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Two cars collide at Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Crenshaw intersection

Two cars were involved in a head-on collision at the intersection of Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard on Wednesday, May 27.
Retiree Jorge Garcia, 64, was on his way to pick up his younger children from school when a white van coming up from the southbound lane of Crenshaw careened into his black Nissan Rogue at around 2:26 p.m.
“We’re all still in a little shock, a little adrenaline going. It’s going to feel different tomorrow,” Garcia said.
There were two other passengers in the...
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Field-training opportunities for EMT students arise from an approved contract

Aspiring emergency medical technicians (EMT) planning to enroll at El Camino College this summer will have more chances to get hands-on training in order to meet their course requirements.
The ECC Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve an affiliation agreement with LifeLine EMS to provide “supervised and structured field experience” during their Wednesday, May 20 session at the Kenneth A. Brown Boardroom.
“It maintains the quality of our (EMT training) program,” Carlos Lopez, vice presi...
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ECC women’s tennis team reinstated amid active federal investigation into women’s athletics

When El Camino College’s women’s tennis program was cut in the spring of 2025, 19-year-old data science major Robyn Wong said she understood the decision, even if it meant losing the sport that brought her to ECC.
“I came to El Camino to play tennis since there aren’t a lot of women’s tennis teams in the area…But it also made sense [the cut], in terms of the record, the team’s record wasn’t good. I think we lost to every school we played,” Wong said.
Now, almost a year later, El Camino College i...
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No Membership Needed: A guide to free workout spots in the South Bay

Fitness shouldn’t have come with fees.

Yet, Americans are on track to spend $60 billion on gym memberships in 2026.

In a recent survey by healthcare staffing website Nursa.com, California was ranked No. 8 among the Top 10 fittest states, which was determined by factors including obesity and smoking rates, diet and how much sleep and exercise residents get on average.

Millennials and Gen Z are fueling this latest iteration of the fitness craze, but gym prices aren’t always accessible for the c...
El Camino College The Union •

No Membership Needed: A guide to free workout spots in the South Bay

Fitness shouldn’t have come with fees.

Yet, Americans are on track to spend $60 billion on gym memberships in 2026.

In a recent survey by healthcare staffing website Nursa.com, California was ranked No. 8 among the Top 10 fittest states, which was determined by factors including obesity and smoking rates, diet and how much sleep and exercise residents get on average.

Millennials and Gen Z are fueling this latest iteration of the fitness craze, but gym prices aren’t always accessible for the c...
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Torrance tutor charged with assassination attempt on President Trump

A Torrance tutor is facing criminal charges, including attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, after exchanging gunfire with federal agents, according to prosecutors.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a tutor employed at a college prep center, was arrested Saturday, April 25, after firing shots inside the Washington Hilton, where the White House Correspondents Dinner was being held. President Trump, as well as Vice President J.D. Vance and other members of his administration, celebrities, and jour...
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Torrance tutor arrested after shots were fired at White House event

A Torrance tutor is in custody after allegedly firing shots at the White House Correspondents’ dinner.
Authorities in Washington, D.C., have identified the suspect as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a teacher at C2 Education of Torrance, a tutoring and test prep center, according to AP News and a LinkedIn profile.
This comes after shots were heard at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 25, near a ballroom where the White House Correspondents Dinner was being held.
President Donald Trump, along with...
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Parking permits return to pre-COVID pricing

When computer science major Gisela Maldonado, 20, logged into the MyECC portal to buy her parking pass for the spring semester, she was hit with an unexpected sticker shock.
“There was no notice; it was just when I logged onto the portal to get my parking permit that I saw that it went from $20 to $35,” Maldonado said. “I was a little surprised to see the price change.”
El Camino College students returning for spring classes will now have to pay $35 for a parking permit. This was the original pr...
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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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