Lomita News

A man accused of strapping 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport has pleaded not guilty to federal charges.

A man and his mandolin. The El Segundo Public Library presents its last Concert in the Library of the season with mandolinist Evan J. Marshall.

Santa Claus is making his annual visit to the South Bay this year, touring neighborhoods in several cities and tossing candy canes to children gathered around his sleigh.

Schools make Star `honor roll': The California Business for Education Excellence, a group of businesses focused on increasing student achievement, last week named many local schools to its fourth annual honor roll, based on performance in standardized testing.

Wednesday. The Lomita Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Holiday Toy Mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lomita Kiwanis Hall, 24811 Narbonne Ave.

We're fortunately not feeling any swine-flu symptoms, but we are feeling badgered.

The white mailboxes in front of the Sheriff's Norwalk Station are not for depositing letters or packages.

Former Lomita City Manager Tom Odom has been hired by Rancho Palos Verdes. The former city manager of Lomita, who was forced out of his job less than three weeks ago, has landed a new position in Rancho Palos Verdes.

An image of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg with his son Moshe is projected during a video stream world wide conference as Jewish people around the world commemorated Gavriel and his wife Rivkah who were killed in terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, one year ago.

Prayers and thanks before diners dig into their Thanksgiving meals at Coast Christian Fellowship in Torrance.

In a concession to unions, Los Angeles Unified Schools chief Ramon Cortines said Tuesday he will eliminate half the number of local district offices he helped create nearly a decade ago in a bid to reduce next year's deficit of nearly $500 million.

Fire damages apartment: A fire erupted Tuesday in a second-story apartment in Lomita, but firefighters quickly doused the blaze.

Los Angeles Harbor College &#187 BLOG: Keep up to date with South Bay crime and court news &#187 BLOG: Track South Bay court cases &#187 South Bay crime stats A Carson man was arrested early today on suspicion of breaking into the new technology building at Harbor College in Wilmington.

I just finished reading H.W. Brands' exhaustive and fascinating biography of Franklin Roosevelt, "Traitor to His Class." And all it did was remind me of our apparent willingness to repeat history.

Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.

Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.

The Los Angeles Police Department says air bags costing thousands of dollars to replace and high-end headlights are being carefully removed from BMW 3 Series and 5 Series models, the Los Angeles Times reported.

It was a Vampire Weekend for more than just the hip Brooklyn band's appearance in the South Bay.

Skateboarders arrived at the Lake Elsinore skate park Friday evening to find their half-pipe taken over by a preppy indie-rock group from New York.

What the heck is a top-selling indie rock act with intellectual overtones, New York City cred and Columbia sheepskins doing playing a VFW hall in Lomita? Or a Chinese restaurant in Hollywood? Or at today's free show by Vampire Weekend at Alliance Skate Park, a skateboard/BMX mecca in Lake Elsinore? "We thought it would be fun to play way off the ...