Council pays tribute to Brand; will appoint interim mayor
by Garth Meyer The mayor’s chair was empty at the Redondo Beach city council Tuesday night, as it has often been for open sessions for over a year. But Tuesday night was different, a black ribbon was tied around the mayor’s seat. It was the first council meeting since Bill Brand died last Friday evening, […]
Mission Accomplished: Bill Brand did what he came to do. But his final message was that the fight for the Redondo waterfront is not over
by Mark McDermott Mayor Bill Brand knew the finish line was approaching. He’d had a frank conversation with a palliative care doctor not long after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in both his brain and lungs. Brand was an engineer and thought like one, both in his unlikely political career and in his approach […]
Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand leaves big shoes to fill. And we must.
by Bob Pinzler It is ironic that Bill Brand, the Mayor of Redondo Beach who died over this last weekend, got his start fighting a project called “Heart of the City.” To many, he was exactly that heart, giving years of his life, including those when valiantly fighting the cancer that ultimately killed him, to […]
Kim Komick, Daughter of the Beach grew up to be Builder of the Beach
Redondo Beach mayor Bill Brand called Kim Komick a “Matriarch of the Beach.” Surf buddy Patti Nernberg said of Komick, “She fueled the flame that drove us to be better versions of ourselves.” South Bay Boardriders Club president Tom Horton recalled Komick, a SBBC founding member, one of the few female surfers who charged big […]