Longtime San Pedro community leader, June Burlingame Smith talks about how helping out as a mom in her kids’ schools and children’s church choir led her to getting involved in charities and various issues that affect families of the San Pedro community.
Steve Kleinjan tells the story of how his father worked as an electric lineman for Bell and requested a transfer to anywhere warmer than the frigid winters of Chicago, where he worked. A job in San Pedro became available and using a new GM truck as downpayment, he got the family a house in town.
Jim Trani, owner of the legendary J. Trani’s Ristorante in San Pedro, shares memories of the wild times growing up in San Pedro and the car clubs of that era.
San Pedro Fish Market owner, Tommy Amalfitano talks about growing up in San Pedro during an era when nobody locked their front door and going to school at Mary Star where the nuns and priests ran a strict program.