Here are some fun facts you can use to impress people at parties:
- The official city bird is the Goodyear Blimp.
- Notable graduates of Redondo Union High School include: Charles Lindbergh, the Smothers Brothers and Demi Moore.
- RB is the subject of a Patti Smith song of the same name on her 1975 album Horses. It was covered by Morrissey in 2004. It is also mentioned by name in Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ USA.”
- The “Crazy” music video by Britney Spears and scenes from the first Batman movie were filmed at the Edison Power Plant.
- Disney Channel’s “Even Stevens” used The Galleria for mall scenes and Aviation High’s track can be seen in gym class sequences.
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- There are 185,818 books in the Redondo Beach Public Library.
- Chuck Norris opened a martial arts studio in RB before his big break in acting.
- The top 10 employers in RB are Northrop Grumman, Nordstrom, Macy's, Web Services Company, Comerica Bank, U.S. Post Office, Mervyn’s, Crown Plaza Hotel, RB Unified School District, South Bay Family Health Center and The Cheesecake Factory.
- Even fictional characters like RB: The Cannonball Run race finished there. The titular Little Miss Sunshine contest at the heart of the Oscar-nominated film was being held in RB. John Travolta’s Pulp Fiction character lives there while Jack Nicholson talks about a fictional Bird Of Paradise Motel in the Chinatown sequel located in, well, you get the picture.
- In 1972, Redondo Beach's Fire Department was among the first in the nation to have a paramedics program.
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