35-year Redondo city video man retires
by Garth Meyer The video man of the Beach Cities has retired. After 35 years taping Redondo Beach city council meetings and other city functions, Doug Nielsen’s last assignment was a special budget and finance commission meeting April 30, concluding a career that also featured work for Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach. He started in […]
Birney teacher named Beryl Heights principal
by Garth Meyer Birney Elementary School teacher Jennifer Friedlander has been named the new principal of Beryl Heights Elementary, effective May 20. She addressed the Redondo Unified school board April 30. “I am thrilled and honored and grateful,” she said. “Beryl is a useful, tough material that when you mine it becomes a beautiful gem. […]
Posthumous honor – Redondo Beach Memorial Day 2024
At the Redondo Beach Memorial Day ceremony May 27 at Veterans Park, Rector Jason Shelby, Saint Francis Episcopal Church, Palos Verdes Estates, presents a retired flag in honor of the late mayor Bill Brand, to his sister Sallie Cintron. The Veterans Park flag is replaced each Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Photos by Garth Meyer […]
About Town Redondo: Naloxone training, firefighters honored
BCHD distributes Naloxone, trains school administrators and students Representatives of Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) went to Redondo Union High School May 20-21 to speak to 786 juniors and seniors about fentanyl and how to administer Naloxone, the medication which can reverse a fentanyl overdose. BCHD earlier gave training to 565 teachers, administrators and staff […]
Metro board holds off on South Bay light rail decision
by Garth Meyer The Los Angeles County Metro transportation board voted unanimously May 23 to wait on choosing a route for a light rail extension to the South Bay. Boardmember James Butts, mayor of Inglewood, and County Supervisor Holly Mitchell led the way, calling for Metro to come back with a funding plan, a more […]
Five Redondo police officers awarded Medals of Valor
by Garth Meyer Actions taken by Redondo Beach Police officers to stop an active shooter at the city pier on August 25, 2021 were saluted at the annual South Bay Medal of Valor Awards Luncheon. Officers Christopher Bushman, Angelica Chaires, Lauren Evelo, Joseph Rangel and Sgt. Michael Strosnider each received a Medal of Valor May […]
About Town Redondo: school bond coming, Memorial Day ceremony
Board president: School bond to go in November Redondo Unified School District is moving toward a definite bond this fall, according to Board President Raymur Flinn. “The issue is the number,” she told Easy Reader Tuesday. The board has been gathering feedback on a proposed bond to cover three main areas, as decided from input […]
Redondo council decides against county, keeps city fire department
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to keep its city fire department, concluding a six-year process, putting to rest the question of whether contracting with the L.A. County Fire Department would be better financially for the city, if not other reasons too. The vote also tasks city committees with […]
RUHS boys take first CIF regional volleyball title
by Garth Meyer RUHS boys volleyball won its first CIF Southern California regional (Division 2) championship in school history May 18 with a five-set win over St. Margaret’s Episcopal; 25-19, 17-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-12. St. Margaret’s senior outside hitter Reed Wainright led all players with 30 kills in the match. Early in the fifth set, […]
Redondo Beach picks new city logo
By Garth Meyer Redondo Beach has a new city logo. In a 4-1 vote May 7, the city council approved a modified, two-sail design from its previously hired graphic designer, after a two-month pause to hold an open contest for more ideas. Following much public input at the May 7 meeting – split among people […]
$250 school board stipend clashes with city charter
by Garth Meyer “A quarter of a million dollars has been siphoned off to boardmembers,” said Redondo Unified School District boardmember Rolf Strutzenberg at their regular meeting May 14, describing a previous payment of $250 per month to the representatives since 2005. Strutzenberg is also a member of the Redondo Beach charter review committee, which […]
BeachLife issues Sunday wind refunds
by Garth Meyer Refunds are in effect for May 5 BeachLife Festival-goers who saw the event canceled due to high winds with three hours left on the third and final day. Reimbursements announced Monday vary for single-day and three-day ticket holders, as well as if the ticket holder was onsite at the time of cancellation. […]
About Town Redondo: AES safing, youth wellness summit, ocean warning
AES plant “safing” process continues Redondo Beach Mayor Jim Light reported in his May 9 State of the City address that the decommissioned AES plant is undergoing a “safing” (safe mode) process. It has been disconnected from its 220 kilovolt (high tower) power lines, its natural gas lines capped, and hazardous liquids removed. One of […]
Mayor’s farewell
Mourners converge May 11 off of Redondo Beach for a paddleout ceremony in honor of the late Mayor Bill Brand, who died in February of cancer. Photos by Garth Meyer
Metro board set to make light rail extension choice
by Garth Meyer A charter bus will leave the Redondo Beach Transit Center at 8:45 a.m. May 23 to take residents to downtown Los Angeles for a meeting of the Metro Board of Directors, who are slated to choose a route that day for a Green Line/C-Line light rail extension to the South Bay. The […]
Mayor targets light rail, Galleria, harbor in State of the City
by Garth Meyer “It is hard to fill his giant flip-flops,” said Redondo Beach Mayor Jim Light, in his State of the City address May 9 at Sonesta Hotel, the appointed mayor paying tribute to the late Bill Brand. Light presented a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award for the former mayor, accepted by Brand’s sister, Sallie […]