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When my story on our colleague Vu Nguyen appeared Friday, it received more than 70 user comments, all positive. In addition, I received these e-mails. Vu, our education reporter, was still on life support when they were written. He died Friday night at age 34.

What a brave family. My heart goes out to them. My son went to school with Vu in Springfield and they became good friends. I met Vu at their graduation and was very impressed by the young man's love for journalism and an upbeat attitude. Our sympathies to his young wife and family. Thank you for writing this, my son is away in India and this has helped him gain strength at this trying time. May God bless the family and give them courage. Their memories are precious!

Rashmi Mehrotra

Hello. I'm one of Vu's friends from his time in Illinois. Wanted to let you know that your story on him was extremely well done, and I can only imagine how difficult it was to do, given the sad circumstances.

Despite this tragedy, I had to smile when I read the part in your story about how he was running around like an airplane. You really captured his spirit and joyfulness.

Thank you.

Adriana Colindres

Thank you for doing the very nice, but terribly sad, story on Vu.

He was an intern here at our paper about five years ago and was immensely liked. There's a pall that's come over all of us who knew him and appreciated his wonderful humor. I can only imagine what it must be like in your newsroom.

If anyone sets up a scholarship in his name or does something similar, could you let me know? I'll share any of that information with my co-workers.
 
Thank you,

Jane Gargas, reporter

South Bay, let's start the week of right:

Did you feel it? Did the Earth move? It sure did, but no major damage was reported after Sunday night's earthquake that hit near Inglewood.

Plans for an environmentally friendly BP power plant in Carson have quietly folded away, three years after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger came to town touting the project.

Punishment for two Hawthorne police officers accused of using excessive force in a 2006 arrest of a domestic violence suspect were upheld by the city's Civil Service Commission last week -- a reversal from a previous decision.

 A new airline that caters to critters will launch flights this summer out of Hawthorne Municipal Airport.

Did you catch this weekend's Armed Forces Day Parade? If not, live vicariously through our extensive coverage and pictures.

Breeze staff writer Vu Nguyen died Friday night, after his family decided to take him off life support. Our newsroom sends condolences to his wife, family and friends.

And Vu would love this: Go Lakers!

Readers, it's Friday. Need I say more?

Saturday marks the 50th run of the Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade. And though patriotism has ebbed and flowed throughout the years, volunteer work is what's really powered the endeavor all this time.

A Hermosa Beach couple is chronicling the stories of World War II veterans to ensure their stories remain in tact. See some pictures of the subjects.

The Manhattan Beach Police Department paid tribute Thursday to the three officers killed in duty throughout the department's history. Check out some pictures of the ceremony.

Car Pros Chrysler Jeep in Carson is one of the 789 dealerships set to close nationwide as the automaker downsizes.

More bad economy news: El Segundo aerospace powerhouse Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems will lay off about 100 employees, executives announced Thursday.

And finally, Breeze education writer Vu Nguyen remains on life support and in a coma but is not expected to survive after going into cardiac arrest last weekend. Needless to say, the mood in our usually lively newsroom is somber in his absence. 

Vu covered most of our local school districts, and also contributed to the School Notebook blog. In addition to all that, he was the sweetest man, kind and thoughtful, with an amazing sense of humor. He loved his family, apologized when he swore and, best of all, loved a good newspaper story. We miss him deeply here, and wish his wife and family well.