Carson seeks court restraining order against Tesoro’s South Bay refinery operations Carson has filed a lawsuit against the state’s regional air-pollution regulator for allowing Tesoro Corp. to move forward with plans to integrate its two South Bay plants into the West Coast’s largest petroleum refinery. The civil complaint, served Wednesday against the South Coast Air […]
San Pedro’s harbor view house for mentally ill draws community scrutiny. A three-story residence for the mentally ill in San Pedro is coming under renewed fire by community and business leaders who complain that the facility is not properly supervised. Members of the Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council voted this week to request a meeting with […]
Play It Forward Feb. 8-14: Kobe Bryant and the NBA All-Star. For Kobe Bryant’s 18th and final All-Star appearance, we envision a best-case scenario: The other players rig it so that he can go off for 20-plus points and take home the game MVP, which would be his fifth. What about a not-so-best scenario: A […]
Carson appoints a familiar face, Cedric Hicks, to City Council. A former longtime Carson community services director who helped the city snag the 2015 All-America City award for supportive resident programs has been appointed to the City Council. In a 3-0 vote Tuesday night, Cedric Hicks was selected to replace Donesia Gause, who vacated her council […]
In parting act, Rep. Janice Hahn helps win Congressional Gold Medal for US Merchant Marines Legislation sponsored by U.S. Reps. Janice Hahn, D-San Pedro, and Susan Brooks of Indiana was passed Wednesday awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to surviving World War II Merchant Marine veterans. The Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom […]
For some Chargers, roster cutdown is a familiar routine They were both stars once, running backs who found themselves on college football’s biggest stages. Kenjon Barner, the All-American who scored five times in a game, and Andre Williams, the Heisman finalist who still owns one of the most productive rushing seasons in NCAA history. Now, they […]
Recall City Clerk Jim Dear Launch by Carson Residents. Bizarre and erratic behavior of Carson City Clerk Jim Dear this week shocked a community hardened by decades of tough, no-holds-barred political games, and prompted a group of residents to begin a campaign to recall him from office. Dear acted out after Mayor Albert Robles brought […]
Carson City Clerk Jim Dear’s political fate in voters’ hands. Embattled Carson City Clerk Jim Dear awaits his fate at the ballot box Tuesday, when voters will decide whether he should be recalled from office with three years remaining on his term. Dear, 63, has been a lightning rod for controversy since winning the clerk’s seat […]