REDONDO BREEZE, Redondo Beach, California, Oct. 5, 1917

• West Coast beach community
• Los Angeles County

An early newspaper from one of the more famous beach communities in Los Angeles County. The popular television series "Baywatch" was filmed in Redondo Beach. Only one institution has any notable holdings of this newspaper.
A combination of local & national news, offering a  flavor of Southern California beach life during the pre "Roaring '20's".
A complete 6 page issue, cleanly cut at the spine, light toning at the margins, generally in good condition.

Background: This complete six-page issue of the Redondo Breeze from October 5, 1917, represents an exceptionally rare historical artifact from early 20th-century Los Angeles County, with institutional holdings virtually non-existent outside the Redondo Beach Public Library. Published during World War I and just prior to the "Roaring Twenties," the issue offers a vivid slice of early Southern California coastal life, blending local South Bay civic affairs, period advertisements, and oceanfront community updates with national wartime reporting. Capturing the municipality long before it achieved modern pop-culture fame as a primary filming location for Baywatch, this rare survivor provides a comprehensive, primary-source glimpse into the evolving culture, daily rhythm, and regional character of a premier West Coast beach city during a crucial era of American transformation.