The long-vacant Hawthorne Plaza mall has been a problem in the South Bay for years, according to city authorities, residents and business owners near the sprawling property. Instead of attracting ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

A rubbish fire erupted Wednesday in the vacant Hawthorne Plaza shopping center, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the air. The fire was reported about 9:35 a.m. at the former mall in the 12100 ...

A pedestrian passes Wednesday by the old Hawthorne Plaza in Hawthorne that has been closed for decades. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Hawthorne city officials are fed up with the owners of ...

A judge ordered owners of the long- abandoned Hawthorne Plaza mall to secure the site and step up safety measures while devising a plan to either redevelop or demolish it. It's the latest in an ...

One person was killed and at least four people were hospitalized Sunday after an early morning shooting in Hawthorne. Details about what led to the shooting at about 12:30 a.m. in the 3100 block of ...

Hawthorne city leaders have obtained a court order against the owners of the long-vacant Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center, which calls for movement on the mall's redevelopment or demolition within one ...