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Candidates set for coming city elections The official list is in for candidates in the March 2025 city elections. For mayor, six people vie for the seat, including incumbent Jim Light (appointed last year after the death of Mayor Bill Brand), City Councilman Nils Nehrenheim, former councilman Jeff Ginsberg; Joan Irvine, founder of Keep the […]
Fatal crash at Catalina Ave./Palos Verdes Boulevard A single-car fatal collision occurred Nov. 20 at the intersection of Palos Verdes Boulevard and South Catalina Avenue in Redondo Beach. The vehicle, with two occupants inside, hit a light/signal pole at approximately 11:17 p.m., killing the adult male driver. The car caught fire, which responding RBFD personnel […]
Post-failed $30 million bond, BCHD forms plans After Measure BC failed last week, the $30 million bond to tear down the old South Bay Hospital and fund other projects on the Beach Cities Health District campus, BCHD Director of Communications Dan Smith released a statement about next steps. “While we are disappointed in the election […]
Man exits moving vehicle on PCH About 3:14 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, a male in his early 20s exited a back door of a moving vehicle in the 300 block of North Pacific Highway in Redondo Beach, causing traumatic injuries, according to a report by Redondo Beach Police. He was treated by RBFD paramedics […]
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has charged a South Bay man with murder and 18 counts of sexual assault and drug offenses regarding nine women, one of whom died at the alleged perpetrator’s Redondo Beach residence in 2020. All of the charges are felonies. If convicted, DiGiorgio’s sentence could be life in prison. According […]
A motorcyclist died Thursday morning, September 12, after colliding with a commercial box truck at approximately 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and 21st Street in Hermosa Beach. The identification of the motorcyclist has not been released. Pacific Coast Highway, between 21st Street, on the south, and Artesia Boulevard on the north […]
Helicopter search locates robbery suspect Two suspects escaping a liquor store robbery on PCH at Avenue E in Redondo Beach late Monday night, July 15, led to a circling Sheriff’s helicopter beaming its spotlight, and one suspect apprehended in a residential yard. The call came in at 9:07 p.m. from Adams Liquor and Bottle Shop. […]
by Garth Meyer A man who said he and his girlfriend were assaulted by teenage e-bikers in front of Captain Kidd’s on Harbor Drive after the couple left BeachLife Festival May 3 has been charged with assaulting the e-bikers. The man was initially charged with public intoxication, on the night of the incident. An arraignment […]
The rockets red glaring Dear ER: We hear explosions/fireworks in south Hermosa Beach almost every night. Sunday night around 1 a.m., there was a massive barrage of fireworks shot in the sky around the area of 2nd Street and The Strand. This was followed by a huge explosion a few minutes later. We have called […]