Torrance News

Torrance city and school district officials dedicated a learning facility Friday in honor of former City Councilwoman Gene Drevno, who died earlier this week.

A robbery suspect who refused to come out of his San Pedro apartment for four hours was charged Thursday with 20 felony counts.

A judge ruled Wednesday that there is enough evidence to send the former Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce executive director to trial for allegedly embezzling nearly $40,000 from the organization.

While the young women who gather in Jennifer Matsui s Torrance living room have time for small talk, their main goal is to fight pediatric cancer.

I get letters and e-mails and I read every one of them because - contrary to what many well-meaning readers believe - I do not have an assistant.

One of the largest studies yet on the efficacy of a new heart scanner showed it is nearly as effective as a standard angiogram, a more expensive and invasive test used to detect coronary trouble.

Brigitte Clayton's attitude toward doctors changed dramatically when her life was at stake.

KCBS anchors Ken Greene and Ann Martin were released in April. Q: TV news anchors Whatever happened to Harold Green and Ann Martin? They used to be on Channel 2, and they were there one day and the next they ...

And the ducks are done. The city of Torrance fenced off the popular pond at Charles H. Wilson Park late Thursday, with the intent of draining it, relocating its wildlife and possibly restoring it.

Former financial adviser Michael Jason McDermott was ordered to stand trial Monday after a preliminary hearing in Torrance Superior Court on weapons and drug charges.

Barry Sacks, left, a Peninsula coach accused of child molestation, appeared in court this morning with his attorney, Larry Donoghue.

Open trench signs alert drivers Tuesday to a lane closure on Torrance Boulevard between Madrona Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard.

A homegrown Muslim terrorist who plotted to attack military and Jewish sites in Southern California was sentenced Monday to an additional 22 years in state prison for robbing a Torrance gas station.

The construction company building an assisted living center on Hawthorne Boulevard at Rolling Hills Road in Torrance says it has improved control measures after receiving dust complaints.

Showcase Business Centers provides pay centers to access copy machines and other devices at airports and kiosks at various sites.

Police have scheduled two sobriety and driver's license checkpoints this weekend.

Police in Torrance warned residents Thursday about two cat burglaries that occurred in the city.

For those in the so-called sandwich generation - middle-aged individuals who are raising their children while also caring for their aging parents - looking at life insurance options often takes a back seat to ...

A man extradited from Mexico pleaded no contest in a Torrance courthouse Wednesday to charges that he tried to kill two sheriff's deputies during an April 2004 traffic stop in the Athens area of Los Angeles.

This Saturday, Eric Goldberg will be signing his new book Character Animation Crash Course! at Stuart Ng Books in Torrance, CA.