A former lawyer won nearly $10,000 in a lawsuit against Honda in small-claims court. Heather Peters claimed that the car company promised her that she would save a ton of gas money by buying a 2006 Honda Civic hybrid that got 50 miles to the gallon—while knowing that claim wasn't true. more ›

The man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend and her mother to death and wounded a male roommate in a shared Torrance condominium Sunday night is scheduled to be arraigned today. more ›

A homicide investigation was underway this morning after a man allegedly stabbed two women to death and injured a man in a shared condominium in Torrance. Deputies received a call at 8:23pm on Sunday and responded to the scene of the murders: a complex in the 21800 block of South Vermont Avenue near Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. more ›

A former lawyer went to small claims court, demanding that Honda compensate her for all the gasoline that she expected to save when she switched to a hybrid. The ex-attorney Heather Peters said that when she bought a 2006 hybrid Honda Civic, the company promised her that she would get 50 miles to the gallon. more ›

What's going on lately in the L.A food scene? Chew on this: There's a basketball-inspired cocktail smackdown happening this season in DTLA, a new Chick-fil-A is opening today in L.A., one restaurant is offering a foie gras farewell menu, a brewery has a bigger, better, badass pub, and more. more ›

A Catholic High School in Torrance is closed for the day as authorities investigate an unspecified threat made late last week, according to City News Service. All classes at Bishop Montgomery High School are canceled today due to the threat, which was reportedly made on YouTube. more ›

A senator from the South Bay is speaking out against Lowe's Home Improvement store's decision to pull ads from the TLC show "All-American Muslim," after the household goods company caved to pressure from anti-Muslim groups. Calling the decision "profoundly ignorant," Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) said in a statement... more ›

A 52-year-old Torrance man was injured after a trailer blew up in what officials believe may have been an accident related to a meth lab, reports KTLA. The incident occurred at about 7:45 this morning. The man, whose name hasn't been released, was found by police standing outside the trailer at the Torrance Mobile Home Park with severe burns to his upper body. more ›

Backyards are a luxury in Los Angeles, and those who are lucky enough to have them grow flowers, vegetables, trees and native plants. And weed. Timothy Beck of Torrance opened his doors on Wednesday afternoon to officials armed with a search warrant, reports The Daily Breeze. more ›

Trapped mosquitoes collected at Torrance's Madrona Marsh Nature Preserve tested positive for West Nile virus on Friday, reports The Daily Breeze. "This is the first (report) on the west side (of the county)," said Bob Saviskas, executive director of the Los Angeles County West Vector and Vector-Borne Disease Control District. more ›

57-year-old Brian Matayoshi and his wife Marilyn were hiking on the Wapiti Lake Trail when they encountered a female grizzly bear with cubs, according to ABC7. The couple saw the bear twice but continued hiking. Upon the third encounter, the bear charged the man. more ›

If you're headed to the shores of Redondo Beach, Torrance, or Hermosa Beach, get ready for some gross-out potential: "An invasion of insects has turned a trip to the beach in parts of Southern California into a major summer bummer," explains the Associated Press. Those insects are black kelp flies, which are hanging out on trash cans and lifeguard stands. more ›

Today the California Senate voted in favor of a bill designed to protect teens from using tanning beds. A 24-to-9 vote in the 40-member house was in favor of passing SB 746, which would replace the current law that allows teens aged 14-17 to use tanning beds with the permission of a parent or guardian. more ›

Two police officers from the Hawthorne and El Segundo police departments collided with each other while riding motorcycles and accompanying a funeral procession for another officer who recently lost his battle with cancer, reports the Sacramento Bee. After the officers crashed into one another, the officer from Hawthorne was thrown into oncoming traffic, where he collided with a sedan head-on. The driver of that vehicle wasn't hurt. more ›

Residents of a Torrance neighborhood received a visit from police today, and not a welcome one. Authorities were knocking on doors to let community members know that they had a new neighbor -- twice-convicted child molester Ronald Lee Smith, 58. In 1997, reports KTLA, Smith was convicted of molesting a 9-year-old girl, and in 2001, a 4-year-old girl. He has now moved into the New Horizons Retirement Home in Torrance. more ›

Though not the first or only hydrogen fueling station in the region, a new place for drivers of fuel-cell vehicles is open for business in Torrance, and its how it brings in the fuel that makes this station distinctive, according to the L.A. Times. " The public Torrance station, operated by Shell on land leased from Toyota, is the first in the country to pull hydrogen from an existing and active pipeline." more ›

David Beckham was involved in a car accident on the 405 Freeway near Torrance on Friday morning when his black Cadillac rear-ended a stalled Mitsubishi that had reportedly broken down in the carpool lane, according to authorities, reports TMZ. According to the California Highway Patrol, "Beckham did... more ›

It's a double-shot of espresso kind of morning for commuters in Torrance this morning, after a 3-foot-deep sinkhole on Hawthorne Boulevard south of Sepulveda Boulevard is causing traffic delays and detours, according to the Daily Breeze. "Traffic is slow, and motorists should expect delays throughout the day as crews work to fix the street. Southern California Edison crews are on the scene, along with emergency personnel." more ›

Early risers and insomniacs in Torrance may have noticed some flaring today at the Exxon Mobil Refinery, which kicked in after a power outage, according to the Daily Breeze. The culprit: A raccoon who "slipped past some protective barriers at a power substation at 190th Street and Prairie Avenue and sparked the outage." Power was knocked out at around 1:50 a.m. but was restored by 4:30 a.m. Afterward, the refinery initiated "the flaring to burn off hydrocarbons as a safety measure." PS: They say the raccoon survived. more ›

People who have spent time today in the Lomita area today might have wondered what the heck that awful smell was. As a matter of fact, Lomita stinks. Reports have been flooding into the 911 center today in Torrance about a "sulfur" or "rotten egg" smell; even the cops could smell it at their Department, according to South Bay Crimes & Courts. Using their noses, along with their noggins, the source of the stench was sniffed out: "There is an open large sewer pipe at 250th Street and Western Avenue in the city of Lomita. Los Angeles County Public Works will be handling the situation." And, exhale. more ›

One man was wounded, but is in stable condition, following what appears to be a gang-related shooting that took place last night outside a Chuck E. Cheese in Torrance, according to CBS. The victim had multiple gunshot wounds to the torso area. Most witnesses fled the scene, but officers have determined about 8-10 alleged gang members had been fighting in the parking lot. Torrance police Sgt. Jeremiah Hart shares many people's surprise about the location of the violence: “[Chuck E. Cheese] is a place for families and kids.” more ›

The Westside Subway may be the popular kid on the block, but let's not forget about possible plans to extend the Green Line deeper into the South Bay. Specifically, Metro is looking to extend the Green Line 4.6 miles from its terminating Redondo Beach station to the proposed Torrance Regional Transit Center. more ›

It's no secret that Japan is big in LA. Angelenos love their sushi bars and noodle shops. In Little Tokyo and Little Osaka, shoppers stock up on groceries, books, magazines, iwako erasers, authentic sake cups, tea sets, and more. Now in Torrance the Miyako Hybrid Hotel offers a unique east meets west experience. Conveniently located on Western Boulevard next the Mitsuwa Marketplace, everyone will feel right at home at this beautiful hotel. more ›

As part of their local section today, the LA Times features two stories on two separate local police departments--one in the South Bay and the other in the Valley--mired in their own controversies. more ›

In addition to approving light rail for the Crenshaw corridor to LAX, the Metro Board today approved moving forward with another step for the Harbor Subdivsion right-of-way between LAX and Long Beach. more ›

Making the rounds in the news today is this freshly-brewed story of a new drive-through coffeehouse where the servers shun the more typical apron and khakis in favor of two very different pieces altogether: The bikini. more ›

A vigil was held at a Torrance Church this morning in honor of Euna Lee and Laura Ling, according to MyFoxLA. The two American journalists were recently sentenced to twelve years of hard labor in North Korea on charges of being spies. The pair, who were working on a piece for San Francisco-based network Current TV, were captured on March 17th and put to trial earlier this month. more ›

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that $400 million from the economic recovery package is headed to make capital investments in transit throughout California. It's not going to build us the Subway to the Sea or anything sexy like that, but is headed to more functional improvements, such as seen in the above photo: more ›