Redondo Beach names Hawthorne’s Kauffman as new police chief

After a year of searching, Redondo Beach’s police force has a new leader. Keith Kauffman, a Captain with the Hawthorne Police Department, was named as Redondo Beach’s next Chief of Police in a press release issued on Tuesday afternoon. He was the top pick from a field of 39 candidates vying for a position vacated […]

Redondo boys earn top seed in beach volleyball playoffs

Despite losing its final contest of the regular season, Redondo earned the top seed going into the Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League (IBVL) playoffs that begin Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Dockweiler State Beach. Each school fields three teams with the school winning at least two games declared the winner of the match. With three varsity starters missing […]

Hermosa Hotdoggers Championships Longboard Surf Contest Presented by Subaru Pacific

In the ‘60s Hoppy Swartz with the help of Leroy Grannis and the Kerwin brothers put on The Hermosa Beach Surfing Championships for The United States Surfing Association as part of The International Surfing Festival. It was one of the biggest surfing contests of the year. Eddie Solt wanted to bring it all back and did just that last Saturday on the South side of the Hermosa Beach Pier.