Torrance police

A former Torrance police officer agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to selling dozens of guns illegally while on the force.

The father of a man who died after being shot more than 20 times by Torrance police at the end of a pursuit in 2017 settled his wrongful death lawsuit against the city, court papers obtained Wednesday show. Lawyers for Victor Reyes, the father of the late Michael Lopez of San Gabriel, filed a request for dismissal of his suit with Torrance Superior...

A man was in custody Thursday for allegedly committing a home-invasion robbery in Torrance in 2017, police said.

Nearly 47 years after an 11-year-old Torrance girl vanished from in front of her home on Thanksgiving Day, police say they have identified a suspect.

The Torrance Unified School District and a registered sex offender were sued Thursday by the guardian of a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted on an elementary school playground.

Authorities Tuesday identified the second of two men found dead on a beach in Torrance, and autopsies were pending to determine what caused their deaths.

A speeding driver crashed into a Chase building near the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, catching on fire and causing the bank building to catch on fire early Saturday morning.

A 19-year-old woman who was sexually abused over an eight-month period in 2016 by a former assistant wrestling coach at North High School reached a settlement with the Torrance Unified School District Tuesday in her lawsuit that alleged the district failed to monitor and supervise her abuser.

An 18-year-old Bellflower man accused in a gang-related shooting last month at the Del Amo Fashion Center that left one person wounded was charged Tuesday with attempted murder.

Torrance police swarmed an intersection adjacent to Del Amo Fashion Center mall Tuesday afternoon, one day after a shooting left a man wounded inside the shopping center, but it was unclear if the investigation was related to the gunfire.

A shooting Monday that left one person hospitalized forced a lockdown at a mall in Torrance and a response from SWAT members.

A section of Sepulveda Boulevard in Torrance remained closed through the early morning hours Monday due to a fatal traffic crash that occurred on Sunday, police said.

Video of the deadly police shooting of an armed stolen vehicle suspect in Torrance was released Wednesday.

Authorities identified Friday a pedestrian police say was killed by a 16-year-old driver in Torrance, who was arrested.

A registered sex offender was charged Wednesday with committing a forcible lewd act on a 6-year-old girl on an elementary school playground in Torrance.

A 31-year-old man who was on parole for sex crimes against children was arrested in Torrance after he was accused of sexually assaulting a student on a playground, police said.

The Los Angeles City Council approved a $12 million legal settlement Wednesday for a woman who spent 17 years behind bars for a murder she did not commit.

A parolee who allegedly killed three men and wounded four others at a bowling alley in Torrance about 2 1/2 months ago pleaded not guilty Tuesday to triple murder and other charges.