Here's a look at what made news in our communities:
Hermosa Beach
: Current Park City, Utah City Manager Tom Bakaly might be Hermosa Beach's new city manager, if his appointment is approved Tuesday by the Hermosa Beach City Council.
: The District Attorney's Office declined to file charges against L.A. Kings player and Hermosa Beach resident Drew Doughty in connection with a woman's claim that he sexually assaulted her in Hermosa Beach on March 1.
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: A Long Beach resident was identified as the woman found dead in a swimming pool at a Hermosa Beach property July 14, according a Hermosa Beach police statement.
Palos Verdes
: A teacher accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl and from Lakewood to Rolling Hills Estates, where he drove over an embankment and crashed into a tree, made his first court appearance Wednesday after being discharged from a hospital.
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: The 34th annual Tracy Austin Doubles Tennis Tournament was held in Rolling Hills Estates July 13-15.
Redondo Beach
: Former UCLA lineman Nick Ekbatani was injured when his motorcycle collided with a taxicab in South Redondo Beach on July 14. Ekbatani's leg was amputated and friends have since raised thousands of dollars to pay for his prosthesis.
: Nelson Emerson, Ian Turnbull, Jason Doig, Jim Fox and Daryl Evans will be among the Los Angeles Kings alumni scheduled to appear with the Stanley Cup at the 9-11 a.m. Wednesday.
Manhattan Beach
: A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday rejected an emergency bid to freeze California's recently enacted ban on the sale of foie gras, the delicacy prepared from the force-feeding of ducks and geese.
: Manhattan Beach Officer of the Year Tony Presgraves was released from the hospital July 15, just days after his patrol car and a Honda SUV collided on Sepulveda Boulevard at Ninth Street in Manhattan Beach.
Also in the news:
: Another 10-mile full closure of the San Diego (405) Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass was announced Thursday. The full closure will run Sept. 29-30.
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