RLn 12-01-22

In a League of Our Own

Journalist Ron Gonzales talks about San Pedro’s Forgotten Baseball Teams

By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

When you look at San Pedro in particular, baseball fields dotted the landscape, said jour nalist Ron Gonzales, co-author of a book about Mexican American baseball in the Los Angeles Harbor cities, along with 15 other writers and baseball history enthusiasts. The veteran journalist of four decades was being interviewed on the subject by Random Lengths News reporter and videographer Harry Bugarin.

There was a baseball field in Mexican Hollywood right down on the waterfront, he said. “If you’re not familiar, it’s a neighborhood that ex isted from about the 1920s to the ‘50s.”

Gonzales continued recalling the local baseball fields, seeming to snatch the information from memory, family stories, and research.

“There was a field at O’Farrell and a street that existed then called Ancon, which is located right around where the cruise ship terminal is today,” Gonzales explained. “There was a field at Barton Hill. There was a field in the La Rambla neighborhood, where I grew up.”

Local baseball diamonds, like the one his grandfather helped drag with crates into existence on First and Patton, were used by a wide variety of teams from throughout San Pedro, including military teams, Gonzales explained. There are fields that no longer exist.

For example, there used to be a container terminal at the base of Pacific Avenue (at roughly where Knoll Hill is today) that was developed for about 10 years as a diamond called Hol lis field, and Mexican teams played there as well, Gonzales said. And there were just a number of other fields throughout the town along Gaffey, and probably right below where the old YMCA is located.

“In a lot of ways, the environment then reflected what you see now … just a lot of facilities, where teams can play for these local communities at that time and offer a way for these Mexican immigrant men, and boys and women just sort of like prove their stuff

Celebrating the Holidays in the Harbor Area

By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

Two significant holiday events in the Harbor Area will take place on Dec. 3, and residents can potentially participate in both. Winter Wonderland Park is set for the morning and afternoon at Wilmington Waterfront Park. Later that evening, the Afloat Parade is celebrating its 53rd anniversary.

The Wilmington Winter Wonderland started at Bay view Park about five years ago. The Port of Los Angeles would truck in 20 tons of snow and make little hills for children, mostly younger than 12, to play in.

Later that same day is the 59th annual Los Angeles Har bor Holiday Afloat Parade, where Councilman Joe Buscaino will preside as grand marshall for the last time. He, along with the judges will be presiding over the event from the deck of the USS Iowa, which will be celebrating its first year in the parade. The Los Angeles harbor communities of San Pedro and

Wilmington will celebrate the parade on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m., along the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles.

Sponsored by the port, the Afloat Parade starts in the East Ba sin near Banning’s Landing Community Center in Wilmington and takes approximately 90 minutes to cover the entire parade route through the Port of Los Angeles Main Channel. Officials and community leaders will take part in the parade as judges or passengers on as many as 60 participating vessels of all shapes and sizes, from tugboats to tall ships.

Spectators may view the procession from several points along the LA Waterfront, including:

Banning’s Landing Community Center, 100 E. Water St., Wilmington

Cruise Ship Promenade, Harbor Boulevard and Swinford

Ron Gonzales, author of Mexican American Baseball in the South Bay. Photo by Harry Bugarin

A folklorico dancer in the Annual Spirit of San Pedro Holiday Parade. File photo

Harbor Area

Candlelight Vigil for Ischia

Join Little Italy of Los Angeles Association for a candlelight vigil the raise emergency funds for the landslide relief effort in Ishchia. Ciao Bella Woodfired Pizza will be on site and donating 100% of all proceeds to the Ischia Diaster Relief Fund.

Time: 6 p.m., Dec. 2 Cost: Free Details: www.facebook.com/ LittleItalyofLAAssociation/ Venue: Piazza Miramare (Peppertree Plaza), 639 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro

Long Beach Invites Artists to Submit Proposals for COVID-19 Memorial

The City of Long Beach is seeking experienced artists and teams of artists to create artwork for its COVID-19 memorial that will honor the lives of those who were lost and those who remain forever

impacted by the pandemic.

Now through Dec. 6, interested artists may submit their proposals for consideration through the city’s Request for Qualification Vendor portal below. Details: https://tinyurl.com/Long-Beachbuys

Pier B Rail Facility Project Meeting

The Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility project team will update the public on the status of the Port of Long Beach project during a virtual community meeting Dec. 7.

You can join this virtual meeting from a computer, phone and other mobile device. A recording of the meeting will be posted at www.polb.com/PierB for those unable to participate. Requests for translation must be received by Dec. 2.

Contact Veronica Quezada at 562-2337980 or veronica.quezada@polb.com for translation or assistance registering for the event.

The planned Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility is the centerpiece of the Port of Long Beach’s rail capital improvement program. It will shift more cargo to “on-dock rail,” where containers

are taken to and from marine terminals by trains. Moving cargo by on-dock rail is cleaner and more efficient, as it reduces truck traffic. No cargo trucks would visit the facility. Instead, smaller train segments would be brought to the facility and joined together into a full-sized train.

The first project, the Locomotive Facility, is scheduled to be completed in 2025, creating a functional 10,000-footlong track. Additional tracks will be added as the construction phases progress. Completion of the entire project is expected in 2032. View the project fact sheet and more information at the project page https://tinyurl.com/pier-b-on-dock Time: 10 a.m., Dec. 7

Details: Register at https://tinyurl. com/57h887v7

Emergency Rent Assistance Program For CALWORKS Families

CalWORKs participants who are behind on rent can call the DPSS Customer Service Center at 866-6133777 to request Emergency Assistance to Prevent Eviction or EAPE. Download the EAPE fact sheet to learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/3rdmkwv3

Details: Submit an application: https:// tinyurl.com/mwcykt9e

Holiday Toy Drives

Harbor Interfaith Toy Drive

Help make the holidays brighter for local children by donating a new toy for the Harbor Interfaith annual toy drive. Drop off your donation of a brand new unwrapped toy before Dec. 11 at CRAFTED, Friday to Sunday 12 to 6 p.m. at 112 W. 22nd St., San Pedro.

Spark of Love Toy Drive

The Spark of Love Toy Drive collects new, unwrapped toys and sports equipment for underserved children and teens in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Ventura and Riverside counties. Toys collected in their respective counties are distributed locally.

How to donate:

• Drop off a new, unwrapped toy or sports equipment at your local fire station. (Subject to change anytime due to public health protocol.)

• Text to Give: Text “SPARK” to 24365\

• Donate online by going to supportlafd.kindful.com to make a donation via credit card.

• Drop off a new, unwrapped toy or sports equipment at your local Subaru Retailer.

• Donate by Mail: Send checks to LAFD Foundation, Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center, 1700 Stadium Way #100, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Make checks out to LAFD FOUNDATION. Write Spark of Love in the memo line.

Lomita Sheriff’s Station Holiday Toy Drive

Toy collection boxes will be at Lomita station and Lomita City Hall. The last day to donate will be Dec. 20. Toys will be given to Harbor Hills public housing development and Calvary Chapel. Details: Call Detective Redenbaugh, 310891-3240

Goodyear Blimp Toys for Tots

The annual Toys for Tots at the Goodyear Blimp is back. The U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program accepts donations of new, unwrapped toys and cash to support their yearly campaign. A donation is encouraged, but not required.

The open house event includes ground tours of the Goodyear Blimp, food vendors, activities for the children and most importantly Santa and his elves.

For safety and security purposes all guests will be asked to park at Dignity Health Sports park in Lot 11. (18400 Avalon Blvd., Carson) You will check in at the canopy in that lot with a Goodyear associate. A shuttle will bring guests to the blimp facility. No guests will be allowed to park at the blimp base. One entry per household. For questions email goodyearblimp_ca@goodyear.com. Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 10 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl.com/29vkxazr Venue: 19200 S. Main St., Gardena

Veterans Stand Together Toy Drive

Bring an unwrapped toy now through Dec. 16 and help us put smiles on children’s faces.

Veterans Stand Together is a veteran nonprofit organization who empowers veterans and their communities through cooperation, support and advocacy.

Veterans Stand Together will be collecting unwrapped toys at its office location in Torrance.

You can also make donations through the gift registry. Scan the QR Code from the flyer and make your contribution there. For further questions you can contact: admin@usavest.org

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday thru Friday, through Dec. 16

Cost: Free

Details: 424-266-9532; https://tinyurl.com/Veterans-standtogether

Venue: Harbor Gateway Garden Office Park. 19401 S. Vermont Ave., Suite B102, Torrance

Wilmington Community Clinic 25th Annual Toy Drive

Wilmington Community Clinic will hold its 25th Annual Toy Drive and Adopt a Family Event. The clinic provides a gift for a child 0-11 years of age, in addition to a warm lunch with their family and a trip to see Santa.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dec 20

Cost: Free

Details: https://www.wilmingtoncc.org Venue: Wlmington Community Clinic, 1009 N. Avalon Blvd., Wilmington

ILWU Annual Toy Drive Drop Off

Help the International Longshore and Warehouse Union bring Christmas to the kids. Bring a new toy, bike or skateboard and join for food, fun, shopping and raffles and live music.

Time: 12 to 4 p.m., Dec. 4

Cost: Free Details: https://www.ilwu.org Venue: ILWU Memorial Hall, 231 C St., Wilmington

Spirit of the Holidays in the Harbor Area

42nd Annual Spirit of San Pedro Holiday Parade

The Annual Spirit of San Pedro Holi day Parade will happen Dec. 4. Each year, this festive tradition brings families, little leagues, scouts, students, high school bands,

equestrian units and volunteers to downtown San Pedro to celebrate the holiday season and this community.

Parade route: Start at 13th Street and Pacific Avenue, turn right on 6th Street. End at 6th and Palos Verdes streets. Make sure to avoid a ticket by

not parking on the street.

Time: 1 to 3 p.m., Dec. 4

Cost: Free

Details: sanpedrochamber.com

Location: Pacific Avenue to down town San Pedro

Street, San Pedro

Battleship IOWA, 250 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro

Downtown Harbor, 504 S. Har bor Blvd., San Pedro

Ports O’ Call Village, 1100 Na goya Way, San Pedro

22nd Street Landing, 141 W. 22nd St., San Pedro

SS Lane Victory, 3600 Miner St., San Pedro

Holiday Harbor – Cabrillo Ma rina, 285 Whalers Walk, San Pedro

Banning Museum’s Victorian Christmas

In what has become an annual tradition in Wilmington, the Ban ning Museum will be transporting guests back in time to the Victorian period between the late 19th and early 20th centuries to the era of

horse and buggy, big hoop skirts and gentlemanly manners.

Visitors will be treated to peri od entertainment, tours of the mu seum decorated in holiday splen dor, refreshments, a children’s craft, a chance to visit Santa and Mrs. Claus; a blacksmith demon stration; a horse-drawn trolley ride between The Banning Museum and Drum Barracks Civil War Mu seum; and as a special treat, Jolly St. Nick will pose for photos with the children.

The community is invited to welcome in the holiday season at the Banning Museum’s Annual Victorian Christmas Celebration and Open House from 12 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 3, at The Banning Muse um, 401 E. “M” Street, Wilming ton.

Details: 310-548-2005; www.thebanningmuseum.org

Venue: The Banning Museum, 401 E. M St., Wilmington

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A decked-out sailboat in the Los Angeles Harbor Holiday Afloat Parade in San Pedro. File photo A horse

at Banning Museum’s Victorian Christmas.

Impacts of Nonprofits

A few longtime San Pedro organizations and how to help

By Melina Paris, Assistant Editor

San Pedro is home to about 336 nonprofits. A big number for a “small town.” As a Harbor Area community, full of diverse people with differing views, residents value local nonprofits and step in to advocate for the environment, politically and for both social justice and well-being among other causes.

Nonprofits embody the best of local communities. They provide ways for people to work together for the common good, transforming shared beliefs and hopes into action.

Causes identified by nonprofits are for societal benefit and human services. This includes 100 Black Men of Long Beach, which serves Black youth in the wake of countless civil rights uprisings by aiming resources toward youth development. Amid an isolating pandemic, Heart of Ida helps older adults maintain independence.

Environmental and wildlife organizations, like Marine Mammal Care Center rescue, rehabilitate marine mammals and birds after recent disastrous oil spills and Long Beach’s Algalita Marine Research connects youth with scientists, experts, politicians and businesses to address plastic consumption.

Education, arts culture and humanities organizations like Angels Gate Cultural Center and Precision Dance Company give back to their communities providing respite and inspiration as well as helping youth fulfill their artistic endeavors.

Health organizations, like Torrance’s Evidence Based California Inc, help transitional-

aged youth and BIPOC members experiencing homelessness as Los Angeles wrestles with sheltering its population of more than 41,000 unhoused individuals. These and many other local nonprofits play a fundamental role in creating more equitable, connected communities in this region.

A resource and advocate for America’s charitable nonprofits, the National Council of Nonprofits is a link connecting the largest nationwide and sector-wide grassroots network of nonprofits. A report by the Council of Nonprofits shows how these organizations impact the Golden State, which, if it were a nation, would rank as the world’s fifth-largest economy.

California nonprofits are key contributors to its economy; nonprofit economic activity generates about 15% of California’s Gross State Product. Nonprofits bring more than $40 billion into California each year from out-of-state sources, including the federal government, outof-state foundations, and individual donations from around the world. Despite being exempt from paying corporate income tax, nonprofits pay more than $37 billion in taxes each year at the federal, state and local levels.

Nonprofits rank as the fourth largest employment industry in California. One in every 14 California jobs is at a nonprofit organization, and more than 1.2 million people are employed by nonprofits in the state, accounting for 7% of all employment.

The nonprofit sector’s workforce is more

diverse by gender and race/ethnicity compared to the adult civilian workforce. And California volunteers contribute about $16 billion in unpaid labor each year, the equivalent of 331,058 fulltime jobs, most of it in direct work with people, animals and the land.

California nonprofits employ a significantly higher percentage of women and a slightly higher percentage of people of color than the overall civilian workforce. And in leadership positions, nonprofit percentages of women and people of color are more than twice as high as in the overall workforce.

Volunteers bring both economic and intangible value to communities through nonprofits of all sizes and types. They care for people in hospice, raise critical program funds, advocate for clean water, serve as CFOs, museum docents, bus drivers, tax preparers and surgical nurses.

There is a synergy between nonprofits and their communities as the organizations speak out for those they serve. Nonprofits engage in public dialogue. Staff and volunteer leaders speak at hearings, meet with public officials, participate in policy coalitions and take positions on policy matters that affect their constituents. In turn, the Council of Nonprofits reports Californians to give nonprofits higher marks than businesses or government in spending money wisely and in working efficiently.

Yet, the nonprofit sector is in a state of uncertainty and flux in the wake of the pandemic and economic instability. For example, nonprofits led by people of color — which tend to be smaller, less-resourced, and community-based — face a more challenging set of circumstances. Their survival, and the communities who rely on them, are at stake. However, POC-led nonprofits are leading and participating in advocacy and organizing efforts for equity and justice.

Council of Nonprofits reports that organizations led by people of color are preparing for multiple crises in the immediate

future due to unmet survival needs, a resurgence of COVID-19, and policies that criminalize communities of color. Many leaders of color expect that unmet survival needs related to food insecurity, jobs, housing, more COVID-19 illnesses and deaths, and harsh economic consequences will significantly increase over the next year.

This is only a microcosm of a particular set of issues. In the larger picture, the Council of Nonprofits posits that these challenges can be overcome through working together rather than by operating separately. The strength of nonprofits is in their collective numbers. They exist in every community, are closest to the problems and understand the issues. For those reasons the council says nonprofits should be sharing their insights with policymakers to help them make informed decisions. Policymakers need to hear the voices of their nonprofit constituents. Nonprofits can’t endorse or oppose candidates running for office, but can take positions on ballot propositions, register people to vote, educate people about issues and help them get their votes in.

Below is a list of non profitorganizations to which you can donate money, time and energy and know it is making a difference:

Harbor Interfaith

The mission of Harbor Interfaith Services or HIS is to empower the homeless and working poor to achieve self-sufficiency by providing support services including shelter, transitional housing, food, job placement, advocacy, childcare, education and life-skills training.

Each year, the nonprofit’s 90-day emergency shelter and 18-month transitional housing program provide residence and support, including childcare to about 450 people. The Family Resource Center extends aid in all areas: free groceries, clothing and hygiene items; rental/utility assistance; case management and

[See Nonprofits, to p. 15]

Thanksgiving Tradition

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union held its 25th annual Feed the Community Day event on Nov. 22. It provided approximately 1,500 families with a complete Thanksgiving meal. The event was at 231 W. C St. in Wilmington. More than 100 volunteers helped. Photo courtesy of the ILWU Local 13

Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and an Estate

By Lyn Jensen, Columnist

Getting my mother’s estate in order would be challenging enough for a person in perfect health, but my health is compromised by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, CFS. Although it affects more people than AIDS or breast cancer, CFS remains a puzzling and underdiagnosed threat to public health. Even its very name generates controversy, because, as Karen Lee Richards, co-founder of the National Fibromyalgia Association, has explained, “The name ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ trivializes a serious illness by naming it for one of its symptoms, namely fatigue … Since CFS is not a medical-sounding name, family members, friends, even doctors, tend not to take it seriously.”

Some more medical-sounding names have been suggested, including myalgic encephalomyelitis and myalgic encephalopathy, both abbreviated ME. They’re hard for the general public to spell and pronounce, though, which may explain why those names, although common in Canada and Europe, aren’t commonly used in America.

When I came down with CFS in 1992, I was struck so suddenly and harshly with extreme fatigue that I could barely get out of bed for more than a year. The disease is so debilitating that one prominent CFS patient, Lauren Hillenbrand, who wrote the best-selling book Seabiscuit while in bed with CFS, said she was affected to such a degree she couldn’t have gotten out of bed even

if the building were on fire. I’ve heard of patients who have to literally crawl to the bathroom, and have to sit down in the shower. I was fortunate never to be affected to that degree, but some people have suggested I may be suffering a comparatively mild dose.

While the symptoms of CFS may abate over time, the extreme fatigue never goes away entirely. It affects mental effort, too. A CFS patient may be “up to” sitting in bed and writing a best-seller, but not “up to” doing math, making dinner, driving, or preparing a legal case.

By the time my parents went through their end-of-life issues, I’d improved to where my days were manageable, as long as I set limits and got adequate rest. That means, for example, Sunday is even more of an off-day than for normally healthy people. I’ve just had to learn to live with staying in bed for all but a few hours and never getting out of my pajamas every Sunday. It’s not that I’m enjoying myself, or taking it easy, and it’s not like I’m slacking off, or lazy — it’s how I manage my health.

When planning your estate, it’s wise to take into consideration the healthcare needs of whomever your beneficiary or beneficiaries may be, because a person’s health may affect the management of your estate. That neither of my parents ever bothered to name me as a beneficiary on their accounts, for example, caused more difficulty for me than for a person in good health.

Buying Elections or Not

James Preston Allen, Publisher

In a country where everything seems to be up for sale these days it’s actually quite astounding that former U.S. representative, now mayorelect, Karen Bass won the LA mayor’s race by nearly 10 points against billionaire Rick Caruso who spent an estimated $104 million. And she did it by garnering more votes than any other candidate in LA’s history (509,621 to 419,765).

With 45% final voter turnout this year, it is similar to the 1993 election, the last year that presented such an ideologically striking choice to voters. In that election, the long shadow of the 1992 uprising fueled Republican businessman Richard Riordan’s victory over Democratic City Councilman Michael Woo, who would have been LA’s first mayor of Asian American descent. How things have changed. Bass is the first woman and only the second Black person to hold this office.

Some attribute Caruso’s loss to his barrage of over spending on TV commercials and his late announcement of switching party affiliation to Democrat a few weeks before the race began. Did anyone get tired of being reminded that he was a “Democrat?” Yet, he did win in large swaths of the San Fernando Valley and curiously, much of the San Pedro and Harbor Area. I say curiously because of this council district’s strong pro-union and majority Democratic registration. And yet, in the race for CD15, where Tim McOsker outspent Danielle Sandoval 10-to-one with the help of several dubious political action committees, the money candidate won.

Still, Sandoval earned 35.74% of the votes with 14,550 against McOsker’s 26,156. It’s a

clear victory, but not one that will easily heal the divide created by this nasty campaign that opened many old wounds and exposed clear disparities between various communities. It may take years for the San Pedro area to recover from this political battle. However, both Bass and McOsker must now figure out how to govern a divided city and district, as the city council itself is now divided between progressives and centrist Democrats. Bass is perhaps better equipped for the job of unifying the city as she comes from a background of community organizing, with

a much more extensive legislative expertise and McOsker does not. He may find himself allied with most of the old guard. The question is, is Los Angeles too big to be governed at all or whether we are in for a structural change of the city charter?

Both Caruso and Bass made “solving the homeless crisis” their top campaign promise and as a voter, one was left wondering that if Caruso was so concerned about this problem, then why didn’t he just build more affordable housing before running for office as opposed to developing chic upper class shopping malls? The answer is that the majority just didn’t trust him, and much like another “billionaire,” the electorate in LA wasn’t going to gamble on a fake politician to make LA great again. Also, the background noise of the greater political conflict resonated here with the Roe v. Wade decision that doesn’t come under any municipal jurisdiction but it inspired more women and young voters to the polls. And they voted in favor of the Black woman over the rich white guy.

As much as Caruso came off as photogenic in his campaign ads, Bass appeared to be more authentic and approachable. And then there was his appearance at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Day picnic in Wilmington, where he strolled around in 100-degree heat with his purebred golden retriever on a leash led by Councilman Joe Buscaino appearing like his lap dog. Just the optics of that trio was enough to make you cock your head in wonder. This was the same Buscaino who later endorsed McOsker. Certainly, Joe B. was and is still looking to butter both sides of his toast.

So, it remains kind of a curiosity how one candidate can blow a small fortune to win an election and still lose while another candidate who out spent his opponent 10-to-one and wins in the very same election cycle. It just goes to show that money doesn’t always win and that intrinsic values such as trust and integrity just can’t be bought.

It has long been said that, “money is the mother’s milk of politics”, but during this election cycle it appears LA voters have been weaned, but perhaps less so here in CD 15.

By Forcing a Contract on Railworkers, Joe Biden Is Betraying Workers Everywhere

By Luke Savage, Jacobin Magazine

Which side are you on? It’s the most fundamental question in politics, and President Joe Biden has given us his answer.

Last night, the White House released a statement calling on Congress to impose a contract on railway workers, with more than a week remaining before the Dec. 9 strike deadline. Describing himself as a “proud pro-labor president” and expressing his “reluctance,” Biden nonetheless indicates his intention to try and force terms on workers that many already rejected earlier this year. The rhetorical triangulation was even more glaring in the statement released by outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which hit many of the same notes as Biden’s while adding, “As we consider Congressional action, we must recognize that railroads have been selling out to Wall Street to boost their bottom lines, making obscene profits while demanding more and more from railroad workers.”

Well, indeed.

Democratic leaders are, in effect, declaring their solidarity with the American working class while actively siding with the very business interests they say are exploiting it. It’s a clear violation of fundamental labor rights and a concession to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has issued predictable pleas for Congress to intervene and prevent a strike ahead of the holiday season.

In the foreground of the dispute is the issue of paid sick time. More than one hundred thousand workers employed at America’s railways do not currently receive paid sick days and face strict and punitive attendance policies that leave many with no weekends and little time off. At the Warren Buffett-owned BNSF, for example, workers are allotted a point balance that diminishes if they’re unavailable for work — even in cases of illness or emergency. Those who reach a balance of zero can incur a 10- or 20-day suspension, with a subsequent zero balance resulting in termination. These are degrading terms of work no reasonable person would accept as fair. As engineer Ross Grooters put it to Mother Jones in September, workers are essentially “fighting for the basic right to be able to be people outside of the railroad.” Michael Baldwin, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen — one of four unions that rejected the deal now likely to be imposed — explained that the problem has been long-standing but, for obvious reasons, has been of particular concern to workers over the past two years: “This became a glaring issue during the pandemic when we had members who were forced by their employers, the railroads, to stay home and quarantine without pay. But really it comes down to simple things like the flu for a day or two, or a sick child, and the ability to take

Rick Caruso spent $104M and still lost the LA mayor’s race while McOsker outspends and wins

Re: Searching For the Yellow Brick Road

“At Length”, RLn 11-23-22

Excellent thesis, James. This development will emerge as a generic version of other restaurant/ entertainment spaces we see all over the landscape. The first year I arrived in San Pedro, I invited family members to come over to watch Independence Day fireworks over the harbor only to discover that it took them an hour to reach the freeway and leave. Even with the restructuring of Harbor Blvd, there is still only one way in and out of this town. How will the visitors to the 6200-seat amphitheater travel in and out?

Andrea Serna San Pedro

• It seems to be part of the human condition to destroy and rebuild communities. It is hardly just an Angeleno or Californio pastime. It’s what happens when

power shifts. There are Etruscan ruins under Rome. Everywhere we look there is some group building on top of the last occupier. We aren’t that different.

Fred Allen San Pedro

Fred, yes it usually happens after one people are conquered by another and often comes after a few centuries, in this case we are doing it to ourselves about every 50 years. Which brings up who is conquering who in this situation?

James Preston Allen Publisher

West Harbor and the Future

We’ve survived several attempts to “gentrify” us … I’m not sure what they’ll do with the gazillions of empty luxury apartments.

Baj Johnson San Pedro

Railworkers

a day or two paid.” In a series of testimonials published by More Perfect Union, worker after worker said much the same.

A separate analysis by MPU also made clear that the dispute is in many ways a microcosm of the broader shift of power away from labor and toward capital that has increasingly defined the American economy in recent decades.

Financial filings of several major U.S. rail companies reveal not only that the industry is incredibly profitable but also that profits have grown without a commensurate share of the gains going to workers. Since 2001, margins have almost tripled at major carriers, while the share of revenue going to labor has dropped by double digits. Twenty years ago, investors in major freight companies could expect $15 in profit for every $100 in revenue. Today, that figure is more than $41. Companies are also employing many fewer workers today, leaving those who are employed with longer hours and even less time off. Many are expected to be on call more or less around the clock and can be required to report for shifts of nearly 80 hours on only 90 minutes’

More West Harbor and the Future

Port’s O’ Call, what was the southern West Coast version of San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, destroyed for no reason. So far, not even for a profit.

Roger Mejia San Pedro

SP ArtWalk at 25

“Arts District Director Discusses 25th Anniversary of San Pedro’s ArtWalk,” RLn 11-10-22

After all these years the “leadership” of the Arts District can’t do better than this?

The San Pedro Waterfront Arts District believes public art is a vital way to make art accessible and commissioned professional artists to paint 25 DOT utility boxes and seven storm drains throughout San Pedro, along with three wall murals in the downtown core.

The assumption that legitimate professional artists would see decorating DOT boxes and

notice. Shareholders, meanwhile, have received bigger and bigger payouts.

As MPU’s Eric Gardner concluded, “the data suggest that the money once spent on fully staffing locomotives is now spent on enriching shareholders through dividend payments and stock repurchases.” In other words, rail companies have cut jobs in order to spend less on wages and boost profits while forcing workers on understaffed trains to accept punitive conditions, longer hours, and little time off.

By opting to strong-arm the railway unions, Biden is doing his utmost to ensure that this exploitative dynamic continues. He’s also indicating to corporate interests in other industries that his own espoused pro-labor beliefs do not extend to supporting workers once they actually threaten to create inconvenience or disruption — which is, of course, their only real source of leverage. If the possibility of a strike in December is so unthinkable, Biden and other leading Democrats could instead try to legislate a fair deal that meets union demands and includes the paid sick time workers need.

That they’re choosing to do otherwise is a betrayal of workers everywhere.

storm drains as “art” isn’t just comical, it’s insulting and renders transparent the willful ignorance of those in charge of cultural affairs in San Pedro. It’s baffling that the larger arts community of Los Angeles has more respect and admiration for our arts and

artists than the PBID or Chamber of Commerce. Monetize the cachet and fuck the artists. It’s embarrassing at best.

Had Ms. Grimes and other locals paid serious attention to the very real contribution of the CRA, we might not be in such

a compromised position. The progress made by the original ACE committee under the leadership of James Allen somehow got lost in the shuffle. Sad.

Ron Linden, Curator Transvagrant Gallery, San Pedro

A League of Our Own

out on the athletic field,” he said.

Gonzales said that when he looks back at that period, he thinks, “What a macho environ ment this must have been.” The Mexican Ameri can teams in San Pedro were competing against Filipino teams and competing against Japanese teams. They were competing against Chinese teams. They’re competing against African Amer ican teams. They were competing against each other.

So in addition to creating leagues of their own, like the Mexican Bay league, for example, they were creating inner city leagues, where they would take on these other teams from other com munities, Gonzales said. I imagine these guys be ing exposed to a large part of the world around them, the world that was shaping up to be the United States that we know today and they didn’t just play locally.

The retired O.C. Register reporter noted that the local San Pedro teams would travel as far north as Ventura County, and sometimes into Santa Barbara.

“It was very common for them to play in Los Angeles and East LA. There were frequent trips to Orange County, and also some trips to San Diego,” Gonzales said. “They were traveling far and wide in a very competitive environment... the Croatians too were a part of that and the Ital ians had teams.”

The making of the book

Gonzales was part of a team of 16 writers, editors and historians who worked on the book entitled Mexican American Baseball in the South Bay, which looks at the history of American baseball in San Pedro, Wilmington and other communities in the Los Angeles Harbor and the South Bay over the past century. And the above was excerpted from an interview with Gonza les that was posted this past month on Random Lengths News’ YouTube channel. Mexican American Baseball in the South Bay is part of a series produced by the Latino baseball history project, a nonprofit project based at Cal State San Bernardino.

Gonzales explained that the book series grew out of interest in documenting the ex perience of Mexican Americans in baseball and softball.

“The founder of the baseball reliquary was a guy named Terry Cannon, who came up with the idea of creating an exhibit at Cal State Los Angeles in the early 2000s,” Gon zales explained. “So that really launched this project and an extensive effort to docu ment the history of baseball and softball and Mexican American communities in Los Angeles, Orange County, the Inland Empire and throughout California, and a number of communities throughout the United States.”

Gonzales grew up in San Pedro and played baseball as a kid and played way more as an adult, but he admits he was never very good at it. But he had a lot of friends who were really good.

“I always admired their skills and abili ties,” he said. And that also prompted an in terest in the art and the science of the sport... and what makes people good at it.

Gonzales explained that that level of fan dom played into the project as well.

Most of the research effort was focused on documenting the period between 1900 and 1960. Gonzales noted that local history

is always impacted by what’s happening in the world. In this case, the time period is bookended by the Mexican Revolution from 1910 to 1917, which resulted in hun dreds of thousands of Mexi cans fleeing to the United read about them, you’d recognize them as names made familiar by their service in World War II, and may even have been at Pearl Harbor.

States. While there are families in the Southwest and California who can trace their family heri tage to the time when California was still a part of Mexico, it was the influx of immigrants be tween the 1910s and 1920s who brought with them baseball.

Baseball’s history in Mexico is almost as long as its history in the United States, Gonzales explained.

“It really started picking up popularity in the 1880s in Mexico,” Gonzales explained. “You can look at the experience of these Mexican im migrants who were settling in San Pedro, Wilm ington, and the rest of the South Bay.”

Oftentimes, they’re coming from other parts of the United States where they may have picked up baseball as well, they may have been min ers in Arizona, and railroad workers across the Southwest. They brought with them to San Pe dro their ability to play and their passion for it.

Gonzales explained that in the period around 1930 there was an explosion of teams in Mexi can neighborhoods across San Pedro, Wilming ton and virtually every other community in the Los Angeles Harbor Area from Long Beach to San Pedro, from Wilmington to Dominguez and Inglewood.

Everywhere you can imagine there was a

field, there was a team. Gonzales noted that there was also an interest in local media like the San Pedro News Pilot and La Opinion, the Spanishlanguage newspaper that had just opened its doors in the mid-1920s.

The veteran reporter explained that in those days, baseball managers and coaches might slip their game scores or game summaries under the doors and the sports editors would write about these local games in the local papers. These sto ries played a role in egging on neighborhood ri valries in sports.

“There was already an audience for these sto ries about sports and I think it had contributed to building up an interest in these teams,” Gonzales explained. There were also a number of teams fielded by military personnel stationed in San Pedro as well as a number of women’s teams at that time.

But in addition to that, there was also this military environment in which they played. In San Pedro in particular, there were teams that represented the Coast Guard, Fort MacArthur, the Marine Corps, and the Pacific Battle Fleet, which was based in San Pedro at that time. So you’d find these Mexican players taking on teams from battleships, aircraft carriers, and all kinds of support ships that oftentimes when you

Some of the teams that were produced out here in the San Pedro area and the local cities and neighborhoods, Gonzales said he would describe their environment as very fluid. So, teams would come and go very quickly. They might last a sea son, they might last several, and they might move from locale to locale around the harbor.

Gonzales’ grandfather apparently managed three different teams around the late 1920s and early 1930s. It would be like the San Pedro Stars, the Palos Verdes Cubs, and the Atlas team, which was later acquired by the Mexican Recreation Club, Gonzales explained. These teams evolved into a sort of semi-pro pro-team. But by that point, Gonzales’ grandfather had already left that particular team.

“This was basically one group of guys play ing under different names, taking on different players at different times and evolving,” Gonza les explained. In the Mexican Hollywood area, there was a team called the Hollywood Mexicans and there was even a Hollywood Mexican girls team and they gradually evolved into the San Pe dro Internationals and took on other names.

Above, author Ron Gonzales with a copy of his book, Mexican American Baseball in the South Bay on the bleachers at Peck Park. Photo by Harry Burgarin Bottom, an array of historic photos from Gonzales’ book.

Curtain Call

Shakespearean “Puppet Play with People” Goes All-In on Silly

By Greggory Moore, Curtain Call Columnist

Typically, the Garage Theatre fills its year-end spot with lite fare. For several seasons this was an original multipart melodrama (boo-/hissing encouraged, cloth tomatoes provided for pelting the bad guy), whose final installment came in 2015.

Love’s Labour’s Lost: A Puppet Play with People is best understood in that tradition. Yeah, it’s sorta Shakespeare — despite the preponderance of original text, the program’s “adapted from” gets it right — but silly fun with actors is more the name of the game.

The threadbare plot of Love’s Labour’s Lost — threadbare even in its original form — concerns the King of Navarre and three pretentious pals who make a pact to lead an ascetic life of study for three years, shutting themselves off from women and whatnot. But uh-oh, the Princess of France and retinue are due at court any time now on a diplomatic mission. What to do, especially considering that these four young hombres have already got the hots for these dames?

Aside from a subplot (really, half a subplot) involving “a fantastical Spaniard” who’s thrice as pretentious as the King and co., that’s literally all there is to it. N’er did the Bard pen a play whose raison d’être was more about simple, silly fun.

Still, purists (or at least Shakespeare snobs) may be well advised to stay away from Love’s Labour’s Lost: A Puppet Play with People. Besides cutting liberally (including decimating that half-a-subplot), adding whole new layers of silly onto a silly foundation may cause some to feel that Love’s Labour’s Lost’s one-note humor is overemphasized.

The best audience for LLL: A PPwP are those who go to the theatre wanting above all to get off on the actors’ positive energy (perhaps the same people who love improv shows). On that score, the Garage peeps succeed as usual. It’s easy to admire how much work the cast put into getting their mouths around Shakespeare’s dialog (it ain’t easy, folks), only to subjugate it to the immediacy of being in the room with the audience. Standouts are L Castro as the (puppet) Princess [although can it be long before a certain sector of society cries foul at a caricatured French accent?] and Elli Luke as

(puppet) fantastical Spaniard. By choosing to leave the puppeteers fully exposed, directors Rob Young & Matthew Vincent Julian allow us to enjoy these performances far more than we would otherwise.

Because the success of LLL: A PPwP depends more on energy than on its source text, many of opening night’s best moments were improvised. I expect the cast to draw from this well in greater amounts as the run progresses. What’s less clear is whether the Garage will find a more effective way to close the show. By cutting the play-within-a-play and epilogue, Young & Julian have deleted Shakespeare’s proper ending without adding anything to fill the void. As it is, even an audience as appreciative and dialed-in as opening night’s won’t know the play is over until the actors make their curtain call.

You say you’ve had a hard year? “This show’s mission,” say Young & Julian in the program, “is to share in a collective laugh as a community, find some joy, and be here together. Allow your inner child to laugh and breathe. Be free and wild for a while.” Knowing and caring about Shakespeare is not requisite here, though you’ll still get a healthy dose. And unlike anything else the Garage did in 2022, this one is suitable for actual kids. Maybe this is a good way to turn them on to the world’s most renowned author before arid teachers and awful “serious” productions get a chance to poison the well?

Love’s Labour’s Lost: A Puppet Play with People

Times: 8 p.m., Thursday to Saturday through Dec. 19

Cost: $18 to $25 (Thursdays 2-for-1); closing night afterparty: $30

Details: thegaragetheatre.org Venue: The Garage Theatre, 251 E. 7th St., Long Beach

Elli Luke as Don Armado in Love’s Labour’s

Lost: A Puppet Play with People. Bottom

right, Joshua Sandoval as King Ferdinand and Princess J’aime, played by L Castro. Photos by Diana Kaufmann

Orange foods taste good together. Maybe it’s my imagination or just a coincidence. Or maybe it’s the beta-carotene pigment that’s found in all orange foods. But probably not, because beta-carotene has no flavor. It is, however, a precursor to Vitamin A, which is good for vision, which will help you see that orange foods look good together. It’s the color of autumn, what’s left in the foliage after the green recedes.

Ginger, meanwhile, is an honorary orange food. It may not look overly orange, but ginger is a term often used to describe red-headed people. Ginger has a feisty and expansive flavor, like the purported personalities of redheads. And ginger does, for the record, contain betacarotene. And if that’s not proof enough to affirm ginger’s red reputation, I have a recipe that will.

This all-orange dish includes carrots, squash, egg yolks, red chile, and even orange the fruit. You can’t get much more orange than that. And it’s even better with ginger. The recipe is for a savory soufflé that puffs up like a cracked balloon in the oven. This is not your typical dessert soufflé, but one for the main course. I serve it drizzled with a tangy orange sauce.

This beta-carotene soufflé is actually several recipes in one. The first step is to make a betacarotene puree, which doubles as a great soup. And the orange sauce I serve it with is useful in many ways. In addition to drizzling the orange sauce on the soufflé, you can use it to orange up the soup, as well as on roasted vegetables, fried chicken and anything else that could benefit from a sharp and overtly orange zing.

Beta-carotene Puree

This puree is the first step in making ginger soufflé, and also makes a lovely autumn soup. Most any winter squash will work here. My favorites are butternut, kabocha, sunshine and red kuri. Makes 3 quarts. Whatever you don’t use for soup or soufflé can be frozen.

1 winter squash (2-3 lbs)

4 medium carrots, peeled (about 12 oz)

1 medium onion, minced

2 tablespoons butter

4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

4 cloves of garlic

5 leaves fresh sage

2 quarts chicken stock

1 piece of ginger, about an inch on a side, grated

1 tablespoon paprika or chile flakes

The Color Orange: From Purée to Soufflé

By Ari LeVaux, Flash In the Pan Columnist

in half from tip to stem. Scoop out the seeds and membranes. Peel the squash with a knife or a peeler. Then lay the cut sides down and cut ½-inch slices from pole to pole. Make the slices as even as possible, like you’re slicing bread, so they cook evenly. Cut the carrots into rounds as thick as the squash slices.

With thin, edible skinned squash like kabocha or sunshine, I toss the peels with salt and olive oil bake them too. The skins cook quickly into a crispy treat that’s addictive as potato chips, but with more carotene. I also bake the seeds.

Toss the squash and carrot slices in 2 tablespoons olive oil and cook them until they are thoroughly tender, about 30 minutes. The baked peels will only take about 7 minutes, and the seeds about 15.

While the squash and carrots are baking, saute the onions, garlic and sage in the butter and remainder of the olive oil, on medium heat. When the onions are translucent, add the chicken stock, the squash and the carrots. Bring to a simmer and then turn it off, and let it cool.

When it’s cooled to the point where you can work with it, add the ginger and paprika, and puree it all together.

Ginger Soufflé

This dish is an adaptation of a butternut squash soufflé recipe created by John McDonald, who writes about wine in the Cape Gazette of Lewes, Delaware. Makes four pintsized soufflés (or two pints when puffed)

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons white flour

½ cup milk

¼ cup heavy cream

1 cup of Beta-carotene puree

3 eggs

¼ teaspoon salt

Preheat the oven to 450º. Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed omelet pan or saucepan on medium heat. Add the flour, and whisk it

together until completely combined. Add the milk and cream and whisk it together. Finally, add the puree and salt, and whisk it again.

Separate the eggs. When the contents of the pan have cooled for ten minutes, add a tablespoon of the mixture to the egg yolks and whisk it in. This tempers the yolks so they don’t cook when you mix it all together. Add another tablespoon and whisk it in. And another. Then add the rest of the orange mixture to the yolks and thoroughly mix.

Beat the egg whites in a medium-sized bowl until peaks form. Gently fold the stiff whites into the batter.

Divide the batter among four buttered pint-sized ramekins, and bake until golden and well-risen — about 15 minutes. Drizzle with orange sauce, if using, and serve immediately. They will probably collapse, like soufflés will do. But that won’t impact the flavor.

Orange Sauce

This orange sauce is based on what’s on the orange chicken found on the menu of your favorite Chinese restaurant.

Note: in the above photo I made a browner version of the sauce, for more contrast with the orange soufflé. I replaced the white sugar with brown sugar and the salt with 2 tablespoons of soy sauce.

½ ounce garlic, minced or grated finely

½ ounce ginger, peeled and minced or grated finely

Juice and zest of two juicy oranges

1 tablespoon rice vinegar

4 tablespoons white sugar

1 teaspoon of salt

Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and puree. Pour it through a strainer into a saucepan. On medium heat, cook it down to about half the original volume.

Preheat the oven to 400º. Cut the squash

Right, beta-carotene puree served as soup and ginger soufflé. Photos by Ari LeVaux

Long Beach Living announces the second annual Long Beach International Tamales Festival 2022, presented in collaboration with KCRW, Lola’s Mexican Cuisine and Long Beach City College. This all-day holidayinspired fair features a diverse selection of Latin American cuisine, from regional tamales, Latin-inspired dishes, drinks, tequila tastings and a best homemade tamales contest and — new this year — an artisanal piñata contest. A full lineup of entertainment includes live music, performances, family-friendly art activities, a playground and shopping.

Among the festival’s many activities, attendees have the chance to support local small businesses through holiday shopping of their artisanal goods.

Unlike other tamales events in Southern California, this festival — the only one in LA county — highlights global flavors and traditions, emphasizing the melting pot of this region and encouraging fusion and innovation while celebrating time-honored traditions.

Hosts social media influencer Vivian Fabiola and KCRW DJ Raul Campos, kick off the event as emcee and interlude music curator. Campos creates a mix of emerging artists and current favorites, bringing essential cuts from around the world and a little closer to home — from soulful grooves and fresh remixes to Latin rhythms and indie rock. Listen to Campos’ rotation of tracks here, www.kcrw.com/music/ shows/raul-campos

Participate in the inaugural piñata-making contest for the festival. This is your chance to show off your creative skills while making an impact by raising funds for a local nonprofit of your choice.

Participate in the annual home-made tamales contest, back by popular demand. Do you have

LB Internat’l Tamales Festival Returns in Grand Fashion

Festival Line-up

Headliners: La Sonora Dinamita, www.lasonoradinamita.com, and

Mariachi Archoiris de Los Angeles, www.mariachiarcoiris.com

Entertainment

Cello Azul, www.instagram.com/cello_azul

DJ Don French, www.instagram.com/djdonfrench

JD Dance Group, www.instagram.com/jddanceco Aztec Dancers

Preview of participating vendors and artisans (list updated regularly at lbtamalesfest.com)

Sangre de Tigre Micheladas

Adelita’s Revenge

Mi Amore Artesanal

Dynamo’s Dills

Pueblitas Tortillas

Yeaj Yalhalhj

Boutique Leon

Cynthia Navarro Illustrations

Polar Beverages

Crafting With Cindy

Sea Accessories

Slime Gets Lit

Sol Crystals & Gems

Bellanid Barragan Jessica Valenzuela

Erendira Estrada + Mom

Linda Cortes

Catarina Ortiz

Leticia Martinez

Maria Ramirez

Arcelia Reynoso

For the leadership of Long Beach Living, launching this festival is a way to bring the community together after so much time apart.

“As somebody who grew up with this holiday tradition, I remember making tamales with my grandma and my tias while sharing family stories, going to la plaza and seeing all the Christmas decorations, the folklorico dancers, the music, but best of all … eating delicious tamales on Christmas Eve together as a family.” said Sal. “I want people to feel right at home, to embrace their culture, their history and at the same time introduce holiday traditions to people from different backgrounds.”

Sol de Cobre

El Pueblito Little Mexico

El Wicked Wardrobe

Ini creations

Lil’ Libros

LB International Tamales Festival

Time: 12 to 4 p.m., Dec. 4

Cost: $25 and up. Children under 12 free

Details: www.lbtamalesfest.com

Venue: Long Beach City College, 1305 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach

BIG NICK’S PIZZA

Tradition, variety and fast delivery or takeout—you get it all at Big Nick’s Pizza. The best selection of Italian specialties include hearty calzones, an array of pas tas and our amazing selec tion of signature pizzas. We are taking all safety pre cautions to protect our din ers and staff. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay updated on new developments. Call for fast delivery or to place a pick up order. Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fri.-Sun. Big Nicks’ Pizza, 1110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro, 310-732-5800, www.bignickspizza.com

BUONO’S AUTHENTIC PIZZERIA

Family owned and operated since 1965, Buo no’s is famous for award-winning brick oven baked pizza. Buono’s also offers classic Italian dishes and sauces based on tried-and-true family recipes and hand-selected fresh ingredients. Now limited dinein and patio service, takeout and delivery. Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Buono’s Pizzeria, corner of 6th and Centre sts., Little Italy San Pedro, 310-547-0655, www.buonospizza.com

HAPPY DINER #1

The Happy Diner #1 in Down town San Pedro isn’t your av erage diner. The selections range from Italian- and Mex ican-influenced entrées to American Continental. Happy Diner chefs are always cre ating something new—take your pick of grilled salmon over pasta or tilapia and veg etables prepared any way you like. Dine in or al fresco or call for takeout. Hours: Mon.-Wed. 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thurs.-Sat. 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Diner #1, 617 S. Centre St., San Pedro, 310-241-0917, www.happydinersp.com

HAPPY DINER #2

Built on the suc cess of Happy Diner #1, Happy Diner #2 offers American favor ites like omelets and burgers, fresh salads, plus pasta and Mexican dishes are served. Order online for delivery or call for pickup. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Diner #2, 1931 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro, 310-9352933, www.happydinersp.com

HAPPY DELI

The Happy Deli is a small place with a big menu. Food is made-to-order using the freshest ingredients. Break fast burritos and breakfast sandwiches include a small coffee. For lunch or dinner select from fresh salads, wraps, buffalo wings, cold and hot sandwiches, burg ers and dogs. Order online or call for takeout or delivery. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 6 am. to 8 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Deli, 530 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, 424-364-0319, www.happydel isp.com

PINA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT

Pina’s Mexican Restaurant serves traditonal Mexican food from Michoacan for breakfast through dinner, and is known for specialty enchiladas, burritos, tacos and mariscos served in a comfortable, casual dining atmosphere. Pina’s now has a full bar and outside dining, so come on by for a real margarita! Party trays for any occasion. Hours: Sun.Wed. 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Thurs. - Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pina’s Mexican Restaurant, 1430 W. 25th St., San Pedro, 310-547-4621, www.pinasmexicanrestaurant.com

A micro brewery and American grill, SPBC features handcrafted award-win ning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, BBQ, sandwiches, salads and burgers. Order your growlers, house drafts and cocktails to go (with food purchase)! Open daily 12 to 8 p.m. for indoor or al fresco dining, takeout and delivery.. San Pedro Brewing Com pany, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro, 310-831-5663, www.sanpedrobrewing.com

WEST COAST PHILLY’S

Welcome to West Coast Philly’s Chees esteak and Hoagies where authentic Philly cheesesteaks meet the wa terfront in San Pedro. Along with serving the classic cheesesteak, West Coast Philly’s puts its unique twist on its cheesesteaks and hoagies. Also on the menu are subs, burgers, wings and salads. Happy hour from 2 to 6 p.m., Mon.-Thurs. Indoor dining or order online or call for pickup. Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. West Coast Philly’s, 1902 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro, 424-264-5322, www.westcoast phillys.com

SAN PEDRO BREWING COMPANY

coveted title of “the best homemade tamales?” Put your cuisine on the menu, community chefs. Here is a list of contestants participating in the tamales contest:

Sal Flores, the founder and CEO of Long Beach Living, shares how the festive family tradition of tamale-making, eating and connecting with loved ones during the holiday season inspired the creation of this festival.

MUSIC

Dec. 1

First Thursday: Feed and Be Fed Farm

There will be a Jerry Romano quartet, Christmas songs and car ols to sing along to in the garden. Sit, have some popcorn, and en joy the music in the garden.

Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Dec. 1 Cost: Free Details: feedandbefed.org

Venue: Feed and Be Fed Farm, 429 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Dec. 2

Bobby Breton and Friends Ring in the season with Bobby Breton’s Winter Solstice show.

Breton’s seven-member group, Free Jazz Radicals, performs an eclectic musical blend of contem porary, jazz, holiday, film and tele vision, including original music by Breton.

Time: 8 p.m., Dec. 2 Cost: $25

Details: https://tinyurl.com/Bob by-Breton

Venue: Alva’s Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

First Fridays at First

First church organist in residence and UCLA professor Christoph Bull is joined by the noted mezzosoprano I-Chin Lee in a holidaythemed program.

Time: 12:15 p.m., Dec. 2 Cost: Free Details: 310-316-5574; www.palosverdes.com/classical crossroads

Venue: First Lutheran Church and School, 2900 W. Carson St., Tor rance

Irish Christmas In America

This family-friendly performance features lively instrumental tunes on fiddle, flute, uilleann pipes and harp, along with Irish old-style dancing from Samantha Harvey. In addition, evocative photograph ic images provide a backdrop to some of the rich historical tradi tions of Ireland.

Time: 8 p.m., Dec. 2 Cost: $25 to $35

Details: https://torrancearts.org/ show/irish-christmas

Venue: TOCA, 3330 Civic Center Dr., Torrance

Taiko

Recording sessions began in late 1966 for the album that changed the perception of what rock and pop music could accomplish.

Time: 2.30 and 7 p.m., Dec. 3 Cost: $60 to $140 Details: www.keithputney.com

Venue: The Grammy Museum at LA Live, 800 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles

The Festive Merry-Achi Christmas

The cultural holiday celebration brings to the stage a colorful and traditional Mexican holiday cel ebration full of seasonal songs, dance and festive merriment.

Time: 7 p.m., Dec. 3 and 2 p.m., Dec. 4 Cost: $35 to $86

Details: 562-916-8500; cerritoscenter.com

Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Pla za Drive, Cerritos Dec.

4

Rocky Mountain Christmas

Jim Curry brings the magic of John Denver and the spirit of Christmas together. Join in singing Denver’s hit songs and the holiday favorites featured in Denver’s Christmas albums and television specials. Each song is synchronized to video of nature and winter land scapes.

Time: 4 p.m., Dec. 4 Cost: $25

Details: https://tinyurl.com/JohnDenver-Christmas

Venue: Alva’s Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro THEATER

Dec. 1

Love’s Labour’s Lost; A Puppet Play With People

The king of Navarre and his complement have sworn a threeyear pledge to abandon all of life’s pleasures for study and selfimprovement. As fate would have it, the princess of France arrives shortly after with her ladies in tow, causing the king’s crew to battle with their oath.

Time: 8 p.m., Dec. 1 to 17, Thurs day, Friday, Saturday Cost: $18 to $30

Details: 866-811-4111; www.thegaragetheatre.org

Dec. 3

Instructors and students of the

Los Angeles Taiko Institute housed under Asano Taiko U.S., present contemporary and traditionally-inspired taiko repertoire in their end-of-year recital.

Time: 6 p.m., Dec. 3 Cost: $15 to $25

Details: https://torrancearts. org/show/taiko-recital/ Venue: TOCA, 3330 Civic Center Dr., Torrance

Scott Henderson Trio Scott Henderson’s work over the years as co-leader of the group Tribal Tech, leader of his own trio and sideman to some of the best jazz artists of their generation, including Joe Zawinul, has elevated him to the front ranks of both jazz and blues.

Time: 8 p.m., Dec. 3

Cost: $35 Details: https://tinyurl.com/ Scott-Henderson-trio

Venue: Alva’s Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper and Hits of 1967

Keith Putney Productions presents The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in concert at the Gram my Museum, along with the best of 1967 from the Beatles.

Venue: The Garage Theatre, 251 E. 7th St., Long Beach Dec.

2

Relatively Speaking

Greg and Ginny have been seeing one another for about a month. Despite the short courtship, Greg is planning to propose to Ginny. But when he finds a pair of shoes beneath her bed that aren’t his, he becomes suspicious.

Time: 8 p.m. Friday, and Saturday through Dec. 3

Cost: $14 to $24

Details: 562-494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org

Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

George Orwell’s 1984

The House of Bards Theatre Company presents the authorized stage adaptation of George Or well’s 1984. The play is directed by Renee O’Connor based on the dystopian 1949 novel.

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday and Sat urday through Dec. 3

Cost: $15 to $40

Details: https://tinyurl.com/or well-1984

Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Dec. 4

Difficult Grace

An evocative, theatrical and genre-bending collaboration with dancer Roderick George, Difficult Grace is a multimedia concert tour de force conceived by and featur

Editor’s Note: Due to the current COVID-19 surge in the Los Angeles area, please be advised to check ahead to confirm if events will still be happening before purchasing tickets.

ing Woods in the triple role of cel list, narrator/guide and movement artist.

Time: 7 p.m., Dec. 4

Cost: $49 and up Details: 310-825-2101; cap.ucla.edu

Venue: The Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater, UCLA, 150 Kaufman Hall, Los Angeles

Dec.

10

A Christmas Carol In 2022, this holiday tradition con tinues with the eleventh consecu tive production of this beloved story of a man transformed from a selfish curmudgeon to a kindhearted benefactor who finds great satisfaction in giving joy to others.

Time: 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday Cost: $14 to $24 Details: 562-494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

ART

Dec. 1

Impermanence: Stories of Rapture and Repair

This group exhibition features the work of Jamil Austin, Ja’net Dan ielo, Betsy Lohrer Hall, Vannia Ib arguen, Pamela K. Johnson, Cody Lusby, Trinh Mai, Elizabeth Mun zon, Elyse Cajefe Pignolet and Katie Stubblefield.

Time: Tuesday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, 12 to 6 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Saturday, now through April 30

Cost: Free Details: www.artslb.org Venue: Billie Jean King Library, 200 W. Broadway, Long Beach

First Thursday ArtWalk

San Pedro Waterfront Arts District is continuing its 25th Anniversary celebration with the final ArtWalk of 2022. The Goode Time Carol ers will be roving the district bring ing holiday music to the ArtWalk. Gather at JDC Records, 4447 West 6th Street at 5:30 p.m. to start walking at 6 p.m.

Time: 6 to 9 p.m., Dec. 1

Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl. com/4rns442t

Venue: Between Pacific Avenue and Harbor Boulevard, 4th and 9th streets, downtown San Pedro

The Gravura Collective Show

An exhibition consisting of thir teen Brazilian Artists, showcasing a vast array of Brazilian art such as sculptures, photography and paintings. Immerse yourself in the rich Brazilian culture. Several Bra zilian artists and gallerists will be present at the show.The exhibition runs to Dec. 31.

Time: 6 to 9 p.m., Dec. 1 Cost: Free

Details: www.msartgallery.com

Venue: Menduina Schneider Art Gallery, 366 W. 7th St., San Pedro

Dec. 2

Venice Art Crawl

Join a special December Venice Art Crawl with AK First Friday on Abbot Kinney Blvd. Featuring art ists Todd Goodman, Patrizia Mar tiradonna, Zachary Aronson, Mat thew Brookes, Harold Cleworth, Yiwei Lu Gallery, The Gall3ry, Yas min Patel, Shane King and many more.

Time: 6 to 10 p.m., Dec. 2 Cost: Free Details: www.veniceartcrawl.com B Mainly on Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice

Ted Twine: Deep Flat Theory

Flatness of backgrounds and shapes allows the shape itself to be assertive. Shape is made apparent by its color. Depth is suggested within a relatively flat field with lines branching along the surface, suggesting perpendicular space. Seeing both possibilities at the same time is the key to “deep flat” vision. Also on view is The Winter Show, an annual juried allmedia exhibition featuring works by PVCA members. Join an artist talk by Ted Twine on Dec. 17. Time: 6 to 9 p.m., Dec. 2 Cost: Free Details: https://pvartcenter.org Venue: Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes

Dec. 10

Now and Then

In conjunction with the 25th anni versary of First Thursday Artwalk, join Now and Then an exhibition of current and past studio artists at the LOFT and holiday art sale. Plus, join a closing reception for the exhibition 12 to 5 p.m., on Dec. 17.

Time: 12 to 5 p.m., Dec. 10

Cost: Free Details: 310-831-5757

Venue: The LOFT Gallery and Artists Studios, 401 S. Mesa Ave., San Pedro

FILM Dec. 2

ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival

The festival’s topic is bliss. The 2022 EVAFF will have a hybrid for mat and it will be first hosted on line and then in person at ESMoA. Audiences will be able to view the official selection by registering for free passes on ESMoA’s website. All awards will be announced at the in-person screening at ESMoA from 1 to 3 p.m., Dec. 3

Time: 5 p.m., Dec. 2

Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl.com/festi val-bliss

Venue: Online and in person at ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo

Dec. 3

Meant To Be

Up & Coming Actors in association with Signal Hill Sandbox, Inc., and A2theZShow LLC are premiering their queer 12-minute short web series Meant To Be, which tells the story of two young women who meet, fall in love and decide to start a family together.

Time: 4 p.m., with screening times: 4:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m. and 5 p.m., Dec. 3 Cost: 0 to $10

Details: https://tinyurl.com/webseries-meant-toobe Venue: Aurora Theatre, 4412 E. Village Road, Long Beach

Dec. 23

It’s A Wonderful Life

Join a screening of It’s a Won derful Life, the 1946 American Christmas family fantasy drama produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift.

Time: 7 p.m., Dec. 23 Cost: $15 Details: https://spiffest-wonderfullife.bpt.me Venue: The Warner Grand The atre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

LITERATURE Dec. 7

The Beatles 100

Join an in-store event with music journalist and author John M. Borack discussing and signing his new book, The Beatles 100: One Hundred Moments in Beatles History, published by Rare Bird Books. A music journalist for more than 35 years, Borack has been an avid fan of the Fab Four since childhood, and is a drummer in a Beatles cover band, Let it Be. Time: 7 p.m., Dec. 7 Cost: Free Details: 562-588-7075; http://www.patmbooks.com/ Venue: Page Against The Machine, 2714 E. 4th St., Long Beach

Dec. 11

The Golden Age of Hollywood

Julie Anderson has released her debut book, The Golden Age of Hollywood Through the Lens of Joe Ackerman, which captures only a portion of her father, Joe Ackerman’s, extensive autograph, photograph and color slide collec tion spanning over 60 years. Time: 2 p.m., Dec. 11 Cost: Free Details: 424-450-8239; https:// tinyurl.com/Ackerman-golden-age Venue: Collage, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro

DANCE Dec. 9

San Pedro City Ballet presents The Nutcracker

A timeless holiday classic, featur ing professionals and young danc ers from San Pedro City Ballet and cameos from your favorite San Pedrans.

Time: 7 p.m., Dec. 9, 2 and 7 p.m., Dec. 10 and 2 p.m. Dec. 11 Cost: $30 to $40 Details: https://tinyurl.com/spcbnutcracker

Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

COMMUNITY Dec. 1

City of Carson Tree Lighting Ceremony

Join officials from the City of Carson as they lead the community in lighting its giant holiday tree. The tree will be lit in the atrium of the Carson Event Center. This special event features light refreshments and a visit from Santa.

Time: 6 p.m., Dec. 1

Cost: Free Details: 310-835-0212

Venue: Carson Event Center, 801 E. Carson St., Carson

Dec. 3

Wilmington Winter Wonderland

Enjoy holiday crafts, games, snow and face painting.

Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dec 3 Cost: Free Details: www.LAwaterfront.org Venue: Wilmington Waterfront Park, 1004 W. “C” St., Wilmington

Holidays By The Sea

Enjoy the holiday Harbor Afloat Parade from the new town square and Waterfront Promenade.

Time: 4 to 8 p.m., Dec. 3 Cost: Free Details: www.LAwaterfront.org Venue: Town Square and Prom enade. 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro

Women in Aerospace Grand Premiere

The Western Museum of Flight will unveil a new walk-in exhibit where young girls from any background can identify and explore the many career choices available to them in the world of aerospace.

Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dec. 3, 4 Cost: $5, 12 and under, free Details: 310-326-9544; www.wmof.com Venue: Western Museum of Flight, 3315 Airport Drive, Tor rance

Victorian Christmas

The Banning Museum grounds will come alive with holiday festivi ties for all ages, including a walkthrough tour of the mansion, cook ies and cider.

Time: 12 to 4 p.m., Dec. 3 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl.com/victori an-christmas Venue: The Banning Museum, 401 E. M St., Wilmington

Dec. 5

Long Beach 8th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting

A fun night to spark joy. Have a merry night with music, food, fire works and cool selfie stations. It’s a night for pics with Mr. and Mrs. Claus, enjoy local food trucks, kids’ train rides, music, choirs, fireworks and snow.

Time: 5 to 8 p.m., Dec. 5 Cost: Free Venue: Terrace Theater Plaza, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

Holiday Open House at Rancho Los Alamitos

Enjoy a festive evening at Rancho Los Alamitos, tour the decorated Ranch House and enjoy music and light refreshments. Admis sion is free, but reservations are required. Free parking for RLA members and $5 for others. For more information, please call or email info@RanchoLosAlamitos. org

Time: 4 to 8 p.m., Dec. 8, 9 Cost: Free Details: 562-431-3541; www.ran cholosalamitos.com/events.html Venue: Rancho Los Alamitos, 6400 E. Bixby Rd., Long Beach

Ongoing

Open Garden at Feed and Be Fed In December, every Tuesday, Fri day and First Thursday evening join “Open Garden” at Feed and Be Fed. San Pedro’s own urban farm opens its downtown garden every Tuesday and Friday morn ing and on First Thursday eve nings.

Time: Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Fridays 10 a.m.to 1 p.m. and First Thursday evenings Cost: Free Details: feedandbefed.org

Venue: Feed and Be Fed Farm, 429 W. 6th St., San Pedro

JOB OPPS

RLNews is seeking to hire a graphic artist for this pro gressive media company. Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in graphic arts or communications, be detail oriented, work with a team and be self-motivated with good web and social media skills. Must be profi cient in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator, Word, Excel, Mailchimp and Wordpress. Actual drawing skills and bilingual is a plus. This is a challenging opportunity for the right candidate who wants to work outside of the corpo rate structure in a creative environment. Submit resume and cover letter to: james@ randomlengthsnews.com or call 310-519-1442 weekdays, 9 to 4.

RLNews is looking for freelance food and music writers who are knowledge able about Harbor Area res taurants, culture and music scenes. Committment to writing to deadline is a must. Having a strong social media following and bi-lingual skills is a plus. Submit inquiries and any links to your writing to editor@randomlengthsnews. com or call 310-519-1442 weekdays.

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PETS

PEDRO PET PALS is the only group that raises funds for the City Animal Shelter and FREE vaccines and spay or neuter for our community. 310-991-0012.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

File No. 2021076736

DATE FILED: March 31, 2021

Name of Business(es): A-1 Imported Groceries Street Address, City, State, Zip Code: 348 W. 8TH ST SAN PEDRO CA 90731

Registered owner(s): EMID DIO UNGARO 1508 w AVERILL PARK DRIVE, SAN PEDRO CA 90732, LISA UNGARO 1508 w AVERILL PARK DRIVE, SAN PEDRO CA 90732

State of Incorporation: CA This business is conducted by a married couple. The registrant(s) started doing business on 1/1947.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)).

S/ LISA UNGARO, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/21/2022. 10/27, 11/10, 11/23, 12/1/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2022230238

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: A-1 IMPORTED GROCERIES. 2485 W. 8TH ST SAN PE DRO CA 90731 County of LOS ANGELES

Registered owner(s): LISA UNGARO 1508 w AVERILL PARK DRIVE, SAN PEDRO CA 90732

State of Incorporation: CA This business is conduct ed by an Individual. The registrant(s) started doing business on N/A.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)).

S/ LISA UNGARO, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/21/2022.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a regis tered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the ex piration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be ac companied by the Affidavit of Identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state

of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). 10/27, 11/10, 11/23, 12/1/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2022223858

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUTHERLAND CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING 972 W 20TH STREET, SAN PEDRO CA 90731 County of LOS ANGELES

Registered owner(s): ED WARD HUGHES AMOND SEN, 1508 w AVERILL PARK DRIVE, SAN PEDRO CA 90731

State of Incorporation: CA This business is conduct ed by an Individual. The registrant(s) started doing business on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who

declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)).

S/ EDWARD HUGHES AMONDSEN, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los An geles County on 10/14/2022.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Sec tion 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a regis

“Round and Round” — this counts double.

tered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the ex piration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be ac companied by the Affidavit of Identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). 10/27, 11/10, 11/23, 12/1/2022

Baseball Nonprofits’ Impact

individualized referrals; access to medical and dental services; and enrollment in 14 benefit programs. Last year, 31,000 services were provided to 10,400 people.

The Family Shelter offers residence that provides up to 90 days of crisis hous ing to homeless families. It accommo

The Children’s Center fills the educa tional gap for children and gives parents the peace of mind to focus on school or finding a job. Without the program, par ents would not have the opportunity to enroll in school or to secure employment.

Despite the precautions that dealing with COVID-19 has placed on people, Harbor Interfaith will still distribute holiday food baskets to households and toys to the children for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Your help will make the holi

held on a Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. Check LAMI’s calendar to confirm and email the volunteer coordinator at volunteercrewleader@ lamitopsail.org.

International Bird Rescue Cel ebrates 50 Years

Jan. 18, 1971, two Standard Oil tankers col lided near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, resulting in a spill that let loose 2,700 cubic tons of crude oil.

Retired nurse Alice Berkner came up with the concept of International Bird Rescue or IBR while trying to help the more than 7,000 birds that filled warehouses around the Bay Area dur ing the oil spill. By April 1971, International Bird Rescue Research Center was incorporated as a nonprofit organization.

Sharefest

EIN 20-5651596. Empower under-served youth to transform their future and become lead ers of collaborative community change. www.sharefestinc.org

Rainbow Services Ltd.

EIN: 95-3855705. Rainbow Services pro vides shelter and support to anyone impacted by domestic violence, empowering them to move beyond trauma, towards safety and stability. www.rainbowservicesdv.org/who-we-are Toberman Neighborhood Center Inc

EIN: 95-1643387. Toberman Neighborhood Center is a nonprofit community-based organiza tion committed to assisting families and individ uals by delivering life-changing services. www.toberman.org

Beacon House Association of San Pedro

flourished for years throughout the early 1930s. So what you see is a serious kind of like a continuum of the same players playing for a team but maybe a dif ferent series of managers working with them.”

Gonzales went on to discuss the emergence of girls and women’s baseball teams in the Los Angeles har bor, four decades before the establishment of Title IX, and the local baseball heroes that rose from its dusty fields. Reporter Harry Bugarin skillfully navigates the conversation in such a way as to allow Gonzales’ depth of knowledge to shine through and cause the casual viewer to ask their parents and grandparents, uncles and aunts about their time on the baseball diamond.

To learn more about Mexican American Baseball in the South Bay, I suggest you pick up the book and look at the remainder of our 40-minute interview with Ron Gonzales at https://tinyurl.com/Gonzales-base ball.

DBAs

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. 2022237192

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SIMPLYRE, 1377 W. 7TH ST, SAN PEDRO CA 90731

County of LOS ANGELES

Registered owner(s): RE SOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, 1377 W. 7TH ST, SAN PEDRO CA 90731 90275

State of Incorporation: CA This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant(s) started doing business on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)).

S/ MANUEL GUILLERMO VILLAGRAN, SECRETARY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los An geles County on 10/31/2022.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section

17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally ex pires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the state ment pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.

Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit of Identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Pro fessions Code). 11/23/22 , 12/01/22, 12/08/22, 12/21/22

Help make the holidays brighter for local children by donating a new toy for Harbor Interfaith annual toy drive. Drop off your donation of a brand new un wrapped toy before Dec. 11 at CRAFT ED, Friday to Sunday 12 to 6 p.m. at 112 W. 22nd St., San Pedro.

HIS accepts donations: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 670 W. 9th St., San Pedro.

Los Angeles Maritime Insti tute

The idea for the Los Angeles Mari time Institute or LAMI [a 501(c)(3) EIN: 33-0515416, public benefit corporation] formed when retired science teacher and Coast Guard licensed captain Jim Glad son witnessed the positive effect that the experience of sailing at sea had upon even his most challenged alternative school students, even those with dyslexia.

The TopSail Youth Program mission is to use sail training to provide youth with the real-life challenges that devel op the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to stay in school and become healthy, productive adults. In its 23 years, more than 60,000 youth from throughout Southern California have directly benefit ed from participation in hands-on learn ing experiences through LAMI’s TopSail Youth Program.

Opportunity programs for volunteers include: Virtual Voyage, Summer Camp, Topsail STEM Program, Youth Crew Program, Topsail Youth Program and Ex plore the Coast

Ways to Give

LAMI will teach you how to sail and if you have experience, all the better. LAMI’s at-sea operations require a lot of dockside support, and it always needs help. There is constant demand in areas including: general boat maintenance; canvas/sail repair; carpentry; marine die sel and electrical systems maintenance; maintenance; grant writing; web design and retail/sales.

To volunteer, attend an orientation,

IBR’s wildlife clinics are open year-round to provide critical care to seabirds beyond treating oiled wildlife. In 2019, rehabilitation teams ad mitted over 3,500 birds, brought in by the public and affiliated wildlife groups, between its two California clinic locations. IBR’s focus has been to act toward balance with the natural world by rescuing waterbirds in crisis — since 1971 it has admitted over 125,000 birds and the count con tinues.

IBR cares for sick, injured, abused and or phaned aquatic birds at two wildlife care centers in California — San Pedro and the San Francisco Bay Area and an as-needed wildlife response center in Anchorage. The local center has a con sistent influx of animals year-round, with its bus iest seasons during summer and winter.

Get involved by donating, becoming a mem ber, bird adoptions and volunteering or intern ships. Adoptions start at $25. Your donation gives waterbird patients a second chance. www.birdrescue.org EIN: 94-1739027

Below are nonprofits in San Pedro that are worthy of your charitable dollars in no particular order. For the full list, visit www.randomlength snews.com.

Harbor Community Clinic Inc.

EIN: 23-7103245. Fifty years ago, HCHC be gan providing San Pedro with high-quality health services. www.harborcommunityclinic.com

Boys And Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor

EIN: 95-1661682. The mission of The Boys and Girls club is to enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. www.bgclaharbor.org

House Of Hope Foundation Inc.

EIN: 95-1868767. House of Hope provides a safe, clean, sober and nurturing environment for substance-abusing women. Its mission is to help women to regain their dignity and learn how to live without alcohol and drugs. www./houseof hopesp.org

EIN: 23-7376148. The mission of the Beacon House Association of San Pedro is to help men recover from the disease of alcoholism or ad diction to other drugs. The association provides food, shelter, counseling and the time to build a foundation in recovery and to return to family, home and community. www.thebeaconhouse.org

Justice For Murdered Children

EIN: 33-0798716. Justice For Murdered Children is determined to see that the scales of justice are balanced, that murdered children are not forgotten and that the rights of the victims’ families are zealously protected. www.justicefor murderedchildren.org

Harbor Community Benefit Foundation

EIN: 45-2487333. HCBF assesses, protects and improves the health, quality of life, aes thetics, and physical environment of the harbor communities adjacent to the Port of Los Angeles through grants, health service providers, learning institutions and nonprofits in support of health care projects and programs.

Marine Animal Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release

EIN: 33-0540669. MAR3INE supports and raises money for the Marine Mammal Care Cen ter at Fort MacArthur, which rehabilitates and releases injured or sick marine mammals. www. marinemammalcare.org

Friends Of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

EIN: 33-0585381. CMA is a resource that in

spires exploration, respect and conservation of Southern California marine life. www. cabrillomarineaquarium.org

AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles

EIN: 46-3977904. AltaSea accelerates scientific collaboration, facilitates job cre ation and inspires the next generation for a more sustainable ocean. www./altasea.org

San Pedro City Ballet

EIN 33-0630949. SPCB’s mission is to identify, train and promote a world-class pre-professional dance company from the diverse population of the Los Angeles Har bor K-12 through dance, exercise and edu cation in public schools and after school. www.sanpedroballetschool.com

Ron Gonzales, author of Mexican American Baseball in the South Bay. Photo by Harry Bugarin