It’s not every person who not only leaves a mark on the town where they grew up but on the country in which they lived. Such can be said of Jim […]
I can’t recall with absolute certainty when I first met Mike Lansing, but I think it was on the basketball court at Crestwood, where dozens of our San Pedro friends gathered twice […]
In life, memories that are easier to recall are those formulated by an experience or person that influenced you at the time. For me, the days of playing sports come easy to […]
With the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows for the arrest of homeless individuals for sleeping outside and with the release of the homeless count data showing incremental but slow progress, it’s […]
On October 5, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor, now in our 87th year of dedication to youth, will host our annual “Bids for Kids” gala at the […]
Plastic is not “recyclable,” and over 90 percent of it — even the items put in blue cans — ends up in landfills. Ryan Harris, a surfboard maker and founder of ECObyRy, […]
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. – Ovid It’s not lost on me that the definitions of “patient” — as both an adjective and a noun […]
If you follow this column, you know that Harbor Connects is an organization I helped co-found and is near and dear to my heart. Harbor Connects supports neighbors and service providers in […]
As a kid growing up in Washington, illegal fireworks from nearby reservations were cheap and plentiful. We would gather in the horse pastures or the middle of the high school football field […]
Are you as insulted as I am when you see what kind of restaurants keep opening on Western Avenue? I get the impression that the people whose job it is to find […]
At a time when government support of social service organizations is dramatically pulling back from pandemic highs while, conversely, the need for these services and support continues to grow, it is incumbent […]