By Diana L. Chapman

   The minute the facebook site -- called San Pedro Ratchets -- launched last week, some San Pedro High School girls found themselves posted there only in their bras and underwear and targets of alleged sexual exploits.

   Comments swarmed in about…

CUDAHY - About 368 days ago, the San Pedro High girls basketball team felt like they let one get away in their 2011-2012 home opener when Elizabeth Learning Center pulled a 52-48 overtime upset. Even Rita Fiorenza's dramatic buzzer-beating layup that forced the extra period wasn't enough…

"We haven't solved it. He's still out there and could do it again."--LAPD Detective David Alvarez.           

By Diana L. Chapman

   Los Angeles Police Detective David Alvarez calls it the kind of crime that keeps him up at night: A tiny woman with the mind of a…

Only few sports teams at Mary Star Of The Sea High School had great seasons during the 2011-2012 school year but none had as much success as their softball team.

The reason? Few opponents if any, could hit off the Stars'…

There are a lot of basketball-volleyball thoroughbreds out there in the high school level, but not many who are successful at it. Consider San Pedro High senior Austin Freitas as one of the successful ones.…

Five members of the San Pedro High football team were chosen to be among the best of the best in the CIF-Los Angeles City Section for 2012 as the All-City team was announced Wednesday.

Senior running back Darrell Santiago,…

Mary Star High football would reap the rewards for a great 2012 season where they rebounded from an 0-10 season the prior year into a 4-6 mark plus a spot in the CIF-Southern Section Northwest Division playoffs.

Eight…

LOS ANGELES - Just seven days into the 2012-2013 season, the San Pedro High boys basketball team has already grabbed some treasure.

The Pirates continue their torrid pace of scoring with an 80-55 victory over Impact…

LOS ANGELES - The San Pedro High boys basketball team continues to make a lot of noise early as they routed Venice, 80-52 in a Belmont Zone Of Choice Tournament pool play game at Roybal Learning Center.

With the…

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Seventy-one years ago today, 353 Japanese airplanes, 45 of them Mitsubishi Zeros with kamikaze…

LOS ANGELES - Another game, another blowout for San Pedro High boys basketball.

Although they didn't quite reach 100 points in consecutive days, the Pirates still put up a fat total as they routed Bravo…

LOS ANGELES - Any thoughts about San Pedro High boys basketball being a contender now?

The Pirates would roll to a 107-60 victory over South East in a pool play game of the Belmont Zone Of Choice Winter…

Ever heard of 'pocket change' before? 

You know, the money that you didn't have stashed in your wallet but accidentally left in the pocket of your pants?…

Whenever the 2012 Mary Star High football team needed a big play, they didn't have to look far.

Senior RB/DB Jake Tedesco would seemingly make a play from out of nowhere to excite the Stars' fans and also light a fire…

When the Port Of Los Angeles High softball team made its run to a second straight CIF-Los Angeles City Section Small Schools championship, all the talk was centered around phenom pitcher Nicolle Miranda, and the veteran duo of Kelsea Short and Brianna Grayson. Many also pointed to another talented player…

San Pedro High football senior running back Darrell 'Deejay' Santiago was a thorn in the side of all those opposing linebackers trying to bring him down, and he was a natural born leader for…

Last Thursday, the San Pedro High girls soccer team opened the 2012-2013 season with a 4-2 victory.

Now they're on the other side of a 4-2 score when they dropped an intersectional game to Torrance at the John M. &…

Mary Star High girls soccer, the reigning two-time Camino Real League champions, has not lost a step as they defeated visiting Rolling Hills Prep, 4-2 in a nonleague game.

Junior forward Jordyn Alves, who was an All-CIF…