Gardena

Getting to work this spring is the start for Brown facing much tougher competition in the Mission League, where Sierra Canyon and Gardena Serra have risen to the top.

Gardena Serra also will have a new quarterback.

An undated photo of workers packing noodles at a Nissin Food Products plant in Gardena.

Bishop Amat 5, Gardena Serra 1: Justin Peinado threw a complete game with seven strikeouts for Bishop Amat.

The Southern California wildfires hit already-struggling Gardena Cinema hard this quarter, resulting in the postponement of an event for a punk band and the premiere of a local filmmaker’s short movie.