Editing Redondo Beach, California (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Redondo Beach Fire Department Boat.jpg|thumb|right|Redondo Beach Fire Department harbor patrol]]
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Redondo Beach Post Office at 1201 North Catalina Avenue,<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/redondo-beach-1201-n-catalina-ave-redondo-beach-ca-1379000 Post Office Location - REDONDO BEACH] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100725/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/redondo-beach-1201-n-catalina-ave-redondo-beach-ca-1379000 |date=2012-05-03 }}." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref> the Redondo Beach Station #2 Post Office at 1715 Via El Prado,<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/redondo-beach-station-2-1715-via-el-prado-redondo-beach-ca-1440736 Post Office Location - REDONDO BEACH STATION #2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100802/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/redondo-beach-station-2-1715-via-el-prado-redondo-beach-ca-1440736 |date=2012-05-03 }}." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref> the North Redondo Beach Post Office at 2215 Artesia Boulevard,<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/north-redondo-beach-2215-artesia-blvd-redondo-beach-ca-1375417 Post Office Location - NORTH REDONDO BEACH] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100809/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/north-redondo-beach-2215-artesia-blvd-redondo-beach-ca-1375417 |date=2012-05-03 }}." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref> and the Galleria Post Office at Suite 377D at 1815 Hawthorne Boulevard.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/galleria-1815-hawthorne-blvd-ste-377d-redondo-beach-ca-1382097 Post Office Location - GALLERIA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100814/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/galleria-1815-hawthorne-blvd-ste-377d-redondo-beach-ca-1382097 |date=2012-05-03 }}." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Torrance Health Center in [[Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, California|Harbor Gateway]], [[Los Angeles]], near [[Torrance, California|Torrance]] and serving Redondo Beach.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/torrance.pdf Torrance Health Center]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved on March 18, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201202645/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/torrance.pdf |date=February 1, 2015 }}</ref>

The Beach Cities Health District,<ref name="bchd">{{cite web|url=http://bchd.org/|title=Beach Cities Health District|website=bchd.org|access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref> one of 78 California Health Districts,<ref>[[List of California Health Districts]]</ref> is located in Redondo Beach. Created in 1955, as South Bay Hospital, to provide health and wellness services to the residents of [[Hermosa Beach, California|Hermosa Beach]], [[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]], and Redondo Beach. The district took on its current name in 1993. In 2002, Beach Cities Health District opened AdventurePlex,<ref name="adventureplex">{{cite web|url=http://www.adventureplex.org/|title=Home|website=Adventure Plex|access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref> a Manhattan Beach fitness facility for youth and their families of the three beach cities. AdventurePlex has mazes, tunnels, outdoor [[rock climbing]] walls, complex [[ropes courses]], and an indoor gymnasium.

===Redondo Beach Police Department===
The Redondo Beach Police Department was established in the 1920s. The Police Department consists of 90 sworn members (officers) plus 57 non-sworn members.<ref name="redondo">{{cite web|url=http://www.redondo.org/depts/police/station/department_history.asp|title=City of Redondo Beach - 404|website=redondo.org|access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref>

=== Redondo Beach Public Library ===

[[File:Redondo Public Library from side.jpg|alt=public library image|thumb|Redondo Beach Public Library]]
[[File:RedondoBeachLibrary.jpg|alt=A tall brown brick building with a glass upper level, and white columns|thumb|Current Redondo Beach Public Library, main branch, from the civic center entrance]]
The first library in Redondo Beach began as a reading room in 1895. The first five-member Library Commission for the city was formed in November 1908. The library moved into the then City Hall's west wing in 1909 and eventually filled the entire west wing at 301 Emerald Street. In 1928 the Chamber of Commerce recommended a new library be built on the site previously occupied by the [[Hotel Redondo]] in what is now Veterans Park. The Veterans Park Library is a Spanish/Dutch colonial building designed by architect Lovel Bearse Pemberton and opened on July 2, 1930. It was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1981. After serving as the Main Library for the city for 60 years, a site adjacent to City Hall was identified for a new, modern Main Library building. The new Main Library for the City of Redondo Beach opened on July 8, 1995, at 303 N. Pacific Coast Highway. A North Branch Library was also established in 1930 and started at the Grant Community Hall, it then moved to its current location at 2000 Artesia Boulevard in 1949. A new North Branch Library was constructed on the site in 2009 and opened its doors on September 28, 2010. The North Branch Library is the first City owned Green building and received Gold [[LEED certification]].<ref>[http://www.redondo.org/depts/library/history.asp The Redondo Beach Public Library, City of Redondo Beach Library], accessed March 28, 2015.</ref>

===Public transportation===
Redondo Beach is served by [[Beach Cities Transit]] and the [[Redondo Beach station|Redondo Beach]] [[K Line (Los Angeles Metro)|K Line]] station.

Historically, the city was served by the [[California Central Railway#Redondo Beach Railway|Santa Fe Railroad]] and [[Pacific Electric|Pacific Electric's]] [[Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey Line|Venice-Playa del Rey]] and [[Redondo Beach via Gardena Line|Redondo Beach via Gardena]] lines.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The beach cities greenbelt: Joggers take over from railroad trains {{!}} South Bay History|url=http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2015/06/13/the-beach-cities-greenbelt-joggers-take-over-from-railroad-trains/|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=blogs.dailybreeze.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Harold |title=Redondo Beach End of The Line |url=https://www.pacificelectric.org/pacific-electric/western-district/redondo-beach-end-of-the-line/ |website=Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society |date=July 20, 2013}}</ref>