FRAZIER PARK (CBSLA) – A search was successful Thursday for a 73-year-old Torrance man who went missing Tuesday while hiking in Frazier Park, near the Tejon Pass, after heavy snow and rain hit the region. Gab Song was found safe around 12:26 p.m. Thursday, according to the Ventura County East Valley Search and Rescue Twitter page. MR. SONG HAS BEEN FOUND! . He is on good condition. #vcsar3 #foundhiker pic.twitter.com/l2UPFs7GmP — Ventura County East Valley Search and Rescue (@vcsar3) February 17, 2022 An undated photo of Gab Song. (Family photo) Song was first reported missing in the early ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — An active-duty Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stalking women in his hometown of Torrance who would not give in to his demands for sexually explicit photos of themselves and their feet. A criminal complaint accused 25-year-old Johao Miguel Chavarri of Oceanside of stalking, harassing, and threatening women who would not send him nude, sexually explicit, or compromising photos and videos of themselves and their feet. Chavarri is scheduled to make his first appearance in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday afterno ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The retired principal of a Catholic elementary school in Torrance, who as a nun took a vow of poverty, faces sentencing Monday for embezzling more than $835,000 in school funds to support a gambling habit and other personal expenses. Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, is seen in this undated photo. (CBSLA) Mary Margaret Kreuper, 80, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty in July to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges. Prosecutors recommend a 24-month prison sentence, three years of supervised release, and restitution. Kreuper acknowledged that for a period of 10 years endin ..read more

TORRANCE (CBSLA) — Torrance Police Department announced Saturday that they had taken two teenagers into custody whom are believed to be connected to a shooting that occurred at a Torrance Mall in December 2021. The suspects were initially taken into custody by officers from other law enforcement agencies, including the LAPD before they were transferred to Torrance Police Department officials on Saturday. The two are believed to be connected to a shooting and a carjacking that took place on Dec. 14 outside of Del Amo Fashion Center. According to a report from Torrance police, the first sus ..read more

TORRANCE (CBSLA) — Five people face burglary charges after police say they were caught stealing boxes of generators from a train car in Torrance. (credit: Torrance Police Department) A caller reported to police they saw several suspects breaking into a train car on the railroad tracks in the area of 190th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard on Sunday at about 11:30 p.m. and carrying several boxes away. When officers arrived, they immediately detained one person. After a search of the train cars on the tracks, four more people were detained, according to Torrance police. The investigation at the s ..read more

TORRANCE (CBSLA) – Torrance police on Tuesday sought public help to solve the shooting death of a woman. Officers sent to the 1800 block of Del Amo Boulevard, near Western Avenue and the border with Los Angeles, at about 2 a.m. Monday on an “unknown trouble” call found the victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound at the scene, according to Sgt. Mark Ponegalek of the Torrance Police Department. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported that the victim was a woman who was pronounced dead at a hospital at about 2:50 a.m. Monday, though her identity was withheld pending notification ..read more

TORRANCE (CBSLA) — Police say the theft of more than 300 election ballots in Torrance last August was a case of identity theft and fraud, rather than attempt to impact the recall election. (credit: Torrance Police Department) Eduardo Mena, 34, was indicted this past month by a federal grand jury on charges of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, possession of stolen mail, and being a felon in possession of ammunition, according to Torrance police. The stolen ballots were found in Mena’s car, according to Torrance police. (credit: Torrance Police Department) The stolen ballots were discov ..read more

TORRANCE (CBSLA) — According to California Highway Patrol, one person is dead after an alleged hit-and-run on the corner of South Hamilton Avenue and Torrance Boulevard. (credit: CBS) The incident happened on Sunday night in Torrance at about 8:09 p.m. CHP have identified the man as 63-year-old Ryoichi Kobayashi as the victim that was declared dead at the scene. Police are still investigating the scene, but a preliminary investigation has led authorities to believe that a woman driving a 2019 Toyota struck Kobayashi when he was crossing Torrance Boulevard.   ..read more

TORRANCE (CBSLA) — Authorities are searching for multiple suspects who shot and wounded two men and a teen boy outside the Del Amo Fashion Center mall in Torrance Tuesday night, and then committed a carjacking in the same area. Dec. 14, 2021. (CBSLA) The shooting occurred in the mall parking lot outside BJ’s Restaurant at 6:30 p.m., according to Torrance police. Officers arrived and found evidence of a shooting, but no victims. While on scene, officers learned that the shooting suspects had then run down to the south end of the mall, near a Dave & Busters restaurant, and carjacked a Chev ..read more

TORRANCE (CBSLA) — An independent review of the Torrance Police Department was launched Wednesday by state Attorney General Rob Bonta following allegations of excessive force, racist text messages, and other discriminatory misconduct. “We’re going to focus on the facts, the evidence, the data, we’re going to gather it, we’re going to go wherever it takes us and we’re going to take appropriate steps to achieve justice,” Bonta said. The review follows a request for assistance by the department’s new chief of police, Jay Hart, and aims to rebuild trust between Torrance police and the surrounding ..read more