City seeks to tax marijuana delivery
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council revisited the subject of retail marijuana before Christmas, approving the hire of a consultant to advise on the application process to open a store, the drafting of an ordinance to set the sales tax rate, and taxing delivery into the city. The purpose is largely to avoid […]
Police Beat: Redondo settles “wrongful shooting” case
by Liz Mullen The City of Redondo Beach has settled a years-long court case that alleged city police officers wrongfully shot resident Luke Carlson three times and used excessive force in apprehending his parents. The amount of the settlement to the plaintiffs in the case, Carlson, his father Jeffrey Carlson. and his mother Jeanne Zimmer, […]
Redondo ReBranded: Century-old power plant site shut down
No longer will Redondo Beach be defined by its century-old waterfront electric power generating station by Garth Meyer It began with a man singing the national anthem, the crowd looking to a flag at the main Redondo Beach Post Office. In the other direction, down the vacant field stood the massive power plant, palm trees […]
Boy killed in PCH motorcycle crash
by Garth Meyer A teenage boy was killed Wednesday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a car at the intersection of Carnelian Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach. Shortly after 2 p.m., the southbound motorcycle hit a sedan that was making a turn, according to Lt. Corey King of the Redondo Beach Police […]
Jim ‘Kimo’ West returns to Redondo Slack Key Festival
by Garrick Rawlings Redondo Beach will once again host the biggest Hawaiian music concert event on mainland USA this Sunday, January 14 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Celebrating their 17\year, the Southern California Slack Key Festival, presented by Kala Koa Entertainment, brings the most respected slack-key guitarists in the world from Hawaii and […]
Letters to the Editor 1-11-24
2023 shutdown Dear ER: Thank you, Easy Reader, for acknowledging the closure of the AES Power Plant was, indeed, the Story of the Year (“2023 Story of the Year: A brand new Redondo future,” ER January 4, 2024). We now face the future with hope. Barbara Epstein Redondo Beach We did it Dear ER: […]
Harbor breakwater repair next summer – first in 25 years
by Garth Meyer With high waves now crashing the coastline, plans are underway to repair the north King Harbor breakwater next summer. Two men from the Army Corps of Engineers spoke to the Redondo Beach city council Dec. 5, one of whom worked on the last repair in 1999, and the expansion after the 1988 […]
Closing ceremony: AES power plant shuts down forever
by Garth Meyer A large crowd gathered in the vacant field above the AES power plant in Redondo Beach New Year’s Eve to mark the operation’s shutdown after 69 years. An earlier plant on the site went back to 1907. City and state officials spoke, from Mayor Bill Brand, to State Senator Ben Allen, many […]
2023: Redondo Beach Year in Review
City employee contract talks The City of Redondo Beach agreed to new, three-year contracts with two of its three major employee unions in December, after workers made appearances at city council meetings throughout the year. During one meeting, a 911 dispatcher told the council that low staffing and mandatory overtime in her department made her […]
2023 Story of the Year: A brand new Redondo future
by Garth Meyer On New Year’s Eve, the Redondo Beach waterfront will cease to have an electrical power plant for the first time since before most South Bay residents were born. The California Water Resources Control Board voted in August not to extend use of the plant, which was built in 1954. A commemoration of […]
Top 10 Letters to the Editor 2023
Alfresco lifestyle Dear ER: In an area where the weather is Mediterranean-like, sunny to mildly hot most of the year, why isn’t alfresco dining a natural thing here in SoCal? There are many places that would kill to have our weather just so they could offer this type of dining experience, and Manhattan Beach is […]
On Local: Government Ode to a gadfly: Tom O’Leary began once quixotic campaign to close the AES power plant
by Bob Pinzler On the Carnelian Street side of the Redondo Beach City Hall campus, a tree is dedicated to Tom O’Leary. The site was chosen because it faced the, then, Southern California Edison power plant that he had spent much of his life working to close down. At the dedication, we had the hope […]
Surf Club project steers toward 2024 opening
by Garth Meyer The California Surf Club is taking shape on the Redondo Beach waterfront, although at a slower pace than hoped for, the project to open sometime next year. Mayor Bill Brand invited founder Allen Sanford to give a presentation to the city council Dec. 12. “The last six months have been an extremely […]
Spotlight on education: Journey Through Time Montemalaga parent fundraiser
Photos by Tony LaBruno The spirit of giving and nostalgia intertwined at the Shade Hotel in Redondo Beach when the Montemalaga Elementary School hosted an enchanting parent fundraiser on November 3. This event saw a blend of generosity, thematic flair, and an enthusiastic community come together to raise money to help fund programs for the […]
TRAVEL: Seal Beach, OC’s smallest beach town is like “Mayberry” by the sea
If you live in the South Bay, there’s usually no need to leave the bubble of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach–we have it all here, right? But sometimes it is fun to venture south, and see how different beach cities do it. In Orange County, Newport, Laguna and Huntington are bustling, while the first of […]
Tenant Rights: When Can You Legally Break a Lease?
California is proudly one of the strongest states in the nation when it comes to tenant’s rights. When renting a property, a rental lease is a legally binding contract that makes the tenant responsible for following terms within the lease agreement and making payments for the property for the duration of their lease period on […]