A milestone day for a former Redondo Beach teacher, Esther Weber
by Garth Meyer Esther Weber of Redondo Beach is 100 ¾. A retired, longtime Redondo Beach school teacher, she first moved here in 1950. Her husband died when he was 97. “A husband who made sure I wasn’t dating any other guy,” Weber said. “I was going with a fellow – a high school boyfriend, […]
Arrest made in threat to Metro right-of-way surveyors
by Garth Meyer A man who threatened to harm Metro surveyors on the potential Green Line extension route through North Redondo and Lawndale was arrested April 2. Detectives from The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Transit Services Bureau apprehended Daniel Doyle Scallion, 28, who is alleged to have made the threat Feb. 20 in an anonymous […]
Joy Ford begins as Redondo Beach City Attorney
by Garth Meyer The new Redondo Beach city attorney is in place, still doing her old job, too. Joy Ford, who was sworn in April 1 to replace five-term city attorney Mike Webb, has already extended a conditional offer to her own replacement as quality of life prosecutor. One person was interviewed. While the background […]
Redondo Rotary puts on new “South Bay Film Festival” Friday
The Rotary Club of Redondo Beach presents the inaugural “South Bay Film Festival,” Friday, April 11, at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater. The event spotlights old movies filmed locally, as well as a contest for new shorts from student filmmakers, centered on the theme of “Kindness.” The feature presentation is “Men at Work (1990)”, filmed […]
About Town Redondo: Councilmembers’ Keys to the City, Knoll steps down
Chamber of Commerce head Knoll steps down Dominik Knoll, Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce president for the past six years, will step down May 9. A search for his successor is underway, led by current board chair Bibi Goldstein. Knoll informed the board in February. The board extended its gratitude to him in a statement, […]
City Council looks to reduce losses at Redondo Beach Perfoming Arts Center
by Garth Meyer The future of the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center was discussed Tuesday by the city council, for a building which lost $570,864 last year, considered a promising result after two “terrible years” coming off the height of the pandemic. Jack Meyer, the new Redondo Beach cultural arts manager, and longtime technical director […]
Redondo Beach City council to create economic development committee
by Garth Meyer An economic development subcommittee is about to be formed by the Redondo Beach city council, featuring two councilmembers yet to be named, and representatives of the business community. The president of the Redondo Pier Association, Robert Resnick, a master leaseholder, called in to the April 1 council meeting to give his “full-hearted support […]
Redondo Beach City attorney Mike Webb retires after five terms
by Garth Meyer Mike Webb has spent half his life at Redondo Beach City Hall. The just-retired five-term city attorney, and before that 11-year city prosecutor, started at age 31. He is now 62. Five of his six children are pursuing law, the sixth is an actor. A career prosecutor, he spent the first season […]
Polarizing to Pragmatic: Jim Light elected to lead Redondo into its future
by Garth Meyer On March 19, newly-elected Redondo Beach Mayor Jim Light fielded Easy Reader questions before leaving on a two-week vacation with his wife to London and Scotland. He beat City Councilman Nils Nehrenheim, and three other challengers, to win the race March 13. Light was first appointed mayor in February of last year […]
Redondo Beach mayor’s race tried old alliance
by Garth Meyer Boots rustling the cheatgrass, 30-odd-sixes in hand, Bill Brand and Nils Nehrenheim patrolled the fences. Up a slope, inside a cabin, Jim Light clanked away on a typewriter writing a ballot measure. If today’s Redondo Beach was an old Western playing at the former Fox Redondo Theatre, the story may have looked […]
RBPD: Illegal products found in two Redondo smoke shops
by Garth Meyer Police inspections of two smoke shops have led to the discovery of illegal items being sold in Redondo Beach, including cannabis and flavored tobacco. A collaboration between the RBPD and California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA), the first inspection took place March 6, at a shop in the 400 block […]
RBFD Harbor Master returns to the water
A long-sought, new harbor master is in place at the Redondo Beach waterfront. Curt Mahoney was appointed last September, an RBFD veteran since 2002, working most recently in the fire prevention bureau. He has never before been assigned to Station Three at the waterfront, but worked there at times in his first year with the […]
Springfest 2025 looks to build on recent success
Springfest 2025 opens Thursday. “It’s going down, baby!” said Tonya McKenzie, North Redondo Beach Business Association (NRBBA) boardmember and event co-chair. A Teen Talent competition makes its debut, with audition tapes sorted from West L.A. to Orange County, whittled down to 25 performers Friday at 6:30 p.m., and 10 advancing to the finals on Sunday […]
Congressman Lieu roundtable draws attention to Medi-Cal threat
Medi-Cal is Medicaid. It was one of the key points made by Congressman Ted Lieu at a “Medicaid Day of Action Roundtable” March 18 when various non-profit representatives gathered to list specific effects of a Congressional budget resolution that calls for $880 billion in cuts – which would have to come from Medicaid. If three […]
About Town Redondo: Retail cannabis ordinances approved, final election count coming, Springfest next weekend
by Garth Meyer Final election count to be announced Thursday Concluding city election results come out Thursday at 2 p.m., including any needed ranked-choice runoff. The March 4 election night count of 4,556 ballots, all received by the Friday before, showed Jim Light leading the race for mayor, Joy Ford had a strong lead for […]
Redondo Beach Iraq vet marks second book with skateboard, kayak trip
by Garth Meyer Iraq veteran and RUHS graduate Andrew Goldsmith’s second book was published Feb. 25, “The Mediocre Infrantrymen’s Guide to Ranger School” (Double Dagger Books), recounting his elite Army training before his second tour in Iraq. He now prepares for an estimated 220-mile skateboard and kayak trip in Georgia connecting two of the three […]