SUV Hits Fire Hydrant, Rolls Over

A dark SUV hits four cars, crashes into a fire hydrant and flips over.

A driver was hospitalized late Tuesday night after the SUV he was driving rolled over in the 1800 block of Pacific Coast Highway near Prospect Avenue. Police and fire units from both Redondo Beach and Torrance responded to the scene and blocked off Pacific Coast Highway in the area around the crash site. At about 10:15 p.m., the dark-colored SUV hit four cars parked on the southbound side of Pacific Coast Highway before running into a fire hydrant and flipping the vehicle, according to police and witness reports. The man was ejected from the SUV. "We thought it was a gunshot, it was so loud," said Palos Verdes Inn guest Emma, who declined to give her last name. "By the time we got out here, he was on foot, trying to run away," said Angela …

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Dinner Raises Funds for Fire Victims

The Redondo Beach Fire Department and Woman's Club serve up scrumptious pasta at the annual spaghetti dinner.

With heaping portions of pasta and meat sauce, the Redondo Beach Fire Department and Woman's Club hosted the fifth annual spaghetti dinner Saturday night to raise money for fire victims. The amount of money raised was unavailable as of late Sunday evening. Check out the gallery above for photos from the event; don't forget to add your own!

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All Invited to Saturday's Spaghetti Dinner

The Woman's Club of Redondo Beach and the local fire department are hosting their annual spaghetti dinner Saturday night.

The Woman's Club of Redondo Beach and the Redondo Beach Fire Department will host their annual spaghetti dinner Saturday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Woman's Club building. This is the fifth year in a row the two organizations have hosted the spaghetti dinner, which raises money for the firefighters association. This year, proceeds from the dinner and the silent auction will benefit victims of fires in the community. "We are extremely appreciative of the Woman's Club of Redondo Beach for hosting this event and fundraiser," Fire Chief Dan Madrigal said in a news release about the dinner. "We hope to see a lot of the community there." Among the silent auction items are a pair of gift certificates for a sunset cruise in King Harbor, dinner…

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Retired Redondo Officer Advocates for Legalizing Marijuana

Retired Redondo Beach police Lt. Diane Goldstein says she supports decriminalizing marijuana as well as investing more into drug addiction treatment programs.

Blotter: Infant Dies, Missing Man Found

The following information was supplied by the Redondo Beach Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Officers from the Redondo Beach Police Department tried to save an infant and found a missing man last week, according to the Recent Law Enforcement events release. Infant dies Despite efforts by officers and paramedics, a two-week-old baby who had recently undergone open-heart surgery died last week. According to a release from the police department, police and fire department units responded to a call about a half hour after midnight May 2 in the 600 block of the Esplanade about an infant not breathing. Paramedics transported the infant to a nearby hospital, and he was pronounced dead by the attending physician, police said. The infant's body was released to his family for burial. Missing man found Police officers spent more than an hour…

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DUI Checkpoint Set for Cinco de Mayo

The Redondo Beach Police Department will hold a DUI and driver's license checkpoint from 7 p.m. Saturday until 2 a.m. Sunday.

The Cinco de Mayo holiday may be an excuse to party, but it's not an excuse to drink and drive. The Redondo Beach Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI and driver's license checkpoint on Saturday. Officers at the checkpoint, which will be held somewhere within city limits from 7 p.m. Saturday until 2 a.m. Sunday, will check drivers for signs of impairment from alcohol or drugs, as well as for proper licensing, according to a news release from the Redondo Beach Police Department. Motorists caught driving impaired can expect jail, license suspension, insurance increases, fines, fees, DUI classes and other expenses that can exceed $10,000, police said. Funding for the checkpoint is provided by a grant from the California …

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New City Prosecutor Sworn In

Melanie Chavira assumes the duties of the Redondo Beach City Prosecutor.

Redondo Beach has a new city prosecutor. Melanie Chavira took her oath of office and received her badge from City Attorney Mike Webb at the beginning of Tuesday's city council meeting. "Melanie is going to be an outstanding city prosecutor," said Webb, who noted that she's a graduate of UCLA's law school. Chavira comes to Redondo Beach from the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, where she was an assistant supervisor in the criminal division. She made headline news when she prosecuted Lindsay Lohan in connection with the theft of a necklace. Lohan pleaded no contest to the charges. Chavira replaces Brenda Coe as Redondo's city prosecutor. Coe, who was the city's first female city prosecutor, left in January to assume the position of …

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1 Cited in Shoulder-Tap Sting

One person is cited for buying alcohol for a minor during Friday's shoulder-tap sting.

Police cited one person for taking money from a minor, purchasing alcohol and giving it to the minor during a decoy shoulder tap operation last Friday, according to the Redondo Beach Police Department. During the operation, which was part of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's Minor Decoy/Shoulder Tap Grant Project, two minors asked 13 adults to buy alcohol for them, police said. Four Redondo Beach establishments were visited during the operation. Police will conduct additional operations at other liquor stores in the city, according to the news release. The Minor Decoy/Shoulder Tap Grant Project is funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Body Found Off Redondo Beach Pier

Police suspect that a body recovered off the Redondo Beach Pier early Saturday morning is that of David Thompson, who jumped off the pier two weeks ago.

Officials with the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office are working to identify a body discovered in the water off the Redondo Beach Pier late Friday night, authorities said. Police suspect the body is that of David Thompson, 22, who jumped off the pier with a friend after 11 p.m. April 14. Thompson was the only missing swimmer reported to Los Angeles County lifeguards in the area, according to Redondo Beach Police Department spokesman Sgt. Shawn Freeman. "We can't say for sure (it's Thompson) until the coroner's office confirms," Freeman told Redondo Beach Patch. Recreational divers discovered the body west of the pier, Freeman said. The remains were in 60 feet of water near the 300-foot-deep offshore Redondo Canyon. With the help of the …

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