Gardena News

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Kaiser Permanente's newest health facility will open to patients on Wednesday, June 19 at the site of Nissan''s former headquarters at 18600 South Figueroa.

Paul J. Getz, of Hemet, turned 100 years old on June 12. He was born in Inyokern on a 160-acre homestead.

The best way to deal with slower learners is often patient repetition of a lesson.

Robbery. 4:30 p.m. May 31, West El Segundo Boulevard/South Prairie Avenue. A cellphone and a purse containing ID were reported stolen.

A Gardena tow truck driver involved in a deadly bus crash in Los Angeles had traffic violations and led police on a high-speed chase five years ago.

Many organizations and volunteers are trying to change that. At the Environmental Charter Middle School in the Los Angeles community of Gardena, several hundred volunteers are building a play area, sanding down benches, putting up swings and slides, and adding a touch of green with shrubs and bushes.

California's legislators and governor continue to behave in ways that could make somebody think that they see the state's public-records and open-meetings laws as obstacles that get in their way of getting things done.

A Los Angeles Police traffic officer investigates an accident scene after a bus and a flatbed tow truck collided sending the truck into a convenience store in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.

A man and woman suspected of committing a robbery Thursday at a Target store in Gardena were arrested following a three-hour search, police said.

FBI and South Bay investigators stepped up their efforts Wednesday to capture a prolific bank robber who has struck 11 times in four years, saying they'd like to nab him as quickly as they can.

Surveillance image of the Make It Quick bandit, the man investigators say is behind at least 11 South Bay heists.

Audio recordings released Tuesday by the Gardena Police Department offer a glimpse into the mind-set of police officers before they shot and killed one man and injured another during a late-night pursuit, police officials say.

A new three-story Kaiser Permanente medical facility will open next week in Carson to more easily reach the provider's roughly 200,000 members in the South Bay, Harbor Area and Long Beach.

Kent Williams, owner of New Fishall Bait Company, looks into the mouth of a 1,323.5-pound Mako shark at the company's headquarters in Gardena, Calif., on Wednesday, June 5, 2013.

Robbery: 10:11 p.m. May 31, West 119th Street and South Cedar Avenue. A purse and ID were reported stolen.

Suspicious letters referencing Al-Qaeda and weapons of mass destruction sent to more than a dozen Boston Public Schools [NECN.com] Kent Williams, owner of New Fishall Bait Company, stands next to a 1323.5-pound Mako shark at the company's headquarters in Gardena, Calif., on Tuesday.

Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino was running to the aid of two friends when he was gunned down by Gardena police in Sunday's predawn hours, according to the attorney for the slain man's family.

RHP Jonathan Gray, Oklahoma: Many factors point to Gray going No. 1, most of which boil down to money.

This June 4, 2013 photo courtesy Ray Pacheco shows the 1,323-pound mako shark on the back of a boat trailer being taken for an accurate weight reading to Gardena, Calif.