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• ELECTION 2024: Redondo Beach seeks $93 million for two new fire stations, police station September 14, 2024 10:33 pm Easy Reader News - California by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach voters will decide on Nov. 5 whether to approve a $93 million bond for two new fire stations, a new police station and refurbishment of the police annex. The annex – next to Redondo Union High School auditorium – is “office …
• Redondo council decides against county, keeps city fire department May 28, 2024 11:11 pm Easy Reader News - California by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to keep its city fire department, concluding a six-year process, putting to rest the question of whether contracting with the L.A. County Fire Department would be better financially for …
• Photos: Redondo Beach recognizes military heroes at Memorial Day event May 28, 2024 12:21 am LA Daily News South Bay Coastal Sea Cadet Christina Ree plays “Assembly,” a bugle call, during the annual Memorial Day Ceremony in Redondo Beach on Monday, May 27, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer) US Army veterans stand up as their branch’s …
• High turnout for first South Bay Chess Championships January 27, 2024 9:31 pm Easy Reader News - California by Garth Meyer The First Annual Kiwanis/Elks Lodge South Bay Chess Championships took place Sunday, Jan. 21 with 62 youth participants. The limit was 50, ages 8-18, but organizers let them keep coming in to the Redondo Beach Elks Lodge #1378, including …
• State Bar proposes two year suspension of Obagi’s law license December 14, 2023 10:20 pm Easy Reader News - California by Garth Meyer The California State Bar last week found Redondo Beach City Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr., culpable of two acts of “moral turpitude” for failing to pay $515,000 to a former client after the settlement of a lawsuit. Judge Manjari Chawla …
• “Generational decision” Council votes to resume county fire study April 16, 2023 10:34 pm Easy Reader News - California by Garth Meyer The question of whether Redondo Beach should switch to Los Angeles County for its fire department services is back, following a 4-1 city council vote Tuesday night.  L.A. County Fire will now proceed to Phase Two of its study of Redondo …
• Letters to the Editor 2-23-23 February 22, 2023 12:28 am Easy Reader News - California Future greatness Dear ER: Redondo Beach would be the greatest beach city in Los Angeles County if it allowed two big projects (“Public auction still on for AES site,” ER Feb 9, 2023). Turn the AES power plant into something useful, beautiful, and …
• Redondo City council decides Horvath will keep his seat January 19, 2023 9:30 pm Easy Reader News - California by Garth Meyer In a two hour and 25-minute meeting Tuesday afternoon, called by Mayor Bill Brand on whether city councilman Christian Horvath maintained legal residence in Redondo after his family moved to Torrance, the verdict appeared to be in hand early …
• Mahoning County Real Estate Sales: $100K+, Full Month January 2023 January 5, 2023 8:41 pm Business Journal - Ohio 01/31/23 Boardman Christian Church to 565 BC Rd LLC, 565 Boardman Canfield Road, Boardman, OH 44512, $600,000. Acropolis Development LLC to Joseph Asset Management Company LLC, 1122 East Midlothian Boulevard, Youngstown, OH 44502, $530,000. Paul …
• Special election: Redondo Beach voters reject Obagi recall, cannabis measure October 28, 2022 12:14 am Daily Breeze - California It’s official: Redondo Beach Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr. has survived an attempt to oust him. Obagi, the District 4 councilman, soundly defeated a recall attempt — with 72% of voters rejecting it — while a measure that would have allowed up to three …
• Special election: Redondo Beach voters appear to reject Obagi recall, cannabis measure October 20, 2022 4:15 am Daily Breeze - California District 4 Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr. appears on his well on his way to surviving an attempt to oust him, with nearly 74 % of voters rejecting the recall, while a measure that would allow up to three cannabis dispensaries in Redondo Beach was also …
• Recall effort shot over bow from Cannabis industry, Obagi claims   October 13, 2022 10:47 pm Easy Reader News - California by Garth Meyer Over the September 24 weekend, a dozen Redondo Beach firefighters from each of the city’s three fire stations knocked on doors in City Council District Four, with Council Member Zein Obagi, Jr. He is the target of a recall on the Oct. 19 …
• Elections 2022: What is Redondo Beach’s Oct. 19 special election really about? September 26, 2022 3:01 pm Daily Breeze - California Ballots began arriving in Redondo Beach mailboxes over the past week as a controversial special election, comprising both a recall and a cannabis measure, draws near. The special election, conducted entirely by mail, is set for Wednesday, Oct. 19 — three …
• District Four challenger McKenzie seeks city equity August 25, 2022 8:44 pm Easy Reader News - California by Garth Meyer Tonya McKenzie, a nine-year Redondo Beach resident, and Redondo Chamber boardmember, is the sole challenger in the Oct. 19 recall election against District 4 Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr. If residents vote to recall him, McKenzie will assume …
• Redondo Beach’s District 4 voters have only one alternative in recall election August 16, 2022 2:37 pm Daily Breeze - California Redondo Beach’s District 4 voters will only have one alternative candidate from which to choose when deciding whether to recall current Councilman Zein Obagi Jr. during the all-mail-in special election on Oct. 19. Tonya McKenzie, the president of the all- …