christmas Day in Hermosa Beach. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Sun, surf and a touch of schadenfreude drew throngs of holiday merrymakers to Los Angeles-area beaches for Christmas, with temperatures touching 80 across Southern California as bitter …