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A Rolling Hills Estates attorney was shot in his driveway Monday night. The man is in critical condition died at Torrance Memorial Medical Center this morning.

Monday's rain went away but will come again another day -- like Thursday. Check out pictures of yesterday's storm.

Los Angeles Unified School District leaders are set to vote today on a three-year budget plan today that includes massive lay-offs of teachers, administrators and school workers to close a $495 million deficit.

Two Torrance High alumni and one of their mothers have been arrested in a shooting death last week of a Harbor Gateway man.

Hey, times are tough: Why not rob a Christmas tree lot for $70 and apologize in the process like this guy allegedly did?

Kaiser Permanente hosted a free surgery day Monday, providing gratis procedures for about a dozen uninsured patients on waiting lists for months.

El Segundo-based Boeing said Monday it had acquired the first on-orbit signals from an Air Force satellite launched over the weekend.

Leuzinger High's boys basketball team thinks it has the skills and roster to get to another shot at CIF. And Serra High's team isn't too shabby either.

Readers, what happened to November? Yikes. Here's your news:

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.

Readers, so much news today:

The owners of the South Bay Galleria want to revamp a 11-acre piece of property adjacent to the Redondo Beach mall with a $32 million retail complex. This development -- curiously titled SouthBay South -- would replace the old bowling alley site, as well as buildings that once housed CompUSA and Thrifty Drug.

Boxing champ Mike Tyson was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a Wednesday night scuffle with the paparazzi.

Speaking of LAX, why don't you mosey over to our South Bay History blog to read up on the providence of the iconic Theme Building?

The heads of the west coast's six largest ports -- including Los Angeles -- are in China touting their facilities to Asian shippers in hopes of luring back business.

Two robbers who held up an Inglewood autoparts store who led Hawthorne police on a freeway chase in a high-jacked car are still at large after about nine hours of searching Wednesday.

Make sure you check out pictures of Hermosa Beach's candlelight Veteran's Day ceremony

Serra High's defensive end duo are best friends who place weekly wagers on who gets the most sacks.

A Manhattan Beach developer is responsible for the Santa Fe springs housing tract being touted as the largest solar-powered residential community in the United States.

Let's hit it with the news:

We check in with South Bay schools that tuned in Tuesday to watch President Obama address school children across the country.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has awarded a $170 million contract for the construction of a new surgery center at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance.

Meantime, the county will receive nearly $15 million from the Center for Disease Control to combat swine flu as part of an emergency public health fund.

Turns out, Tortilla Flats isn't the best name for a restaurant in Old Torrance, just blocks away from the turf of an East Torrance gang that has adopted the literary moniker.

Trucking companies are protesting a proposed 18-cent state gas tax, which some companies working out of the Port of Los Angeles say would only add to the burden they're feeling after new environmental regulations.

One local company is seeing a profit boost thanks to gold's rising value.

Prep football is here, and today we look at teams from Leuzinger and Inglewood. While you're at it, why don't you check out pictures of Leuzinger's team?

This one goes out to you, readers:

Have you voted yet? If not, make sure you check the Daily Breeze's picks for the propositions and Los Angeles city attorney.

One Rancho Palos Verdes resident is on a mission to get the speed limit on a portion of the Vicncent Thomas Bridge raised. Charles Anton, who has made bumper stickers and posted You Tube videos after being hit with hundreds of dollars in speeding tickets, says 45-mph on that chunk of road is dangerous and simply unrealistic.

Scientists agree that Sunday's quake could have been much worse, and safety officials said it was the perfect reminder to get ready for the Big One. Breeze news columnist John Bogert weighs in on quake preparation too.

The chief of the Inglewood Police Department backs her officers, agreeing the man they shot and killed this weekend was indeed armed with a handgun.

A Redondo Beach husband and wife team helps businesses navigate their Web design and marketing efforts.

Baseball teams from Palos Verdes High School and Torrance High have earned top spots in the CIF Southern Section playoffs.

South Bay, I'm playing it straight today. No jokes. Just news.

South Bay city leaders have just given up on providing residents with basic services. Get rid of your own trash. Police crime yourself, and extinguish your own fires. Columnist John Bogert gives us the scoop on the "mother of all cutbacks."

Hawthorne elementary school teachers' jobs are safe. The district has rescinded the 119 pink slips it sent to teachers recently.

Did you get your shop on before new tax hikes took affect today? Some South Bay folks sure did, giving some local businesses a big boost yesterday.

Speaking of which, I wonder what the tax would be on diamond dog collars a Torrance-based business is offering.

Hazel Ramirez, a point guard for Inglewood High's girls basketball team, is the Daily Breeze's player of the year. And her coach, Tony Scott, takes top leadership honors. See pictures here of the Hazel, Scott and the rest of the All Area Team.

Here's what's happening today, readers:

A man jumped to his death this morning from the Vincent Thomas Bridge.

With 14.1 percent of its residents jobless, Hawthorne has the highest unemployment rate in the South Bay, according to state statistics released Thursday. Tiny and affluent Rolling Hills has the lowest with just 1 percent. Where does your city stack up?

Manhattan Beach city leaders will appeal a judge's recent rejection of its plastic bag ban, and also consider its options in conducting a full environmental analysis of the ban -- a step they skipped in July and got themselves sued.

Scam alert! San Pedro and Rancho Palos Verdes residents have reported a surge in door-to-door solicitors posing as fundraising high-school students.

Inglewood High's girls basketball team lost Thursday night to Foothill in the CIF Southern Section Division III-A -- but just barely. See for yourself.

Happy Friday!

Did you happen to catch last night's cosmic triangle where the crescent moon perfectly aligned with Jupiter and Venus? Isn't that the start of a 5th Dimension song? This cosmic anomaly won't happen again until November 2052.

Manhattan Beach is moving ahead on its green mission. This time, the city is considering whether to pursue a ban on polystyrene foam food containers.

Carson couldn't get enough votes to get a warehouse tax on the March ballot, but tonight city leaders will try again for a levy on tickets sold at the Home Depot Center and also a utility-users' tax for most residents and businesses.

Almost 200 travelers on a flight from El Salvador sat on the tarmac of LA/Ontario Airport for nine hours early Monday after thick fog forced forced authorities to divert the plane from LAX.

Life is good, at least for the authors of holiday newsletters filling columnist John Bogert's mailbox.

Selling cars must be rough in this economic climate, but Mat Hand has the business in his blood.

New players have revived Inglewood High School's girls basketball team. Their Bishop Montgomery counterparts are in good shape, too. See for yourself.