Posts by Kevin Cody
Police Beat: ‘Tidal Wave’ hits Redondo Pier
‘Operation Tidal Wave’ results in drug arrests, citations Last week, Redondo Beach Police responded to resident complaints on criminal violations with a Redondo Pier-area crackdown by way of what was called “Operation Tidal Wave.” The operation, which took place on Jan. 5, was a coordinated effort between the department’s Pier, K-9, Patrol and Directed…
Read MoreHermosa Beach police charge St. Cross Episcopal employee with embezzlement
An administrator allegedly embezzled funds from St. Cross Episcopal Church and Temple Shalom, which holds services at the church.
Read MoreWachter hopes to fill Redondo Beach’s District 4 leadership vacuum
According to City Council candidate Adam Wachter, North Redondo Beach has been lacking for years, long before outgoing councilman Steve Sammarco announced he wouldn’t seek reelection. “North Redondo has been starved for leadership; the issues that affect our district have been ignored and have been falling on deaf ears,” Wachter said. “I feel we need…
Read MoreFormer Easy Reader photographer and Hermosa helicopter pilot die in crash
Photographer Michael Justice, a long time contributor to Easy Reader, and helicopter pilot Christopher Reed, of Hermosa Beach, died Wednesday after their helicopter crashed in Los Angeles Harbor. Los Angeles Port Police divers recovered their bodies Thursday morning in the water near the Point Fermin Lighthouse, just down the hill from Justice’s San Pedro home.
Read MoreWeWork coworking startup launches in Manhattan Beach Towers
WeWork members in the newly-opened WeWork Manhattan Beach space on Tuesday. Photo courtesy WeWork December 3 was move-in day at WeWork Manhattan Beach. Laptop users slowly filled up long community tables — known as “hot desks” — in the main room, while more permanent office users get themselves set up in their own assigned…
Read MoreRetired Redondo Beach police captain given Key to City
After 28 years of service, the City of Redondo Beach bid farewell to Police Captain Tom Krafick as Mayor Steve Aspel presented Krafick with the Key to the City at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. “I don’t feel like I should be going home as the old guy, but the city is in great hands…
Read MoreWater warmer than the air at Hermosa Beach Polar Bear Swim
“The 56 degree water felt downright balmy because the air temp was 48,” said Ed Kushins, organizer of the 27th Annual 16th Street Polar Bear Swim on New Year’s Day.
Read MoreUpdate: Missing elderly man found in North Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach police are searching for a critical missing elderly man who went missing today. Stanford Parks, 83, was last seen on Monday, Jan. 2, around 10 a.m., in the 1000 block of Emerald Street. Parks suffers from dementia. He is described as a black adult male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 130 pounds. He…
Read MoreBeach 2016: The Battle of the Redondo Beach Waterfront
The story of the Redondo Beach waterfront was in 2016 the same as it’s been for decades: A desire to move forward is being met with an equally strong push to throw the current plan into the garbage and put a new framework in place that proponents hope would be more in keeping with…
Read MoreBeach 2016: Developing tensions in Redondo Beach
After years of fits and starts, the saga of the Legado Redondo project seems to have an end in sight. But the legacy of the project, fought over by many members of the South Redondo community who felt most negatively impacted, may ripple throughout Redondo Beach for decades. In its wake, the City is…
Read MoreBeach 2016: Stage set for Redondo’s Election Ballot Battle Royale
The June resignation of Redondo Beach District 1’s City Councilman Jeff Ginsburg was a surprise to all, but it was hardly the first shot fired towards the 2017 election season. That honor goes to Mayor Steve Aspel, who went public with his plans for reelection last January. Aspel’s announcement came during a “Mayor’s Reception” held…
Read More2016 Passings: Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach
Some led full lives. Some died too soon. All will be equally missed.
Read MoreBeach 2016: Business review in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach
The risks to conglomerates who acquire popular, family-owned businesses was dramatically illustrated in 2016 with the sales of Redondo Beach-based Body Glove and Manhattan Beach-based Shorewood Realtors. New high end hotels and grocery markets reflected the beach cities growing wealth.
Read MoreManhattan Beach Police ask help in package thief case
An alleged package thief was recently caught on a home video surveillance camera in the 700 block of 29th Street in Manhattan Beach. Anyone with information relating to the theft is asked to call Manhattan Beach Detective Navarrette at (310) 802-5125.
Read MoreWaterfront lease discussion tabled in heated Redondo Beach City Council meeting
A scheduled discussion of a potential lease agreement between the City of Redondo Beach and CenterCal Properties was postponed until January, causing tensions and anger to reach a boiling point at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Redondo Beach City Council. Following Dec. 13’s report on the Agreement for Lease of Property and Infrastructure Financing (ALPIF)…
Read MoreLegado Redondo lawsuit held, revised project to come
The stalled plan to build a mixed-use residential and retail shopping center at South Redondo’s former Bristol Farms site appears to have forward momentum yet again. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, the Redondo Beach City Council announced that it had reached a settlement with the Legado Companies to halt a lawsuit filed against the City,…
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