Torrance News

Torrance residents will have a final opportunity Tuesday to comment on the draft of the city General Plan, the community's blueprint for growth.

Jo Dee Messina is bringing more than her top 10 country hits to the James Armstrong Theatre in Torrance Nov.

A lot of you like taco salad. Recipes keep coming in, even though it's been two weeks since we printed Pat's request.

Gary Gillett thought he could brew a profitable business plan by mixing coffee with bikini-clad baristas in Torrance.

A sheriff's deputy and a suspect were shot late Tuesday in Lawndale, officials said.

Sheriff's detectives have been trying to identify these two women since April 2008.

The city of Torrance has closed escrow on two downtown properties and is considering a third acquisition as officials bank land for future redevelopment opportunities.

Deric Sun is the owner of Cardsmart, a greeting card retailer located in the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance.

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

Preliminary planning work for bond-funded repairs to seven Torrance Unified schools is expected to begin earlier than expected, district officials have announced.

Federal authorities filed lawsuits against three Southland residents and others accused of operating a "staggering" bogus tax return scheme that sought $562 million in refunds, prosecutors announced today.

BevMo! is opening its 100th store in Rolling Hills Plaza in Torrance. The grand opening is slated for Friday.

Boy Scout Troop 948 of north Torrance and its coed offshoot, Venture Crew Troop, are putting on the ninth annual Halloween maze - "The Depths of Doom," a 70-yard run of twists and turns that lead the unsuspecting through an "abandoned mine shaft." This event is a "team builder" put on entirely by the Scouts.

A Gardena man caught allegedly breaking into a car in Torrance was arrested at the end of a high-speed chase, police said Thursday.

A presentation and update on Measures Y and Z will be given. Also, third-grade teacher Eileen Hirata will be recognized for receiving the Expo Markers Extraordinary Educator Award.

A man who was heartbroken four years ago when animal control officials removed hundreds of pigeons - dead and alive - from inside his Torrance home died Monday in another house full of his favorite birds.

Cars sit crumpled in the intersection of Crenshaw and Sepulveda boulevards after a crash Friday morning.

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.

Another potential round of program cuts and a looming $9 million budget deficit await those who are elected to the three open seats on the Torrance Unified school board.

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