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Lomita's City Council race has ended in a tie for the third seat, a relative rarity in local elections. Also, check out our post-election coverage.

Say goodbye to bikini-clad baristas in Torrance. The controversial Bikini Espresso is closing.

The family of a man killed in a shootout that also injured a sheriff's deputy this week in Lawndale said the incident could have been avoided had a parole agent arrested Juan Carlos Aguilar for drug possession earlier that day. Check out pictures of the aftermath.

John Bogert opines about a rite of passage -- school dances.

Trial has started for the former Torrance plastic surgeon accused of working while on disability and double-billing for procedures.

Los Angeles city leaders have approved $1.3 billion worth of construction contracts to expand the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX.

Several South Bay cities and agencies will get nearly $13 million for various projects from Los Angeles County, Supervisor Don Knabe announced in his state of the county speech Wednesday.

Two Mira Costa High School girl volleyball players are glamming up the usually inglorious middle blocker position.

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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.

Let's hit it with the news:

We check in with South Bay schools that tuned in Tuesday to watch President Obama address school children across the country.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has awarded a $170 million contract for the construction of a new surgery center at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance.

Meantime, the county will receive nearly $15 million from the Center for Disease Control to combat swine flu as part of an emergency public health fund.

Turns out, Tortilla Flats isn't the best name for a restaurant in Old Torrance, just blocks away from the turf of an East Torrance gang that has adopted the literary moniker.

Trucking companies are protesting a proposed 18-cent state gas tax, which some companies working out of the Port of Los Angeles say would only add to the burden they're feeling after new environmental regulations.

One local company is seeing a profit boost thanks to gold's rising value.

Prep football is here, and today we look at teams from Leuzinger and Inglewood. While you're at it, why don't you check out pictures of Leuzinger's team?

Readers, let's hit it:

The Rancho Palos Verdes fire is out, but blazes continue to rage in the rest of the region, including the massive Station wildfire, in which two firefighters died Sunday.

Scroll through pictures of the aftermath of the PV fire here and here.

Sheriff's deputies are looking for four men believed to be involved in the shooting of a man in Lawndale last night.

Loyola Marymount University opened its brand spanking new library Sunday. Check out pictures of the $63 million facility.

Old Torrance hosted its first ever block party Sunday.

A Long Beach man was first to paddle Sunday into Manhattan Beach in the 34th Catalina Classic Paddleboard Championship. Check out pictures of the event.

And some weekend stragglers...

Shell Oil Co. has discovered methane and benzene contamination beneath a south Carson housing tract.

Patrons of a popular San Pedro cigar shop are fasting for Ramadan in solidarity with the store's owner.

The election for the 51st Assembly seat is Tuesday.

Readers, let's end your work week with some juicy local news:

A 13-year-old Carson boy died when he accidentally shot himself while playing with a gun Thursday.

A Westchester man believed to have made threats against the White House locked himself in his car for more than nine hours Thursday outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. The stand-off snarled traffic and forced evacuations of neighboring buildings.

Mourners Thursday gathered in San Pedro to remember the Sandovals, the family of four killed in a fiery car crash along with a young niece last week while en route to Legoland. Here are some photos of the emotional services.

A Redondo Beach man was sentenced to three years in military prison Thursday after going AWOL from the Air Force and lying about it, a military judge ruled in a rare court-martial proceeding at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo.

Lawndale's Environmental Charter School hosted a conference Thursday for educators statewide to learn more about "green" curriculum models.

Torrance resident Akihiko Noro is on a roll as the head chef at a Redondo Beach culinary mainstay's new sushi bar. Check out some pictures here.

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Parking could get half easier in Manhattan Beach if an upcoming experiment with high-tech meters is successful.

An elderly Lawndale woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash Sunday in Los Angeles that police believe was caused by street racers.

Manhattan Beach landmark restaurant Old Venice is back in business after three years of turmoil. Check out pictures of the eatery.

South Bay beach goers got an aerial ad of a different message Saturday, when a plane dragged a banner over Hermosa Beach telling an NBA great to stop chasing married gals.

Check out photos of Camp Escapades, a three-week Torrance camp for special-needs children.

A Torrance youth baseball team is headed to the Babe Ruth World Series.

Knit Sewing Club USA of Torrance teaches members to make their own clothes.

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A Redondo Beach police officer shot and wounded a man in Lawndale after what witnesses called a running gun battle between neighbors Saturday night.

Residents of the unincorporated Los Angeles County neighborhood of Wiseburn are miffed that a water company has apparently renigged on a deal that would have turned one of its vacant lots into a park.

A Carson resident took his third Manhattan Beach Grand Prix championship title Sunday. Miss the event? Check out pictures here and here and it was just like you were there.

The Manhattan Beach Brewing Co.,  likely the South Bay's oldest brewery, is going upscale later this summer.

Los Angeles International Airport passengers and employees will see some changes Tuesday, when the effects of Delta and Northwest airlines' merger leaves vacant space in Terminal 2.

A local restaurateur is opening his second new eatery in a year -- and will bring about 100 new jobs to Manhattan Beach.

New state fish consumption guidelines are stricter and more expansive than the traditional warning against avoiding white croaker caught off the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

The rash of BB-gun shattered windows is still spreading across the South Bay.

Readers, let's get it started:

Of the 40 massage parlors Torrance police visited since the city established a moratorium on new massage parlors, cops busted 19 for prostitution and other lewd acts. An extension on the temporary ban will allow police to check in with the remaining 47 businesses.

A Marina del Rey drug rehabilitation counselor honored for his work in the community has been busted for ... wait for it .... that's right ... drug dealing.

The teen who allegedly accidentally shot and killed his Lawndale best friend has turned himself in, and now faces murder charges.

San Pedro's Barton Hill Elementary School is celebrating 100 years of churning out kids.

In this week's At Work feature, we check in with a cell phone worker.

Torrance High's Andrew Pulido is the Breeze's baseball player of the year, and his coach Ollie Turner takes leadership honors. Make sure you check out pictures of the entire All-Area Team.

Rainn Wilson, the actor best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on NBC's The Office, tweeted this afternoon: "I am in Lawndale, CA and believe me when I say there are no lawns here."

Do any of you readers have any guesses about what brought Wilson to the so-called Heart of the South Bay? Yeah, me neither.

Readers, let's get it stated:

Ernesto Murillo this morning was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a Harbor Gateway shooting that left a bullet lodged in the head of a 7-year-old boy. More details coming soon.

Police are investigating the shooting of two men in Hawthorne late Wednesday.

A Lawndale family mourning the loss of their teen son implored his best friend to turn himself in after accidentally shooting and killing the boy.

Professional skateborder Jereme Rogers is sorry for disturbing his Redondo Beach neighbors earlier this week when police had to haul him off his roof where he ranted naked and high on mushrooms, he told a reporter Wednesday whilst rolling a marijuana joint.
 
Torrance and Redondo Beach are the latest South Bay cites working to trim gaping budget deficits.

Vought Aircraft is celebrating 70 years in Hawthorne. See pictures of Wednesday's hoopla.

Eight South Bay high school distance runners will compete at a state track championship this weekend.

Got graduations? Check out our online section with all the details of local ceremonies.

Happy Monday, friends. Let's get to it:

A Gardena woman is accused of stabbing to death her boyfriend with a kitchen knife inside their trailer this weekend.

Struggling to survive in this economy? Take a lesson from these San Pedro twins.

Two men are turning the spotlight on Gardena by producing a documentary that traces the Freeway City from its agricultural roots to whatever it is these days.

Carson could bail out one of its struggling car dealerships.

Wendy Rogers will be featured in a national campaign designed to bring attention to Lupus. The Torrance resident was diagnosed nine years ago and needs a kidney transplant.

Some Boeing employees raised about $1,000 to buy 500 pairs of new shoes for Lawndale school children. See some pictures of Friday's giveaway orchestrated through nonprofit Shoes That Fit.

This is what's happening out there today, readers:

The proposed Ponte Vista development in San Pedro has been downsized from 1,950 homes to no more than 1,475, residents discovered at an open house Thursday.

Students and educators packed Torrance Unified School District's board room this week to protest teacher layoffs as an attempt to meet a $7.8 million budget gap.

Also, teachers at Lawndale, Hawthorne, El Segundo and Lennox schools rallying this afternoon at a main Hawthorne intersection are among the thousands of educators expected statewide to protest possible layoffs.

While all those layoffs are going on, El Camino College's president is looking at a 13 percent raise, and some people are not happy.

This Torrance writer has been working on a screenplay for almost 30 years. Beat that, frequent denizens of Starbucks, Coffee Bean and Peet's.

You win some, you lose some in South Bay boys' basketball: Westchester High made a successful last rally Thursday, while Leuzinger High couldn't quite make it. Check out Westchester's win here.

Happy Friday!

Gentle readers, let's get to it:

Torrance resident Cori Desmond spent the evening of Valentine's Day at a Redondo Beach bar, and was never seen again -- until Monday, when a motorist discovered the 28-year-old's body in a bag on a San Bernadino Mountain snowbank.

Economic forecasters predict Los Angeles County will continue feeling more painful financial pinching in 2009, with unemployment rates expected to hit almost 10 percent.

Rolling Hills Covenant Church parishioners gathered Tuesday to hand copy Bible verses as part of "Bible Across America," a project where Christians all over the country will completely transcribe the holy tome.

Redondo Beach Mayor Mike Gin put city-wide budget cuts in a positive light at his State of the City breakfast address Tuesday.

Leuzinger High School senior Jerry Evans is ready to lead his baller team mates to a winning season.

Let's get this party started, readers:

Police are still looking for another suspect involved in a north Torrance police chase that resulted in a gunfire and a neighborhood being sealed off Tuesday night.

"I want to be heard," Frank Torres wrote on the roof of his foreclosed Carson home, in which he barricaded himself Tuesday when workers came to remove his possessions from inside. Check out pictures of the scene, and video too.

Fiesta Hermosa will be Fiesta Verde later this year, when the three-day event will power electricity generators with used vegetable oil.

Torrance-based Robinson helicopter broke a production record last year, despite a recession.

Leuzinger High overtook Redondo Union High's boys basketball team Tuesday. Relive the action here.

If you want more prep sports news, visit our Pure Preps blog. And while you're getting into new media, why don't you head over to Twitter and follow Breeze prep-ster Tony Ciniglio? He's twittering away as @breezepreps.
 

Get down with the morning news, readers:

The pilot of an ultralight plane was uninjured when his aircraft flipped over this morning upon landing at Torrance airport was uninjured, fire department officials said. More on this coming soon.

In Lawndale, the bird-of-paradise is out, and the poppy is in. The city will drop from its logo the the former, shared with the city of Los Angeles, in favor of a poppy, which is a native species to the area.

It's library day at the Daily Breeze: Lawndale will turn its old library into storage space; Redondo Beach started demolition Tuesday on its aging north library, which will reopen in 2010; and Torrance reopens its main branch Thursday after an 8-month, $1.8 million renovation. Here's a sneak preview of the revamped Katy Geissert library in Torrance.

What do Carl Rove and Denny's Grand Slam breakfasts have in common? They were both free Tuesday in the South Bay. Watch Rove in action at Loyola Marymount University here.

Soak up the sun while you can, because rain -- and more typical winter weather -- is back tomorrow, forecasters predict.

So, Breeze crime reporter Larry Altman was on television last weekend, but what's he doing today?

We're watching the signings of more than 100 high school football players today, National Signing Day. Check out our database which tracks athletes by high school and college selection.

Here's what's happening out there today:

The man facing the most significant charges in Saturday's near-riot at the Del Amo Fashion Center says he acted in self-defense against attackers he didn't know were cops, who also used racist slurs.

The Port of Los Angeles officially ended two decades of growth in 2008, reporting a 6 percent drop in shipments.

Almost 2,300 Los Angeles Unified School District teachers are facing layoffs now in the district's latest effort to cut costs. Join the club, profs.

Some South Bay city officials think the American Lung Association can put its grades of local community's anti-puffing practices into its pipe and smoke it.

Today we profile Issac Foster, Leuzinger High's senior linebacker, who will play in this weekend's Lions Club Senior All-Star game. Peruse our photos, too.

A Torrance-based plastics manufacturer has acquired a competitor for $200 million.

Here's what's doing out there today:


Aerospace giant and huge South Bay employer Northrop Grumman will combine its two area sectors will combine in an effort to save money, the company announced Wednesday.

The California Coastal Commission has approved plans for the controversial new high school in San Pedro.

Turns out the guy who was arrested at the end of a police chase yesterday after allegedly robbing a Torrance woman he followed home from a Gardena casino was on the lam for a previous alleged role in a Lawndale counterfeiting operation busted last year.

And, our own Denise Nix was the one who made the connection yesterday and reported it to the feds.

Los Angeles residents want more ball fields, skate parks and dog parks, a new recreation need study shows. Here is the full list of top wants.

Serra High School's Robert Woods is the Daily Breeze's football player of the year. He stands out among our All-Area team. Narbonne High's Manuel Douglas and San Pedro's Mike Walsh share the title of coach of the year. Check out the duo's pictures here.

Columnist John Bogert is frightened by how illiterate most people are in American civics knowledge. Take the quiz yourself and see how much you know about the basics of our esteemed government. Tell me your score and I'll tell you mine.

Here's what's doing out there today:

A Hermosa Beach resident has come forward with details behind the city's most mysterious landmark, an old anchor near Noble Park that used to be in someone's front yard. Believe her or not, Katee Kirk says family lore depicts the anchor as a tribute to her uncle who died in a Navy training exercise.

Guys like Mario Cornejo, a teacher at Lawndale's William Anderson Elementary School, are falling into an ever-widdening gender gap. Turns out, the number of male teachers is dwindling in the United States, with their ranks reaching a 40-year low.

And some weekend hanger-ons:

Among the new state laws that went into effect last week is legislation designed to curb elder abuse, a problem expected to increase as baby boomers age. Karen Liebig must be cheering the new laws as the leader of a coalition that works with law enforcement to fight and prevent atrocities against senior citizens.

The number of young adults joining the military has increased as a the economy tanks and jobs disappear. Brothers Sergio and Salvador Lopez are an example of South Bay folks joining up.

An increasing number of starving and sick pelicans are filling up outdoor aviaries at the International Bird Rescue Center's facility in San Pedro this month. Check out pics of the birds.

Here's today's scoop:

Torrance and Honda Motor Corp. are putting the final touches on their respective floats for Thursday's Tournament of Roses Parade. The city's float depicts a scene from Alice in Wonderland, and Honda's features a 49-foot replica of its humanoid robot, ASIMO.

Check out pictures of the float prep work here. And Honda's float rolls out second on the parade route, and Torrance is No. 54, according to the official float order.

The possible consequences of Los Angeles Unified School District's mid-year $400 million budget cut: Classrooms could double in size to 40 students. No more free meals for half the pupils already receiving them. Art classes could disappear in Feburary, and hundreds of teachers face lay-offs.

It's crunch time for non-profit groups, which are scurrying for last-minute, tax-deductible donations in the final days of 2008. Even in a catastrophic economy, more people are giving but donations are smaller, groups say.

A teenager was killed and another injured Monday afternoon in a possibly gang-related shooting in Lawndale.

Probably most folks never again want to think about the awfulness that was 2008 ever again. But if you're a glutton for punishment, why don't you check out our Year in Review?

Here's what's going on today:

A bomb threat at Lawndale's Will Rogers Middle School this morning was a hoax, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies say.

A Redondo Beach police officer is under investigation for embezzling money from his police union.

China Shipping Holding Co. finally got the OK to expand at the Port of Los Angeles -- plans held up for six years by legal delays.

Day laborers who sued a developer in May over lost wages held a candlelit protest in front of the Palos Verdes Estates home of the company's owner last night. Be sure to check out the pictures of the event.

The Donald filed suit against Rancho Palos Verdes for $100 million Thursday.

In anticipation of our big move, news columnist John Bogert cleans out his desk.

Happy Friday!