Redondo Beach

Jonathan Chacon pleads not guilty

Jonathan Chacon pleads not guilty

Jonathan Chacon, the 23-year-old man suspected in the February slayings of his 19-year-old girlfriend Courtney Bergman and her 59-year-old mother, Vicki, appeared at the Torrance Courthouse on Tuesday and pled not guilty to the double homicide. He also denied the [...]

Redondo Beach News Briefs, March 22 – March 29, 2012

Redondo Beach News Briefs, March 22 – March 29, 2012

Parking rate changes The Plaza Plaza Parking Structure will soon be removing their current parking program and moving to a pilot pay-by-space system in early April. The entry and exit gates will be removed and parking rates have been adjusted. [...]

Redondo Beach USD prepares for cuts

Redondo Beach USD prepares for cuts

Redondo Beach parents and teachers got a surprise in their inbox last week after Superintendent Steven Keller sent out an email outlining the district’s budgetary predicament and underlining the relationship and finite future of forty temporary teachers in the district.

Graffiti paints RUHS campus

Graffiti paints RUHS campus

Upon entering the Redondo Union High School’s campus on Monday, it was clear there was a rat problem.

Armed with stencils and spray-paint, somebody snuck onto the campus sometime on Sunday, March 11, and painted rats crawling over the walls of the campus.

Galleria adds electric vehicle charger

Galleria adds electric vehicle charger

The South Bay Galleria has been popping up on more maps and iPhone apps after it recently installed one of the first South Bay electric vehicle charging stations in their parking structure. “We noticed an increased trend of patrons driving [...]

Sandbox: A solution for the future of the power plant in Redondo Beach

Sandbox: A solution for the future of the power plant in Redondo Beach

San Francisco and Chula Vista recently retired their power plants because of community opposition and political pressure; so can we!

Innovators and educators come together at Northrop Grumman

Innovators and educators come together at Northrop Grumman

“Today we are here to talk about our kids and how to prepare them for the 21st century,” said Assemblymember Betsy Butler at an informational hearing she hosted on Education and the Aerospace Industry last Friday at Northrop Grumman in [...]

Academic Decathlon team goes to State

Academic Decathlon team goes to State

A group of nine high school students, ages 15 to 18 walk back down the halls of Redondo Union High School well after the final bell has rung. They enter room 201, sit down and crack open a five pound [...]