My Thoughts for March 22, 2015   

Here’s the truth about politics in our country.  It takes loads of money nowadays to run for public office, even local elections are expensive.  At the federal level, you basically need to be a millionaire or have friends who are.  If you’re not a millionaire when you get elected, you soon will be by the end of your term.  That makes this old curmudgeon think, “What the heck is going on in our country?”

With the ruling by the Supreme Court that…

New year, new league, new home field... same old Port Of Los Angeles High softball.

Taking on bigger competition to prep themselves for the long run is nothing new to the Polar Bears, but they took that mantle to a whole new…

The 2014-2015 girls soccer campaigns for San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and Mary Star Of The Sea were all fruitful as for the first time in three years, they all won league championships in the same year.

For POLA and senior…

The 2014-2015 seasons for San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and Mary Star Of The Sea High boys soccer all ended with a winning or even record, with the Pirates coming out as the best of the bunch, nearly winning the Marine League title and defeating POLA for the second year in a row.…

The 2014-2015 girls basketball season for San Pedro Prep Sports marked an amazing turnaround year as San Pedro, Mary Star and Port Of Los Angeles all made their respective…

The 2014-2015 seasons for the San Pedro, Mary Star Of The Sea and Port Of Los Angeles High boys basketball teams in San Pedro Prep Sports, all ended with a losing record, but one of them, Mary Star, was able to extend their season into the playoffs.…

My Thoughts for March 15, 2015    

I gotta tell you, I was beginning to have some interest in the possible candidacy of Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) until he signed a letter intended for Iran authored by freshman senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). Now I’m wondering if Republicans have the capacity to govern. The intent of the letter was to derail the nuclear negotiation with Iran. It marked the first time Congress has ever stepped on a President trying to negotiate a treaty.

 This old…

If there is one sport in San Pedro that has brought about the most success in the Prep Sports world, it's definitely softball.

San Pedro has won 16 CIF-Los Angeles City Section titles, in only five years, Port Of Los…

My Thoughts for March 8, 2015

Two science events took place this past week that all of us should note. First, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft has detected geological evidence a rather large ocean did exist on Mars at one time.  Whether the ocean contained life is still an unknown but I like to think that Martian fishermen may have at one time cruised on boats and hauled in large Martian fish.  Of course, this was some four to five billion years ago and it will be…

Springtime is in the air, and America's favorite pastime is beginning to blossom.

There is plenty of promise ahead for San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and Mary Star Of The Sea High School baseball teams as they have already…

LOS ANGELES - The jinx continues, and this one hurts more than ever before.

Top-seeded Port Of Los Angeles High girls soccer would once again come to the CIF-Los Angeles City Section Division IV championship game against…

The San Pedro High girls basketball team has had a marvelous run in 2014-2015, making history seemingly with every victory they accumulate.

This past Saturday took a dangerous turn with a CIF-Los Angeles City Section Division…

It has been the goal all season long for Port Of Los Angeles High girls soccer to make it back to a CIF-Los Angeles City Section championship game, and it has not been an easy road.

In the first game of the year, reigning…

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My Thoughts for March 1, 2015

Once again I’ve been confronted with my least favorite thing: change.  While talking with a friend of mine, I discovered our public schools have all but eliminated vocational training.  One of my memories of high school was the time I spent in vocational education classes.  To this day I still remember walking the path past a row of old brick buildings that housed these classes.  As students we referred to these classes as “shop classes.”  They were fun…

My Thoughts for February 22, 2015

You’re going to love this one.  Yesterday this ole curmudgeon actually made a date with the wife to go to lunch together.  I was excited (she said yes), she was excited and off we went both babbling like it was our first date.  Wow!  When we got to the restaurant we decided to eat in the bar section; less noise and no crying kids.  I know that sounds a bit cold but after driving school bus and a hundred kids twice a day it feels relaxing to sit in a…

From the time San Pedro High girls soccer started their program in 1987, they would be a regular visitor in either the semifinals of the CIF-Los Angeles City Section Division I playoffs, or in the championship game itself, but it hasn't been that way in the last four years, losing in the first round in 2011,…

Hi EVERYONE!

 Hi, My name is Jason Hinojosa, with the San Pedro Adult school. I just wanted to let you know that we recently opened up a new school down the street, and we are now offering HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, GED, ESL, AND READING CLASSES.



 Here is the information:



Location: San Pedro Adult Learning Center



 Address: 940 W. Santa Cruz St. San Pedro, CA 90731



Time: 6:00pm to 8:45pm.

Please contact me if you have…

Hi EVERYBODY!

 Hi, My name is Jason Hinojosa, with the San Pedro Adult school. I just wanted to let you know that we recently opened up a new school down the street, and we are now offering evening credit recovery classes.



 Here is the information:



Location: San Pedro Adult Learning Center



 Address: 940 W. Santa Cruz St. San Pedro, CA 90731



Time: 6:00pm to 8:45pm.

Please contact me if you have any additional…

My Thoughts for February 15, 2015 

It’s happened again!  Another lapse in integrity has happened.  The baseball team from Chicago, the Jackie Robinson West Little League team, has been caught cheating.  Yes, cheating.  There is no other way of saying it.  They didn’t bend the rules, they didn’t make a principled misstep; they conspired to deceive Little League Baseball, and all who love the game.  Unbelievable!  What were those coaches and district managers thinking?  At a time when…