"El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula" (Yes, that's the original.) I've lived here almost half my life and I did not know. I never took the time to investigate until now.

In 1769, a Franciscan friar who was exploring California named a river "Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de la Porciúncula".  In English it means "Our Lady of the Angels of Porciúncula".  That was just the name of the river.

Now for the city.  As a settlement was established,…

Editor's Note: The LA Weekly has noticed San Pedro's artistic sensibilities!

"Artists, collectors, families and college students stroll Sixth and Seventh streets, clutching plastic tumblers of Two-Buck Chuck and buttery seafood rolls from the Lobster Truck. A live band rehashes oldies near…

San Pedro prep girls basketball got a huge shot in the arm for the 2011-2012 season when Rita Fiorenza came on the scene from out of nowhere for San Pedro High.

Last year continued with the emergence of Port Of Los Angeles High's Angela Wade. …

The visibility was so fantastic on Monday, January 6 that I saw a "new" island. New for me at least! It was clearly visible from 38 miles off the coast of Palos Verdes.

At first I thought it was a ship but it did not move. Then I thought it might be a Google barge but I had not heard anything about that in the news. Plus it was fairly large-ish for a ship.

Turns out,…

Unbeknownst to many of us, there is a swirling stew of plastic trash between our beautiful California coast and Hawaii. It was discovered in the late 90’s and it contains pretty much every type of plastic item you can imagine. It’s all there including, cigarette lighters, pens, water bottles, flip-flops, razors, tooth brushes and, of course, the ubiquitous plastic bag.…

HUNTINGTON PARK - One would think that the San Pedro High boys basketball team would grow tired of playing games that come down to the final seconds where it's anybody's ballgame.

Not this group... they actually embrace…

Mary Star High girls basketball continued its renaissance season with a solid 48-25 victory over visiting Malibu Monday that tripled last season's win total.

With this latest victory, the Stars are now 6-7…

LYNWOOD - True, it was only a game for third place in the Firebaugh High Tournament, but this game took on some kind of a new meaning for the Port Of Los Angeles High girls basketball team.

Not having played a game since…

After numerous close defeats against top-notch programs, the San Pedro High girls soccer team can finally exhale.

The Pirates would overwhelm visiting Chatsworth, an old CIF-Los Angeles City Section adversary, with a…

2013 provided a sad close for Port Of Los Angeles High girls soccer, as they lost a pair of games against Paramount and Artesia of Lakewood to finish the Bellflower Tournament with a 1-2-1 record in mid-December.

The San…

From January to December in the year 2013, there were lots of incredible teams, impeccable feats, impossible comebacks and indescribable highlights in the San Pedro prep sports world. It was a great year, no questions asked.…

This moment almost never came... and it came from the person who wanted to seize that moment.

San Pedro High boys basketball senior forward James Fish, who had missed all seven of his prior three-point shot attempts in the…

Yoga does not come to mind when one thinks of San Pedro. At least for me it never did.  The harbor area is just not your typical LA yoga scene.  We have fruit stands but not wheat grass juicers.  Great dive bars and donuts, not organic food outlets. But I’m here to tell you that the quality of the yoga classes at the San Pedro YMCA is amazing!



Before you assume I’m…

There hasn't been a prep softball pitcher in San Pedro that has garnered more prestige, and struck out her fair share of batters, than Mary Star High junior sensation Marina Vitalich.

Even though she still has two more…

When it came to the high school sports scene for 2013 in San Pedro in the girls category, no one brought more game and meant so much more to not only two of her teams, but also for an entire school... than Allison Bayer was for Port Of Los Angeles High.…

There has been a lot of great athletes in the San Pedro prep sports scene, a lot of great individual memories, but none has meant so much more to their team in 2013, than Pete Palacios was for San Pedro High football.

The…

It wasn't pretty, but it sure was bizarre... and it benefited the San Pedro High boys basketball team.

Cabrillo of Long Beach was raining three-pointers from all angles, even shots from well beyond the arc from as much as…

The San Pedro High boys basketball team in five years, has never won their own Pirate Shootout Tournament.

On Thursday, they took that first step towards achieving that goal.…

Mary Star High girls basketball is enjoying some kind of breakthrough season under first-year coach Victor Tuberosi, and two of the main reasons why just happen to be Angela Pisano and Kaitlyn Martinez, a pair of freshmen studs.…