“Speak comfort to me, Jacob!” “I have none to give,” the Ghost replied. “It comes from other regions…” –Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Like many of you, I turn to literature in these […]
The recent landslide in Rancho Palos Verdes left many residents without gas or electricity. One of the unfortunate hardships of this tragedy was the ability to prepare food. San Pedro Meals on […]
Harbor View House, located at 921 S. Beacon Street, has stood as a San Pedro landmark for over a century. This iconic building’s transformation, from a state hospital to a contemporary apartment […]
Traditionally, I use the December column to recommend books for Christmas stocking stuffers written by San Pedro natives or about San Pedro. This year, I have two suggestions that fit the bill […]
With retirement pending and now working remotely to allow new CEO Pete Settelmayer and the leadership team at the Boys & Girls Club an opportunity to bond, for the first time in […]
We’re switching things up this month. My nine-year-old daughter, Allegra Sheikh Ginsberg, is taking over my column. Allegra recently attended the Day of Thanks event with me, hosted by the nonprofit […]
Two murders involving San Pedro are the subject of three film productions, two on Netflix and one on Peacock. One is The Serpent, a miniseries on Netflix from 2021 dramatizing the notorious […]
One of the many reasons our San Pedro community has effectively supported solutions to end homelessness in our region is 1.) our ability to work together, 2.) learn from what we’ve done, […]
On November 7, San Pedro will celebrate the 27th anniversary of the First Thursday ArtWalk. In the U.S., the history of the First Thursday ArtWalk evolved organically across different cities, often starting […]
Looking out the window of my home office, I can see a couple of cruise ships along the waterfront, a containership making its way under the bridge to WBCT, and another offloading […]
Located just south of Downtown San Pedro, Anderson Memorial Senior Citizen Center, for ages 50 and up, is the only city-operated senior center in San Pedro. With the senior population increasing, Anderson […]