Grocery Outlet fills the grocery gap in North Redondo
Artesia Boulevard has a supermarket again. Grocery Outlet finally opened its doors last Thursday, June 6, filling a long-empty gap for those who missed having a supermarket near the intersection of Artesia and Rindge Road. Grocery Outlet, and its building-mate CVS Pharmacy, take over the long-vacant space that once held a Haggen, an Albertsons and […]
Orlando’s, Redondo Beach’s ‘hidden jewel,’ closes
For nearly a year and a half, Orlando’s Pizzeria and Birreria was operating without its heart, as owner and Chef, Orlando Mulé was stranded a country away. Last month, owner-operator Carole Beauvais Mulé and her husband chose to reunite their family, permanently closing the business and moving back to their native Canada. “Finally, it […]
Legal squabbles again revolve around Redondo Fun Factory, fish market
Like death and taxes, another inevitability has come to pass — Steve Shoemaker arguing with City Hall — involving the City of Redondo Beach and one of its longest-tenured tenants. In a recent letter sent to Redondo Beach executive staff, Shoemaker has said that he will refuse to evict the two sub-tenants he has agreed […]
Strand home fire: Hermosa Beach police arrest new suspect, let previous one go
By Ryan McDonald Officers with the Hermosa Beach Police Department have arrested a second suspect in the fire that consumed an under-construction home on The Strand early Thursday morning, and have released the man initially accused of igniting the blaze. Police arrested Keith Yessner, a 50-year-old La Quinta resident, on suspicion of arson Thursday […]
Bringing it all back home
David Benoit returns to El Camino College for a special night with Oleta Adams and the Asia American Youth Symphony Orchestra David Benoit’s first gig was at the Polynesian restaurant on the Redondo Beach Pier. It was 1971, and he was 16. He’d already been playing for a decade. His family’s piano was in his […]
Manhattan Beach fourth graders design Gelsons shopping bag
Manhattan Beach fourth graders unveil the shopping bags they designed for Gelsons.
Couture D’Pier
Marcia Schneir designs for the pearls-and-sandals crowd By Ryan McDonald Marcia Schneir can often be found with a gaggle of children and a studio’s worth of art supplies, urging the kids to find the beauty in a lifeguard tower or a sunset. And then, sometimes in the same day, she pushes herself to find the […]
Breakwater: the early days Longboards, no wetsuits and already hierarchical
The first time I rode the Redondo Breakwater was the winter of ‘62. I was a 12-year old-grom. I paddled down from 30th Street in Hermosa. A lifeguard truck spotted me at 26th Street and followed me the rest of the way. The Breakwater was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) project, begun during the Great […]
Ten for 10: Depth and dedication help Mira Costa surfers ride a decade-long streak of success
There was a time last fall when Dickie O’Reilly thought it would be a typical South Bay high school surf season. Then the storms came. “We started in early October, and we went through until Christmas Break without any hiccups at all,” said O’Reilly, league director of the South Bay Scholastic Surfing Association. “We were […]