Torrance News

Two nurses suffered stab wounds in two separate attacks at UCLA hospitals in Sylmar and Torrance early Sunday, authorities said.

Students at El Camino College are learning about early 20th century world issues not in a classroom, but rather on stage as the college presents the classic musical, “Cabaret.” Set in a decadent Berlin night club, the show explores the growing anti-Semitism and changing politics of the 1920s, with a little romance mixed in.

Authorities said a 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing a nurse at a hospital in Torrance.

She and her "school-buddy Ana . . . spent many hours talking, while walking each other home.

The state's Fair Political Practices Commission on Thursday assessed a $1,750 penalty to the son of Torrance Councilman Pat Furey , a political consultant and the manager of his father's mayoral campaign.

Easter and Passover Week has begun and if you haven't already bought fresh eggs, you'd best get to the store soon - as of yesterday afternoon, I could only find brown eggsa ..which might make for some interesting hues.

In the market for a Scion FR-S , but don't want the same one your neighbor's got? Scion has good news for you.

Landing a seat at the wildly popular Izakaya Hachi on the edge of Old Town Torrance takes a certain amount of perseverance.

Vogue Tyre & Rubber Co. announced it has opened its 17th Custom Center location at Penske Cadillac Buick-GMC in Torrance, Calif., the largest Cadillac dealer on the west coast.

Torrance >> With family, friends and colleagues watching proudly, Mark Matsuda was sworn in Tuesday night as the city's ninth police chief, receiving his badge from his wife, Kristin, as the couple's three young daughters looked on.

From baby showers to funerals - and all of life's milestones in between - the San Pedro Elks Lodge is the port town's place to go to celebrate.

A former Compton Fire Department deputy chief pleaded no contest today to embezzlement and arson for stealing thousands of dollars worth of the department's Motorola radios to sell online and setting a fire to destroy evidence.

California will be a major proving ground for hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars in the next several years, representatives from five auto manufacturers, including Toyota and Honda, said Monday at a panel discussion in Torrance.

Some of the organizers and winners of the 2014 Visions of Unity Awards Competition included: sponsor Shirley Starke Wallace from the Palos Verdes chapter LINKS, Inc; Laura Oelsner, West High School - honorable mention for poetry; Shirley Ho, faculty coordinator; Melanie Nomiya of North High School - third place in the essay competition; Phylishia ... (more)

Sister Terrence Lindini blesses the kitchen with holy water at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance during ceremony to launch their new food service program.

A U.S. Postal Service proposal to close a bulk-mailing service used by only a few dozen Palos Verdes Peninsula businesses has alarmed some residents, who incorrectly believed it could affect residential mail delivery or other post office services.

That's one of the messages being posted on billboards throughout Los Angeles County starting this weekend, as part of a new public-awareness campaign to combat the worsening problem of child sex trafficking in the region.

Friends of those killed in Thursday's fiery crash near Orland describe the victims as exceptional people who were passionate about their careers.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has denied a motion by Torrance-based Robinson Helicopter Co.

Mark Matsuda has been named chief of the Torrance Police Department, where he has worked since 1987, it was announced today.