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This Week's Top News in the South Bay
A look at what made headlines this week in the South Bay of Los Angeles.

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.
A look at what made headlines this week in the South Bay of Los Angeles.

A look at what made headlines this week in the South Bay of Los Angeles.
A look at the weather forecast, surf conditions and beach water quality grades in Los Angeles County for the weekend of July 20-21.
A look at the weather forecast, surf conditions and beach water quality grades in Los Angeles County for the weekend of July 20-21.
Enjoy music close to home at these summer performances on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Steve Diels and Dawn Esser are vying for the position of Redondo Beach City Treasurer.
A television drama will film in the South Coast Botanic Gardens on Monday and Tuesday.
Made with honey, berries and caffeine from green coffee beans, the new Body Glove Surge energy shots claim to be "all natural."
The following information was supplied by the Redondo Beach and Torrance police departments. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The Palos Verdes Estates Police Department supplied this information on crime in Palos Verdes Estates.
Dead birds discovered in Redondo Beach have tested positive for West Nile virus.
Katherine Haig, Christine Miller, Katy Priest and Alyssa Yeh are seventh-grade Girl Scouts in Palos Verdes.
The pharmacy chains won't sell Rolling Stone's August issue, which features Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover.
The pharmacy chains won't sell Rolling Stone's August issue, which features Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover.
Despite the increase in home prices, the number of homes sold has decreased.
Despite the increase in home prices, the number of homes sold has decreased.
More than 25 vehicles, some stolen from Redondo Beach, were recovered in the operation.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department is at the scene and the brush fire is contained, officials said.
Follow these tips to avoid heat-related illnesses this summer.