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About Town: Redondo Beach
Age-old dedication
Cardinal Roger Michael Mahoney will dedicate St. Lawrence Martyr Church at 1900 Prospect on Sunday, Aug. 26 at the noon Mass. This dedication will be accompanied with much ritual and pageantry in accordance with Catholic tradition and an open invitation is extended to all. There will be a light reception in the Church’s Hall following the ceremony.
Earlier this year, the church had radical modifications made including the addition of a Chapel for the Blessed Sacrament, a new Baptismal Font and refurbished pews and outdoor landscaping.
For more info, call 310-540-0329.
Meet the congresswoman
Congresswoman Jane Harman will be on hand to meet the public from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23 at the Farmer’s Market held at the Redondo Beach Veteran’s Park.
Baby steps again
The Beach Cities District will be hosting another support group on infertility this Saturday, Aug. 25 from 10 a.m. to noon. The BCHD is located at 514 N. Prospect Ave. The meeting will be held in the Pacific Room on the third floor. For info call 310-374-3426, ext. 135.
Fair housing facts
A walk-in fair housing clinic will be held from 3-5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27 in the upstairs conference room of the main Redondo Beach Library. The library is located at 303 N. Pacific Coast Highway (between Carnelian and Diamond Streets). This meeting could help people who have questions related to landlord/tenant laws. For info, call Wendy Soter at 310-318-0635.
Elvis in the building
This is what all you Elvis fans have been waiting for! The grand finale of the Pier Summer Concert Series will find the Red Elvises rocking away from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30.
Honorable mention
On Tuesday, Aug. 14, Redondo Beach Police Chief Mel Nichols represented the South Bay Chiefs of Police when the KEEP SAFE (Keep Every Elder Protected — Stop Abuse and Financial Exploitation) Coalition received the California Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for Elder Abuse Investigation, Team category. KEEP SAFE is an organization designed to increase communication and coordination among its members to prevent and respond to the financial abuse of elders. For more info, call Lt. John Skipper at 310-379-2477, ext. 2334. ER
Police Beat
Attempted kidnapping
On Friday, Aug. 17 shortly after 6 p.m., a 4-year-old child in a baby stroller, accompanied by his 1-year-old brother and his parents, was grabbed by a man on the 1800 block of S. Catalina Ave., police said. Officers arrested a suspect after he allegedly grabbed at the child and was pushed away by the child’s father. As the family crossed the street and entered the Redondo Beach Brewing Company restaurant, the man allegedly ran up to the boy and tried to remove him from the stroller. The boy’s father pushed the man out of the restaurant, police said, and the man tried to get inside an SUV that was pulling into a parking place. The man fled, then was spotted walking nearby, and was arrested, police said.
Highway robbery
A man entered the Bank of America at 1601 S. Pacific Coast Highway shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16. Confronting the only teller working at the time, the man simulated having a gun, demanded money and then fled.
Pedestrian robbed
At 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 15, two people pointed a handgun at an 18-year-old Redondo Beach resident walking west on 182nd Street near Good Guys at the corner of Hawthorne Boulevard. The young man allowed the two to go through his pockets, taking his wallet and keys and pulling a gold medallion on a chain from his neck. The culprits jumped into the back of a waiting pickup truck and fled westbound on 182nd Street. ER