Hawthorne News

By Army 2nd Lt. Benjamin Hann Special to American Forces Press Service Nov. 6, 2009 - Iraqi army engineers put their training to good use Oct.

A Hawthorne man appeared in court Thursday in connection with two armed attempted kidnappings of teenagers in Lawndale and the unincorporated Wiseburn area, according to authorities.

A gunbattle that wounded a sheriff's deputy and killed a parolee in Lawndale could have been avoided if a state parole officer had arrested the man at his family's request for being under the influence of drugs, his cousin said Wednesday.

Pets are loaded for take-off on the southern California maiden voyage of Pet Airways on Jul.

With absentee ballots counted and all 32 precincts reporting, Guidi captured 51.3 percent of the vote against his first challenger in six years - Councilman Danny Juarez, who had 48.7 percent.

A Hawthorne used car dealership that registered as a polling place for Tuesday's election turned voters away, forcing some to fill out their ballots on the sidewalk.

Mt. Salem Missionary Baptist Church will have a free living trust and wills seminar open to the public.

Mary Garcia, with her son Andrew, 4, is planning to attend her sister Sgt. Eduviges Wolf's funeral in South Dakota.

A Hawthorne campaign mailer has angered some police officers whose photographs were used without permission to imply an endorsement of Mayor Larry Guidi in Tuesday's election.

Longtime Hawthorne Mayor Larry Guidi faces Councilman Danny Juarez - his first challenger in six years - in the Nov.

Devin J. Michel, 19, Stockton, Ill.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

As of Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at least 814 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

The military says another Fort Carson soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. The Defense Department said Tuesday that 24-year-old Sgt.

A 25-year-old man suspected of burglary, identity theft, credit card fraud and other crimes in Butte, Sutter and Yuba counties turned himself over to police Friday in Hawthorne, according to Gridley-Biggs police.

Nova Chemicals Corp. announced today that Randy Woelfel has joined the company and will become its CEO.

Two longtime Hawthorne activists and volunteers - a retired pilot and a teacher - are facing off for the city clerk's seat in the Nov.

Officers arrested Jonathan Palomo of Los Angeles and Erik Bloom of Dana Point on suspicion of attempted murder and arson, Hawthorne police Lt.

If you've been following our C4 project from the outset, you know that the past few years have seen the car make depressingly little progress toward its goal of achieving quarter-mile parity with its late-model kin.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority will conduct five community meetings in October to update the community on the findings of the Alternative Analysis Study for the Harbor Subdivision Transit Corridor.

The crime occurred Friday at 6:30 a.m. as the girl walked at 140th Street and Inglewood Avenue, Hawthorne police Lt.