A century ago, in February of 1921, the Harbor and Foreign Trade Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce proposed to replace the names of Wilmington and San Pedro with Los […]
“Do you want to spend half the semester writing about tuna?” Yes, please. As with all my previous instructors, I had warned this professor about my status as a San Pedro historian. […]
It’s hard not to get wistful when thinking about pre-coronavirus times. For the last few years, October was the time when we got to focus on the spooky and haunted in San […]
I had big plans for August 16, 2020. Huge, monumental plans with a weekend full of festivities to celebrate the unveiling of the new Charles Bukowski statue in honor of the writer’s […]
A friend of mine lived next door to Charles Bukowski. Years later, I ran into her and asked her why she never mentioned it. Growing up, she had no clue that he […]
with research by Christian H. Lozada “I type my first poem here / switchblade in pocket / I type this / for my tax accountant / for the girls in Omaha […]
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw. […]
If you’re a regular reader of this column, you’re probably well aware that I went back to school to pursue a degree in history. Studying at Cal State Long Beach has really […]
When we decided to create the San Pedro Heritage Museum, we knew that we were building for longevity and not speed. This meant slow and sustainable growth with a virtual presence. Back […]
When the World Health Organization classified COVID-19 as a global pandemic, it seemed much scarier to me than any of the more recent viral threats like SARS or H1N1. There are a […]