Articles By: Mark McDermott

Animal ambassadors visit Tulita school

Animal ambassadors visit Tulita school

Officers Marco Garcia and John Carrillo spend their days conducting unruly, dangerous, and sometimes stinky missions. The city’s animal control officers track down runaway dogs, moderate barking disputes, and are sent into garages and sometimes even kitchens where raccoons, possums, [...]

Ambassador High : Christian high school bid falls short

Ambassador High : Christian high school bid falls short

The fledgling vision for a small faith-based academy, Ambassador High School, will not come to fruition at 320 Knob Hill. Officials from the Redondo Beach Unified School District and Ambassador School announced last week that negotiations for a lease on [...]

Travels with the pirate master — Omar Torrez, Wandering the world with Waits

Travels with the pirate master — Omar Torrez, Wandering the world with Waits

Think more Captain Jack Sparrow and less Captain Hook. He’s light on his feet and inclined towards sly exuberance and an appreciation for the finer things in life. He wears scarves and eats well. He’ll steal your women, alright, but he’s going to be very particular about which vintage of wine is also included in the loot, and there is likely to be some parting complaint about the meager quality of your tequila. And that sound you hear as he traipses away will be his guitar, played deliriously, gorgeously and with celebratory gusto.

High school IB program lauded, criticized

A newly adopted diploma program aimed at giving Redondo Union High School students a more international and rigorous educational alternative has come under fire from a group of teachers and department heads who are asking district leadership to delay its [...]

Student guilty of supplying alcohol in ‘party bus’ death

A French student who organized the “party bus” trip to Hollywood for fellow students from the EF International Language School that ended in the tragic death of a 17-year-old boy from Denmark admitted guilt this week of contributing to the [...]

Three candidates vie for school board; city candidates run unopposed

Three candidates have filed to run for two seats that will be vacated by termed-out board members on the Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education, while incumbents for two City Council seats, city clerk, and city treasurer are [...]

Christmas in Haiti – Photographer Lucas Simmons documents hope in a land of despair [PHOTOS]

Christmas in Haiti – Photographer Lucas Simmons documents hope in a land of despair [PHOTOS]

Christmas in Haiti – Photographer Lucas Simmons documents hope in a land of despair. During the first week of October, Lucas and Alicia Simmons said their goodbyes, packed all their remaining possessions into four suitcases, and hopped on a plane. [...]

Vitality City visits Eats at Joe’s [PHOTOS]

Vitality City visits Eats at Joe’s [PHOTOS]

The Vitality City public health initiative launched Thursday morning at Eat at Joe’s diner in Redondo Beach.  Leaders from all three beach cities gathered in support of the initiative, an ambitious three-year project that intends to measurably increase longevity and [...]