2023 SWOF Inductee – Mangiagli was low profile, top producing board builder
Becker Surf partners Steve Mangiagli, Phil Becker, and Dave Hollander made more hand-shaped surfboards boards than any other board builder in the sport’s history by Mike Purpus “In 1969, I asked Phil Becker, who was shaping for Rick Stoner, to shape me a blank,” Hermosa Surfer Walk of Fame 2023 inductee Steve Mangiagli said in […]
About Town Redondo: RBPD home video, Obagi State Bar trial, Kaluderovic crossing guard
Kaluderovic’s crossing guards added at Ralston and Lilienthal Starting April 18, Redondo Beach Police will place a crossing guard at Lilienthal Avenue and Ralston Lane. Newly elected City Councilmember Paige Kaluderovic campaigned on the need for crossing guards at the intersection. The change came about after discussion between Kaluderovic, Police Chief Joe Hoffman and City […]
Springfest returns after three-year absence
by Garth Meyer Springfest, the annual carnival held at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center parking lot, returns April 13-16 for the first time since 2019. The event was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic, and again in 2022 because of police and fire costs cut from the city budget due to […]
Church and surf
The Easter beach service of King’s Harbor Church gets underway Sunday, April 9 at the edge of Redondo Beach. Below, clouds begin to break Easter morning. Photos by Garth Meyer