Cover Stories
Champs!
Mary Star girls basketball brings home the high school's first-ever CIF championship

They were deemed too small — not just the team but the entire high school. No one outside of this proud town of San Pedro even dared to think something like this […]
The Return of Vinyl
Jim Callon’s JDC Record Store keeps the tunes spinning in downtown San Pedro.

In a world where everything old is new again, it’s no surprise that vinyl albums are making a comeback.  Last year, vinyl albums outsold compact discs for the first time since 1986. […]
Hub of Hometown Hospitality
The Dalmatian-American Club turns 95.

Its membership has included two members of Congress, two state assemblymen, two L.A. County supervisors, five L.A. Superior Court judges, an L.A. city attorney, three L.A. City Council members, and numerous South […]
Calimucho’s Calling
The local screen printing business launches its second annual fundraising campaign benefitting small businesses, social causes, and independent artists

It started because everything else stopped. That’s how Kevin Carle, co-owner of Calimucho Screen Printing, explains the motivation behind the launch of last year’s Together We Are Stronger fundraising campaign, an eight-month […]
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 […]