After losing the first set, the boys volleyball team comes back to beat Esperanza Tuesday night. They'll now face No. 1 nationwide ranked Loyola in a showdown for the CIF Southern Section Division I title Saturday night.
The South Bay Boardriders awards party is Friday night at American Junkie on Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach.
The median price of single-family homes have increased,
Home prices in Los Angeles County jumped by 5.1 percent in April compared to the previous month, but the number of sales dipped slightly, the California Association of Realtors announced today, noting that statewide home sales reached their highest level in more than two years. In Los Angeles County, the median price of a single-family home was $286,800 in April, up from $272,920 in March. Last month's median price was down 1.3 percent from April 2011, when the median was $290,600, according to CAR. Home sales dipped in the county by 2.9 percent between March and April, and the April sales number was 0.6 percent lower than April 2011. In Orange County, the median home price was $513,950 in April, up 5.9 percent from $485,300 in March but …
The grant will be used to reduce the area's carbon footprint by creating a sustainability blue print.
The City of Hermosa Beach has received a $410,000 grant from the State’s Strategic Growth Council to create a long-term plan toward reducing and eventually eliminating the city’s carbon footprint, Jeff Duclos announced today. “Winning this grant will enable the city to create a needed legal framework to guide and sustain us in making the transformative changes necessary to fulfill the city’s commitment to be carbon neutral,” Duclos said in a statement. “The plan elements the city will develop with this funding will ensure a comprehensive and unified approach to implementing our vision of the future.” The funding will be used to hire experts who will update and integrate the city’s General Plan and Coastal Land Use Plan to create a “…
Before sunset, the Earth's moon will pass in front of the sun, casting a giant shadow across the land.
A solar eclipse is expected to be visible across much of the western U.S. on Sunday. In the hours before sunset on Sunday, the Earth's moon will pass in front of the sun. The eclipse will occur between 5:24 p.m. and 7:42 p.m. The last solar eclipse visible in the U.S. was in 1994. In Los Angeles, Sunday's eclipse is the most extensive since 1992, according to the Griffith Observatory, which is planning a public viewing. The Griffith Observatory's telescope will be outfitted with special filters, and viewing-glasses will be available for purchase. NASA warns that people should never observe a solar eclipse with the naked eye, only through filtered telescopes and special glasses. To learn more about the eclipse, visit NASA's website.
The five-member panel will look into why the sailboat was destroyed and three of its crew killed during the Newport Beach to Mexico race.
The U.S. Sailing Association, the national governing body for sailing, has appointed an independent review panel to investigate the crash of the Aegean during the annual Lexus Newport Beach to Ensenada Yacht Race. Pieces of the Aegean—a 37-foot Hunter 376—and the bodies of three of its crew were found floating in a two-mile debris field near the Coronado Islands on April 28. The skipper's body was discovered a week later. Theo Mavromatis, 49, of Redondo Beach; Kevin Eric Rudolph, 53, of Manhattan Beach; William Reed Johnson Jr., 57, of Torrance; and Joseph Lester Stewart, 64, of Bradenton, Fla. perished in the crash. According to a news release from U.S. Sailing, the U.S. Coast Guard in San Diego requested the organization convene the …
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9:20 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The national governing body of the the sport? That comes from paying off a few politicians. What US Sailing has been successful at doing, it killing off the sport gradually. more ›
The governor proposed steep budget cuts to make up for the state's $16 million budget shortfall.
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed steep cuts across a variety of programs Monday to close a nearly $16 billion state budget deficit, but Los Angeles Unified School District and university officials said the impact on their budgets will remain unknown until November, when voters weigh in on proposed tax hikes. "We're going to have to cut deeper," the Democratic governor said in Sacramento while releasing his budget revision. "But cutting alone really doesn't do it," Brown said. "That's why I'm linking these serious budget reductions—real increased austerity—with a plea to the voters: Please increase taxes temporarily on the most affluent and everyone else with a quarter of a cent sales tax." Brown said the state's budget deficit ballooned to $15.7 …
4:46 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
How many people from third world countries can we afford to invite to join our "civilization?" How can we pay for all of the social services when the number of people on them is limitless? Our young citizens of all heritages are losing jobs to non-citizens and then end up on welfare. Solve the immigration problem, then come back and ask for more money. I totally understand why these people come, … more ›
The scammers claim that President Barack Obama is offering a program of bill credits or direct payment of their bills.
Southern California Gas Co. warned its customers Monday about a scam in which the culprits tell victims they can get credits on their utility bills if they provide information such as a Social Security number. According to the gas company, scammers have visited customers in person, used social media sites and even sent text messages to victims claiming that President Barack Obama is offering a program of bill credits or direct payment of bills. Gas Co. officials said workers for the utility always carry proper identification when visiting customers, and they do not randomly call or text customers asking for Social Security numbers or other personal information. Customers should verify a person's employment before allowing anyone into …
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County is $4.374
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose 3.7 cents Sunday to $4.374 after increasing 10.4 cents over the past two days. The increases stem from record low gasoline inventories and continued refinery issues, according to Jeffrey Spring of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The average price is 14.1 cents more than one week ago, 11.6 cents higher than one month ago and 11.5 cents greater than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The average price rose 4.3 cents on Friday and 6.1 cents on Saturday, the largest daily increase since Feb. 23.
Area chefs will be serving up the controversial delicacy during a fundraiser tonight.
Some of the Southland's best chefs will vent their outrage over a pending ban on foie gras by taking to the kitchen tonight for a one-night "battle'' with their Northern California counterparts, serving up the delicacy and raising funds for the effort to replace the ban with humane farming practices. The chefs are affiliated with the Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards, which recently presented a statement to members of the state Legislature opposing the state's ban on foie gras -- which is scheduled to take effect July 1 -- and advocating standards such as hand feeding of birds, cage- free farms and limits on fattening. Animal rights activists in the United States and Europe long have argued that force-feeding ducks or …
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Zein E. Obagi
2:52 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
This is exciting! I'm looking forward to it. more ›