Results tagged “Westchester” from South Bay Pipeline

Let's get to it, readers:

The city of Palos Verdes Estates is prosecuting a wealthy divorcee for renting out her 7,000-square-foot estate for weddings and tourists -- not a cool move in a city that is pursuing a counter suit against the folks they proscuted earlier this year for too elaborate Halloween decorations.

Some Westchester moms are taking to technology to fight crime in their neighborhood.

Johnny Torres clawed his way out of a life of gangs and drugs in a South Bay housing project to turn his life around in the military, and start classes last week at UCLA.

Bicycle thefts are apparently way up in the South Bay beach cities.

Speaking of which, some Redondo Beach children's beloved pet turtle has been stolen.

Gardena and San Pedro high schools, two of the most underperforming institutions in the South Bay, could be taken over by independent operators under a Los Angeles Unified School District reform plan.

Hey, while you're flying through Los Angeles International Airport, why don't you get your seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccine? Shots are available starting Thursday.

South Bay real estate prices slipped 2.5 percent overall last month, recent figures show.

We are deep into prep football season, so why don't you check out our local sports coverage?

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 get this news party started:

Could a luxury Rancho Palos Verdes resort be headed for closure after only two months in business? One of its lenders has taken the first step in foreclosure proceedings by posting a notice of default on its $110 million loan. And the city has denied a request for extension on its tax rebate.

Hope its owners don't go to Carson for help: Officials there are now distancing themselves from a city program that pushed troubled foreclosure-facing homeowners to a firm with a history of complaints.

You know Los Angeles freeway traffic is bad when you can give birth before making the trip from Westchester to Irvine, like one local couple did this week. Check out pictures of sweet little Evan Glavan and his proud parents.

A Torrance police officer who waged a high-profile battle against cancer died this week, two days after his father succumbed to the same disease.

Watch a retired kindergarten teacher fly a string of 53 kites on Torrance's beach.

News columnist John Bogert reminisces about Woodstock.

The city of Torrance has loaned a car dealership $250,000 to help spur business along the Hawthorne commercial drag.

Cal State Dominguez Hills' mens soccer team is gearing up for this season.

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.

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.

Let's roll, readers:

Police have cracked a 30-year-old Torrance murder case in which a young woman was stabbed and strangled in her apartment. Police arrested her old boyfriend, now an Orange County engineer.

Manhattan Beach teachers, parents and students showed a homemade video Wednesday on the statewide "Day of the Teacher" to draw attention to the the 78 instructors in danger of losing their jobs.

Los Angeles city leaders Wednesday approved the first phase of a controversial jet fuel pipeline that would run from Wilmington to Carson.

A Gardena man was found guilty Wednesday of murdering his former girlfriend about a year ago.

The state Attorney General has filed a civil lawsuit against two brothers who allegedly rigged a property tax scam that ripped off homeowners in the South Bay and other parts of the state.

A stellar season has shot Loyola Marymount's Ryan Wheeler up to the major league draft ranking. The Torrance High grad plays first base.

Make sure you check out the Daily Breeze's guide to this weekend's Armed Forces Day parade in Torrance.

Readers, without further ado:

South Bay high school campuses showed mixed dropout statistics for local districts and campuses, according to figures released Tuesday. See how your child's school measures up here.

Mediation is gonna pump your brain up, a study released today shows. Ommmm.

San Pedro's Eastview Little League grapples with what the league will do when their Knoll Hill permit expires in January 2011.

Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach will drop by nearly 14 percent this year, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. forecasts.

Mira Costa High's lacrosse team lost the Los Angeles County tournament finals to Loyola in the second period of sudden death overtime Tuesday. Make sure you check out pictures of the game.

Learn how to make homemade tasty treats for your pups.

Arrr! The South Bay has about a dozen shipwrecks hiding beneath its waters. Check out our interactive map of their locations, but no information on any treasure.

It's Monday, folks. And you know what that means: Tons o' news coming at you:

A Los Angeles photographer  has worked since 2006 to photograph as many World War II veterans as he can. Thomas Sanders' "Faces of WWII" will be on display at a Rancho Palos Verdes assisted-living home in July.

The Best Friends Animal Society tried to get 1,000 orphan pets adopted Sunday in Westchester.

Finally, the new $40 million Los Angeles Police Department's harbor station opened Saturday.

Planes leaving and arriving at Los Angeles International Airport struck birds 940 times in the last 18 years, according to a new database released to the public last week. Check out the database yourself.

A Baha'i' woman from Manhattan Beach reflects on a bittersweet time for the faith.

Check out pictures of children getting rides in airplanes at Hawthorne Airport this weekend.

Let's ease into the weekend with the best of today's Breeze:

Details over the renaming ceremony of of a portion of Lincoln Boulevard for Tommy Scott, the first airport police officer killed in action, has caused a squabble between the department and its police union.

A man was killed Thursday in Westchester when he was struck by a car as he awaited his morning bus.

Charges were filed Thursday over the sewage spill from a Marina del Rey-area condominium complex caused a beach closure last year.

Read all about Breeze business writer Muhammed El-Hasan's bump. Hey! I know it's Friday, but keep your minds out of the gutter, readers.

San Pedro High's baseball team walloped Narbonne on Thursday. Check out pictures of the game.

Here's what's happening today, readers:

Lingering vacancies at San Pedro's new high-rise condominium building have lead developers to lease some of the homes. Get a tour of the Vue here.

South Bay school districts will get $12 million in federal stimulus money. Torrance Unified tops the list with an expected $2.6 million.

Some Hermosa Beach teens have tapped out their free beer supply. A homeowner there has set up a camera to catch the booze burglars who kept sneaking into his backyard to pilfer pilsners from a refrigerator.

A new documentary chronicles a Manhattan Beach couple's journey to raise a child with an Austism-like syndrome.

Banks aren't doing so hot right now, but that's not stopping John Polen from opening a new depository in Rolling Hills Estates this summer.

Bishop Montgomery's Justin Cobbs is the Breeze's boys basketball player of the year, and Westchester's Ed Azzam takes the coach's title. See pics of the All Area Team here.

Put down your NCAA brackets for a minute to read the morning news:

If you live in Hawthorne, your kids are stuck in the schools. In an effort to retain state funding dollars, the school district there will no longer allow K-8 students to transfer out.

El Segundo is looking at ways to swankify the restaurant inside its municipal golf course.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation now believes the boys kidnapped by their Westchester fathers a few months ago are in Guatemala, giving at least some hope to their frantic mothers.

Need a good au pair? This Rancho Palos Verdes woman matches parents with nannies.

San Pedro's girls softball players overtook Banning High on Thursday. See the action here.

Our L.A. Love Story columnist went and got married on us! But Melissa traded poof, fuss, muss and a year of planning, for a sweet, small and low-key wedding arranged in just a month's time. 

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!

Here's what's up today:

Buzz kill: An argument at a Westchester party turned violent last night, leaving one reveler shot.

Don't know when to fold 'em: A man suspected of following a Torrance woman home from a Gardena casino and robbing her was arrested when he crashed at the end of a freeway chase.

Hisao Shinagawa, a regular performer at the Torrance Farmers Market, lost his beloved guitar recently in an unfortunate accident when a vendor at another bazaar drove over the prized instrument, gifted years ago by a famous folk singer. Shinagawa, who makes his living off tips, is apprently pretty well-known, the subject of a documentary, and known as the Japanese Bob Dylan.

Check out pictures of Shinagawa at the market here, and also watch video of his musical stylings.

The city of Torrance prevailed Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by a Gardena woman who believed police officers targeted her for "driving while black."

About one million California school children are without health insurance, an advocacy group finds.

Torrance High junior Jenny Shin is the girls golf player of the year, and her mentor John Wurzer is coach of the year. Be sure to check out pictures of the entire all-area girls golf team here.

Major South Bay employer Alcoa will eliminate 13,500 jobs.

Here's what's going on out there today:

Happy birthday, Otis! The Westchester-based Otis College of Art and Design celebrates 90 years of adding culture to Los Angeles. Check out photos of the region's first public art institute.

The tiny Wiseburn School District is picking up long-running plans to add high schools to its kindergarten-through-eighth-grade program.

The Beach Cities Health District kids wellness program, LiveWell Kids, has expanded into all Redondo Beach elementary schools.

You know those ubiquitous Gerber ambulances racing around the South Bay? Well, their name comes from Robert Gerber, the man who has run the Torrance company for 20 years now.

Did you catch our coverage of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's visit Saturday to Carson? Also, get an idea of what the crowd was like by viewing our pictures gallery.

Here's a look at what's going on out there today, Sept. 8:

El Camino College police have issued a campus alert after an 18-year-old student fought off  an attacker on campus Friday. This incident comes almost four months after another student there was sexually assaulted on campus.

Crime reporter Larry Altman, who covered this story Sunday on his day off, links on his blog to the actual bulletin issued by El Camino officals.

Los Angeles city planners hope to make Loyola Village more, well, village-like by setting architectural and design standards for new development in the Westchester neighborhood near Loyola Marymount University.

Add John Elway to Manhattan Beach's lineup of all-star athletes. The National Football League Hall of Famer is now a co-owner of a Sepulveda Boulevard car dealership called John Elway's Manhattan Beach Toyota Scion. Over on our business blog, Biz Waves, reporter Muhammed El-Hasan writes about meeting Elway last week.

A face-lift for Alondra Park starts today. The $26 million project will get the sprawling Los Angeles County-owned park near Lawndale a new swimming pool and skate park.

A giant shopping center in El Segundo could have a giant vacancy, as a new Linens n' Things prepares to close and developers slow plans for a second phase of Plaza El Segundo.