Posts by Kevin Cody
Hermosa Beach celebrates city pier’s role in ‘La La Land’
The Hermosa Beach pier earned a place in film folklore with a scene in “La La Land” when star Ryan Gosling leaves the Lighthouse Cafe on Pier Plaza and wanders out on the pier, whistling “City of Stars.” But according to location manager Robert Foulkes, the Hermosa Beach pier wasn’t in the original script.
Read More‘Bicycle Diaries’ catalyst for change in Redondo, Beach Cities
When Redondo Beach Library Director Susan Anderson brainstormed this year’s Book to Action series, events focused on improving the area with a book at its center, David Byrne’s “Bicycle Diaries” jumped to the top of her list. “We were looking for a book on cycling the would provide for rich discussion, not just a…
Read MoreRedondo Beach planning commission tables marijuana discussion
The future of recreational marijuana use in Redondo Beach is still hazy following a hearing by the Redondo Beach Planning Commission held, in what was surely a coincidence, on April 20. The members of the Planning Commission elected to continue the public hearing to the next meeting, where they plan to hear a report…
Read MoreHermosa Surfers Walk of Fame Jim Graham helped set template for surfing lifestyle
2017 Hermosa Beach Surfers Walk of Fame inductee Jim Graham’s Hermosa Beach childhood helped form the template for the surfing lifestyle
Read MoreSandro McIlroy remembered at SB Boardriders/Surf Concepts contest
Saturday’s South Bay Boardriders/Surf Concepts surf was dedicated Sandro McIlroy, a SBBC contest competitor and student at Halstrom Academy in Manhattan Beach. McIlroy died Friday, April 7 in a skateboarding accident in Palos Verdes. The contest was paused late in the morning for a moment of remembrance..
Read MoreAbout Town in Redondo Beach: Passport services move from City Hall to Artesia Blvd.
The City of Redondo Beach’s passport services desk has moved to the Redondo Beach Community Services building at 1922 Artesia Boulevard. The switch, which took place two weeks ago, brings the passport desk to North Redondo from its previous home at the Redondo Beach City Clerk’s office. “It’s partially a bandwidth situation; the Clerk’s office…
Read MoreHermosa Councilman Brutsch legacy includes Noble, South and Green Belt parks
Former Hermosa Beach city councilman and former city treasurer Gary Brutsch
Read More“‘Chasing Unicorns’ to premier at Hermosa Beach Community Theater
‘Chasing Unicorns,’ Brad Jacobson’s feature length surf film about the 2016-17 winter surf in the South Bay premiers Friday,April 28 at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater, following a reception for the 2017 Surfers Walk of Fame reception at the Hermosa Beach Historical Museum.
Read MoreRedondo Beach Planning Commission to discuss marijuana use
Tonight, on April 20, a public hearing discussing local ordinances related to the Adult Use of Marijuana Act will be held by the Redondo Beach Planning Commission. The Adult Use of Marijuana Act, otherwise known as Proposition 64, was passed by voters on Nov. 8. That same night, the Redondo Beach City Council passed an…
Read MoreDigital memory ‘time capsule’ to mark Redondo’s 125th birthday
When John La Rock, Redondo Beach’s Community Services Director, visited his future home for the first time, he couldn’t help but be struck by the city’s Performing Arts Center. “I was coming up Aviation Boulevard in a taxi, and [coming up] that crest of Aviation…and I found the facility to be breathtaking,” La Rock…
Read MoreRedondo Beach scouts’ Little Free Library unveiled in Anderson Park
As the members of North Redondo Girl Scout Troop 7485 got ready to unveil their Little Free Library in Redondo Beach’s Anderson Park on Tuesday, April 18, Minh Nguyen smiled. “We’re proud to say that it’s up to code,” he said. The project, a father/daughter program that was built with the help of the…
Read MoreRedondo Beach moves forward on energy program study
The City of Redondo Beach is cautiously continuing its look toward providing renewable energy for itself and its residents, directing staff to analyze the effects of participating in a joint agreement with other cities throughout the South Bay or L.A. County. The action is essentially a do-over of direction made on March 21, when a…
Read MoreTeenager killed in Palos Verdes skateboarding crash
A Manhattan Beach teenager was killed last Friday in Palos Verdes Estates when he lost control while skateboarding alongside a car. Sandro McIlroy, 15, was pronounced dead at Torrance Memorial Hospital on April 7, after responders transported him from the scene of the incident, on the 500 block of Epping Road. He was not wearing…
Read MoreBrand New Day – Redondo Beach’s new Mayor’s views shaped by surf, travel and activism
It always seems to come back to surfing with Bill Brand, even with his campaign literature. One of Brand’s political mailers depicts Brand in what seems to be a familiar state for him: sandy, sodden with saltwater, wearing a wetsuit and carrying a surfboard. The Pacific Ocean looms in the background, while text overhead…
Read MoreEaster Sunrise Services benefit domestic violence victims
Sunday marks the 59th Annual Easter Sunrise Service in Veteran’s Park in Redondo Beach. For the past 19 years King’s Harbor Church has organized the service as a benefit for the Redondo Beach Police Department Domestic Violence Victims Advocacy Program (RBPD DVVA Program).
Read MoreOil spill contained off of El Segundo
An estimated one barrel of light gas oil spilled from an oil tanker anchored 1.5 miles off of El Segundo Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. The leak came from a flange connecting the ship to a sub-sea line that transports oil to the Chevron refinery in El Segundo.
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