Results tagged “Gardena” from South Bay Pipeline

Readers, we have so much news this fine autumn morning:

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors enacted sweeping measures in hopes of curbing obesity and smoking, and cashing in on stimulus funds, but stopped at banning soda at county venues.

A psychiatrist told a Los Angeles County Superior Court that William Sadowski was insane when he killed an LAX police officer by dragging him with his own car about four years ago.

A relatively controversial statue unveiled in San Pedro but boxed away in storage ever since, has found a new home on the city's waterfront.

Poor Gardena and San Pedro high schools: The schools drew significantly less interest from charters or outside groups in running them under Los Angeles Unified School District's Public School Choice Plan than the other three dozen or so schools open under the pitch.

Check out these cute pictures of Special Olympics athletes playing at Mattel in El Segundo yesterday.

A South Bay-based firm won a $10 million contract with the European planemaker Airbus.

Mira Costa High's girl volleyball team lost again for the second time this season to Los Alamitos on Tuesday. See pictures.

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The owners of the South Bay Galleria want to revamp a 11-acre piece of property adjacent to the Redondo Beach mall with a $32 million retail complex. This development -- curiously titled SouthBay South -- would replace the old bowling alley site, as well as buildings that once housed CompUSA and Thrifty Drug.

Boxing champ Mike Tyson was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a Wednesday night scuffle with the paparazzi.

Speaking of LAX, why don't you mosey over to our South Bay History blog to read up on the providence of the iconic Theme Building?

The heads of the west coast's six largest ports -- including Los Angeles -- are in China touting their facilities to Asian shippers in hopes of luring back business.

Two robbers who held up an Inglewood autoparts store who led Hawthorne police on a freeway chase in a high-jacked car are still at large after about nine hours of searching Wednesday.

Make sure you check out pictures of Hermosa Beach's candlelight Veteran's Day ceremony

Serra High's defensive end duo are best friends who place weekly wagers on who gets the most sacks.

A Manhattan Beach developer is responsible for the Santa Fe springs housing tract being touted as the largest solar-powered residential community in the United States.

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The day after narrowly losing his bid for a seat on the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council, former Mayor John McTaggart died Wednesday. "He's gone out with flying colors," his wife Flo said. "As far as I'm concerned, he gave the city a boot in the you-know-where."

A mint-condition 1965 Volkswagen microbus stolen in the 1970s turned up in a cargo crate at the Port of Los Angeles this week. The pristine car has just 70,000 miles on it and is probably worth up to $30,000 more than it was 35 years ago. Some old hippie is probably totally stoked right now.

No one was injured Thursday when a power pole fell on a school bus carrying physically disabled children in Redondo Beach. Check out pictures of the scene.

Turns out that Carson's prediction of revenue for its new utility-users' tax is a bit too high. Like by at least $1 million.

A Manhattan Beach man rescued his bed-ridden neighbor from her burning home early Thursday.

A Gardena woman has turned her baking habit into a profitable business. Mmm. Cookies.

Two Carson High linebackers like to compare their approach to the game to that of their San Diego Chargers counterparts.

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The South Bay's first female military casualty in Afghanistan dreamed of joining the Armed Forces since she was a child growing up in Hawthorne.

It's a gorgeous day in the South Bay, but, boy, was it windy last night.

Swine flu shots will be rationed according to risk groups, the county has decided, and El Segundo has canceled its November clinic after the havoc at a weekend Redondo Beach clinic.

Hermosa Beach will keep its post office branch, but might have to head to a different locale in town to drop off mail.

A registered sex offender has been arrested in Hawthorne for allegedly exposing himself to a group of students walking home from school.

Gallerie Z, the Gardena-based national chain of funky home decorations, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The Lakers beat the Clippers opening night. Check out pictures of the game.

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A man was found dead with a single gunshot wound to his head in a Marina del Rey apartment Thursday.

Balloon Boy is safe, but remember Larry Walters, the San Pedro man who 27 years ago floated away on balloons tied to a lawn chair?

The man who killed an off-duty Los Angeles County police captain during an attempted robbery near Gardena was sentenced to death Thursday.

A 12-year-old boy accidentally killed himself while playing with a gun found kept in his Gardena apartment.

Longtime state legislator and Manhattan Beach resident Bob Beverly has died.

Did you duck and cover Thursday during the Great California ShakeOut like the folks at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center?

A Torrance acupuncturist will really stick it to you.

Narbonne and San Pedro High face off today on the football field.

Readers, let's hit it:

More than 190 Carson residents have filed suit against Shell Oil Co. over alleged soil contamination beneath their homes.

South Bay relief efforts for tsunami-ravaged Samoa continued this week.

Hermosa Beach has approved a master plan for its South Park that would replace an unused roller rink with universally accessible playgrounds.

Los Angeles city leaders Wednesday gave the OK to a $1.5 billion expansion project for the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.

On the crime front, Gardena police havs released a sketch of man sought in a rape of a woman at a massage business in town, and Hermosa Beach has arrested a man suspected of stealing bikes, a violation on the rise in the South Bay beach cities.

A trial has begun for Roy Senter, a 74-year-old man accused of molesting little girls in his Lomita neighborhood.

Readers, let's get to it:

The family of a 13-year-old autistic boy Tasered by Hawthorne Police officer last year has filed a federal lawsuit seeking class-action status.

Tony Lopez Perez, the Redondo Beach man accused of killing Cori Daye Desmond, pleaded not guilty to one charge of murder Tuesday.

Just weeks after Gardena High School was placed on a list of a dozen underperforming schools that could be taken over by outside operators, its principal has quit.

What are you doing tomorrow as part of the Great California ShakeOut, a massive statewide earthquake drill?

Rep. Jane Harman talked to South Bay business leaders Tuesday in her annual State of the Region address.

UCLA basketball coach legend John Wooden turns 99 today. Why don't you congratulate him?

Folks broke ground Tuesday for a new senior housing development in Carson.

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A second jury deadlocked Monday in the case against Cameron Brown, accused of throwing his daughter off a Rancho Palos Verdes cliff. A judge declared a mistrial, and all parties return later this month to court, where prosecutors will announce whether they'll seek a third trial. Check out pictures.

More than 30 years after pesticide dumping stopped off the coast of Palos Verdes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a cleanup strategy for the shelf.

A San Pedro woman was reunited late Monday with her puppy stolen over the weekend. Check out pictures of the reunion.

More land use controversy in Redondo Beach is set to surface tonight, when the City Council will approve changes to rezoning efforts for the marina.

Changes might come to a Manhattan Beach park to honor two local victims of a horrific drunk driving accident earlier this year.

A Wiseburn-area child care provider was convicted Monday of molesting two girls.

Wow, there sure is a lot of chlamydia out there, new figures show.

New additions and key returning players could give Torrance High School's girls golf team a real shot at a state title.

A Gardena photo lab is still developing, despite ever changing technology.

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Police are investigating a double homicide in Wilmington last night.

Proposed state legislation would limit how employers can use credit checks to screen potential hires, like one Hawthorne woman who believes she was passed over for two jobs because of bad credit.

Several South Bay survivors of drunk driving victims are participating in this weekend's Mothers Against Drunk Driving fundraiser.

A new extradition law means means an ex-con wanted in Washington and found in Gardena goes free.

Manhattan Beach residents tonight can give their two cents about how parking restrictions might help ease Sand Dune Park use.

A Rancho Palos Verdes landowner can't use his extensive property for parties or weddings, city planners have ruled.

South Bay residents now has two more places to spend money they don't have: Kohl's opens Sunday at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach, and Howard's, an electronics chain, took the space vacated by Circuit City in Torrance.

Readers, let's hit it:

Rep. Jane Harman has apparently shifted her previous position that any new troops in Afghanistan would be citizens. In an op/ed she's penned, Harman has called for higher troop levels there if the Afghan government can deliver anti-corruption measures.

Gardena city leaders Tuesday night selected its city clerk to fill the seat vacated by Steve Bradford, now an assemblyman. Check out tomorrow's paper for more details.

A new Lomita home for domestic violence victims and their children hosts a gala to raise money in this rotten economy.

Sorry, friends, but you've gotta limit your roosters to just one in Los Angeles, thanks to a new ordinance approved Tuesday.

The man who allegedly sexually assaulted and beat a 69-year-old woman beyond recognition on a Hawthorne street last week has been charged with forcible rape and attempted murder.

A Gardena man pleaded no contest to shooting his ex-con father during an argument. How's that for a nuclear family?

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Like much of the state, South Bay school districts improved on test scores and many exceeded goals, according to figures released Tuesday by the California Department of Education.

Speaking of which, Gardena's 156th Street Elementary School was one of 25 schools statewide to receive honors for their students' standardized test performance.

Prosecutors presented closing arguments Tuesday in the murder re-trial case of Cameron Brown, who is accused of killing his 4-year-old daughter by throwing her over a Rancho Palos Verdes cliff nine years ago.

Though he agrees that President Obama was lying in his health care speech last week, South Bay Congressman Dana Rohrabacher said Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst was wrong. Rohrabacher was one of seven republicans who voted Tuesday to censure Wilson.

The Los Angeles County Health Services Department, an already indebted agency that oversees several South Bay clinics as well as Habor-UCLA Medical Center, will see a $71 million reduction in state funding this fiscal year.

Finally some good economy news: August showed the smallest decline in shipments passing through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this year, figures released Tuesday show.

Readers, let's start your week off right:

Improvements to West High School softball fields are nearly complete after one family fileda complaint against Torrance Unified School District alleging a lack of athletic opportunities for girls, guaranteed under Title IX.

Two sisters love their Carson resident brother-in-law so much that they'd give him their kidneys.

Efforts to unionize a Port of Los Angeles trucking company serves as a microcosm for the national debate over the Employee Free Choice Act.

Now that Marymount College has announced plans to become a four-year school, the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council has ordered more environmental review of the institution's controversial expansion plans.

A woman whose body was found in a burning Gardena auto shop Friday killed herself, officials have ruled. See pictures of the scene.

Lomita is more than halfway done with its new reservoir, the biggest public works project in the tiny city's history.

Your morning news, readers:

John Bogert reflects on Sept. 11, 2001, a day that forever altered the nation's collective consciousness. Are you doing anything special today? Peruse our list of local events to remember those lost eight years ago.

What does Sept. 11 mean to you? Leave a comment, and share your experience.

Firefighters discovered this morning the body of a 60-year-old woman inside a fire-ravaged automotive repair shop in Gardena.

A man wrongly arrested and forced to confess to the rape and murder of  a Lawndale woman in a Manhattan Beach home four years ago has received $1.25 million settlement from Los Angeles County.

Just days before Marymount College officials will plead their expansion case to the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council, the two-year school has announced plans to offer bachelor's degrees.

A rape and abduction reported by an 18-year-old El Camino College student never happened, officials said Thursday, a day after they warned parents and students of the assault.

Today's prep sports preview checks in with West High School's football team. Check out pictures, too.

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Los Angeles County is developing a grading grading for day care centers in hopes of giving parents guidance on where to send their children. A voluntary pilot program has started in San Pedro and Wilmington.

Local Beatles fans flocked Wednesday to electronic stores to buy the latest offering from the Fab Four.

On the first day of school for the Los Angeles Unified School District, we check in with San Pedro High's new principal, who apparently has her plate full at the troubled campus.

Two South Bay beach cities are a little bit closer to a consolidated fire department.

Gardena city leaders have approved a new condo complex, but nixed a commercial development because it included a nail salon and tobacco shop.

Narbonne High School running back Melvin Davis starts his season Friday in memory of his friend, slain former player Dannie Farber. Check out pictures.

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Gardena City Councilman Steve Bradford has won the 51st Assembly seat in Tuesday's special election, avoiding a run-off by earning about 53 percent of the vote in a field of six candidates.

Two Rancho Palos Verdes teens home alone while their parents vacationed in Spain are among those who shared their stories with the Breeze about surviving last week's brush fire.

Check out pictures of the fire's aftermath.

Scary stuff: A doctor at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance details in a new book details of the recent increase in drug-resistant bacteria.

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn is pushing for the Knoll Hill land swap, though state officials appear ready to reject the plan for San Pedro.

Local car manufacturers Toyota and Honda saw a boost from the federal government's rebate plan.

Gardena and Palos Verdes high schools are both getting new football coaches this fall.

Readers, this one goes out to you:

Firefighters continue to battle a blaze that's burned about 125 acres and damaged six homes in Rancho Palos Verdes. The fire is about 70 percent contained right now.

Check out pictures and our Breaking News blog for more

A U.S. marine from Gardena who served two tours in Iraq died last week from heat stroke suffered during a training exercise in Twentynine Palms. Lance Cpl. Adam Lynch leaves behind a wife and baby. See pictures of the funeral.

Tensions are still high in Carson weeks after a sheriff's deputy shot an unarmed man.

A woman who accused a Torrance police officer of sexual assault has received an $180,000 settlement from the city.

This week's At Work column checks in with a local kung fu artist.

An All-Star team from Torrance has moved into the Babe Ruth Series final.

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Buying ammunition in Carson will require a thumbprint, name and address under terms of an ordinance approved earlier this week that affects just two stores in town.

Los Angeles Police Department officers patrolling the Michael Jackson memorial Tuesday ate $50,000 worth of boxed lunches from a high-end store 80 miles away. Subway sandwiches for the 3,500 cops would have cost $17,000, an outraged city controller calculated.

Police have linked a prison inmate through scientific evidence to robbery and sexual assault at a Gardena ice cream shop from the blood he allegedly dripped at the crime scene.

Installing solar permits in the South Bay could easier and cheaper as Los Angeles County and some individual cities start dropping permit fees.

A noontime women's soccer game brought a decidedly more feminine crowd Wednesday to Carson's Home Depot Center. Check out pictures of the Los Angeles Sol game, billed as Kids Day, drawing more than 30 groups of soccer moms and youth teams to the stadium.

Give El Segundo's Northrop Grumman a pat on the back for helping develop an astronaut escape system that NASA tested Wednesday and called a "complete success."

Angela Park, a Torrance High grad and Ladies Professional Golf Association standout has another shot at the U.S. Women's Open.

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A recap on all of yesterday's Michael Jackson festivities as well as some pictures, and our own news columnist John Bogert hung with the fans as well.

Torrance could be getting its very own indoor soccer facility with seven fields inside a 73,000-square foot former shipping facility.

After the rest of the South Bay cities struggled to pass their own budgets, El Segundo starts hashing its spending plan and contending with a possible $5.9 million gap.

A Gardena man is one of 16 Los Angeles-area parents sentenced to jail recently for not paying child support.

Bob Fish, Mira Costa High's longtime and beloved athletic director, is moving on.

First-time homebuying is increasing in the South Bay.

A new Redondo Beach doughnut shop specializes in baked, healthier versions of the treats. Wonder what Homer Simpson would think? Check out pictures, too.

Readers, let's ease into the weekend with a little local news:

International airline traffic at Los Angeles International Airport dropped more than 20 percent in May from levels at the same time last year, new figures show. A continuing slide could present a devastating blow to the area's economy, experts say.

Rep. Jane Harman is not the target of a criminal investigation following the wiretap blow-up she was involved in a few months ago.

Remember that motorcycle club that caused a big ruckus in San Pedro last year? Well, Rare Breed is back this weekend for its 20th anniversary, but will skip the port town in favor of Gardena.

The bad news: South Bay home prices continued to dropped 12. 3 percent in May over prices last year. The good news: They increased from April 2009's prices.

Hermosa Beach celebrated 10 years of legal skateboarding Thursday.

Michael Jackson fans everywhere mourn the death of the King of Pop.

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Just when you thought it couldn't get any higher, California's unemployment rate has increased to 11.5 percent.

Torrance planners have approved a $500 millon seven-story tower for Torrance Memorial Medical Center, an endeavor believed to be the single largest construction project in city history.

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has approved a $144 million plan for Wilmington's waterfront.

A man convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend in Hawthorne by stabbing her 172 times is headed toward death row.

Upon its first anniversary, San Pedro's animal shelter now has opened a new spay-neuter clinic.

Mmmmmm. A new Torrance sweet shop specializes in rare and high-end chocolate.

Serra High School gets top honors in both the boys and girls' Daily Breeze All-Area Track team. Check out pictures of the whole team.

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