About Town Redondo: Man exits moving vehicle, Women’s March, Riviera Village Halloween
Man exits moving vehicle on PCH About 3:14 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, a male in his early 20s exited a back door of a moving vehicle in the 300 block of North Pacific Highway in Redondo Beach, causing traumatic injuries, according to a report by Redondo Beach Police. He was treated by RBFD paramedics […]
Murder, rape, drug charges for Michael DiGiorgio against nine women
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has charged a South Bay man with murder and 18 counts of sexual assault and drug offenses regarding nine women, one of whom died at the alleged perpetrator’s Redondo Beach residence in 2020. All of the charges are felonies. If convicted, DiGiorgio’s sentence could be life in prison. According […]
Housing first… The Moonstone opens in Redondo Beach
Then there is the second, third, fourth things: primary care, mental health, socialization and employment — Moonstone case manager Richard Pacheco by Garth Meyer “Sometimes we need to have honest, frank conversations with our friends and neighbors about our friends and neighbors’ need for housing,” said L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, at a ribbon-cutting […]
About Town Redondo: Nehrenheim files for mayor, $40,000 for Monarchs, Moonstone grand opening
Nehrenheim files statement of intent to run for mayor City Councilman Nils Nehrenheim has filed a Candidate Intent Statement Form to run for mayor next March, leading a list of five others who have submitted their interest to seek office. City Quality of Life Prosecutor Joy Abaquin Ford filed her intention to run for city […]
RBUSD boardmembers: Silverman Nemeth questions Strutzenberg
by Garth Meyer Redondo Unified school district Boardmemember Rachel Silverman Nemeth made a statement at the Oct. 8 board meeting calling for fellow Boardmember Rolf Strutzenberg to “focus” in their work on behalf of the district. Strutzenberg recused himself earlier on the agenda from an approval of purchase orders, due to his stated conflict of […]
Redondo city council nears call on F.A.R. for BCHD campus
by Garth Meyer F.A.R. was again front and center Tuesday night as the Redondo Beach city council took more testimony on Floor Area Ratio; what should be allowed for developable space at the 11-acre Beach Cities Health District campus, site of the former South Bay Hospital. The night concluded with a council vote for staff […]
Australian embers: Chef Curtis Stone runs BeachLife Nights’ VIP food
by Garth Meyer Curtis Stone stood in the audience in May at BeachLife watching a band – his 12 year-old son’s. “The Rookie Five” had won a battle of the bands and earned a slot on stage. Allen Sanford, BeachLife co-founder and longtime restaurateur, ended up standing next to Stone. “We just got chatting,” said […]
Redondo Beach City charter vs. state housing mandates: Measure RB would bolster local control, proponents say
by Garth Meyer Measure RB is about local zoning and how it relates to state efforts to build more housing. If approved by voters, it would amend the Redondo Beach city charter after a recent court ruling stated that the city requirement for voters to approve any change in zoning could be pre-empted by state […]
About Town Redondo: RBUSD ranked top district in L.A., SoCAL ROC enrollment up
Niche rates RBUSD top school district in L.A. Redondo Beach Unified School District has been ranked the best school district in greater Los Angeles in Niche ratings 2025, which also put RBUSD at no. 5 statewide, and no. 40 nationally, out of 10,561 districts assessed. Niche, based in Pittsburgh, Penn., evaluates districts using submitted reviews […]
Measure BC: Beach Cities Health District seeks $30 million for new era of campus
CORRECTION: The original version of this story incorrectly stated that if the bond fails, BCHD would reduce the size of the planned assisted living facility, part of its proposed “Healthy Living Campus” project, from 217 units across six floors to 175 or 150 on four floors. This would be done if the bond PASSES, according […]
2050 land use update arrives at Redondo Beach city council
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council held the first of three public hearings on the General Plan Update Tuesday night, a seven years in the making revamp of the city’s “constitution.” Tuesday focused on land use, much of it about one particular piece of land, the Beach Cities Health District Campus, for which […]
DeLamare, Street win Dine N’ Surf’s annual Lobster Mobster 2024
by Garth Meyer A total of 149 SCUBA and free divers turned in lobsters on opening day of the 2024 season, Sept. 27, for Dive N’ Surf’s 48th annual “Lobster Mobster” contest. Prizes were given to the top three participants in each category. SCUBA diver Dave Delamare brought in the largest lobster at 14.7 pounds […]
About Town Redondo: Sea bass project, Muratsuchi bill, “Blessing of the Animals”
Sea bass grow-out project to resume in King Harbor The Redondo Beach city council voted Tuesday to approve a contract, not to exceed $67,000, for Coast Construction Group (Lancaster) to design and build a new grow-out facility for white sea bass in King Harbor – a project advocated by the Harbor Commission to return after […]
Author Matt Sterling, Mad Men in a wheelchair
Author Matt Sterling recalls navigating the challenging world of New York advertising, in a wheelchair by Garth Meyer Matt Sterling worked at LINTAS advertising in New York City. Its offices were in the One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza building, named for the second secretary general of the United Nations. Sterling was a young assistant media planner, […]
Peninsula dad Keith Murphy and the science of school bonds
CORRECTION: The original (print and online) version of this article stated that, if the bond passes, as well as State Proposition 2, then Palos Verdes Unified School District would be “earmarked” for $80 million in state matching funds. The correct term is “eligible for,” not “earmarked.” The $80+ million figure is according to a […]
Short film “Regarding Rose” shot in the South Bay hits the Silicon Film Festival
By Garth Meyer Past the Warren Beatty handprints and up two escalators, then a stairway, to a row of screening rooms at the former Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, the Silicon Beach Film Festival continued Sept. 12 with a short film shot in the South Bay. The 33-minute “Regarding Rose” was written and directed by […]