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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?

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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.

Readers, let's get this news party started:

The man arrested on suspicion of killing Cori Desmond told investigators that he didn't strangle the Torrance woman, just that he found her dead body on the street, scooped it up and then drove to San Bernadino to dump it in the mountains, documents show.

A controversial plan to close or restrict fishing in nearly 400 square miles of Southern California ocean, including waters near Palos Verdes, in hopes of protecting marine habitat has moved forward with the state Fish and Game Commission.

Investigators continue to probe the shooting death of a Rolling Hills Estates attorney, but few new details have emerged.

A former Redondo Beach police sergeant has been charged with embezzeling more than $75,000 from his police union.

These winter storms have brought some big waves to the South Bay, but it seems like local surfers aren't so impressed.

The state's foreclosure rate dropped 13 percent from October figure.

Two Narbonne High receivers will lead their football team Saturday at L.A. City Section Division I finals.

Readers, wake up from your turkey and retail coma to catch up on local news:

Plans for a high-density senior housing complex in the heart of Torrance have resurfaced.  Again.

How did you spend Thanksgiving? Volunteers at Torrance church offered food, comfort and friendship to South Bay folks.

Bravo shoppers for bucking a dismal economy and flooding stores this morning in search of bargains. Our own business columnist Muhammed El-Hasan shares his Black Friday experience from last year.

And while you're out shopping, why not pick up an athletic ball to bring to the Breeze's annual holiday ball drive, which supports local youth-focused nonprofits?

A jury has found that William Sadowski was legally sane when he killed a Los Angeles International Airport police officer in 2005. Now, he's headed for a lifetime in parole, rather than a mental institution.

One Palos Verdes Estates young lady has reached what could be the highest echelon of academic honor, earning a prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

After more than a year of fighting for a dog park on The Hill, it looks like a Palos Verdes Estates couple is finally starting to see some success.

Thanksgiving is sooo yesterday. Bring on Christmas, and visits from Santa Claus throughout the South Bay.

Readers, so much news this morning:

A Carson man was arrested this morning in connection to a Harbor College break-in, but another man escaped.

Trial began Monday for Brandon Manai, the Torrance man accused of throwing his wife of just 13 days over a Rancho Palos Verdes cliff in July 2005.

Los Angeles Unified School District leaders have instigated a a hiring freeze, and slashed other expenses like travel, conferences and eats at district meetings as the district faces a deficit of up to $60 million this year.

Looks like El Segundo's new fire station is almost finished after a few delays.

Los Angeles International Airport traffic in October increased for the second month in a row. Whoo hoo!

More than 2 million drop-side cribs manufactured by an arm of the El Segundo-based Mattel have been recalled.

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A proposal to build a light rail line through the Crenshaw corridor that would also improve South Bay mass transit made it through a  Metropolitan Transportation Authority committee Wednesday.

Remember the owners of Hermosa Beach's Club Sushi who were on the lam for allegedly absconding with investors' cash? Turns out, they quietly turned themselves in at the Torrance courthouse last week.

El Segundo has finally approved revisions to its filming regulations this week.

Looks like Redondo Beach dog owners will face an uphill battle in getting the city to overturn a ban on pooches in city parks.

Our South Bay History blog recalls when residents at a Torrance apartment complex had a, um, swinging good time.

West High's Dan Henggeler says he's a bruiser on the football field. Check out pictures of the running back.

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, we are brimming with news:

A large swine flu clinic in Carson saw a low turnout Monday, but workers at the Home Depot Center were prepared just in case.

Speaking of which, did you see this weekend's story about an otherwise strapping Redondo Beach man who nearly died of H1N1?

Los Angeles County Superior Court jurors found a man guilty of murdering an airport police officer, but now they must decide if William Sadowski was insane at the time of the 2005 crime.

A burglar  jumped from rooftop to rooftop to evade Hermosa Beach police, but was caught hiding under a tarp Monday. Whoops.

Movie industry groups are opposing El Segundo's proposed revisions to its filming ordinances, ironically designed to be looser and attract more production to down.

Check out this pretty public art installation in Redondo Beach.

Robinson Elementary student Dalton Phillips won a ride in a Manhattan Beach fire truck for his entry in a safety contest.

I don't know about you, the last things I wanted to be called in high school were "pit bull" and "beast," but these Bishop Montgomery volleyball players like their nicknames.