iRocke: two Hermosa Beach businessmen help shape the future of the music industry

Two years ago, Allen Sanford made a rare admission for an entrepreneur who’d staked his livelihood on deliberately careful decision-making and done so quite successfully, launching local clubs Saint Rocke and Union Cattle Company along with his brother Jed and [...]

A high-tech Redondo Beach police sting operation nets an unexpected bounty: dozens of career criminals

The signal went out late on a Friday afternoon. From various points in the South Bay, a Special Investigations Unit comprised of eight detectives from three different police departments were simultaneously alerted via text message. The bait bike was on [...]

The travels of Ottmar

Master guitarist and Zen monk Ottmar Liebert comes to Saint Rocke Forty years ago an unusual boy, born with a faraway look in his eyes, wandered the streets of Cologne, Germany. Ottmar Liebert, as he would later describe himself, was [...]

RBPD officer charged with tipping off TPD officer

An RBPD officer stands accused of tipping off a Torrance officer about the police stakeout of a drug deal that may reveal larger problems within the Torrance PD

The Bearback Invitational trophy, back at The Pitcher House

The Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10K [PHOTOS]

Thousands of runners, walkers, and buggy pushers showed up early Sunday morning for the Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10k, 5k, and buggy races. The event, an annual tradition sponsored by the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce, also features a costume [...]

The Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10k Costume Contest [PHOTOS]

Thousands showed up early Sunday morning — many donning capes, wigs, tights, face paint, and a wild variety of other costumes — for the annual Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10k. The event, sponsored by the RB Chamber of Commerce, also [...]

Eyelash Factory plays Saint Rocke [MUSIC PREVIEW]

“We try to make our shows as mysterious, and as big, as possible,” Baranchik said. “Rock n Roll.” Phil Baranchick’s Eyelash Factory plays Saint Rocke on Saturday.