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A 15-year-old boy admitted to police Thursday that he sprayed graffiti in black-and-white paint on six classrooms and two storage containers at a Gardena elementary school, authorities said.

Pushing aside the threat of lawsuits and complaints about the process, Los Angeles Unified officials today will begin finalizing a controversial reform plan that allows the outside operation of three dozen schools.

If our readers could see us now, they would likely wonder why we are buried under a pile of paper.

Gardena City Council members will vote Tuesday night on a plan to toughen laws against graffiti vandals by attacking the problem from different angles.

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"Mr. Burns" is a chow mix who was burned about six weeks ago in a fire at a transmission shop in Gardena where its owner died.

Margarita Baltazar, 26, of the Athens area was found guilty of five counts of arson following a non-jury trial before Torrance Superior Court Judge Eric Taylor.

The chorus of elected officials clamoring for Gold Line Foothill Extension funding grew a little louder Wednesday.

Three men robbed a Gardena bank at gunpoint today, possibly making off with tens of thousands of dollars in cash.

Does the balloon boy story begin with the Heene family's quest to appear, again, on reality TV?

Given father Richard Heene's apparent efforts to pique Hollywood interest in his family as a reality TV subject (following two appearances on ABC's "Wife Swap"), concern is once again rising that the children who appear on such shows are being exploited for fame and fortune by their parents.

Child advocates, media watchdogs, and lawyers hope reform is coming, now that law enforcement appears poised to wade into the matter for the first time. Authorities in Colorado are considering charges against the Heene parents for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Authorities Tuesday were searching for an unknown number of suspects involved in a bank robbery in Gardena.

27. The fair is designed to introduce parents and students to the various educational options available in the area for grades 7-12. The free event is open to the public.

Gardena. The City Council will consider appointing a city clerk Tuesday night to replace Tasha Cerda, who recently was named to the panel.

A man has been sentenced to death for killing an off-duty Los Angeles County police captain during a robbery attempt.

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Just two weeks after Gardena High School found itself on a list of 12 troubled Los Angeles Unified campuses that could be taken over by outside operators, its principal has quit, citing a lack of unity on campus.

Water conservation continues to be a priority in Southern California. To help home gardeners in this effort, led a class at Ann Barklow and Mimi Andersen of Garden Magic Company Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden in Polliwog Park on a recent Saturday, providing tips on how to remove a water-guzzling lawn and replace it with a drought-tolerant garden.

10 p.m. Oct. 1, 12800 block of Prairie Avenue. An unspecified number of people allegedly assaulted the victim and took money.

A 78-year-old woman was fatally struck today by a hit-and-run driver as she crossed Western Avenue after picking up groceries from a South Los Angeles food bank, and the suspect turned herself in to police several hours later.

Chlamydia rates among black men in Los Angeles County are nearly four times higher than in Latino men, and eight times higher than those among white men, a report released Monday showed.

The Atheist Alliance International Convention will take place Oct. 2 to 4 at the Burbank Marriot Convention Center, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank.

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