Tree ordinance allows for public cut-down appeals
Redondo Beach residents will now have the ability to appeal when the city plans to cut down a tree. The city council passed an ordinance Jan. 17 to allow the oversight for public-owned trees. Trees on private property are exempt. The issue originally came up last year in an effort to become a National Arbor […]
Archway projects planned for Artesia Boulevard, Riviera Village
A plan is in motion to build an entry archway, or series of art placements, on Artesia Boulevard and at Riviera Village. The city council voted Jan. 17 to begin a process to gather public input, and create a request for proposals from artists about what may be done. An archway would span Artesia, or […]
City council denies Catalina Village project
By Garth Meyer Past 4:15 a.m. Wednesday morning at city hall, in the tenth hour of a city council meeting, representatives voted to stop a proposed 30-unit, mixed-use housing project and revamp of six existing buildings, including the former Catalina Coffee Co. The appeal of planning commission approvals, brought by City Councilman Todd Loewenstein on […]
Two Redondo elementaries named Distinguished Schools
Birney Elementary School and Jefferson Elementary in Redondo Beach have been named 2023 Distinguished Schools by the California Department of Education. The honor salutes work in one of two categories: exceptional student performance and closing the achievement gap. No awards were given a year ago due to the suspension of student data during the height […]
Sportfishing Pier to be taken down
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach Sportfishing Pier is set to be demolished. City council representatives Jan. 17 approved a transfer of $1,163,000 in the Tidelands fund for the project, to go out for an emergency permit from the Coastal Commission. Wave action from the recent storms further damaged the 1960s-era structure, leading to a […]
St. Rocke new owner makes plans
by Garth Meyer The new owner of St. Rocke has confirmed that original employees will run the venue when it reopens in April, while she continues to live in Colorado. Dani Grant, of Fort Collins, saw the “For Sale” sign while visiting her two daughters who go to college in Los Angeles. “This keeps me […]
Redondo police shooting trial to begin next week
The trial of three Redondo Beach Police officers in a shooting of a man inside his parents’ home in 2019 is set to begin Jan. 24. A U.S. District Court decision last May moved the case of Luke Carlson vs. City of Redondo Beach another step closer to a jury trial. The man’s parents have […]
Bridge over troubled waters: grand opening for allcove
by Garth Meyer The ribbon has been cut, the tours given, the food decided and the bands booked. Now it’s time for the grand opening, a “cove fest,” (no capitalization) to officially christen “allcove,” the youth health center now open in Redondo Beach. allcove is the first Southern California branch of a program developed by […]
Redondo City council decides Horvath will keep his seat
by Garth Meyer In a two hour and 25-minute meeting Tuesday afternoon, called by Mayor Bill Brand on whether city councilman Christian Horvath maintained legal residence in Redondo after his family moved to Torrance, the verdict appeared to be in hand early on. At the end, the city council voted 5-0 that Horvath had proved […]
RB About Town: Horvath residency answer, city social media
Horvath answers accusation that he no longer lives in Redondo Redondo Beach City Councilman Christian Horvath has responded to a Jan. 8 website posting that included Los Angeles County voter registration information showing the District Three representative no longer lives in Redondo Beach. The website, “Rescue Our Waterfront,” run by resident Wayne Craig, demanded Horvath’s […]
The last days of Pats II?
by Garth Meyer A guy came down Monday morning to take the jukebox off the wall. People were inside, packing up and listening to music, soon to order pizza. He left the music on the wall. He was still there in the afternoon. It was the last days of Pats II Cocktails on Pacific Coast […]
State Bar files five new charges against Obagi, trial to come
by Garth Meyer The State Bar of California filed five new charges Dec. 29 against Redondo Beach City Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr., for actions stemming from a financial dealing with a former client, and the subsequent malpractice suit Obagi filed against his attorney in the matter. The State Bar first put forth a misconduct complaint […]
Redondo Beach: Lives well lived, 2022
Trading Post Owner was boater, diver, fisherman Joe Czuleger was a sailor, and powerboater; snow, and water skier; and freshwater and saltwater fisherman. He was also a hunter, horseman, bicyclist, private pilot, and SCUBA diver. He gave up golf for 30 years, but resumed playing after a heart attack. Czuleger ran the Redondo Trading Post […]
About Town Redondo: Police pursuit, Mayor returns, “Pride Month”
Police pursue suspect into ocean, apprehend him on land A man with a warrant for his arrest for vandalism led police on a foot chase into the ocean, and back to the beach on Dec. 27. Just before noon, Redondo Beach Police requested assistance from Harbor Patrol in pursuit of a running suspect. The man […]
Appeals Court rules again in favor of city over CenterCal
by Garth Meyer Breach of contract, they said. No, free speech, said the City of Redondo Beach. The appeals court judge concurred with the City. That is the nutshell report of a Dec. 21 California Court of Appeals judge’s ruling in favor of the city, over CenterCal, in a second appeal of a lawsuit brought […]
Redondo Beach Year in Review 2022: Harbor, leadership, space reexamined
by Garth Meyer Local eye on beginning of time NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spent the first weeks of 2022 flying and unfolding in space, without a hitch, after 19 years of design and construction at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach. Launching Christmas Day 2021, the spacecraft reached its orbit destination a month later at […]