Posts by Kevin Cody
Light is always on at Hermosa Beach jail, residents learn at Coffee with a Cop Day
For Hermosa Beach Sergeant Mick Gaglia, Coffee with a Cop day at Java Man was much like any other day. Friday was National Coffee With A Cop Day. “I come to Java Man every morning with Officer Mike Frilot,” he said. Java Man’s regulars know the two as Mike and Mick. Friday morning, Sgt. Gaglia was joined by half a dozen other officers who offered coffee and shared advice and stories with passing residents.
Read MoreRedondo Beach Police Foundation launches
Since he started his post as the city’s top cop, Redondo Beach Police Chief Keith Kauffman has been searching for ways to combine the community’s enthusiasm for his police force in a way that would benefit the city as a whole. “The community has been supportive of the department, asking how they can get involved…
Read MoreA Healthful Burden: Departing Beach Cities Health District CEO Susan Burden leaves behind vast legacy
Last month, at the Beach Cities Health District’s volunteer gardening day, CEO Susan Burden got back to what she does best: getting her hands dirty. Clad in a bright blue shirt, sunglasses, calf-length pedal pushers and a pair of gardening gloves, Burden found a corner of a sunflower bed at Alta Vista Elementary School’s…
Read MoreRon Kovic reunites with fellow Marine at Pages bookstore
On January 20, 1968, Ron Kovic was shot twice as he and a squad of his fellow Marines battled Viet Cong forces in Cua Viet. The first shot went into his right foot, tearing apart his heel. The second went through his right shoulder, collapsing his lung and damaging his spinal cord, paralyzing him from…
Read MoreRedondo Beach City Council leaves gas station booze ban in place
Against the wishes of local retailers, the Redondo Beach City Council opted against revisiting long-held local laws that prohibit the sale of alcohol in gas stations, for fear of creating more neighborhood nuisances. “I feel like we’re doing a disservice to the community if we support this change at this point,” said District 2 councilman…
Read MoreFormer Redondo Beach waterman falls to Stiff Person Syndrome
Steve Atherton, 27, spent his childhood excelling in sports. He was a Little League all star and played soccer for the Slithering Snakes and the Lethal Leopards. He snowboarded, surfed and skated for ET Surf. He rode BMX bikes and rollerbladed, camped and fished, hiked and climbed. He played varsity golf in high school and played on the El Camino College team. Today, he is a prisoner in his own body, consumed by a rare, one-in-a-million autoimmune disease called Stiff Person Syndrome.
Read MoreContinental’s Lundquist receives El Segundo’s Champion of Business Award
Rolling Hills resident Richard Lundquist was presented with the City of El Segundo Champion of Business award.
Read MoreDive N’ Surf monster Lobster Mobster contest lives up to its name
Jacob Street upheld the Dive N’ Surf Lobster Mobster name by winning this year’s contest with a monster 15.17 pound lobster. Contest organizers believe it is the largest entry since the contest was founded in 1976.
Read MoreRescue Our Waterfront turns 7,000 signatures into Redondo Beach City Clerk
Members of a grassroots organization turned 150 books of signatures into the Redondo Beach City Clerk’s office on Thursday, with the aim of placing a measure limiting development along the Redondo waterfront on the March ballot. According to Rescue Our Waterfront co-founder Nils Nehrenheim, roughly 7,000 signatures were gathered to bring the King Harbor Coastal Access…
Read MoreAnchors Away: Looking at the future of Redondo Beach’s South Bay Galleria
Walk-up traffic just isn’t what it used to be. The Kartounian family has run Tic Time Trends, in its various incarnations, for more than 20 years at Redondo Beach’s South Bay Galleria. “Back then, the mall was thriving. Other malls in the area — Del Amo, or Manhattan Village — just didn’t compare. It provided…
Read MoreCalifornia casino tour
While most people tend to get their fix of casino gaming from places like Las Vegas, why not stand out from the crowd this year by choosing California for your casino tour?
Read MoreRBPD introduces bomb-vapor sniffing K9
Redondo Beach Police Chief Keith Kauffman and members of his department’s K9 unit visited the Redondo Beach School Board on Tuesday night, introducing board members to a team that includes a dog that’s among the first of its kind in the South Bay. “We’re building quite the K9 team here in the South Bay, and…
Read MoreKeller plans to cool Redondo Beach classrooms
Madison Laster, the student representative to the Redondo Beach School Board, had no idea what she had touched upon at Tuesday night’s board meeting when she mentioned, offhand, that it had been a hot few days at Redondo Union High School. Soon after, Redondo Unified School District Superintendent Steven Keller took his opening to reveal…
Read MoreHome for the millennium – The Blazevich Hacienda de la Paz in Rolling Hills
John Z. Blazevich drew upon 1,000 years of art, architecture and engineering to realize his vision for a 19th century California hacienda In 1993, John Z. Blazevich began stealing time away from overseeing Contessa Premium Foods, the pioneering convenience food and seafood importing company he founded 10 years earlier, at age 28, to…
Read MoreE3 Vehicles splits the distance with electric carts
Years ago, stay-at-home mom Amy Errett was at a crossroads. Gas prices were high, car payments were excessive and the trips she was taking weren’t worth having to pile into her family’s SUV. It wasn’t long before she began looking into buying a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, a souped-up golf cart, to handle the…
Read MoreRedondo Beach to establish drone ordinance
Airborne drones were the topic of the night at the Sept. 20 meeting of the Redondo Beach City Council, as council, staff and the Redondo Beach Police Chief discussed privacy, city policy, and potential police uses for unmanned aircraft. At discussion’s end, the City Attorney’s office was directed to bring back a resolution that…
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