Torrance News

David Benoit welcomes Space Shuttle Endeavour Astronaut Dr. Garret Reisman to the premiere performance of "Journey of the Endeavour" Sunday at the James Armstrong Theatre.

A stranded Swedish family of seven, made penniless by airfare changes due to a family emergency, should be on its way home today thanks to sheriff's deputies sympathetic to their plight, a sheriff's official said.

The FBI said in a statement that the so-called "Make It Quick Bandit" is accused in a tenth robbery.

Filmmaker and Torrance, Calif. resident, Steven Itano Wasserman , is a fourth-generation American of Japanese and Russian Jewish descent.

Rancho Palos Verdes resident John Ryan was set to hold his going-away party today before he ships out Monday to Fort Benning., Ga., for basic training when the U.S. Army recruit learned he was expected - but not required - to march in the Armed Forces Day Parade in Torrance.

Sherri Lynn Wilkins in Torrance Superior Court on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, accused of drunk driving and killing a pedestrian with her car.

A Compton firefighter is expected to appear in court Friday to face charges he allegedly set his fire department's headquarters ablaze in an effort to destroy evidence of his suspected theft.

R: Chief Warrant Officer II Kristin Blumberg and Sgt. Christopher Hansen talk with Gene Mock a Northrop Grumman retiree chat near a LUH-72A twin engine helicopter in Torrance where military exhibits were on display for the 2012 Armed Forces Day Parade in Torrance.

This week's dance events include speed dating musicians and dancers, the latest from Ryan Heffington and Los Angeles Ballet continues to paint the town Balanchine Red.

My very first turn at the handlebars of a motorcycle came courtesy of an MSF Honda CB125.

The best-selling sub-compact tractor line for over a decade elevates the operator experience with comfort, convenience and versatility TORRANCE, Calif.-- -- Kubota Tractor Corporation introduces its new BX70 Series sub-compact tractors with four ready-to-work models: the BX1870, BX2370, BX2670 and the BX25D.

In this Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, file photo, Luis Cuevas changes the gas prices at the Shell station off California State Route 99.

Groundbreaking Book Helps Educators Bring the Creative Spirit of the Maker Movement and STEM to Life in K-12 Classrooms Torrance, CA - May 13, 2013 In a new book, Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, internationally respected educators Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager capture the excitement of the maker movement and ... (more)

The City of Torrance honors the armed forces at the 54 Annual Armed Forces Day Celebration and Parade Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19.

Four physician informaticists and the leader of a health information exchange have been named winners of the 2013 annual awards for outstanding achievement in applied medical informatics given by the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, the organization for physician informaticists has announced.

The Daily Breeze did not obtain reports for this week's log. Information about crime in areas patrolled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, including links to maps of crime, is available on its website, http://sheriff.lacounty.gov/ . The Daily Breeze did not obtain reports for this week's log.

REDLANDS, ETC.: LACMA is reaching out to some under-art-and-film-served communities with its new LACMA9 Art + Film Lab, which will hit Redlands, San Bernardino, Altadena, Monterey Park, Hacienda Heights, Montebello, Compton, Inglewood, and Torrance in a temporary structure designed by artist Jorge Pardo.

KISS co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley served more than 100 men and women veterans and wounded warriors at a luncheon May 9 during their latest opening of their restaurant Rock & Brews in Torrance, Calif.

North High School in Torrance will hold an annual carnival-style event Friday to raise money and awareness about safe driving and, in particular, the dangers of driving while texting.

A student of the private Chadwick School on the Palos Verdes Peninsula is among 141 students across the United States to be named a 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholar.