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This item will appear in this week's listings of restaurant closures in the South Bay. It sounds like something you'd read in The Onion, but no, it's true. 

Lomita Pure Water
1234-J W. Lomita Blvd., Harbor City
Close date: 3/5
Reopen date: 3/5
Reason for closure: No potable water supply or no hot water

Readers, here's your local news:

Fifteen customers of the Apple store in Manhattan Beach have been targeted since September by thieves who follow them away from the store and snag their new purchases.

In the wake of the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack, Los Angeles city officials are promising to beef up security at Los Angeles International Airport.

Only three South Bay school districts have submitted applications to receive a portion of up to $700 million competitive federal grant program.

More fall-out on the great Lawndale garlic-gate.

El Segundo's flasher has struck again -- the ninth time in recent months.

A beautiful historic San Pedro building celebrates its 85th birthday Thursday.

Torrance-based Toyota Motor Sales may have had a rough 2009, but it still gained two No. 1 rankings.

Serra High's Robert Woods is the Daily Breeze's prep football player of the year. His leader, Scott Altenberg, is the coach of the year, and why don't you check out the rest of the All-area Team?

Readers, let's hit it:

A Redondo Beach woman has been arrested for allegedly executing a Ponzi scheme that targeted Latino women.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a 12-year legal battle waged against the city of Los Angeles by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness of California over the right to solicit donations at Los Angeles International Airport.

Massive South Bay employer Northrop Grumman will move its corporate headquarters to Washington D.C. by summertime 2011 to be closer to its customers. About 21,000 employees in the county will stay put.

The union representing LAX police officers are urging the federal government to use full-body scanners at airport security.

Hundreds of passengers aboard a giant Qantas Airbus A380 were stranded on an LAX tarmac for several hours Monday.

Hermosa Beach might add one more sport to its proud athletic heritage: beach tennis.

Sen. Jenny Oropeza has introduced legislation that would return funding for mammograms for low-income women.

Bishop Montgomery's lady ballers beat Mira Costa on Monday. Check out some pictures.

Readers, here's what's up today on your last Pipeline morning update of the year -- the decade, in fact:

Get your recap of 2009 with the Breeze's Top 10 stories of the year. And this list doesn't include murder-suicide, a new hospital, or champion prep football players, but it does count the best local business stories of the year.

A 13-year-old Torrance girl who suffered a long bought with leukemia is well enough to ride on the city's Rose Parade float. Meanwhile, volunteers with a local nonprofit that benefits children with disabilities will ride atop Honda's float.

A San Pedro man convicted Wednesday of killing his friend attacked his attorney after the verdict was read in Torrance court.

James Spinosa, a longtime labor leader at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, retires today.

Something extra special for tonight's New Year's Eve celebration: a blue moon.

And tomorrow, if you're not too, um, foggy, why don't you take a dip in the chilly Pacific Ocean with the annual Polar Bear Swim in San Pedro.Check out pictures of this year's King and Queen.

Redondo Union beat Narbonne High in hoops Wednesday. Why don't you check out some pictures, too?

And now, all together: Peace out, 2009!

Readers, let's roll:

Jurors convicted a Torrance man Thursday of throwing his wife of 13 days over a Rancho Palos Verdes cliff.

A team of sixth- and seventh-grade girls from Wilmington Middle School -- usually more associated with overcrowding and gang recruitment -- have won a top prize in a South Bay robotics competition.

Torrance is now home to the state's first state-of-the-art futsal facility.

Now that demand has dropped and supply has increased, county health officials are lifting restrictions on who can get a swine flu vaccine.

A new pastry shop in Manhattan Beach specializes in gourmet cupcakes. Mmmm.

Serra High School's football team heads to the CIF State Division III bowl game Saturday.

Have you checked out our database of LAPD's most wanted suspects yet?

Readers, here's your morning news:

Hanukkah begins today at sundown. What are your holiday traditions?

The county Coroner's Office has officially ruled the shooting death earlier this week of a Rolling Hills Estates attorney outside his home was a homicide.

Some Los Angeles International Airport workers are learning how to be nice during naughty holiday airport run-ins.

A Torrance researcher participating in a massive women's health study, has found that women who take a popular bone density drug had reduced rates of breast cancer of about 30 percent.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority governing board has moved ahead with the South Bay extension of the Green line as well as the Crenshaw light rail line, sans rail yard in El Segundo or Westchester.

After long maintaining he had nothing to do with the cliff death of his brand-new wife, Brandon Manai said in court Thursday that his bride fell off the Rancho Palos Verdes shoreline.

Mira Costa's football team heads to the Western Division final tonight with a stellar offensive front five. Check out some pictures.

A San Pedro man has turned a love of music into a a more commercial career.