Port of LA community liaison, Augie Bezmalinovich tells the story of all the friends he made, and the strict nuns, at Mary Star from kindergarten to high school starting with kindergarten and all the way to playing for one of the best football teams in the history the school that included future All American and pro player Tim Wrightman.*
John Papadakis – Founder/proprietor of world renowned Papadakis Taverna (1973-2010) tells story of the inspiration and Greek values behind the opening of his legendary restaurant in historic downtown San Pedro with his wife Donna at his side preparing the food, greeting guests, brothers and cousins helping.
Veterans of Foreign War Commander Martin Chacon, of Wilmington Post 2967tells about the flag “color guard” and presenting the flag ceremonies honoring Veterans; and at other private and public.
Dr. Nicholas Lovrich, Ph.D. graduate of Stanford University, tells the story garnering Fulbright scholarship and his dissertation at UCLA on the assimilation patterns of Italian and Croatian immigrants to the seaside town of San Pedro, California and how those patterns impacted their ability to join the sociall fabric of their newly adopted community.
Joshua Stecker, is publisher of popular San Pedro Today (SPT) monthly magazine. He recounts how he took parlayed his potential acting career to journalism, and took over from the predecessor publication San Pedro Magazine and a leap of faith committing his personal finance to change the magazine to SPT and how meaning full all the stories are.