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Streaming is fleeting: Why collecting physical media is better

We live in an era where anything we could ever want is just a click away.
But that privilege can easily be taken away by a higher authority or an expired copyright license.
With physical media, your favorite movies and shows can’t disappear if you already own them.
Over the summer, fans of the 2004 television show “Lost” were dismayed to learn that it would be leaving Netflix on Aug. 15.
The top response from Reddit user throwaway483949839 in a forum thread dedicated to the show suggested that...
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Suspect in sledgehammer murder at El Camino ordered to appear at court hearing

The man charged with felony murder for the Dec. 24, 2023, campus attack on a 65-year-old woman was a no-show for his eighth pre-trial hearing at the Torrance Courthouse on Wednesday, Nov. 5.
Jeffery Davis, 42, was arrested and charged with attacking Junko Hanafusa with a sledgehammer while she was collecting recyclables with her dog Cherry near the El Camino College Gymnasium on Christmas Eve.
Hanafusa died the next day, Dec. 25, 2023, at a local hospital.
Public defense attorney Murrey Aran Cor...
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Chemistry Building evacuated after El Camino staff exposed to chemicals

Two El Camino College lab technicians were exposed to chemicals, sending one to the hospital, on the first day of the Chemistry Building’s reopening after the Oct. 5 arson attacks.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a report of chemical exposure at the southside of the Chemistry Building at around 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4.
The two lab technicians were brought to the Humanities Building, in front of the first floor women’s restroom, where they were treated by first responders.
One...
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Judge refuses to reduce bail set at $300,000 in El Camino arsonist case

Joshua Anthony Chavez, the suspect in the Oct. 5 arson attacks at the El Camino College Bookstore and Chemistry Building, made his second court appearance Thursday, Oct. 30.
Appearing in a blue Los Angeles County prison jumpsuit, Chavez sat next to his attorney Harry Khassakhian during the hearing.
Khassakhian attempted to get Chavez’s $300,000 bail reduced on the grounds that Chavez had lost his job since the arrest and his partner is pregnant.
District Attorney Brian Seth Soo Hoo spoke out aga...
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Arson suspect’s bail increased as chemistry classes are disrupted at El Camino

More details are emerging about the crime spree that occurred across El Camino College’s campus Sunday, Oct. 5, which included two arson attacks at the Bookstore and in the Chemistry Building.
Gardena Police arrested Joshua Anthony Chavez off campus on suspicion of arson, who was booked on felony charges.
Chavez has been moved to the North County Correctional Facility, a maximum security county jail in Castaic, and his bail has been increased to $300,000.
His next court date is scheduled for Thu...
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New virtual parking permit rollout causes confusion for El Camino

Students were surprised and frustrated on the first day of the fall 2025 semester when they found out the Bookstore would no longer sell parking permits.
El Camino College has now partnered with Honk Mobile, a Canadian-based virtual parking management system, to sell and monitor parking passes on campus.
The switch to an online parking permit system was announced in a campus email sent three days prior to the first day of classes and did not mention that the Bookstore would no longer be selling...
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‘A Fixture in the Community’: El Camino photographers remember late instructor

When El Camino College student Raphael Richardson first walked into his Photo 106 class at the start of the fall 2022 semester, he thought he had it in the bag.
After all, he had been working as a freelance photographer, covering breaking news and emergencies in the South Bay.
“I was a hothead in that class,” Richardson, 24, said. “I used to have this whole thing like, ‘oh, I don’t need this class. I already got everything there is because I’ve been doing it for years.”
Then one day, his photojo...
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Smitten with Badminton: New club invites all to play

Rubber sneaker soles squeak against the polished wooden floor of the basketball court.
The air is filled with a series of whooshing sounds, punctuated by the loud thwacks of shuttles as they hit the racquets before hurtling over the high net.
They play in doubles to accommodate the 28 people who have shown up tonight.
More people are expected to join in the coming weeks.
Meet the hot new club sweeping El Camino College.
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Baking bonds: How an El Camino alumnus turned a small-time bakery into a local legend

It’s 9 a.m. on Sept. 20 and all anyone can think about is baseball.
Three men commune over coffee and doughnuts in front of Torrance Bakery.
Their laughter reaches a fever pitch as they recount the thrilling events from last night’s baseball game.
The night before, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers sealed his place in the record books when he became the first player to achieve a 50/50: 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in one season.
Kirk Rossberg is just about to enter the bakery when he...
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Mayhem on the Metro Green Line

“Ladies, please be careful when riding L.A. Metro. I just had to file a police report for battery. Stay safe.”

My hands shook so hard that I almost missed the “share” button. There was a foul prickle on my lips that countless toothbrushing, mouth washing and even a few shots of vodka later that night couldn’t purify.

It took a few fumbles, but I did it. Within seconds, my story was up on Instagram.

From there, for the next 24 hours, people would see the post. Hopefully, they would take it as
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All That Glitters: Long-time El Camino instructor looks back on her years leading one of the oldest courses on campus

Walk past the open door of Jewelry Studio 131 on a Friday afternoon, when the campus is nearly empty and one could pick up on the flurry of activity inside.

Inside, over a dozen students stand in a semi-circle. Each one clutches an empty saw frame, intently watching their instructor for the next step.

At the front of the room, professor Irene Mori delicately threads the needle-like blade into her saw frame and tightens it into place. Her crystal clear voice and quick, purposeful hand movements
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Bottoms Up: A beer run around the South Bay’s top breweries

First brewed by the ancient Sumerians as far back as 3400 B.C. in what is now modern-day Iraq, beer is one of the oldest drinks in human history.

Beer has sustained societies across continents and shaped history for millennia.

From the first meeting in a London pub in 1604 that kicked off the Gunpowder Plot, to the libations celebrating the 1810 wedding of a Bavarian crown prince in Munich that sowed the seeds for Oktoberfest, to 1969 when the first shot glass fired at the Stonewall Inn in New
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