Starting a San Pedro Heritage Museum — Joshua Stecker
Joshua Stecker, publisher of San Pedro Today (SPT) monthly magazine speaks about the immense pride San Pedrans have for their hometown and its history.
A San Pedro Croatian Fisherman’s Kid at Stanford — Nick Lovrich
Dr. Nicholas Lovrich, Ph.D. tells the story attending Stanford University as son of humble fisherman and how he made his place among more affluent and educated based in his innate intelligence, strong work ethic instilled by his family and being on the school baseball team.
Transition from Fishing to Real Estate — Libby DiBernardo
Native of Ischia, Italy the island in the Mediterranean who emigrated with his family c. 1937, “Libby” DiBernardo tells the story of growing up a fisherman and studying to get his real estate license while mending from surgery taking a break from fishing lead to his starting one agency when his son expressed interest in following in the real estate business and he opened DiBernardo Realty.
Growing Up Catholic in Wilmington — Rudy Mendoza
Rudy Mendoza, former principal of Phineas Banning High School(PBHS) and Los Angeles Unified School District ( LAUSD) educator and administrator expresses his strong Catholic faith and link to St. Mary Margaret parish in Lomita, California and his need for more anonymity in church than he has in community vis a vis his work as educator, school official and community advocate.
Starting San Pedro Brewing Company — James Brown
Longtime San Pedro leader James Brown (aka JB) tells the story of how he started San Pedro Brewing Company (SP Brew Co) the “Cheers” of San Pedro.and pals with friendly rival USC grad neighboring restaurateur John Papadaki,
The Kid at the News Pilot — Xavier Hermosillo
San Pedro born and raised Xavier Hermisillo tells the story of how he started writing for the San Pedro News Pilot at age 14 while still a student at Dana Junior High and promoted to sports editor just after graduating high school at age by by Bob Beck publisher