Torrance News

Many people who are suffering from serious injury or have suffered the death of a family member could use professional legal help.

The county Department of Children and Family Services recently removed four children from a Torrance home, believing they were abused or neglected.

Southern California Regional Occupational Center or SCROC Fashion Design students Ariana Baches,left, and Kimberly Avendano work on a pattern.

The state on Friday released its annual list of K-12 school rankings based on student performance on standardized tests, revealing little in the way of surprise for the South Bay and Harbor Area, where nearly 60 percent of the schools surpassed the statewide average.

Spot gasoline in Los Angeles declined against futures for a third day to the lowest level in more than six weeks as refineries restored production after repairs.

Virtual Piggy, Inc. , an innovator in safe youth payments, today announced a partnership with JumpStart, an award-winning educational software developer trusted by over 30 million parents.

Fasha Mahjoor, CEO of Phenomenex , has been awarded an Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

El Camino College in Torrance, California has broken ground for the new STEM Center, which is designed by the California-based planning and design firm HMC.

The Torrance historical railroad bridge was rededicated and renamed the Pacific Electric Railway El Prado Bridge in a ceremony Thursday.

Convaid, Torrance, Calif, recently announced that through its community outreach program, it has created a new program designed for families to raise funds for the purchase of a lightweight Convaid Wheelchair.

Two suspected gang members have been charged with committing a distraction burglary in the city of Orange just months after they were convicted of victimizing elderly victims in Torrance, police said Wednesday.

Associate online editor Carol Ngo spotted this unknown prototype on her way in to our El Segundo office today.

Which one? That's likely to be the biggest question buyers of Honda's new line of middleweight streetbikes will face.

Eric Garcetti's victory party last night at the Hollywood Palladium drew hipsters, activists and campaign pros -- along with a few people who had, shall we say, more unusual reasons for lending their support.

The drug and alcohol counselor from Torrance who allegedly ran down a man down in her car and then drove more than two miles with him impaled in her windshield was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for murder.

A Washington, D.C., reporter for more than 30 years, Jim Limbach covers the federal agencies for ConsumerAffairs.

Additional 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/ . Grand theft: April 27, 20700 block of South Avalon Boulevard.

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.