Results tagged “San Pedro” from South Bay Pipeline

Readers, we're so thankful for all this news!

What's a South Bay native, Oscar-winning screenwriter to do while in prison for a year? Tweet, of course.

More than 200 active military service men and women got their Thanksgiving eat on Tuesday at the Bob Hope USO at Los Angeles International Airport. See pictures of the festivities.

Meantime, volunteers Tuesday in San Pedro assembled baskets for the needy in anticipation of what will likely be the biggest giveaways ever for First Presbyterian Church's 14th annual tradition.

The former head of the Transportation Security Administration and LAX's first security director has died.

Toyota Motor Corp. is working to mute speculation that the car giant, whose sales and marketing and finance arms are in the South Bay, would move workers out of California.

Defensive back Sean Parker will help his Narbonne High team mates take on Venice in the CIF quarterfinals tonight. Be sure to check out pictures of the player.

Your turkey probably isn't even defrosted yet, but here are some ideas about what to do with all those tasty leftovers.

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A teenage boy was killed in San Pedro after a fight this weekend. Check out pictures of the scene afterward.

Nearly 30 years after buying some coastal land from its school district, Rancho Palos Verdes is finally getting ready to build a park that isn't sitting so well with neighbors.

South Bay unemployment rates stayed mostly stable in October, bucking a downward trend across the county and state. Poor Torrance was the only city in the area to see an increase in the statistics released last week.

Local nonprofits are gearing up for record holiday needs, beginning with a massive food drive that starts Tuesday. Meantime, one San Pedro-based group is working on its first effort to give Thanksgiving baskets to families who have lost children to violent crimes.

What's that stench coming from the Walteria Sump in Torrance?

Rancho Palos Verdes city officials ponder why its hotel tax increase failed at the polls earlier this month, and what the possible ramifications could be.

Three former Hermosa Beach surf buddies are busy brewing beer.

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.

Readers, heads up:

After hoards of cars clogged South Bay streets waiting for swine flu vaccinations Saturday, the Beach Cities Health District has canceled another clinic planned for next month in Redondo Beach.

Also, Los Angeles County has now established limits on who can get shots.

A pair of jetliners came within 100 feet of each other Sunday on Los Angeles International Airport's south airfield.

The Beacon House's 25-year Halloween tradition of building an elaborate haunted house in San Pedro has been canceled thanks to new city building regulations.

The District Attorney's Office has served search warrants at the home and business of Wilma Wilson, the owner of the Carson-based Peace and Joy battered women's shelter who is currently under investigation for allegations of misuse of public funds.

South Bay median home prices rose unexpectedly in September. Whoo hoo!

Sports just run in the family for Peninsula High volleyball player Nina Bjekovic, sister of Lakers player Sasha Vujacic, who starts his season tonight. See pictures of the brother-sister team.

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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, 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.

Readers, let's hit it:

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 roll with it:

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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A group of South Bay ocean lovers are working to spiff up the unfairly tarnished image of sharks by traveling next week to Baja California for a five-day expedition during which they'll tag whale sharks, the biggest fish on earth.

Thanks to a $5.5 million state grant, now just $400,000 stands between Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy's acquisition of a 191-acre parcel of land that would link preserves dotted all over south Palos Verdes. The piece of open land prompted the organization's founding more than 20 years ago.

A Harbor Gateway neighborhood was without water for 12 hours this weekend after a water main broke.

Golf legend Arnold Palmer was in town this weekend to discuss a plans to reconfigure the Rolling Hills Country Club. Check out pictures of the visit.

A man posing as a fertility doctor in Marina del Rey has been busted for allegedly sexually assaulting college-aged, male patients.

One woman's heroism spared two little girls from perishing last week in an early-morning fire in Scottsdale Estates, a Carson condominium complex where five children died in a fire four years ago.

A group of San Pedro nuns will travel this week to Rome, where their order's founder will be canonized.

Flu shots should be arriving this week, but in limited supply. A shortage prompted the cancellation of a clinic in Hermosa Beach last week.

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 A Manhattan Beach couple is running the city's annual 10K this weekend to raise awareness about a rare genetic disorder that plagued their son.

Prominent San Pedro restaurateur John Papadakis is one person smiling over the area's new waterfront redevelopment plan approved earlier this week.

The 2009 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships is underway through Sunday at the Home Depot Center in Carson.

A word to the wise for criminals: If you burgle a house, don't come back to the scene, and make sure your gloves aren't dangling out of your back pocket, like one man allegedly did in Torrance. Oh yeah, he's also a registered sex offender who was wearing a global positioning device.

Breeze biz columnist Muhammed El-Hasan apparently has a saggy nose.

Readers, let's end September with a bang:

Los Angeles County prepared Tuesday in wake of a tsunami warning resulting from a tidal wave that swept Samoa, while the Samoan community in Carson gathered to share information and organize a vigil for relatives affected back home.

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a $1.2 billion waterfront redevelopment plan early Wednesday, after about 500 people crowded the meeting room to sound off on the plan.

The unique Beach Cities Health District is apparently a model of the preventive health care envisioned in national health care reform plans.

Toyota Motor Corp., whose sales and marketing arm is based in Torrance, has announced plans to recall about 3.8 million late-model vehicles in the United States in fear that their floor mats could cause accelerator pedals to jam.

Manhattan Beach's famed dune will remain closed through the end of the year.

Stakeholders at a Wilmington elementary school have voted to change the institution's name to honor George De La Torre, a local businessman and philanthropist who died last year.

Talks continue in Carson over the fate of two mobile homes parks.

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Some Torrance residents are nearly croaking over the possibility of placing a whimsical frog statue recently donated to the city by a former mayor in a seaside park. Children might play on the bronze statue and hurt themselves!

Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident allegedly committed by an off-duty Torrance police officer over the weekend.

Los Angeles County is set to pay $305,000 to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit brought on by the family of a man who died at County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance after a hang-gliding accident two years ago.

San Pedro's Salvation Army Family Store has closed. You know it's a bad economy when even thrift stores are shutting down.

Public hearings over a proposed new public transit plan that could relieve South Bay traffic begin this week.

After three appearences at CIF semifinals in as many years, Palos Verdes High's girls tennis team is aiming for a title this year. Check out pictures.

Readers, let's hop to it:

A fire broke out at a Wilmington refinery this morning.

A loving and handy father brought a world wonder to his Redondo Beach daughter's backyard wedding. So sweet.

The family of a man shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies last month in Carson have filed suit against the agency.

Just as the city of Torrance nearly wraps up extensive roadwork to its namesake boulevard, it moves along to Crenshaw Boulevard.

Veteran newswoman Toni Sciacqua is the Daily Breeze's new editor. Why don't you follow her on Twitter, and wish her congratulations?

The latest bank robbers with cutesy names wanted by the FBI? The Bedtime Bandits, who use pillow cases when they steal from banks, including three in the South Bay.

Today's At Work column profiles a woman who runs a San Pedro construction business.

Make sure you check out the Breeze's Top 10 list of prep football teams.

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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.

Readers, let's hit it:

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year begins today at sunset.

It's also National POW/MIA Recognition Day, which the folks at the Los Angeles Air Force Base have commemorated with a 24-hour torch run.

Members of Hermosa Beach's Hope Chapel Foursquare Church have sued a former pastor, accusing him of duping them into a ponzi scheme in which they lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Two sleuthing folks staying in Torrance traced stolen tires and rims from their trailer to a Craiglist ad. Police arranged to meet the sellers/thiefs, and then made an arrest.

The Hermosa Beach Historical Society Museum has secured its first rotating exhibit -- a group of valuable paddle boards and other lifeguard-themed memorabilia set for official unveiling at a gala Saturday.

San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach is apparently still dirty, even after Port of Los Angeles officials removed a rocky jetting aimed at improving water circulation.

Yum! A San Pedro woman is honoring her Italian heritage with cupcakes.

Mira Costa High School's football team lost in the last minute Thursday. Denied!

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As the High Holy Days approach, South Bay synagogues are working to help members afford tickets to services, as well as expensive membership dues, which are typically paid this time of year.

What would Suzanne Somers think? Manhattan Beach park goers might have to leave their ThighMasters at home if city leaders tonight decide to ban personal exercise equipment in town.

An 87-year-old woman forced to testify in court said her son would never, ever murder his former girlfriend 30 years ago in Torrance.

Volunteers from the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro released seals back to the sea Monday. Check out pictures of these cuties -- the seals and the volunteers, of course.

A San Pedro real estate agent and mortgage broker doesn't let blindness impede his business.

South Bay beach city residents had better get ready for a new girls volleyball season. Check out pictures of teams from Mira Costa and Redondo Union.

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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, 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, 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, let's get to the news:

A surprise donation to the South Coast Botanic Garden has caused a flap on the Hill. 

The Cash for Clunkers program has been a boon for car manufacturers and local new vehicle dealers, but others lower in the auto chain might have a different take on the federal stimulus program that ends today.

Speaking of it, we checked in with local dealers Sunday, the last weekend day of the program. Scroll through pictures too.

Cal State Dominguez Hills' ladies soccer team is shooting to replicate the success of their male counterparts.

Check out pictures of Hot Pedro Night's classic car cruise up Pacific Avenue.

A rise in complicated births -- likely attributed to obesity, later motherhood and more C-sections -- has prompted a local hospital to expand its neonatal intensive care unit for newborns.

Rep. Maxine Waters held her own town hall Saturday to discuss health care.

A terminally ill woman who served more than 25 years in prison for her role in killing an abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend could soon be released to her sisters in Carson, the governor announced last week.