Lomita News

The obesity epidemic isn't just taking a toll on health - it's also weighing down resources throughout the state, a new report shows.

Gary Matthew Finmark was arrested in the window shootings at South Bay businesses.

7 to 10 p.m. June 23, 2000 block of Allbrook Avenue. A bicycle was reported stolen from an open garage.

More than six years after debate began in Rancho Palos Verdes on the once-contentious issue of recreational vehicle parking, the City Council has quietly approved a program designed to keep RVs off city streets.

Workers at Thomas International Furniture on Hawthorne Boulevard remove broken class from a window that was shot out by a passerby overnight.

South Bay. Retired Gardena police chief and San Pedro resident Mike Skogh has been elected president of the South Bay Lions Club for 2009-2010. Other officers are Lomita City Councilman Ken Blackwood, vice president; B.J. Pilato, San Pedro, second vice president; Karen Tankersley, San Pedro, secretary; and Wayne Shimohara, Harbor City, treasurer.

Walt and Tanya Schulze of Lomita, with twins Jacob and Joshua, 19 months, join in the Pacific Reproductive Center's 17th annual Father's Day event in Torrance to celebrate the families the center has helped start over the past 20 years.

Last Sunday, the feast of Corpus Christi, marked the beginning of a new life for Deacon Gustavo Catipon and his wife Elena.

The author, Richard Tapia , currently holds the following positions at Rice University: University Professor; Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering; Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Office of Research and Graduate Studies; and Director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education.

John Collver and C. Ray Miller share a love of airplanes. Thanks to Miller, the two friends now have the same plane, only in slightly different sizes.

Tuesday, July 21st, The Lomita/Harbor City Kiwanis and the Lomita Chamber of Commerce are co-sponsoring a dinner meeting featuring Assemblymember Ted Lieu as featured speaker.

What bell? Where? The bell at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, located at 24027 Pennsylvania Ave in Lomita, naturally.

Lomita. The Lomita Chamber of Commerce recently presented its annual Golden Apple Awards to teachers from schools that serve the community.

Lomita officials Saturday have lifted a boil water order that was caused by a main break.

Lomita residents south of Pacific Coast Highway have been advised to boil their water through at least Monday before drinking it as a precautionary measure.

Torrance. Mark Waronek, who owns Waronek & Associates in Torrance, was honored by the California Chamber of Commerce with the 2009 Small Business Advocate of the Year award.

Job loss. Store closures. Small businesses trying to stay afloat. Whether you live in Long Beach, one of the state's largest cities, or in Lomita, which is less than 2 square miles, communities large and small are feeling the effects of a tumbling economy.

Students and staff at Rancho Palos Verdes' Marymount College attended a Mass on Sunday to remember a 19-year-old student who died the day before in a car accident on a treacherous stretch of road near campus.

Follow the debacle to the diving community known as Terranea here. Apparently they are in the middle of a "soft opening". This resort has the potential of destroying much of the easy access to wonderful diving. FAIL!!!!!

As Terranea Resort workers are prepared for the opening of the Peninsula luxury hotel, management scrambles to get operating funds.