Sounds of summer – Concerts in parks, piers, beaches, and cliffside
Summer is a time of song and celebration everywhere, but no place does it quite like the South Bay, where concerts take place on piers, in parks, on beaches, and perched upon a cliffside overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Summer Concerts at the Redondo Beach Pier Free concerts take place at the Redondo Beach Pier’s Fishermens […]
Few arrests at growing BeachLife
by Garth Meyer “Beachlife was smooth, no major issues,” said Captain John Naylor, Redondo Beach Police special operations bureau commander, after the fourth installment of the waterfront music festival May 5-7. Police made seven arrests, all alcohol-related, including one in which an intoxicated fan shoved an officer Saturday. “Unprovoked,” said Naylor, who is acting police […]
BeachLife homecoming
The festival as a community reunion by Rachel Reeves For those of us who grew up in Redondo Beach, BeachLife Festival still feels surreal, even after its fourth cycle. It’s still weird and wonderful to watch tens of thousands of people stream into what we knew as Seaside Lagoon, the site of our elementary-school field […]
Skateboarder alleges excessive force in Pier arrest
by Garth Meyer A young skateboarder at the new Redondo Beach Pier skate park the night of April 21 alleges that a police officer “stomped” on his board as he skated by, causing him to fly into the air and hit a fire hydrant with his back – before being arrested for skateboarding on the […]
Ocean Competition 2023
The complimentary sports of surfing and paddling are central to the South Bay lifestyle South Bay Boardriders/Spyder Surf Contest 42nd Street, Manhattan Beach Saturday, May 20 The 7th and final contest of the SBBC 2022-23 Surf Series contest is open to the public as well as club members. Professional judges, and an electronic scoreboard put […]
Baywatch Community Summer Calendar 2023
Saturday, May 13 Redondo Library book sale Friends of the Redondo Beach Library book sale. Buy gently used books from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Redondo Beach Main Library, 303 N Pacific Coast Hwy., Redondo Beach. Redondo Poetry workshop Poetry Workshop with group leader Linda Neal. Both new and veteran poets are invited to […]