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Trial Delayed for RUHS Sex Assault Suspect
Sylvester Gene Rawls, who is accused of sexually assaulting a Redondo Union High School student in 2003, will stand trial in February.

With the exception of four years of college in Virginia and a two-year stint at a television station in Arizona, Nicole Mooradian has lived in the South Bay all her life.
She graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., with a degree in journalism and sociology. While in school, she interned for The Press-Telegram in Long Beach, Calif., and WCAU-TV in Philadelphia. Since then, she's worked as an online news editor at KPHO-TV in Phoenix, where she received two Emmy Awards as part of an investigative team, and as a researcher for The Los Angeles Times.
Nicole is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Online News Association.
Sylvester Gene Rawls, who is accused of sexually assaulting a Redondo Union High School student in 2003, will stand trial in February.

Southern California FedEx employees spend a day in the sun volunteering at the SEA Lab.
The Chart House, Bluewater Grill and Baleen are all offering three-course dinners at a fixed price point as part of dineLA's Restaurant Week.
Priscilla Ruiz died when her car collided head-on with a taxi.
Priscilla Ruiz, 19, was a Redondo Shores High School graduate who loved hanging out with her friends and going to the beach.
Hansel, a six-month-old orange tabby kitten, is a "big love" who enjoys snuggling.
Serenity is a 1-year-old, deaf American bulldog who loves kids.
Police are searching for two men who stole computers from Redondo Union High School and Mark Keppel Elementary School in Glendale.
When he sold his 1965 Chevrolet Impala in 1985, Herb Younger never thought he'd see it again. His sons Jared and Derek proved him wrong.
Officers will set up a DUI and driver's license checkpoint somewhere within Redondo Beach city limits from 7 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Saturday.
Renee Noelle Gutierrez pleads guilty to abusing an inmate at the Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc while she worked there as a corrections officer.
This weekend features tribute bands battling it out, a Hawaiian festival, surfing and some book signings, including one by a local celebrity!
Legado, a Beverly Hills-based firm, plans to turn the site of the old Bristol Farms building into a mixed-use development with condos and retail space.
City Manager Bill Workman will represent Redondo Beach at the 80th Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
More details are emerging about the deaf puppy's time away from home.
Twenty percent of the proceeds from Tuesday's sales at Pedone's Pizza in Riviera Village will go to Tulita Elementary School.
Members of the community who wish to learn about disaster preparedness are invited to enroll in the Community Emergency Response Team Academy.
Redondo Beach city offices and public schools will be closed Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Chanel, a 2 1/2-year-old brown and white tabby, likes to sleep in her owner's bed.
The Redondo Beach Police Department participates in the sixth annual Battle of the Badges blood drive.