Torrance

American

[tawr-uhns, tor-] / ˈtɔr əns, ˈtɒr- /

noun

a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.

Torrance British

/ ˈtɒrəns /

noun

a city in SW California, southwest of Los Angeles: developed rapidly with the discovery of oil. Pop: 142 621 (2003 est)

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Rolling Hills Prep 60, West Torrance 48: Kawika Suter had 23 points and 13 rebounds and Nick Welch Jr. added 13 points and 13 rebounds.

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West Torrance won the team title.

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Chavez is no longer employed by the Torrance Police Department.

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The Torrance Police Department and the California Attorney General’s office entered into an “enforceable” agreement to reform earlier this year.

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Los Angeles County prosecutors moved to drop manslaughter charges Friday against two Torrance police officers who shot and killed a Black man in 2018, attempting to end a seven-year saga that saw the case rejected and then reexamined by three different district attorneys.

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