Cover Stories
Sonny Alba: Rising Star
14-year-old snowboarding sensation Sonora “Sonny” Alba has her sights set on the Winter Olympics & beyond.

Sonora Alba is one busy teenager. It’s an unusually warm Saturday in early February, and the 14-year-old pro snowboarder and San Pedro native, fresh off the heels of her X Games Aspen […]
The Rise of Colossus Bread
Kristin Colazas Rodriguez adds her name to San Pedro's rich history of family-owned bakeries

It’s late morning on a Wednesday in mid-January, and the queue at Colossus Bread stretches to the street. In line is a mix of young coffee hipsters, middle-aged professionals, neighborhood families, and […]
Movies & Memories: The Warner Grand’s First Era

“It was a palace. Walking into the Warner Theater always made me feel like I was somehow walking on air,” Yolanda Valle Perry reminisces. Yolanda was born and raised in San Pedro […]
San Pedro Holiday Gift Guide 2020
If there was ever a year to support small businesses during the holidays, it's this one!

There’s no other way to put it, this year’s holiday season is going to be one like no other. With COVID-19 restrictions constantly changing and as more people turn to online shopping, […]
The Men of Beacon House
With a thrift store and new catering business, the 50-year-old San Pedro institution is meeting the challenges of COVID and substance abuse recovery.

Matthew Newmark needed help. Two years ago, the 44-year-old former public relations professional had hit a bottom. Again. It was a feeling he was all too familiar with. He had been through […]
Cat’s Out of the Bag!
The mysterious artist behind the ‘San Pedro Cat’ reveals the feline’s origins & how it's been able to keep its nine lives intact.

It’s been a local mystery for the better part of seven years. Who’s been responsible for painting a particular black-and-white cat in various locations all over San Pedro… and why? In a […]
Woodworking Wonder
Custom furniture designer Harold Greene looks back on his 40-year career & growing up in San Pedro.

Harold Greene holds a dubious honor in San Pedro Today history.  The woodworking artist and musician is the only person to ever be bumped off the cover and out of an issue […]
Bukowski’s San Pedro

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 […]
Phase III: Time to Sweat
Local gyms reinvent themselves in order to safely reopen.

Editor’s note: The reopening of Los Angeles County continues to evolve. Please check covid19.lacounty.gov for the latest information on which types of businesses are reopening. The first thing you notice as you […]
Phase III: The Cost of Beauty
As the state allows hair salons to reopen, local owners go above and beyond to make sure their clients’ return is a safe one.

Editor’s note: The reopening of Los Angeles County continues to evolve. Please check covid19.lacounty.gov for the latest information on which types of businesses are reopening. Subterranean Hair’s Mitchel Wilson was in the […]
Sign O’ the Times
As restaurants and retail slowly reopen, what will the future of dining & shopping in San Pedro look like?

Editor’s note: The reopening of Los Angeles County has been changing by the day. As we were going to press, the county was relaxing more of the “Safer at Home” measures. Please […]