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A man was found dead with a single gunshot wound to his head in a Marina del Rey apartment Thursday.

Balloon Boy is safe, but remember Larry Walters, the San Pedro man who 27 years ago floated away on balloons tied to a lawn chair?

The man who killed an off-duty Los Angeles County police captain during an attempted robbery near Gardena was sentenced to death Thursday.

A 12-year-old boy accidentally killed himself while playing with a gun found kept in his Gardena apartment.

Longtime state legislator and Manhattan Beach resident Bob Beverly has died.

Did you duck and cover Thursday during the Great California ShakeOut like the folks at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center?

A Torrance acupuncturist will really stick it to you.

Narbonne and San Pedro High face off today on the football field.

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A group of South Bay ocean lovers are working to spiff up the unfairly tarnished image of sharks by traveling next week to Baja California for a five-day expedition during which they'll tag whale sharks, the biggest fish on earth.

Thanks to a $5.5 million state grant, now just $400,000 stands between Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy's acquisition of a 191-acre parcel of land that would link preserves dotted all over south Palos Verdes. The piece of open land prompted the organization's founding more than 20 years ago.

A Harbor Gateway neighborhood was without water for 12 hours this weekend after a water main broke.

Golf legend Arnold Palmer was in town this weekend to discuss a plans to reconfigure the Rolling Hills Country Club. Check out pictures of the visit.

A man posing as a fertility doctor in Marina del Rey has been busted for allegedly sexually assaulting college-aged, male patients.

One woman's heroism spared two little girls from perishing last week in an early-morning fire in Scottsdale Estates, a Carson condominium complex where five children died in a fire four years ago.

A group of San Pedro nuns will travel this week to Rome, where their order's founder will be canonized.

Flu shots should be arriving this week, but in limited supply. A shortage prompted the cancellation of a clinic in Hermosa Beach last week.

Readers, this one goes out to you:

We have more details about the three men killed in a plane crash this week in Hawthorne.

Aerospace giant Boeing won a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to build four large satellites at its El Segundo facility -- good news because the company has been laying off employees because of a lack of orders.

Maybe Boeing's score will put a dent in California's whopping 11.6 percent unemployment rate?

News columnist John Bogert was there waiting when the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe returned Thursday to Marina del Rey.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder gave some money Thursday to a battered woman's shelter in San Pedro.

South Bay mattress company Sit 'n' Sleep is killing its infamous "You're killing me Larry" marketing line. And the Larrys of the world thank you.

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Of the 40 massage parlors Torrance police visited since the city established a moratorium on new massage parlors, cops busted 19 for prostitution and other lewd acts. An extension on the temporary ban will allow police to check in with the remaining 47 businesses.

A Marina del Rey drug rehabilitation counselor honored for his work in the community has been busted for ... wait for it .... that's right ... drug dealing.

The teen who allegedly accidentally shot and killed his Lawndale best friend has turned himself in, and now faces murder charges.

San Pedro's Barton Hill Elementary School is celebrating 100 years of churning out kids.

In this week's At Work feature, we check in with a cell phone worker.

Torrance High's Andrew Pulido is the Breeze's baseball player of the year, and his coach Ollie Turner takes leadership honors. Make sure you check out pictures of the entire All-Area Team.

Let's ease into the weekend with the best of today's Breeze:

Details over the renaming ceremony of of a portion of Lincoln Boulevard for Tommy Scott, the first airport police officer killed in action, has caused a squabble between the department and its police union.

A man was killed Thursday in Westchester when he was struck by a car as he awaited his morning bus.

Charges were filed Thursday over the sewage spill from a Marina del Rey-area condominium complex caused a beach closure last year.

Read all about Breeze business writer Muhammed El-Hasan's bump. Hey! I know it's Friday, but keep your minds out of the gutter, readers.

San Pedro High's baseball team walloped Narbonne on Thursday. Check out pictures of the game.

Here's what's happening this morning, readers:

Have you filed your taxes yet? If not, here's a list of local post offices that will be open late to enable your procrastination.

As a sort of related matter, protesters will rally today against increasing state and federal taxes at several California locations, including Marina del Rey and Dockweiler state beach.

More than 250 port workers were kept from their jobs Tuesday when they didn't have the correct identification required under a new security program that just kicked in.

The Los Angeles city attorney is going after real estate agents and loan brokers who allegedly scammed a Harbor Gateway couple, as part of a larger mission to reach out to homeowners who have been victimized by shady agents and lenders.

We have more details on Clelia Flores, the El Segundo woman accused of operating a $23 million Ponzi scheme that targeted Latino investors.

Add another one to the list: Z Gallerie, a Gardena-based home goods store, has filed for bankruptcy.

North Torrance High's Andre Turoldo is the Daily Breeze's boys soccer player of the year. His coach, Matt Chavez, takes the crown for coaching duties, and see pictures of the All-Area team here.

The Breeze is on Day 4 of no working office phones. If you need us, send an E-mail. Here's a list of all newsroom contacts.

Here's what's up today, readers:

A Carson man hopes to launch a parade in honor of President Barack Obama, but has a lot of hurdles to clear first. Like money.

Two Marina del Rey men rescued off Mt. San Jacinto last week recall their experience.

This weekend was the 35th annual Festival of the Kite at the Redondo Beach Pier. Check out a cool gallery here.

South High School's girls soccer team took the CIF championship Saturday. Check out the game for yourself.

South Bay police departments will receive about $1.5 million in funding under Obama's economic stimulus plan. Let's see how they'll spend it.

Happy Monday, party people. Let's start your week off right:

All things Oscars here, and check out red carpet pictures from one of our staff photographers here.

Los Angeles County planners are considering a pitch for a boat valet service in Marina del Rey, where vessel owners could call ahead and have their boats dropped into the water from a storage unit extended over the water. Needless to say, residents are not happy about the proposed hulking structure.

Laws governing catering trucks are getting even tighter on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

What would it be like to hear after a lifetime spent deaf? A a risky procedure usually performed only on adults has suddenly broadened Torrance 5-year-old Miles Ganalon's senses -- and his world. Check out pictures of Miles.

The tow-truck company owned by Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto has been named in a lawsuit from a Rolling Hills Estates man alleging he was assaulted by one of Scotto's drivers.

Here's what's happening out there today:

A Torrance police officer shot at least one of two suspects involved in a weekend robbery, this after she hit him with their speeding getaway car. Police are still looking for the third suspect.

Miss Cabrillo Marine Aquarium's annual Whale Fiesta on Sunday? Check out our pictures, and it was like you were there!

Looks Los Angeles Unified School District teachers will be spared mid-year layoffs, despite the board authorizing more than 2,200 job cuts.

South Bay cities are already drafting their wish lists of projects ready to go, but in need of funding should a federal stimulus package come through.

The Mather family of Redondo Beach is now more than half finished with their five-year cruise around the world with their 45-foot sailboat. And so is the world voyage of teenager who set sail from Marina del Rey in June.

Have you checked out the Breeze's pet page? South Bay Pet Talk is chock-a-block of information and resources for South Bay animal lovers.

Here's what's going on out there today:

It's Veterans Day, so let's say a big thank you to everyone who has served in the military.

With that, a group of vets are working to revamp Redondo Beach's veterans memorial.

The election's almost a week gone, but a few Torrance residents with straggling Obama signs in their yards have found themselves victims of hateful and racist graffiti. Columnist John Bogert chimes in on this too.

Sixty-four years after Gertrude Tompkins Silver, one of the few female World War II pilots, took off in her fighter plane from LAX and crashed somewhere off El Segundo's coast, her family and a South Bay aviation buff will dedicate a plaque in her honor at the airport today.

Marina del Rey resident Larry Beane was ready to sail around the world, but strong winds this weekend left his boat moored on Dockweiler Beach. Check out the pictures in our gallery.
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Redondo Union junior Arielle Manz was cut twice from the girls volleyball team, but she came back for more, and now she's making a solid contribution to the team, which takes on Lakewood High tonight.

A Lomita sports memorabilia store is keeping the timeless hobby of baseball card collecting alive and well in an electronic age.