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A hearing on the storage of petroleum coke has been set for Aug. 5. The hearing will address current storage of petroleum coke on property owned by Watson Land Co., as well as a proposed ordinance that would prohibit any new storage of the coal-like substance in Carson without a permit. Residents have complained that dust from the coke piles has blanketed their neighborhoods.

There is no hesitation from Carson Palmer, no hedging when asked to characterize his career as an NFL quarterback. "Unfulfilled," he said by phone from Arizona Cardinals mini-camp last week. "I've had a ton of experience. I've played in every type of situation. But to not have one run in the playoffs where you just make one of those magical runs? That's what I want. I just want a chance to make one of those runs and see what happens. " In their not-too-distant past the Cardinals had one of those, a quarterback in the twilight of his career carrying the team deep into the postseason.

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Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players - Tesoro and Chevron Corp. The twin actions Friday were immediately blasted by consumer advocates as a disaster for California consumers, who already pay some of the nation's highest gasoline and diesel prices. Tesoro and Chevron would control more than half of the refining business in California, which the activist groups contend would allow the two companies to influence what customers pay at the pump.

Porsche departed from the traditionally product-oriented public announcements at this year's L.A. Auto Show with news that the company plans to build a Porsche Experience Center in the city of Carson. The facility, only the second in the country and the fifth in the world, will sit on a 53-acre section of land just off the 405 Freeway near the interchange with the 110 Freeway. Much of the space is currently the Dominguez Hills Golf Course and at one point the area was a landfill.

City Council meetings in Carson can be raucous to the point of slapstick, making the city briefly world famous in 2007. That's when a former mayor was caught on videotape swatting an audience member with a bundle of papers, and the victim's oddly exaggerated reaction -- after a brief pause, she made a slow-motion fall to the ground and acted as if she'd been beaned with a baseball bat -- made the video a You Tube sensation. With all that raw talent on display, maybe it's not surprising that Mayor Jim Dear is now being accused of acting more like a judge on "American Idol" than a public servant.

A man who allegedly shot at police during a pursuit then barricaded himself in a Carson home surrendered Tuesday morning, police officials said. M embers of a   Los Angeles Police Department   SWAT team fired gas projectiles into the home Monday night during an hours-long standoff with the convicted felon, who was armed with a gun, authorities said. The suspect initially refused repeated commands to surrender after he ran into the home in the 21500 block of Grace Avenue following a pursuit and vehicle crash that began about 2:30 p.m in South Los Angeles, according to authorities.

Harbor City Narbonne Coach Manuel Douglas preached all week to his players to anticipate highs and lows during the course of Friday's game. And with his team facing fourth and five on Carson's 22-yard line with 1:14 left, the Gauchos faced a big test in handling adversity. "That was a gut-check time for us," Douglas said. Narbonne was called offsides, leaving the Gauchos facing fourth and 10 at the 27. But after a low snap on the next play, senior quarterback Chad Dashnaw weaved past numerous defenders and connected with senior wide receiver CJ Wiley for a 27-yard touchdown pass with 56 seconds remaining.

Gardena Serra at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 7 p.m.: A year ago, Notre Dame quarterback Kelly Hilinski and Serra quarterback Jalen Greene were making their first varsity starts. After a year of experience, both are expected to be in top form. Notre Dame is trying to reverse two years of missing the Pac-5 playoffs. Running back Khalfani Muhammad, the state champion in the 100 and 200 meters, will try to help the Knights break off some big plays. Serra has its own speed with running backs Anterio Bateman and Malik Roberson.

Everything was going well for Myron W. Chisem, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent since 2007. One of his daughters was off to college, the other was on her way there, and his son, the youngest of his three children, had decided he wanted to move in with dad. The 14-year-old was doing well in school, loved playing video games, and even visited the library with Chisem every so often, said Shawn Butler, Chisem's friend....

Cinemark Holdings Inc., the nation's third-largest theater chain, is bulking up in Los Angeles County with plans to open a multiplex at the SouthBay Pavilion shopping mall in Carson. Vintage Real Estate, which owns and manages SouthBay Pavilion, said it had recently signed a lease with Cinemark to bring a 14-screen theater to the mall. Set to open in December 2014, the multiplex will be among the highest-profile locations for Cinemark in the Los Angeles region. PHOTOS: Celebrities by The Times The Plano, Texas, circuit, which has 5,259 movie screens in the U.S. and Latin America, already has a dozen cinemas in the Los Angeles area and is expanding its footprint in Southern California.

A man who allegedly shot at police during a pursuit then barricaded himself in a Carson home surrendered Tuesday morning, police officials said. M embers of a   Los Angeles Police Department   SWAT team fired gas projectiles into the home Monday night during an hours-long standoff with the convicted felon, who was armed with a gun, authorities said. The suspect initially refused repeated commands to surrender after he ran into the home in the 21500 block of Grace Avenue following a pursuit and vehicle crash that began about 2:30 p.m in South Los Angeles, according to authorities.

Late-night television, busier than ever (and at its best, better than ever) with talk shows and comedy, has been in the news again lately, with the hand-over of "The Tonight Show" from Jay Leno to Jimmy Fallon officially announced for next spring - a change in stewardship that will also take the show back to New York from Burbank. The man who brought "The Tonight Show" west in the first place is producer Peter Lassally, who wanted to live in Los Angeles and in 1972 convinced Johnny Carson that California was the place he ought to be. Lassally, 80, is now producer of the singular "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson"; when I interviewed Ferguson in 2010, he told me that the person I really should be talking to was Lassally.

Don't worry, Carson Daly -- NBC isn't done with you yet. The network announced Wednesday that it will renew "Last Call with Carson Daly," the 1:35 a.m. talk show that rounds out its late-night offerings, for a 13th season. Funny timing, that. The renewal came on the very same day that media were digesting a report that NBC is in talks with former "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin about possibly taking over Daly's slot. PHOTOS: Hollywood Backlot moments Only cynics would assume that giving Daly the thumbs-up now has something to do with trying to smooth things over after the Baldwin thing leaked out. Because NBC clearly has no problem with seamlessly transitioning its late-night TV hosts.

For the second time in seven years, the Arizona Cardinals have acquired a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from USC. The Cardinals traded for Oakland's Carson Palmer on Tuesday, swapping their sixth-round pick (No. 176) in this year's draft for the Raiders' seventh-round pick (219). That's absurdly cheap, considering the first- and second-round selections the Raiders gave up to acquire Palmer from Cincinnati in 2011. Palmer, 33, had declined to take a pay cut on his $13-million salary to stay with the Raiders, but he agreed to a new deal with the Cardinals, the terms of which are undisclosed.

The NFL quarterback carousel took another spin Monday, with Seattle trading backup Matt Flynn to Oakland, as the Raiders prepared to ship Carson Palmer to Arizona. Oakland traded its fifth-round pick in the 2014 draft to the Seahawks, as well as a conditional pick in 2015. The move reunites Flynn and Raiders General Manager Reggie McKenzie, who was director of player personnel in Green Bay when Flynn backed up Aaron Rodgers. “Matt is a tough football player, and a talented quarterback,” McKenzie said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said a man who was fatally shot by a deputy in Carson over the weekend was an at-large parolee wanted on a warrant and known to have been "armed and dangerous." The incident began Saturday about 3:30 p.m. when sheriff's deputies on routine patrol saw several cars parked illegally in an alley near 6 Squaw Peak Lane and saw several men congregating in an open garage, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Department. The deputies smelled marijuana, and several of the men in the garage complied with orders to come out. But two men, including the man who was subsequently shot and killed, stayed inside the garage "and began to verbally assault the deputies," according to the release.

Two weeks of spring practice are nearly complete and USC will have three more after spring break. Freshman receiver Darreus Rogers would welcome more. Rogers signed a letter of intent with the Trojans in 2012, but the former Carson High star was not cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center and could not enroll until after the season. So the 6-foot-2, 195-pound Rogers is making the most of his opportunity. On Thursday, he caught a long touchdown pass from freshman quarterback Max Browne and also displayed speed and strength on a long gain on a reverse.

While contests at Los Angeles City Hall drew the spotlight in Tuesday's election, 29 other cities across the county held elections of their own - some mundane, some controversial, and some still undecided. In blue-collar Cudahy, where three former city officials were recently sentenced for shaking down the owner of a marijuana dispensary, the election ushered in three new council members, Chris Garcia, Jack Guerrero and Baru Sanchez, and hopes of change in a city tagged with a reputation for corruption.