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By Garth Meyer Building a new police headquarters and two new fire stations took another step forward Tuesday as the Redondo Beach city council chose Swinerton Builders and L.P.A. Design Studios to bring the projects to reality. Contracts approved July 7 call for completion of the initial designs, and to set a maximum price […]
by Garth Meyer Low proportions, wood clapboard siding, and exposed beam ends; all signify Craftsman-style houses in a short stretch of Redondo Beach now christened the “Garnet Historic District.” One of the homeowners, Laura Martinez, moved in after renting two Craftsman houses in Hermosa Beach. She was evicted from both – so the owners could […]
Breakwall repair underway in King Harbor The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started a Redondo Beach breakwall repair Monday on the long rock barrier to the open ocean. It will address about 1,500 feet of the north section, to restore it to its intended elevation of 22 feet above the water. Connolly-Pacific, the Army Corps’ […]
by Garth Meyer Late this spring, homeowners in North Redondo Beach started to receive notices from the city, saying that they are in violation of a code which bans side hedges over six feet and front-setback hedges over 42 inches. The letters were the result of dozens of complaints purported to be from one person. […]
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach has a new city budget, after a back-and-forth, four hour public hearing Tuesday night, with pickleball in Aviation Park making the cut, as well as a week’s free parking at Riviera Village during Christmas. In the end, the budget was balanced at $131 million, with no tapping of reserves, in […]
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council continued its fiscal 2026-27 budget hearings June 9, each representative naming their priority projects. The full capital improvements list is under a 100 projects for the first time in recent years, as Public Works catches up on a backlog. Jesse Reyes, capital projects program manager, summarized the […]
by Garth Meyer The Beach Cities Health District and Sunrise Senior Living are on their way to redeveloping the 11-acre hilltop BCHD campus in Redondo Beach. The choice of Sunrise by the BCHD board at their May 27 meeting means that approximately 100 Silverado Memory Care tenants living in the former South Bay Hospital building […]
Construction plans announced for RUHS building to replace “Bingo building” The new Redondo Union High School “Innovation and Design Building” will break ground in June 2027, to be ready for the 2029-30 school year, according to Doug Brown of SVA Architects, who presented to the school board May 26. The two-story, 19,000 square foot building […]
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach Police Sergeant Jonathan Keener, and Officers Sabrine Selmi and Jazmine Woods were presented with Distinguished Service Awards at the 50th Annual South Bay Medal of Valor luncheon for the rescue of an elderly couple and their grandson from their burning home. Recognized with Life Saving awards at the luncheon, held […]
Partial hiring freeze, street use fee, parking lift considered to balance city budget by Garth Meyer City Manager Mike Witzansky laid out 32 budget decision packages to the city council at its June 2 meeting, including whether to raise parking meter rates by a quarter, and whether to start charging an event street use fee, […]
By Garth Meyer A talk by L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman in the South Bay June 3 turned into a question-and-answer shout-down by Black Lives Matter protesters. The contentious moments made up the last few minutes of the event, effectively shutting out any further questions. Hochman came to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center […]