There are many Neighborhood Watch pages for San Pedro on Facebook, thanks in the most part to Councilman Joe Buscaino.

I am taking an interest in all of this, so I want to share a "summary" of sorts of what problems I see reported, that we need to watch for!

One of the most frequent problems in San Pedro: people attempting to get in, ask for something, selling something, borrowing something, looking around, and we've seen so many variations of this.  We have to start…

This weekend, former senator George McGovern died at 92. I really didn't follow his politics years ago, or even recently. But I volunteered for his campaign way, way back in the 70's, as a kid just in my last year of high school.

We did phone soliciting, late into the night, and it was my first experience drinking coffee also!

The phones we used were not cordless, and certainly not cell phones. We had great big binders full of old-fashioned green & white printout lists.…

Long Beach's Art du Vin will be the wine bar, 4-8pm.
A fun night of sleep-time fun. Slumber party from 6-9 p.m. with celebrity Crafter Mark Montano.

(shopping hours end at 8pm).

Check Crafted website or FaceBook page for more details.

We need to continue alerting/educating our Sr Citizens!

Re-posting an alert from our Councilman Joe on Facebook this afternoon:

"ALERT: single senior woman answered her front door around 4:00PM Friday afternoon on Montereina Dr. and a man told…

A former co:worker friend just asked me that, when she saw a pair of earrings I had just made.

For me, skulls never really meant all that much, until I learned about Dios de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).

I think of my grandmother all the time. The idea of a special day to honor our deceased relatives therefore allows me to pay a special homage to her. She also made me believe in some "weird" possibilities. If ANYONE could visit me from the dead, it was my Mimi. I dream…

We have a couple of Toyotas in our household. Many of my friends & neighbors do also. Here's the recall list/website: http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/toyota-recalls-7-4-million-vehicles-balky-window-120804141.html

Where else are pitbull lovers going to find one of these???!!!

Heart & Soule Designs, space A108 at Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles...

Good opportunity! From the Daily Breeze and the Long Beach Press Telegram on the internet:

"Long Beach Airport (LGB) will be recruiting new employees from October 15 through 20 at the Long Beach Airport Marriott Hotel, 4700 Airport Plaza Dr. The job fair will be open daily from 9 am to 6 pm and aims to fill more than 110 new permanent…