After training for months, the lifelong 49-year-old swimmer launched out just after midnight on Thursday morning to swim from Catalina Island to the shore of Rancho Palos Verdes. More than 13 ...

Today, his bronze bust stands outside City Hall, the pool at the Palos Verdes Swim Club is known as the Roessler Memorial Pool, and one of the best views of the crashing Pacific Ocean can be ...