Lawndale News

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy has been released from the hospital after being wounded during a deadly shootout with a man in Lawndale on Tuesday.

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 Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has been released from the hospital after a shooting that left another man dead.

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.

The unidentified deputy, who was shot in the shoulder, was expected to survive. He was taken to County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance, officials said.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff 's deputy was shot in the back Tuesday night during a gun battle in Lawndale .

Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say a deputy has been shot and wounded in Lawndale.

As the district still reels from years of financial chaos and notoriously low student achievement, leaders elected on Tuesday to guide Centinela Valley schools can expect a busy, if not challenging, term.

Eileen Hirata, a third-grade teacher at Torrance Unified School District's Arnold Elementary School, has been named an Expo Extraordinary Educator.

The Lawndale Elementary School District will celebrate the Lights on Afterschool Festival Saturday at Will Rogers Middle School in Lawndale.

Four South Bay schools have been selected as recipients of a statewide funding initiative sponsored by Chevron Corp.

Memorial services for former Hawthorne City Councilman Charles "Chuck" Bookhammer will be Wednesday in Rancho Santa Margarita.

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.

I heard the man who got sentenced recently to the window shootings, Gary Finmark, was convicted on seven counts of felony vandalism.

I swore that I would never write another column about yet another book from Arcadia Publishing, an outfit that has so far published over 5,000 local photo history books.

Favorites of young readers for generations, Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham" are missing from some Los Angeles County libraries.

Los Angeles County firefighter Bryan Griffiths battles a vehicle fire along Hawthorne Boulevard and 166th Street this morning at about 8:30. The Van caught fire as the driver was heading north in traffic and stopped at a light.

Gardena City Clerk Tasha Cerda has been appointed to fill the City Council seat vacated by Steve Bradford.

Fearing the potential loss of millions of dollars and hundreds of students, the chief of Centinela Valley schools is calling upon teachers to help fight a neighboring district's attempt to lure away students.

The school year may have just begun, but students in Lawndale High School's Marine Science Academy are already looking ahead to next September.