Articles By: Mark McDermott
A Bard in the hand
CLOSBC makes its first attempt at Shakespeare with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ THESEUS: Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! she lingers [...]
Gilby Clarke rides again
Gilby Clarke picked up the phone one day in 1991 to find Slash on the other end. Guns N’ Roses needed a guitar player. Clarke quickly auditioned – he was the only guitarist asked – and suddenly found himself joining [...]
Building a Better Redondo sues Redondo
by Mark McDermott The citizen’s group Building a Better Redondo last week sued the city of Redondo Beach in an attempt to force a public vote on harbor area zoning. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last Thursday, [...]
Redondo Beach city budget continues pay cuts
City employees for the second year in a row are being asked take a six percent pay cut and forego a scheduled four percent cost of living increase in order to help the city meet a gaping budget deficit, according to proposals outlined in the budget City Manager Bill Workman submitted the City Council last week.
NFL player, former Sea Hawk Ellison arrested with Vicodin
Police on Monday arrested former Redondo Union High School football star and current San Diego Charger safety Kevin Ellison for possessing a large quantity of painkiller drugs without a prescription. Kevin Ellison, 23, was pulled over by Redondo Beach police [...]
Council halts fire department merger talks
The City Council on Tuesday night called an end to talks between Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach regarding a potential consolidation of the two cities’ fire departments.