
“Marine Corp officers must be 5-foot-6. I’m 5-foot-3,” retired Marine Corp Colonel Rocky Chavez said. The former Torrance High and El Camino College wrestling team captain was speaking to the Republican Lincoln Club last month at the Torrance Marriott. He added, “Never get in a fight with someone willing to lose an eye to take your throat. I’ll fight my way across the state.
Chavez is mounting an underdog campaign to replace Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate.

Pigeons have been a problem at the Beach House for years, and the hotel has tried various ineffective methods to address it, including laying down strips of spikes and electric-charged strips to shoo the birds away. But now, the hotel is moving up the food chain to solve the problem.