Severed leg washes ashore in Palos Verdes Peninsula, prompting search

Authorities launched a search Thursday along the Palos Verdes Peninsula, a day after a human leg washed up along the shoreline.

Palos Verdes Estates Police Department said in a written statement that the limb was found in the 800 block of Paseo Del Mar, the same spot where a capsized boat belonging to two fishermen washed up earlier this week. The statement offered no other details about the…