San Pedro News

Bill Backer of Torrance is shown working on his horseshoe form at Wilson Park in Torrance in this 2004 file photo.

Social Action Movie Night. Join Winograd for Congress every Monday to view groundbreaking films on the economy, health care, media reform, food and foreign policy.

Daniel Castro, a 21-year-old Latino, was shot in the torso in the 200 block of West 2nd Street in San Pedro.

Imagine, Sunshine 345 days of the year. A Walking to the office. A Gazing at the waterfront, from your office or high rise condoA windows.

It's one of those cherished, Fourth of July traditions that never seems to change though the generations.

Book by David Simpatico Songs by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, David N. Lawrence and Faye Greenberg, Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn, Jamie Houston, Bryan Louiselle, Andy Dodd and Adam Watts, Antonina Armato and Tim James Music adapted, arranged and produced by Bryan Louiselle Based on a Disney Channel Original Movie Written by Peter Barsocchini ...

The Board of Directors of Malaga Financial Corporation announced today the declaration of a cash dividend in the amount of 8 cents per share to shareholders of record on July 10, 2009.

Looking to wield more clout and to speak with one voice on local issues in the city of Los Angeles, all seven of the Harbor Area neighborhood councils this month agreed to join forces and form an umbrella alliance.

Marymount College officials have received long-sought approval for their controversial expansion plans, minus the element that most upset the school's Rancho Palos Verdes neighbors: student dormitories.

It's been a year since thousands of bikers from the Rare Breed Motorcycle Club roared into south San Pedro for an annual summer picnic that clogged local streets and sparked numerous complaints of noise and trash.

Get ready for a rock 'n' roll homecoming. The '70s band War, responsible for megahits "Why Can't We Be Friends?" "Low Rider" and "The Cisco Kid," got its start playing in San Pedro, and this weekend it'll make its return.

Prosecutors have set a $1 million bail for a U.S. Marine charged with pimping, kidnapping, and intending to rape a 14-year-old girl.

San Pedro's Beacon House recovery program celebrates 35 years of service Saturday with A Galaxy of Stars, featuring a dinner show and program, a special guest speaker and a salute to Old Hollywood.

Years after San Pedro proposed a makeover of an undeveloped canyon, officials will begin the process of turning the land into usable park space.

A plan to cap a vast, long-neglected deposit of the pesticide DDT on the ocean floor off Southern California got its first public airing Tuesday - nearly four decades after the poison was banned from use.The estimated $36 million proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calls for a cover of sand and silt to be placed over the most ...

Volunteer and San Pedro High senior Jonathan Villanueva cleans a table at the Boys and Girls Club, where he is working hard to convince his bosses that he's perfect for any paid position that might arise.

The Cheryl Green Youth Center/ Boys and Girls Club in Harbor Gateway is named after the 14-year-old girl who was killed by gang members.

Raymond Oscar Butler gives his family a smile April 19, 1996, after hearing death-penalty verdict in Long Beach Superior Court.

Lisa Coffi is not normal. Sure, she's tall, good looking, smart, accomplished, a highly evolved go-getter of the sort that makes our corner of a vast and indifferent city a far more enjoyable place.

The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a second indictment against Dr. Lawrence Saks last week in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.