On January 26, at 9:30 a.m., the gutted Hawthorne Mall went up in flames, with smoke billowing from underneath the building, dispatching over 100 firefighters and police officers to the scene. The former mall, which has been empty since the ’90s, is a beacon for...
For decades, the Hawthorne Mall — located at 12000 and 12200 Hawthorne Blvd. – in the City of Hawthorne has been a defunct shopping center creating blight and dangers for the community. What was once a centerpiece of the local community in its bustling downtown...