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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, without further ado:

A 16-year-old San Pedro girl walking to school this morning was kidnapped at gunpoint, raped and released in Redondo Beach.

A beloved El Segundo preschool teacher was gunned down in an Inglewood shooting police believe was gang-related. The 24-year-old St. John Lutheran Pre-School teacher was not a gang member, just simply in the wrong place at the wrong time last month, police say..

Some South Bay seniors are distraught over a Torrance hotel's decision to end a long-running program that allowed them to use its pool and gym for an annual fee.

The Beach Cities Health District is closing its breast feeding clinic, opting instead for in-home services that will offer broader training on the rigors of motherhood.

A woman got attacked by Africanized bees while riding a horse last week in Rolling Hills.

El Segundo's Jenna Rich is the Breeze's softball player of the year, and San Pedro coach Tony Dobra takes coaching honors. Check out pictures of the whole All-Area team.

Readers, let's hit it!

A jury has again decided that two men killed their friend in a Rolling Hills ditch in 2001. Joe Nino and Miguel Torres' original conviction was overturned in 2007.

A Hermosa Beach woman has been fighting for more than a year to get out of her three-year contract with a Manhattan Beach gym whose employees she believes stole her credit card information.

Marcy Winograd is back, and again after Jane Harman's seat. See pictures of her announcement.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will be Cal State Dominguez Hills' commencement speaker later this month.

Torrance High's boys swim team has some real potential to make waves at Thursday's CIF Southern Section Division III preliminaries. Check out pictures of the team.

An El Segundo consulting group helps defense contractors wade through the intense paper work required by federal contracts.

Here's a look at what's happening out there today:

Carson voters will be asked in March to approve a 5-percent tax on tickets sold at the Home Depot Center, as well as a 2-percent utility-users' tax, the City Council decided this morning.

Manhattan Beach's Journey of Faith church is again gearing up for its massive annual Christmas program, which reenacts Bethlehem as it might have been more than 2,000 years ago. No doubt many South Bay residents' favorite holiday tradition, the elaborate event requires months of preparation work, including costume fittings, voice lessons and acting classes.

Memorial services for Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, a director of the Chabad center in Mumbai who was killed in last week's terrorist attacks, are being held throughout the South Bay beginning tonight.

Cycling in Rolling Hills Estates could soon get easier, after the city spends about $2 million in grants to build a 5-foot bike lane on each side of Palos Verdes Drive North, a rough spot for road sharing.

Palos Verdes Estates responds to the lawsuit from the couple who got their fancy Halloween decorations torn down because they were allegedly on city property.

Even after two top players graduated last year, Mira Costa's girls basketball team is hoping to continue the team's legacy. See the team here.
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A retired Redondo Beach aerospace worker is developing his own fuel conversion system to run his car on vegetable oil. Check out pictures of Sanford Stein in action.

December is a great candy month. Browse our recipes to get your own homemade sugar high.