Délices du Chef sits in a mini-mall next to a quirky “art toy” gift shop called Pop Monster. Across the street is the sprawling Torrance Crossroads Shopping Center, with a Von’s, a Petco, an In-N-Out ...

By Paul Cocking Our downtown is clearly in trouble. Lots of empty stores … lots not doing so well. I’m doing OK, not great. Other towns also suffering, first from the malls, then from Costco, then ...