Olympus Boardshop gets Boardwalk reprieve

  Jeremy Godo Kiss couldn’t get away from the hugs, handshakes, and smiles after Tuesday night’s Redondo Beach City Council meeting — not that he’d want to. “I was expecting to leave here with an absolute ‘no,’” the elated Godo Kiss said. “Not with the City offering multiple solutions.” The City Council was scheduled to…

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Light prevails in CenterCal CEQA suit

Judge rules City must re-study ramp, view and Lagoon impacts CenterCal’s waterfront redevelopment plan was dealt another blow in court when a state judge ruled that the project’s Environmental Impact Report was incomplete in three major sections. As a result, the City of Redondo Beach will be required to annul its project certifications and entitlements…

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Suspect in custody after Redondo Beach bus stabbing

A man is in intensive care after surviving a stabbing on a Beach Cities Transit bus on Monday night. The stabbing suspect is in custody following a search of the neighborhoods near the South Bay Galleria. According to Redondo Beach Police, Richard John Reynierse and another man were on a Beach Cities Transit bus near…

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Redondo Beach About Town

  KHYC hosts youth regatta King Harbor Yacht Club hosted 58 young sailors on Saturday for the Ken Hoover Memorial Regatta, the final event in the Carrie Series of Optimist youth sailing regattas. Optimists are eight-foot, single-sail race boats, piloted by single youth racers, ages 8 to 15. While rookie sailors kept to a course…

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WalkAbout Redondo Residents walk a boulevard in transition

More than 200 people participated in Saturday’s WalkAbout Redondo, the North Redondo Beach Business Association’s push to show residents that Artesia Boulevard isn’t just a thoroughfare, but a potential Main Street for Redondo Beach. “You can get anything you need here – mattresses, cars, mani-pedis, things for kids, pets Everything is on this street,” said…

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Bhumitra bases US Senate run on business, world experience

  In the mid-1970s, when he was 25, Arun Bhumitra left a coveted managerial job at the Bombay Marine shipyard for New York City, where he spent the first week sleeping in Central Park. He soon used his mechanical engineering degree to land a job with Northrop in Torrance. In the mid-1980s, he left his…

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Foam and soundwaves: Brew Lagoon shines

As the sun set over the second annual Brew Lagoon craft beer and music festival, organizers Dave Tardiff and Mike Bouchard took center stage to thank breweries, restaurants, attendees and everyone else who made the five-hour celebration of craft beer possible. The two then stepped aside as they let their friends, local bartender Joey Stiletto…

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Four appeals filed against Galleria redevelopment

Four appeals have been filed against the Redondo Beach Planning Commission’s approval of the South Bay Galleria redevelopment plan, one week after its decision on April 19. The down-scaled version is estimated to cost $900 million. Redondo Beach resident Doug Boswell, labor organization Unite Here Local 11, and the Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance have…

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[Update] Galleria redevelopment approved by Redondo Planning Commission, to be appealed by Lawndale

The South Bay Galleria redevelopment project is on track, despite objections from the City of Lawndale, the Galleria’s neighbor to the north. The Redondo Beach Planning Commission approved the project in a 6-1 decision at their April 19 meeting, following five hours of discussion. As part of their decision, commissioners voted to increase allowable office…

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