Growing up in San Pedro — Rachel Viramontes

Rachel was born in 1941 at  Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles  and immediately  brought to San Pedro where she grew up in the loving home of her maternal  grand parents. She adored her grandfather and tells the story of when she was only three years following him and then stranded at Gaffey St. corner and the Police rescued her. She vividly recounts many stories of the fun and innocence of her youth.