Posts by Kevin Cody
Redondo Beach Police Beat
DUI Traffic Collision On Wednesday, July 18, at 10:13 p.m., Redondo Beach police dispatched to the 200 block of North Harbor Drive, after getting a call warning of a vehicle driving recklessly and doing donuts. The car drove onto Harbor Drive and lost control, flipping onto its side. The vehicle was fully engulfed in flames…
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Redondo celebrates catching ‘Waves’ On Monday, July 30, the City of Redondo Beach will introduce “Waves,” the latest addition to the city’s Public Arts Collection, at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. The 37 foot by 15-foot aluminum sculpture was created by artist Gordon Huether, a Napa-based artist known for his large-scale public art projects,…
Read MorePine Street, Manhattan Beach House Fire Doused
Manhattan Beach firefighters stop a blaze in a garage in the 3500 block of North Pine Avenue Tuesday afternoon. The fire was contained to the garage and there were no injuries, according to Manhattan Battalion Chief Robert Espinosa. He said the cause had not been determined. Witnesses reported hearing loud pops from inside the garage…
Read MoreBeach thief suspect sandbagged by swimmers at Manhattan pier
For the past 20 years, a group of swimmers have met at the Manhattan Beach pier Wednesday, Friday and Sunday mornings. They run along the hard sand toward Hermosa Beach and swim back to the pier. The nearly 100 swimmers range from 80-year-old Bill Singley, who is training for next week’s Dwight Crum Two-Mile Pier…
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Hana El Sawy was RE broker Hana El Sawy a long-time South Bay real estate broker (most recently with Vista Sotheby’s and previously with South Bay Brokers), and a 35 year resident of Manhattan Beach passed away on Sunday, June 24 from lymphoma cancer at the age of 60. She leaves behind her husband Omar,…
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Public Works staff honored for stopping fire Redondo Beach Public Works staffers Alfonso Macias and Tyler Williams were commended at the Monday, July 16 Public Safety Commission for quickly quashing a small fire at the Redondo Pier. It was late on Sunday, May 6, when Macias and Williams smelled smoke near Old Tony’s, at the…
Read MoreIts permits withdrawn, CenterCal project ‘is dead’
The future of the Redondo Beach waterfront is wide open. Plans by both the City of Redondo Beach and its estranged development partner CenterCal Properties have been withdrawn. Tuesday night, the Redondo Beach City Council directed staff to withdraw California Coastal Commission application permits for the CenterCal project, as well as permits for a new…
Read MoreMixed-use moratorium set to expire
A one-year moratorium on new mixed-use developments will not be extended. Four votes were required for the moratorium to be extended for a second year at Tuesday’s city council meeting, but, only three were mustered. The Council unanimously passed a temporary ban on mixed-use development last August, while the city began ramping up plans to…
Read MoreFamily dead in double-murder, suicide
A family of three was killed last Wednesday night along the Esplanade in what Redondo Beach Police believe was a double-murder and suicide. According to RBPD Lt. Rick Kochheim, Marc Waz, 43, is believed to have shot and killed his wife Ivana, 43 and son Makani, 13, before dying by suicide. Police were called to…
Read MoreBeach business – Goldstein, Nakano named RB Man, Woman of the year
RB Man, Woman of the year
Read MoreLA County fire service study approved
The first step in potentially replacing the Redondo Beach Fire Department with Los Angeles County fire services was taken Tuesday night. The Redondo Beach City Council approved a letter asking for a proposal of services from the LA County Fire Department, as part of an investigation into potential long-term cost-cutting measures the City is exploring.…
Read MoreBeach sports – 25th annual 4th of July 5K
PV runner leads women
Read MoreThe magic of Brian Gillis remembered
The squeaky loaf of bread, a goof guaranteed to confuse laymen and abolish the mundane, was one of Brian Gillis’s favorite pranks. “We’d be in Costco, he’d hide this squeaker in his hand, he would push the loaf of bread with his pointer finger, and it would squeak,” Andy Hill, half of musical duo Andy…
Read MoreFamily of three killed in murder-suicide along the Esplanade
A family of three was killed last night along the Esplanade in what Redondo Beach Police believe was a double-murder and suicide. According to RBPD Lt. Rick Kochheim, Marc Waz, 43, has been confirmed to have shot and killed wife Ivana, 43 and son Makani, 13 before dying by suicide. Police were called to the…
Read MoreRedondo Beach resident Michael Scott Moore recounts Somali Pirate captivity
Moore spent the better part of the next six years researching and writing that book. Almost three of those years were spent as a captive of Somali pirates. On Thursday, July 19 he will return to Pages to talk about “The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast.”
Read More[UPDATE] Three dead in possible murder-suicide along Esplanade
[UPDATE: Click here for the latest version of this story.] A family of three was found dead at a home along the Esplanade after Redondo Beach police responded to a gunshot call on Wednesday night. Police are investigating the deaths as a double-murder and suicide. Around 10:15 p.m., dispatchers received a call warning of shots-fired near the…
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