Results tagged “Hawthorne” from South Bay Pipeline

Readers, so much news today:

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.

Coming at you, readers:

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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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.

Readers, all the cool kids know what's happening in the South Bay:

The Redondo Beach man arrested in connection to the killing of a Torrance waitress apparently lied to friends and co-workers about a storied career in law enforcement and military.

The former Hawthorne resident held for 14 months in the United Arab Emirates will be released soon.

A union dispute over getting Columbus Day as a paid holiday made lines extra long Monday at the South Bay's Department of Motor Vehicles offices.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed and vetoed a bevy of bills with South Bay impacts.

San Pedro added a whole new batch of athletes Monday to its Sportswalk to the Waterfront. Check out pictures of the ceremony.

Meanwhile, Torrance this week will begin talks about redeveloping local sumps into athletic fields.

The head honchos of this El Segundo aircraft parts manufacturer aren't afraid to get their hands dirty.

Brothers Bryce and Jake Miller are working together to lead Mira Costa High School's boys water polo team to victory this season. Check out pictures.

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The non-profit South Bay Literacy Council, which has taught people to read for 28 years in the area and operates on $40,000 a year, could fold. Office rent has doubled for the agency and its 85-year-old fundraiser is retiring.

Centinela Valley Union High School District is facing a civil rights complaint alleging the agency unlawfully eliminated an English language learners program from Hawthorne High school.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed complaints against four companies operating at the Port of Los Angeles for alleged pollution.

Budget cuts have forced the Harbor-area animal shelter to pick up three more zip codes of coverage, further straining the San Pedro facility.

Between a massive expected recall and accusations of a patent violation, it's been a rocky year for former automobile golden child Toyota, whose U.S. marketing and sales arm is based in Torrance.

Readers, let's get to it:

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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Missed the Emmy's last night? Prep for water cooler talk with our round-up, and scroll through pictures of the pretty dresses.

As Redondo Beach's King Harbor turns 50, locals wonder what's next for the landmark.

A 70-year-old woman who was brutally raped and beaten on a Hawthorne street last week has been identified by her son.

A record 14,038 people helped pick up garbage at Southern California beaches Saturday as part of Coastal Cleanup Day, during which volunteers collected more than 300,000 pounds of debris -- including a plastic skull that gave volunteers in Redondo Beach a bit of a fright.

In the wake of last month's 230-acre fire on the Palos Verdes Peninsuala, officials there are negotiating for improved brush clearance strategies.

After more than a decade of wrangling and fallen plans, the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners next month will consider a $1.2 billion waterfront redevelopment plan aimed at reviving San Pedro's image and economy.

The plans call for an increased footprint around quaint but outdated Ports O' Call, but what happens to downtown San Pedro?

Now that the state Legislature is on a break, let's see what new laws South Bay state elected officials got passed -- and what failed.

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Firefighters are still working to contain the wild fires. Make sure to check back to the Daily Breeze for updates throughout the day.

Recession-rocked California hospitals are asking state leaders for relief from seismic safety rules that could lead to closure if not met on time, but several South Bay hospitals are busy with reconstruction plans.

Los Angeles County residents could save up to 40 percent in prescription medicine costs under a program announced Monday by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

A 62-year-old Hermosa Beach woman and her granddaughter both started their first day of classes Monday at Cal State Long Beach.

A Hawthorne man was shot to death after taking his niece and nephew to the Wilmington church, where his father was the pastor.

The Torrance City Council is set tonight to approve an $18 million purchase of a site for a new transit center.

A lawyer has accused Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. of Torrance of obstruction of justice.

Readers, without further ado:

Harbor-area police are investigating two shootings just blocks apart Monday night in San Pedro.

A judge has blocked construction of a Hermosa Beach house whose basement's unique construction is alleged by a neighbor to have damaged her house next door.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants parents and community stakeholders to choose what kind of schools get built in thier neighborhoods -- a plan set for a Los Angeles Unified School District board vote today that the teachers union opposes.

Two women arrested for shoplifting cell phone accessories from a Hermosa Beach store could be linked to many other crimes in the South Bay.

Meanwhile, three men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in four street robberies in Hawthorne.

News columnist John Bogert weighs in on the recession and school supplies.

Torrance's All-Star baseball team has advanced to the next round in in the Babe Ruth World Series.

Readers, you know we're going to keep it real:

A Hermosa Beach muralist has launched a non-profit to bring art to underprivileged children worldwide.

A marine biology research complex could be coming to San Pedro's waterfront.

Residents in one Hawthorne area are working to establish a Neighborhood Watch program with the help of the Police Department's newly established community affairs office.
 
There's still little progress on the efforts to move a historic San Pedro church to Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes.

And some weekend stragglers...

Most folks who remember Woodstock probably weren't there. But not so for two Palos Verdes Peninsula residents.

A Rancho Palos Verdes couple is fighting to keep their beloved Vietnamese pot-bellied pig but at least one city leaders wants to ban barnyard animals in the buccolic, so-called equestrian community. Check out pictures of the critter.

Cal State Dominguez Hills staffers got their first taste of furlough Friday, with second helping coming this week.

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Today is your last chance for a while to stare down the intimidating dune at Manhattan Beach's Sand Dune Park. The city will close the facility for at least two weeks beginning tomorrow because of excessive use and rude behavior by park visitors.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy shot a parolee in Carson seven times this weekend, and residents are angry.

The city of Hawthorne will pony up $340,000 to settle a claim that police use excessive force on a suspect nearly two years ago. The claimant alleges officers fractured his neck, hog-tied and beat him.

The city of Palos Verdes Estates was within its rights to force a Halloween-happy resident to remove elaborate holiday decorations that spilled onto public right of way, a judge has ruled.

See the complete list of candidates for South Bay cities and agencies in the Nov. 3 election.

Show us your love and become a fan of the Daily Breeze on Facebook. And while we're talking online social networking sites, why don't you follow us on Twitter? Here's a list of Breeze peeps and South Bay folk alike who are tweeting their comings and goings.

Readers, let's hit it:

Family of the man fatally shot by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies this weekend in Carson question officials' accounts that an unarmed Ezequiel "Tito" Jacobo tried to grab a deputy's gun.

Meantime, two people were injured in a Carson drive-by shooting Sunday night, and two others were shot at a party in Hawthorne early this morning.

Torrance could be getting Southern California's third hydrogen refueling station.

One of the six clergy nominated for two bishop posts in the Episcopal Church is a Hawthorne priest.

A year later, the widow of a Wilmington man gunned down still wants answers.

If you bought a lottery ticket in Torrance recently, you'd better find it and check your numbers.

After years of delayed construction work, the iconic Cockatoo Hotel has been replaced with three chain hotels, though the former Mafia hangout's historic sign remains in place as a nod to the site's lineage.

Fear not if you couldn't it over to the AVP in Hermosa Beach this weekend: Read our coverage here and peruse our pictures here, here and here, and it's like you were there in person.

And some weekend stragglers...

Just in time for prep football season, construction is near complete on synthetic playing fields at all four Torrance high schools.

Yet another election season is starting as dozens of hopeful filed papers Friday to compete in November races, and some cities and agencies have extended the filing period to Wednesday.

A longtime Rancho Palos Verdes landowner wants to hold parties and weddings at a large coastal parcel he owns, but the city says No dice. Jim York, who bought and sold the Marineland property to create a luxury resort, pleads his case Tuesday to city planners.

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A Torrance Police Department substation has closed at the Del Amo Fashion Center, leaving no uniformed officers staffing the sprawling mall for the first time in about 20 years.

The Los Angeles Maritime Museum is working to raise about $30,000 that will cover maintenance costs for the 65-year-old Angeles Gate tugboat after the city pulled funding because of budget problems. See pictures of the San Pedro landmark.
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a former Hawthorne resident currently on trial in the United Arab Emirates.

Check out pictures of new basketball backboards at the Torrance-South Bay YMCA, courtesy of the Lakers Foundation and local Rotary Clubs.

The Peninsula Symphony's new conductor started off with dreams of being a mathematician.

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Looks like the endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly is on the mend at the South Bay's preservation site just west of Los Angeles International Airport. The flutterers are apparently mating like crazy this summer...

... and apparently so was at least one couple at last weekend's ocean-side free concert in Hermosa Beach, where huge crowds have prompted city officials to hire more security and make other changes to this weekend's show.

Owners of a long embattled Hermosa Beach commercial development hopes paid parking will help stave off foreclosure.

Is Hawthorne getting into the real estate flipping business? The city will buy out some businesses along Hawthorne Boulevard so it can package the properties with its old police station and sell at a profit.

An El Segundo 13-year-old girl is among the youngest skaters at this week's X-Games in Carson. Check out pictures of Allysha Bergado in action.

Readers, this one goes out to you:

We have more details about the three men killed in a plane crash this week in Hawthorne.

Aerospace giant Boeing won a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to build four large satellites at its El Segundo facility -- good news because the company has been laying off employees because of a lack of orders.

Maybe Boeing's score will put a dent in California's whopping 11.6 percent unemployment rate?

News columnist John Bogert was there waiting when the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe returned Thursday to Marina del Rey.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder gave some money Thursday to a battered woman's shelter in San Pedro.

South Bay mattress company Sit 'n' Sleep is killing its infamous "You're killing me Larry" marketing line. And the Larrys of the world thank you.

Here's what's happening, readers:

A Manhattan Beach real estate agent was among the three men killed Wednesday in a Hawthorne airplane crash.

Coworkers said Rajesh "Rich" Vashdev was a nice, hardworking man with a wife and two young children. Scroll through some pictures of the crash site.

Local courthouses saw some frustrated folks looking to do business Wednesday when personnel were away on furlough.

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn is leading a proposal to tax medical marijuana sales.

The Port of Los Angeles Police Department showed off some fancy equipment Wednesday that was instrumental in two recent high-profile searches in the San Pedro Bay.

Emmy nominations came out this morning. Did your favorite show get any nods?

Speaking of show biz, our History blog examines old South Bay theaters.

South Bay, let's get this news party started:

Redondo Beach police Tuesday night raided a Torrance home apparently chockablock with several thousand tons of illegal fireworks.

Speaking of which, why don't you check out our list of safe and legal ways South Bay cities are celebrating the Fourth of July this weekend?

A 24-year-old man fell to his death Tuesday night off Point Fermin cliffs in San Pedro.

An 88-year-old Westchester man this week will retire from Northrop Grumman after working their 68 years. How's that for follow-through? Check out pictures of Jerry Huben's rocking retirement party.

Los Angeles-area tourist attractions are seeing more local patronage now that residents are sticking closer to home during the recession. (Do I get extra points for not using the term "staycation?")

The financially troubled state today stops reimbursing medical clinics that offer services like dental, optometry and acupuncture to low-income patients. Also, no new children will be enrolled into the Healthy Familes program after July 17.

That gentleman who tried to trade a lost dog for sex this weekend now faces extortion charges. Seems like a whole lot of trouble for a date.

You know, after I post this blog, I'll Tweet it as well over. Check out this list to find other Breeze staffers and South Bay folks to follow on Twitter.

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Hawthorne police believe a registered sex offender tried to trade a lost dog for sex. Over at our Crime and Courts blog is some more information on this guy.

Sales tax will increase a half-cent to the dollar countywide tomorrow, when the voter approved Measure R goes into effect for 30 years.

The pieces comprising Manhattan Beach's long-awaited sculpture garden were installed around downtown Monday. Check out pictures of a few of the towering sculptures.

The capital murder trial of a man accused of killing a police captain during an early morning attempted robbery in 2004 began this week.

A last-minute compromise struck Monday between the Port of Los Angeles, a local ship builder and the Los Angeles Conservancy will allow a $96 million dredging project at the port to go forward.

Who knew that Japanese fast food chain Yoshinoya was based in Torrance? And its looking to open 13 new restaurants.

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An expansion to Marymount College will go forward in Rancho Palos Verdes, but without a the most desired component -- dorms.

The Torrance-based TrinityCare Hospice has opened its first live-in hospice beds -- the first of what officials hope will total three facilities in coming years. Check out pictures of the new facility.

The city of Torrance passed its two year-budget, balanced by raising some fees and making some money-saving organizational changes.

Hawthorne residents will have easy access to fresh produce Saturday, when a farmers market opens.

A documentary airing Sunday follows Northrop-Grumman engineers testing a Nazi "flying wing" that could have had the potential to change the course of World War II.

John Bogert remembers Ed McMahon.