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by Garth Meyer A King Harbor dredging project last winter timed to avoid disturbing baby giant sea bass has succeeded, according to a local wildlife consultant. Over the past 10 years, Mike Couffer has spent more than 600 hours underwater observing baby giant sea bass in four spots along the Southern California coast. He reports […]
Sea bass grow-out project to resume in King Harbor The Redondo Beach city council voted Tuesday to approve a contract, not to exceed $67,000, for Coast Construction Group (Lancaster) to design and build a new grow-out facility for white sea bass in King Harbor – a project advocated by the Harbor Commission to return after […]
by Garth Meyer The 32nd annual Cure Cancer Cup Sailboat Regatta in King Harbor raised $28,000 for a Cedars-Sinai research lab July 13, as 33 boats competed for the Tom Collier Trophy in a pursuit race. The 20-foot to 40-foot sailboats began with the slowest entries starting first and the fastest last. This year, with […]
Redondo Beach Fireworks King Harbor, 208 Yacht Club Way 9 p.m. Bring your blankets or chairs and get ready for an amazing pyrotechnic show! The fireworks will be launched off a barge about 300 yards away from the Redondo Beach Pier. There will be several vantage points from the pier and along the beach to […]
Dredging of King Harbor along the breakwall began Monday, Feb. 12, with a scoop dredge, tugboat and spoils barge, operated by contractors Manson Construction. The project involves two areas – starting with a sandbar built up inside the breakwall from Marina Way to Yacht Club Way, to remove about 60,000 cubic yards of sediment. The […]
by Garth Meyer With high waves now crashing the coastline, plans are underway to repair the north King Harbor breakwater next summer. Two men from the Army Corps of Engineers spoke to the Redondo Beach city council Dec. 5, one of whom worked on the last repair in 1999, and the expansion after the 1988 […]