Redondo Beach Unified classes resume, teacher absences double overnight
by Garth Meyer On Monday, the first day Redondo Unified School District students returned from the holiday break, 35 district teachers were absent. On Tuesday, 62 teachers were absent, or 12 percent of the faculty. During normal times, 24 absent teachers would be a high number, said Nikki Wesley, RBUSD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. […]
Hermosa Beach Chamber awards not your father’s chamber awards
by Kevin Cody The annual Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce Awards and Officer Installation Dinner will look different this year. There will be familiar awards such as Best New Business, Best of Hermosa Business and Chamber Member of the Year. But there will also be a Made in Hermosa Award, a Making a Difference Award, […]
North Asia, meet South Bay [restaurant review]
I took my wife, who doesn’t enjoy highly spicy food, to a Korean restaurant. It wasn’t with the expectation that she would suddenly change the preferences of a lifetime, or that she lost a bet. We had family in town for the holidays, and one of them craved the famously flavorful cuisine that they had […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 1-06-22
Spotlight Slack Key Festival The Southern California Slack Key Festival is coming to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on Jan. 16, bringing with it some of the biggest names in Hawaiian music. The festival showcases Grammy-winning slack key guitarists, as well as acclaimed hula dancers, special guest performers and a free public Island Marketplace. […]
All Ball Sports: Rams fight each other, Chargers last chance, Laker purge
By Paul Teetor The Rams started out literally fighting themselves Sunday morning. But they finished the day beating the Baltimore Ravens in the most stirring win of their season so far, a 20-19 nail-biter that came down to the last play and the last second. Right from the start, the Rams looked out of sync, […]