Results tagged “public art” 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.

Readers, let's get this news party started:

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 get to it:

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.

Here's what's happening today, readers:

How low can you go? A Hawthorne resident is among a pair of women indicted for taking out life insurance policies on imaginary people, faking their deaths and funerals and then cashing in their policies. Wow.

A rare astronomical event that's also significant in Judaism occurred yesterday as an added bonus on the beginning of Passover.

Rep. Laura Richardson gives some more details on meeting former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a nice man, she says.

On the public art front, Manhattan Beach is getting a sculpture garden, and Redondo's new fountain  on Pacific Coast Highway still has no water.

Get geared up for girls' high school track and field season with our big preview.