Even in areas that are not often associated with nature and outdoor activity, such as the Port of Los Angeles, there are opportunities to get exercise. Case in point: 22nd St. Park, one of the South Bay’s newest outdoor facilities. more ›

Did you catch this one on Facebook? There's a serial killer on the loose in the South Bay and he's targeting women! Don't panic, say local authorities, because it turns out that's just an online rumor, and it's totally false. Where's the dislike button?! more ›

Statistics released by local law enforcement agencies show that crime in Los Angeles and the county is on the decline — paralleling the nationwide declines in crime. more ›

The days of a bikini-clad model on top of a San Pedro medical clinic billboard are numbered. The model lying face up on the shore and arching her back got too many complaints from passers-by at a busy intersection, who thought such a sexy model with a sexy pose wasn't appropriate for the "family-oriented" community of San Pedro. more ›

A little palm tree trapped by cement is the lone survivor (and maybe the only victim) of this week's landslide in San Pedro. more ›

This tale from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a little Big Brother-esque, and most definitely cautionary, but it does have a happy ending for the owner of some stolen property. A thief was busted when he used a stolen laptop outfitted with a "LoJack for Laptops" kind of software, and it was his very own Facebook profile photo that ultimately was his undoing. more ›

The Palos Verdes Peninsula is a geological wonder. The newest Paseo del Mar Landslide joins the company of the Sunken City two miles to the southeast and the still-active Portuguese Bend Landslide to the west. more ›

Some landslides happen s-l-o-w-l-y, like the one officials have been keeping an eye on in San Pedro for some time now. Yesterday's heavy rains helped send chunks of Paseo del Mar, a "buckled bluff-top roadway," right on into the ocean. Yep, there's a hole where that road used to be. more ›

A 100-foot coastal bluff in San Pedro is slowly sliding into the Pacific, and city crews are scrambling to stop the gradual, dangerous landslide. Fissures first appeared near the White Point Nature Reserve along Paseo Del Mar last spring, and city engineers have been tracking the land's movement since then. more ›

It was overcast and chilly just after noon on Sunday in San Pedro when a group of chefs and food lovers piled aboard the Monte Carlo for an afternoon of fishing, eating, and celebrating. more ›

A woman who was charged with murdering her daughter and then attempting to take her own life has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison, reports the Daily Breeze. On July 9, 2010, Bong Sook Chavez, now 51, was lying in bed with her 10-year-old daughter Quesi in their home at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro. more ›

The USS Iowa, a vessel used in battle during World War II, is headed to a new home in the Port of Los Angeles. The Navy has announced that the ship has been awarded to the Pacific Battleship Center, a nonprofit organization, and the Iowa will ultimately call Berth 87 in San Pedro home. more ›

We love when celebrities put their money and time towards a good cause. The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, established by the Entourage Executive Producer himself, unveils its latest project, Graduate to Go Studios, in conjunction with The Taco Bell Foundation for Teens. more ›

After a string of businesses had their windows smashed in San Pedro, one man has been arrested, according to a statement released by the LAPD this morning. Since mid-July, 16 businesses have had their windows smashed, mostly by BB pellets but at least one by a brick. The vandalism all took place between 7:00 p.m. and 4:30 a.m., along busy streets in the area. more ›

San Pedro Police are on the hunt for Darryl James Stamper, 49, who allegedly beat his landlord, reports The Daily Breeze. When Stamper's landlord confronted him for his rent money, he said "No" and punched the victim several times. The landlord suffers broken bones as a result of the attack. more ›

Navy Week's free USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier tours attracted thousands of visitors on Wednesday, inciting its own Carmageddon on San Pedro, the Vincent Thomas Bridge and the Harbor Freeway (110). Vehicles inched along the 110 for hours in hopes of boarding the first aircraft carrier to dock in the Port of Los Angeles in over 20 years, according to The Daily Breeze. more ›

L.A.'s first-ever Navy Week launches today in conjunction with Summer X Games at the Port of Los Angeles, as reported by CBS. more ›

The USS Iowa, a historic battleship that served extensively in WWII and the Korean War, could be setting sail for San Pedro as early as this summer, according to plan supporters, if the Navy decides to relocate the vessel currently berthed near San Francisco, reports CBS. more ›

The parents of Rebecca Coriam, a Disney cruise ship employee who vanished at sea, met investigators on Sunday in San Pedro as the Disney Wonder docked at the Port of Los Angeles. more ›

6-year-old Jack Dorman was placed on a psychiatric hold after he drew what school officials say was a "disturbing picture" that expressed a wish to die, according to NBCLA. The student at the LAUSD's Taper Avenue Elementary in San Pedro was evaluated by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Psychiatric Mobile Response Team, who determined the child was at risk of harming himself, and placed him on a 72-hour psych hold. more ›

On Sunday morning, authorities called to a residence in the 25200 block of Petroleum Avenue in Harbor City discovered the bodies of two women, 56-year-old Bich Loan Truong, and her 27-year-old daughter, Lisa Truong Nguyen. Just over an hour later, the crime's perpetrator, the husband and father to the victims, 60-year-old Bach Xuan Nguyen, jumped to his death from the roof of an eleven story building in the 300 block of South Mesa Street in San Pedro. more ›

Following the last wave of crime alerts, and set against a low, 1967-era murder rate for Los Angeles, the Crime L.A. database has posted alerts for six neighborhoods based on data from Dec. 22-Dec. 28, the most recent seven-day-span of available information. more ›

A bizarre crash on the 1400 block of West 17th Street in San Pedro this morning left a car suspended five feet off the ground and wedged between two homes. The motorist was under the influence of alcohol, according to police, and lost control of the vehicle around 1:15 a.m. after running a stop sign and hitting a curb. more ›

What was thought to have been a possible explosion set off in a parked vehicle in San Pedro this morning had the Los Angeles Police Department on a city-wide tactical alert, reports the Daily News. The bomb squad was called out to the enclosed ground-level parking garage of the Clarion Inn on S. Gaffey to inspect the damaged vehicle, while the "Harbor (110) Freeway's access to San Pedro was closed, and businesses in a two-block radius of the hotel were evacuated." Ultimately experts determined it was a case of vandalism, and not related to explosives or posing a threat to public safety. more ›

Deep in the earth beneath the hills of San Pedro lie cold cement corridors once used by the military for radio transmissions, to house soldiers, and to arm gun batteries. Sometimes only a few feet in width, and with the danger of sudden drops to the floor below, the bunker doors are now welded shut to discourage intruders. more ›

As mentioned previously, the 12th Annual Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival (aka "LobsterFest") was held last weekend at the Ports O'Call Village in San Pedro. For Kevin Bronson from Buzz Bands, the highlight of Sunday's musical lineup -- consisting of Devon Eisenbarger, Tijuana Panthers, Walking Sleep, Miss Derringer, The Section Quartet, and John Doe and Exene Cervenka of X -- was "...when [the headliners] -- in the middle of 'Give Me Flowers While I'm Living' -- were interrupted by the horn of a departing cruise ship. See what happens 1:04 into the song." more ›

Beyond the 11,000 or so affected LADWP customers in the city of Los Angeles, Southern California Edison is reporting that close to 23,000 of their customers are without power. The hardest hit area was Whittier with 2,366 outages, followed by Carson and Long Beach with 1,709 and 1,292 outages, respectively. The utility said demand for energy hit its record peak usage for the year. more ›