Redondo Beach is a coastal city in Los Angeles County, California, located in the South Bay region of Greater Los Angeles. It is one of three beach cities along the southern Santa Monica Bay. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,576. The city was originally part of the 1785 Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant and is known today for its scenic Municipal Pier, wide sandy beaches, and active tourism and sports scene.
Historically, the area was home to the Tongva (or Gabrielino) people, particularly the Chowigna band, who lived in the South Bay thousands of years ago. They used the area around present-day Hopkins Wilderness Park as a lookout and gathered food from the wetlands near the old Redondo Salt Lake. This salt lake, called Ongovanga or Onoova-nga, meaning “Place of Salt,” was an important trade site where the Tongva exchanged salt with neighboring tribes.









