Redondo Beach Farmers Market
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One of the best ways to help the environment, support your community, and provide for your family healthy, fresh, organic food is to buy local and buy in season! How? By visiting the local farmers markets! Redondo Beach has two farmers markets, and both are located in South Redondo. On Thursdays from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., the city hosts a market at Veterans Park that features dozens of vendors that sell produce, meats, cakes, prepared food and more. Riviera Village hosts its own certified farmers market on Fridays from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Avenue I between Catalina Avenue.
Why shop at the farmers market? For starters you’re investing in and strengthening the economy of your community. It’s good for you, the food is fresh (often picked that very day), grown with minimal intervention, nutritious and delicious. Finally farmers markets are (generally) more affordable and/or of higher quality than supermarkets. A couple of tips: Go early for the best selection. Bring cash. Take time to walk around and see whats available. And stay late for best deals.
South Bay residents may have spotted Tyler Lucas running along The Strand or playing volleyball on the beach, but they may not realize that he’s running for a greater purpose. Tyler is one-half of “Team Lucas.” The other half is Tysen, his brother. Tysen has a medical condition known as spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, in addition to epilepsy and scoliosis, which keeps him confined to a wheelchair most of the time, but that doesn’t keep the team from entering 5Ks, 10Ks and half-marathons. While Tyler pushes the wheelchair, Tysen provides the motivation. The brothers have competed together in nine races in Southern California, starting with a 5K in Redondo Beach in 2007. Their next race will be the Hollywood Half Marathon. Learn More about Team Lucas: 
Thousands of runners, walkers, and buggy pushers showed up early Sunday morning for the Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10k, 5k, and buggy races— many donning capes, wigs, tights, face paint, and a wild variety of other costumes — for the annual Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10k. The event, sponsored by the RB Chamber of Commerce, also included a 5k and buggy races. The event, an annual tradition sponsored by the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce. Check out some cool pictures: 
Twenty percent of the proceeds from Tuesday’s sales at Pedone’s Pizza in Riviera Village from 11 a.m. through the evening will go to a local organization. Every Tuesday, Pedone’s donates 20 percent of the day’s proceeds—including those from take-out and delivery orders. Previous beneficiaries have included the Redondo Union High School girls soccer team, Riviera Hall, and Palos Verdes High School, among others. Money raised during the Tuesday events ranges from about $400 to more than $1,000. No flier is required for people to participate. The pizzeria sees the program as an opportunity to help out the community, according to a sign posted in the eatery. Pedone’s Pizza is located at 1819 S. Catalina Ave. in South Redondo Beach.
Orcas have been spotted up and down the coastline this week busy going after sea lions. They have been especially active in Redondo Beach harbor and near the Palos Verdes Peninsula. With news of the killer whales arrival, tourist boats leaving from Redondo Pier are packed and there isn’t a bad seat aboard. Boatloads of watchers have been getting their money’s worth as they witness a rare encounter of eight killer whales in these waters. Check out this incredible footage, up close and personal with the top preditor in the ocean 
Redondo Beach is giving busy holiday shoppers a break—on parking, that is. People visiting Riviera Village and the Redondo Beach Pier can park for free during the week leading up to Christmas. Parking in Riviera Village will be free from Monday through the end of 2011, the City Council decided during a November meeting. Though parking at the 
The legendary heavy metal icon Don Dokken is performing locally for only the second time in the last 30 years in his native South Bay stomping grounds at Brixton in Redondo Beach, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. $15 presale; $18 at the door. Dokken was a waiter at the Kettle back in the late 1970s when he founded the band that went on to sell more than 10 million records globally. Dokken still has a house in Manhattan Beach and maintains strong South Bay connections. He did his first club gig here since the early days last year at Brixton and is returning for another on Friday night.
