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.
Tom Heinsheimer is a current member of the Rolling Hills City Council. He is running against three other candidates for re-election to one of two open seats.
Businessman Michael Jackson is challenging incumbent Councilman Bill Brand for the Redondo Beach District 2 council seat.
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Former Councilman Chris Cagle, Councilman Steve Diels and activist Dawn Esser aim to be Redondo Beach's next city treasurer.
Brooke Williamson of Hudson House in Redondo Beach and the Tripel in Playa del Rey competes on Top Chef: Seattle.
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The collision at the intersection of Catalina Avenue and Carnelian Street closed Catalina Avenue for several hours.
Former Palos Verdes Estates Police Chief Don Dreiling will temporarily replace outgoing City Manager Judy Smith.
The North Redondo Beach Business Association will host a "Meet the Candidates" event Thursday at 8 a.m.
A third meeting regarding the construction of a two-way cycletrack on North Harbor Drive, among other improvements, is scheduled for Wednesday.
The Redondo Beach Police Department will eventually get a new police station and Redondo Beach Unified School District will get $1 million as part of the deal.
South Bay Postal Services will reopen in its new Riviera Village location on Feb. 22.
Christopher Dorner is accused of killing three people in what he calls in an online manifesto an effort to clear his name.
Every week, we feature one of the most expensive homes on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Redondo Beach Patch features one of the most expensive homes in the 90277 and 90278 ZIP codes.
Officers erroneously shoot at two pickup trucks similar to the one owned by Christopher Dorner, an ex-LAPD officer accused of killing three people.
Rain, hail, wind and chilly temperatures come to Southern California.
The building, which was built in 1979, was torn down in an "emergency demolition" because it was "unstable enough to fall over at any given time," city officials said.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Palos Verdes Estates Police Department supplied this information on crime in Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates, Rolling Hills, Westfield and Palos Verdes Estates.
Brooke Williamson finds herself on top in the latest episode of Top Chef: Seattle.
Spencer Karpf, Jeff Pieper, Thomas Heinsheimer and Bea Dieringer sought to convince residents of their qualifications for city council.
