Harbor Lights: The vocal minority

Redondo Beach City Councilman Bill Brand’s opinions reflect the mission of Building a Better Redondo (BBR), an organization that claims it supports slow growth, but seems much more intent on no growth. BBR portrays its mission as a citizen’s revolt against city government.

Fin whales, the planet’s second largest animal, are the cheetahs of the sea

Over the past decade, fin whale sightings in the San Pedro Channel have been on a steady increase, suggesting they are recovering from having been hunted near to extinction Second place is such a drag. It means that first place just got away. It means that you were almost the champion. It means that no […]

A little girl takes on a big mission

A little girl who was adopted from Columbia begins her mission to help the 33 million other orphans older than age 6 find families and homes.

About Town

Free toilet give-away; Movie night at Memphis; Earthquake prep talk; Local author book signing; New signs unveiled at Roundhouse Aquarium.

Costa, El Segundo earn top seeds in CIF boys volleyball playoffs

Ranked as the state’s best boys volleyball team, Mira Costa was awarded the top seed in Division 1 of the CIF Southern Section-Toyota championship while Pioneer League champion El Segundo earned the top ranking in Division 4. Mira Costa (31-1) swept Lakewood 25-13, 25-16, 25-20 Tuesday in the opening round. Eric Mochalski had 11 kills […]

Boys, girls lacrosse teams play for titles

The third time proved to be the charm for Mira Costa’s boys lacrosse team Tuesday when the Mustangs defeated Bay League rival Palos Verdes 12-10 to capture the North Division championship at a contest held at Redondo Union High School. After suffering two of it three season losses to Palos Verdes by scores of 8-7 […]