It was an integral part of Redondo Beach’s surf culture, visible for the public to view any time day or night. But unfortunately, sometime between midnight Aug. 6 and the early morning hours of Aug. 7 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Arthur Verge was ready to give up his search when he came across the newspaper article on microfilm — a vivid account of how surfer George Freeth, on Dec. 16 ...

Two weeks ago I began the story of George Freeth, considered the “Father of California Surfing.” This is part two and takes up where the young Freeth leaves his native Hawaii and lands in California ...

OCEANSIDE, Calif. — When you think about Beach Culture in California you don't think of the early 1900s. Well, a new book, Surf and Rescue tells a different story. Author Patrick Moser's new book ...

A new bust of famed surfer and lifeguard George Freeth will be unveiled Sunday at the Redondo Beach pier after a two-year fundraising effort. The new piece replaces a bust that stood at the waterfront ...

One cannot help but notice something is missing from the entrance to the Redondo Beach pier. The bronze bust of George Freeth – a determined man who transformed the beach culture of the South Bay – ...

A bronze bust of George Freeth — the man credited with bringing surfing to California 100 years ago — was stolen sometime overnight, Redondo Beach Police said Thursday morning. The statue, created by ...