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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.

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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.

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Four men have been arrested in connection with a non-injury shootout with Lennox sheriff's deputies.

Today is World AIDS Day, and did you know that a leading group of researchers investigating antiviral medications to treat the illness are based right here in the South Bay?

Is it any surprise that South Bay students attending school in wealthier cities are more physically fit than their lower-income counterparts? El Segundo and Manhattan Beach students performed best in the state Department of Education's annual physical fitness assessment, the results of which were released Monday.

News columnist John Bogert weighs in on one of parents' worst nightmares: drunk teenagers at a house part hosted by good kids.

El Segundo city leaders are expected tonight to begin the process to farm out fire protection services to Los Angeles County.

Dave Galbraith is the man behind those beautifully painted house addresses popping up around South Bay curbs. His more popular choices include the Manhattan Beach pier, the Vincent Thomas Bridge, Catalina Island and the Angels Gate Lighthouse, but the Long Beach resident also does custom work.

Serra High's boys basketball team easily beat Gardena on Monday in the first round of the Redondo Pacific Shores Tournament. Check out pictures.

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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.

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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.

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Torrance will hold a swine flu vaccination clinic, but the city won't take any chances of a repeat of last month's high-traffic clinic in Redondo Beach.

The Los Angeles Conservancy hopes to raise awareness of local landmarks nearing their 50th birthday with "It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod City" tour of the area's 1960s era architecture.

A Redondo Beach man has built in his garage an exact replica of a Pan Am 747 first-class cabin. The aviation enthusiast has spent 20 years collecting materials from 1960s and 1970s versions of the aircraft. Check out pictures of the set-up.

Get your skate on starting Tuesday at Redondo Beach's seaside ice skating rink. In its second year, the temporary facility will include more dine-and-skate nights, 80s night and a swimsuit weekend. Only in L.A., right?

A South Bay surf legend celebrates 50 years of board shaping with a special tribute. Check out pictures of Dewey Weber's son, Shea.

Three jurors who recently convicted a Lomita great-grandfather of molesting two neighborhood girls say they made a mistake and want to help the man get a new trial.

Carson city leaders have really muffled gadflies of late: Mayor Jim Dear has reinstated use of the mute button at City Council meetings, and the body voted to only allow government content on the city's public access channel, which used to feature activist programming that was often critical of the city.

A Rancho Palos Verdes man is working to compile a list of local charity, in hopes of increasing holiday giving and preventing scams.

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The South Bay's first female military casualty in Afghanistan dreamed of joining the Armed Forces since she was a child growing up in Hawthorne.

It's a gorgeous day in the South Bay, but, boy, was it windy last night.

Swine flu shots will be rationed according to risk groups, the county has decided, and El Segundo has canceled its November clinic after the havoc at a weekend Redondo Beach clinic.

Hermosa Beach will keep its post office branch, but might have to head to a different locale in town to drop off mail.

A registered sex offender has been arrested in Hawthorne for allegedly exposing himself to a group of students walking home from school.

Gallerie Z, the Gardena-based national chain of funky home decorations, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The Lakers beat the Clippers opening night. Check out pictures of the game.

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After hoards of cars clogged South Bay streets waiting for swine flu vaccinations Saturday, the Beach Cities Health District has canceled another clinic planned for next month in Redondo Beach.

Also, Los Angeles County has now established limits on who can get shots.

A pair of jetliners came within 100 feet of each other Sunday on Los Angeles International Airport's south airfield.

The Beacon House's 25-year Halloween tradition of building an elaborate haunted house in San Pedro has been canceled thanks to new city building regulations.

The District Attorney's Office has served search warrants at the home and business of Wilma Wilson, the owner of the Carson-based Peace and Joy battered women's shelter who is currently under investigation for allegations of misuse of public funds.

South Bay median home prices rose unexpectedly in September. Whoo hoo!

Sports just run in the family for Peninsula High volleyball player Nina Bjekovic, sister of Lakers player Sasha Vujacic, who starts his season tonight. See pictures of the brother-sister team.

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A Beach Cities Health District program calling for eight-minute sessions of pre-class exercise has expanded to eight Redondo Beach elementary schools in hopes of increasing kids' energy and decreasing obesity rates.

Meantime, it was near mayhem outside the health district's offices Saturday in Redondo Beach, where folks lined up for a drive-through swine flu clinic. Check out pictures.

A turf war is brewing between West Coast and Canadian ports in response to a $7 million marketing campaign launched by the Great White North.

Another Republican has thrown his hat into the ring for Jane Harman's Congressional seat.

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