by cgilles | Mar 10, 2016 | Torrance
The Torrance Unified School District’s Board of Education will be choosing one new member for the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee at its regular meeting on March 21, 2016. Individuals who meet the criteria for membership of the Taxpayers’...
by cgilles | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog
Where does YouTube, AOL, and now Facebook amongst 500 other tech companies reside? If you said Los Angeles you would be right. In fact Facebook just inked a deal for the Playa Jefferson campus location at 12777 West Jefferson Boulevard in Playa Vista That strip of...
by cgilles | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog
Existing-home sales crept up to the highest annual rate in six months, and low inventory caused the fastest increase in prices since last April. Following the highest average year for the index in nearly a decade , pending home sales declined to begin 2016 but...
by cgilles | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog
by cgilles | Feb 15, 2016 | Torrance
Months and months of super quizzes and study sessions propelled West High School to place in the top three at Thursday’s Academic Decathlon Awards. West High finished in third place with 51,979.7 points. Additional honors went to West High student Molly Kim and...
by cgilles | Feb 15, 2016 | a-South Bay
by cgilles | Jan 31, 2016 | Torrance
March 14, 2016, the Board of Education and Cabinet will host a Special Meeting at North High School. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the allocation of one-time funds of $9.3 million. During the recession and State’s financial crisis, education funding...
by cgilles | Jan 20, 2016 | Torrance
Torrance High School has been under a major renovation project this year. But most of the new look will be inside, not outside. Since the school is a historical structure. The outside is getting mostly a wash and fresh paint. While the real improvements will be inside...
by cgilles | Jan 18, 2016 | a-Hermosa Beach
The Hermosa Beach City Council recently met to review the city’s primary policy needs, called PLAN Hermosa. The final outcome of the plan can effect land use plans for the next 20 years. Specifically the plan addresses a framework for policy-making and land use with...