Former Honorary Mayor of San Pedro, John Bagakis talks about the pride of being Greek, from the annual festival, to your saint’s day, the Olympics, and greatest of all, celebrating Easter Sunday with a roasted lamb.
Longtime Wilmington community leader Sergio Carrillo tells the heartwarming story of how his parents both immigrated from Mexico to Wilmington, where they met, fell in love, and had a family.
AltaSea CEO and San Pedro community leader Tim McOsker tells the story of getting a longshore casual card as a college student during an era when the cards were distributed at the unemployment office.
SOLAHA co-producer and local documentary filmmaker Jack Baric’s story of playing Little League, while growing up in San Pedro, is bookended with stories of the community members who built a rouge baseball diamond at Friendship Park and another generation who saved Eastview when the fields were lost to a new Target store.
LA Harbor Commissioner and longtime community leader, Anthony Pirozzi tells the story of doing an Elvis impersonation at the San Pedro High School talent show when he was a student there.
San Pedro documentary filmmaker and SOLAHA producing partner, Jack Baric tells the story of his previous career in magazine publishing and how it led to him starting a magazine for his San Pedro hometown — even when his initial research made it seem that the town could not financially support the publication.