Palos Verdes Peninsula News

Jana Johnson and her team are working to bring a rare butterfly population back from the verge of extinction.

U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's campaign has agreed to debate his challenger, Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook, before they face off in the November elections.

Two vacant million-dollar homes on Hill Street in Signal Hill may soon have driveways, utilities and occupants.

Members of the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society and the society's floral design group were invited to take part in the South Coast Dahlia Society's Dahlia Show this past weekend at the South Coast ...

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The numbers for South Bay and Harbor Area school districts varied widely, but generally reflected a statewide trend of continued incremental improvements since California implemented uniform standards in 2003.

Booming thunderclaps and lightning flashes dancing across Southern California surprised residents as a summer storm rumbled through the region, drenching some areas in rain.

Malaga Financial Corporation and its subsidiary Malaga Bank are pleased to announce the appointment of Jasna Penich as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

More often than not, when the subject of school budget cuts are discussed, people are mad and simply want to complain about them.

The dog days of August typically are not my favorite time in the garden. Everything either wilts from the heat or becomes overgrown and unruly - or both.

Barry Sacks, who is out on bail, has coached at Peninsula, Palos Verdes and Bishop Montgomery high schools and directs the Roadrunners Cross Country Club based in Palos Verdes.

I know the Palos Verdes Fault comes onshore in the South Bay in south Redondo Beach and runs along the bottom of Palos Verdes Peninsula.

A LESSON IN NATIVE PLANTS: The Dominguez Gap, a demonstration project in the Los Angeles River Master Plan, will be presented by speaker David Sunstrom.

Cassidy Hoopes, left, Ivy Bergen and Julianna Hoopes direct traffic to a lemonade and bake sale stand to help the Cummings family, who were left homeless by a fire.

Pete Millar's cartoon artwork is revving up a nostalgia for hot rods and drag racing in an exhibit at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.

An elderly woman suffered serious injuries during a house fire inside a Torrance home Saturday, a fire captain said.

Northern Swell, Lunada Bay by Richard Humphrey, 2008, oil, 30 x 30. Private collection.

Geoffrey Lower and Sabra Williams star in "The Taming of the Shrew." Whether it's an "As You Like It" set in Yosemite Valley, a Cirque du Soleil-style rendition of "The Tempest," or "Julius Caesar" on the steps ...

Times photographer Bob Carey horns in on a favorite hike of substitute teacher Bob Girard, 45, as they escape into a slice of the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains with spectacular views at every ...

Pacific blue whale surfaces to breathe outside of Long Beach harbor during whale watching excursion.