Gustavo Zermeño Jr. had big ideas for the walls outside Oceanview Liquor in Hermosa Beach.
The artist envisioned a giant mural paying tribute to the Kings on the large wall facing north — “because a lot of the players live in the South Bay area,” he said — and another one that featured both the Dodgers and Lakers on the smaller wall facing south.
But just as Zermeño was getting ready to start the project earlier this month, something huge happened that altered his plans: