The pandemic is waning, and folks are re-emerging and finding a whole new side of San Pedro to love. I get stopped almost daily by folks who read my article about the […]

In many cases, our children have been the somewhat silent victims of the slowing but ongoing pandemic — mainly because they are kids and not adults. They were shut out of their […]

Mirna Paiz, a local massage therapist, had dreamed for years about opening her own business selling handmade items made from artisans in Oaxaca, Guatemala, and other areas in the Mesoamerica cultural area. […]

Ten Thousand Villages South Bay is a nonprofit agency with over 70 volunteers. It is a fair trade retailer of home décor, personal accessories, and gifts crafted by artisans worldwide with a […]

The 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” is a microcosm of how many feel people today; that our society is being manipulated and controlled by […]

On February 9, Supervisor Janice Hahn counted down the long-awaited demolition of the county courthouse building in Downtown San Pedro. Many gathered to share stories of paying parking tickets in this building […]

When everything looks hopeless, you’re the hope. — Congressman Jamie Raskin As we near two full years of this unprecedented pandemic, one of the unseen byproducts of this tragedy is the utter […]

Last summer, I took a spontaneous two-week road trip with one of my sons. Pre-COVID, I was on the go with carpool, family errands, working, going to the gym, and traveling. For […]

The pandemic of today is often compared to the Black Death of the 14th century that killed somewhere between 75 and 200 million people and marked the end of the Middle Ages. […]

As 2021 came to a close, my wife and I found ourselves right in the middle of two of the biggest issues confronting the nation, she as an educator and I as […]