El Camino College Officer found dead, no foul play
An El Camino College Police Officer was found dead this morning at his home in Redondo Beach. He was pronounced dead at the scene due to an apparent self-inflected gunshot wound, Redondo Beach Police Lieutenant Joe Hoffman said in a release. Officer Anthony Albert Tanori, 30, was found at his home on N. Broadway after […]
The legendary Alejandro Escovedo plays Hermosa Beach
Alejandro Escovedo felt death. He’d been laid low, bedridden, by hepatitis C. After 30 years on the road, writing and singing songs that had become the fabric of other people’s lives, his own life seemed near exhausted. Escovedo had never achieved broad commercial success. But among other musicians, he was revered. He’d emerged from the […]
Redondo Beach dredging project continues
Redondo Beach began growing outwards this week as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started moving one million cubic yards of sand from the entrance channel of Marina del Rey to help replenish beaches in the South Bay. The sand is being removed from the Marina del Rey channel to improve navigational safety for area […]
Boating center in question
The Redondo Beach City Council voted Tuesday to approve a $2.4 million agreement to allow Chevron Oil temporary use of Mole B in King Harbor for offloading six coking drums, which the oil company will transport to its El Segundo refinery. However, members of the boating community expressed concern that the agreement might jeopardize […]
Police News; Taxi assault, handgun, burglaries
Sexual assault Around 2 a.m. on Friday, a woman contacted the police and told them that she was approached by a taxicab driver who offered her a ride twice, even after she declined both times. Upon his third request, she accepted the ride. According to the police, she said that during the ride, the driver […]
Imagination and colors cover the Redondo Beach Pier [WINNERS LIST]
Saturday morning the Redondo Pier was covered with empty squares outlined in pink, waiting to be filled. By mid morning most of the empty plots were packed with colorful artwork and chalk covered children for the 10th annual Redondo Beach Chalk Art Festival. Nine-year-old Amanda Kindt pointed to a large colored square surrounded by chalk […]
Hawthorne man identified as Manhattan Beach drowning victim
A Hawthorne man was found floating 100 yards off the shoreline in Manhattan Beach on Sunday, according to Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Brian Riley. Humberto Loera, 54, was pronounced dead at the hospital on Sunday evening, said Manhattan Beach Lieutenant Andy Harrod. Officials were called to the scene, between 40th and 41st Street, just […]