About Town Redondo: Intl. Boardwalk pavers, RUHS graduation rate, city attorney pay
International Boardwalk pavers go in Sept. 3 The pavers project for the International Boardwalk at Redondo Beach Pier is set to begin Sept. 3, estimated at 60 days for crews to lay in little rectangular pavers from the R10 bar and restaurant down the boardwalk, past Quality Seafood at the south corner, rounding to the […]
Gun treatise “Thoughts and Prayers” to play at Manhattan theater
by Garth Meyer Veteran South Bay actor, director and play producer Jack Messenger will present, direct and act in a staged reading of his play, “Thoughts and Prayers” at the Manhattan Beach Community Church Theater over Labor Day weekend, in three free performances. Donations at the door go to three gun safety charities. Messenger, the […]
Council picks ranked-choice voting for runoffs
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council voted 5-0 Tuesday to establish ranked-choice voting as its method for instant-runoffs in future elections. City voters approved instant-runoff last year, but it was left to the council to decide how specifically to go about it. At the Tuesday, Aug. 20 meeting, Councilmembers continued a discussion from […]
About Town Redondo: Five-vehicle crash, Floor area ratio, BCHD volunteers
Four sent to hospital after five-car crash on Catalina A pregnant woman was among four people taken to a hospital after a five-vehicle crash on Catalina Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 17. The crash followed a high-speed chase during which a driver ran multiple stop signs and at least one traffic light. The incident began with […]
New RUHS principal Marvin Brown takes reins
by Garth Meyer The start of the 2024-25 school year Wednesday featured a new Redondo Union High School principal. Marvin Brown, the former principal of Lincoln Elementary, succeeds Anthony Bridi, who served as the head of RUHS for three years. School board president Raymur Flinn made the announcement July 15. The board considered 15 applicants, […]
Redondo Beach first city to sign “Good Neighbor Pledge”
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council voted 4-1 to sign a “Good Neighbor Pledge” not to move homeless people out of the city into others – in light of a June Supreme Court decision. The vote at the Tuesday, August 6 meeting was not conditional on neighboring cities singing the pledge. The document […]
Fin whale dies on Torrance Beach, taken to submarine canyon
by Garth Meyer The body of a 51-foot juvenile fin whale was towed out to sea early Sunday afternoon, Aug. 11, after it washed up on Torrance Beach still alive the evening before. Once reported, marine animal agencies converged, performing an abbreviated necropsy in the morning – an animal autopsy – while careful of the […]
Redondo council discusses whether/how to move forward with instant-runoff voting
by Garth Meyer “I’m going to throw up the B.S. flag on this,” said Mayor Jim Light Aug. 6 during a city council discussion about whether to send the question of instant-runoff voting back to voters, to decide the mechanism to conduct the runoffs. “You can game the system, and people try to,” he said. […]
About Town Redondo: New harbor master, General Plan Update environmental report
Designated harbor master part of 4-year RBFD deal As part of a new, four-year labor agreement with the Redondo Beach Fire Department, a new Harbor Master will be assigned as a “single-point person” at the King Harbor Marina station for a one-year trial. Captain Curt Mahoney will report to Interim Fire Chief Patrick Butler, who, […]
RBFD personnel fight northern wildfires
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach firefighters are in action against the California wildfires. A crew of four and an engine returned Monday from working the Nixon fire in Riverside County. Also in the past month, a four-man RBFD crew plus a battalion chief helped with two fires in Northern California – the Shelley fire and […]
Police chief: Redondo e-bike efforts seeing results
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach Police Chief Joe Hoffman reported progress on the e-bike front in an Aug. 6 update to the city council, saying accidents are few, complaints are down and enforcement is up. “Overwhelmingly, people are saying we want more enforcement,” he described about input at RBPD town events over the past six […]
BCHD Campus: Planning Commission starts work on zone’s Floor Area Ratio
by Garth Meyer In a special meeting of the Redondo Beach planning commission Aug. 1, the panel discussed the draft General Plan Update, including Floor Area Ratio for the Beach Cities Health District campus. It concluded with a vote for city staff to bring examples to a second meeting on the topic next week. Floor […]
Surf Festival: Teens pace Fitzgerald Beach Run
The Dick Fitzgerald Two-Mile Beach Run drew 180 competitors Saturday morning, Aug. 3, with Owen Franck, 18, finishing first in 12:56, followed by Ryan Burger, 16, at 13:33 and Dan Connell, 44, at 13:39. Top female finisher was Sadie Wilson, 15, with a time of 15:54, followed by Mia Lerner, 15, a second later. Mia […]
Redondo suspends courtesy re-parking during street sweeping
by Garth Meyer A change in Redondo Beach parking enforcement during street sweeping hours has drawn protests after a longstanding courtesy was lifted. The Redondo Beach Police Department made an announcement July 25, regarding the change. The city council will discuss the matter Sept. 3. Previously, people were allowed to re-park their cars during street […]
Northrop Grumman takes back-to-back Aerospace Games
by Garth Meyer A transcription error into Excel made it appear that SpaceX won the 2024 Aerospace Games July 27 but once it was corrected, final tabulations showed Northrop Grumman took its second consecutive Games, held this year at El Camino College. SpaceX finished second and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) got third. A total of […]
Council votes to continue psilocybin mushrooms discussion
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach City Councilmembers Nils Nehrenheim and Zein Obagi, Jr., will draft a resolution for the city to consider supporting decriminalization of psilocybin mushrooms in California, following a 2-2 vote July 23, broken by Mayor Jim Light. Councilman Todd Loewenstein was absent. Councilmembers Scott Behrendt and Paige Kaluderovic opposed drafting the resolution, […]