Posts by Kevin Cody
National Night Out draws hundreds to Anderson Park
Redondo Beach’s Anderson Park was full of families on Tuesday for National Night Out, dedicated to bringing neighbors and neighborhoods together with a focus on public safety. The gathering was a mini-block party, complete with a potluck table, a grill, and music. The biggest difference was the collection of booths around the park’s perimeter. At…
Read MoreBeach charity – Beach Cities Relay for Life
Holds Festival for a cure
Read MoreBeach charity – Hunt Cancer Center
Groundbreaking
Read MoreBeach charity – Walk with Sally
White Light White Night
Read MoreBeach Sports – Tom Collier Memorial Regatta
raises $20,000 for Cedars-Sinai
Read MoreBeach community – Seawright tourney
Celebrates 50th year
Read MoreCalifornia Coastal Commission certifies Redondo Beach’s Measure C
There were checks and subpoenas, yelling and shouting, low faces and waved signs – and at the end of the day, cheering. Thursday, was a long, strange day in the Redondo Beach Public Library’s second-floor meeting room. But around 10 p.m., 13 hours after the meeting began, the California Coastal Commission approved of Redondo’s…
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Back To School Supply Drive The Redondo Beach Police Department’s Domestic Violence Victims Advocacy Program is sponsoring its third annual Back to School Supply Drive. The Domestic Violence Victims Advocacy Program provides help and support to victims and families experience domestic violence, from the first call to police through court hearings and beyond. The supply…
Read MoreLieser, Tallman and Pepper take top honors at youth sailing competition in Redondo Beach
South Torrance High team sailors Peyton Lieser and Emma Tallman took first place in the FJs (14-foot Flying Juniors) competition, during the youth sailing races hosted by the King Harbor Yacht Club last Wednesday. The races were the opening event in the International Surf Festival.
Read MoreFirst stops to jump off R10 Buoy, then continues on to win R10 race
Lifeguard Max First took an early lead in the Riviera Mexican Grill R10 Paddleboard race and appeared certain to win the race, which he has won three of the past four years, including last year. Then he got off his board at the R10 buoy.
Read MoreInternational Surf Festival Bullock, Cummings repeat in pier-to-pier swim
Hermosa Beach’s Ryan Bullock, 34, and El Segundo’s Kelsey Cummings, 25, were the top finishers for men and women in the 56th annual edition of the two-mile race, starting at the Hermosa Pier and ending at the Manhattan Pier. The win was Bullock’s third consecutive Pier to Pier win and his fourth in his last…
Read MoreManhattan Beach six-year-old is youngest ever to complete Two-Mile Dwight Crum Pier to Pier open ocean swim race
Emmory Mosteller, 9, and sister Adelei, 6, of Manhattan Beach, competed in this year’s Two Mile Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier swim. Adelei is the youngest to ever finish the open ocean swim and Emmory is thought to be the second youngest.
Read MoreEnglish Beat on the beach now, in Hermosa Beach
English Beat draws what appears to be a record crowd during the first of this summer’s Hermosa Beach concerts, presented by Saint Rocke.
Read MoreSurfers Alex Gray, Jeff Miller discuss Iron’s ‘Kissed by God’
In August 2004, Alex Gray was competing in the Quiksilver Pro in Hossegor, France, when his parents visited with news they wanted to tell him in person. Jimmy Miller had killed himself in his parents’ Manhattan Beach home. Miller had been Alex’s older brother Chris’ Junior Lifeguard instructor. He had taught Chris to surf and…
Read More‘Waves’ builds momentum at RBPAC
Artists Patti Linnett and Debbie Collette pose for a selfie with ‘Waves,’ the new public art installation at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Photo Artist Gordon Huether was something akin to a rock star on Monday at the dedication of his latest piece, “Waves,” at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. But while he…
Read MoreBrand, Nehrenheim campaign lawsuit set for trial
A lawsuit filed by two residents against Redondo Beach elected officials is going to trial. A judge has denied multiple motions to dismiss the case. Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand and Councilman Nils Nehrenheim, Rescue Our Waterfront PAC President Wayne Craig and Brand For Mayor 2017 treasurer Linda Moffatt will be defended by joint legal…
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