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Talking Tough, Talking Progressive in the Race for LA County Sheriff
This race for sheriff has produced some candidates who are good at talking tough and talking progressive as of late. With the ongoing federal investigation of the department and deputies getting indicted left and right, the circumstances may call for such candidates. Most of the candidates seem to agree that there needs to be a change in the departmental culture, but their solutions don’t go much beyond changing the regime running the department—presumably to one they head themselves. On one end of the spectrum, there’s sheriff candidate Paul Tanaka, who is officially under federal investigation connected to the hiding of an FBI informant in the Men’s Central Jail system. Tanaka seems to advocate for the cosmetic changes the Los Angeles Police Department pursued before being forced to submit to a federal consent decree—those cosmetic changes being the installation of a “tough” person of color in the top job to ensure diversity, ergo a chief who is sensitive to ethnic communities that
andidate for Los Angeles County Sheriff, Bob Olmsted, was a frustrated man in the winter of 2010 and 2011. He retired from his command at Men’s Central Jail when he learned his wife was terminally ill. In his two years in that command, he made tremendous strides in curbing jail violence. After he left, he heard reports of his work at the jail coming undone and heard whispers of deputies who thought they were above the law. Olmsted’s mood only soured further when he tried to take his concerns up the chain of command with documents in hand. Finally, Olmsted tried to speak with Sheriff Lee Baca. They never spoke. Olmsted was faced with a choice: Say nothing and collect his pension or blow the whistle to any who would listen. The first choice wouldn’t allow Olmsted to peacefully rest. The County Commission on Jail Violence documents the results of Olmsted’s second choice.
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Ports O’ Call Redevelopment Challenges Loom
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Private negotiations have locals wondering, but the real problems may be quite public By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor
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On May 23, the Port of Los Angeles issued an RFP—a call for bids—to perform a financial feasibility analysis for the proposed redevelopment of Ports O’ Call Village, a key element in moving the process forward. The bids are due June 19, and interviews will be conducted from June 30 through July 3, a welcome indication of just how quickly POLA is moving forward on this front. But almost 15 years after the waterfront development process was initiated in the waning days of the Richard Riordan administration, there are still serious concerns if this key part of the overall waterfront plan will come to fruition. These concerns have little to do with complaints raised by John Papadakis, reported in the most recent issue of Random Lengths News. As Wayne Ratkovich explained, he has a long, distinguished record of successful historical redevelopment, matched with the local knowledge of Eric and Alan Johnson of Jerico Partners. Rather, the concerns have to do with larger forces at work, such as the
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accelerating failure rate of retail malls in recent years, and the Port of Los Angeles’ questionable willingness and ability to finance the necessary transportation infrastructure at the same time it faces an increasingly competitive global market for its terminal business. This is highlighted by the massive cost overrun of the TraPac terminal expansion. “I’m keen to see both sides agree on a plan for developing Ports O’ Call,” said The Whale & Ale proprietor Andrew Silber, who has long been involved in development planning as a voice for downtown San Pedro businesses. “Reading between the lines, the sticking point seems to be how much the port will invest in infrastructure to get people in it.” Silber echoed concerns others have also expressed. “I’m not privy to those discussions, obviously,” he said. “But it would seem to me the developer is pretty reasonable in requiring proper access by road if they’re going to invest huge sum of money and building a major new attraction… I don’t know what they’re asking for and I don’t
know what the port’s willing to offer but I’m hoping that between the two of them they’ll get together and work it out quickly.” As if that weren’t enough, add on the lack of light rail connection to the rest of Los Angeles and the already crowded traffic conditions on peak weekends, and things start looking rather complicated. Yet, despite these larger forces at work and the looming uncertainties, the LA Waterfront Alliance team remains focused on the challenges close at hand, the ones it’s accustomed to dealing with, as Alan Johnson explained to Random
Lengths. “Important steps have been taken and we’re working towards a very successful development,” Johnson said. “Things take longer than people usually, at least, think they might take, and definitely more than they want them to take— and no more so than us. It’s a very complicated process, very complex, lots of moving parts.” There are grumblings in the community about lack of transparency and some of that simply can’t be helped, given that business deals require confidentiality. But POLA has a habit of being POC Challenges/ to p. 4
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Harbor Area Pola High School Green Festival 2014
POLA High School is hosting its Green Festival 12 to 3 p.m., May 30. The event taking place at POLA, will feature: a solar power sound system, fair trade products, environmental technologies, climate change action, organic food and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) information. They will also host a green-car show. Details: (310) 832-9201; www.polahs.net Venue: Port of Los Angeles High School Location: 250 W. 5th St., San Pedro
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Dust off your family heirlooms, gather up those thrift store finds and bring them to the vintage/antiques store House 1002 on May 31. Two free expert appraisals per person on a first-come-first-served basis from 4-8 p.m. Details: (310) 833-1002; www.house1002.com Venue: House Location: 1002 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro
Chiropractor Honored for Aiding SPHS Wrestling Team By Joseph Baroud, Contributing Writer
On April 11, the San Pedro High School wrestling team honored Alan Naim for his gift of $3,000, exercise equipment, and his pledge to become an annual donor to the team. Naim’s generosity will allow the team to build on their recent successes. Treated like the stepchild of high school sports, San Pedro High School’s wrestling team didn’t have a mat with their own school’s logo on it, let alone the sufficient exercise equipment. Naim gave the team a $3,000 installment of $16,000 for a new wrestling mat. Until recently, the team was using an old 45- by 45foot mat donated to them by Cerritos College.
Third-year coach Roman Hernandez said that the team was on the verge of not being able to compete because they couldn’t even afford tournament entries. The students who wrestled, ages 14 and 15, had to go out and raise money in order to have a wrestling team. “Mainly, I’ve been putting it on our kids to go out and hit the streets and fundraise money,” Hernandez said. “I don’t think a kid should have to do that.” The wrestling team has seen its fortunes turn for the better since Hernandez became the team’s coach, despite the lack of funding and attention.
“We always have tough kids,” Hernandez said. “There’s 23 schools in the city and in our first year we took 12th and that just had to do with the San Pedro toughness. And, the next year we took 9th and in this past year we took 6th and we’re looking to make a move again.” Naim learned of the wrestling team’s woes from Richard Alvarez, a client of his chiropractic clinic. Alvarez is the parent of one of the members of the wrestling team. During one visit, Naim mentioned to Alvarez that he had three exercise machines he no longer needed. With a background in Israeli wrestling and his working with athletes on a regular basis, Naim was empathetic toward the situation. “I see a lot of athletes,” Naim said. “I care for their well being. Whether it’s through equipment I’ve donated or through money I’ve donated.” Naims’s plans on supporting the team for as long as his practice allows.
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Join the Long Beach Time Exchange for a conversational Spanish group, from 3 to 5 p.m. June 1, at the Building Healthy Communities Building. The session will start with a short cultural movie and a discussion among people who are fluent in Spanish, followed by small group sessions with people who speak Spanish at an intermediate level. Participants also will practice speaking Spanish in life scenarios that could take place as part of a time exchange. Participants can gain time credits for bringing something to eat. Fluent Spanish speakers can gain two time credits for their participation. People who speak Spanish at an intermediary or beginning level can spend two credits for attending. The event is free. Details: (562) 346-4617; lbtimeexchange@gmail.com Venue: Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach Location: 920 Atlantic Ave, Ste 102, Long Beach
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Long Beach released a new Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications website for residents to have a quicker and simpler way to get information on how to keep themselves and their family safe at home and at work in the event of a disaster or major emergency. The new website is available at www.longbeach.gov/ disasterpreparedness. Details: www.longbeach.gov/disasterpreparedness, www. longbeach.gov/fire/cert.
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Alta Sea is hosting the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 Annual Business Awards and Installation Luncheon at the Crowne Plaza Hotel from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., June 12. The awards that will be presented are: the Bold Vision Award (Annenberg Foundation), Business of the Year (Battleship USS Iowa), Leadership (Randy Bowers), Nonprofit of the Year (Toberman Center), New Business of the Year (Phillie B’s), Restaurant of the Year (J.Trani’s) and Small Business of the Year (People’s Yoga, Health and Dance). Admission for chamber members is $55 and $65 for non-members. Groups of 10 come packaged at a $750 price and chamber member tables of 10 will cost $500. Details: (310) 832-7272; www.sanpedrochamber.com Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel Location: 601 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro
Summer Youth Jobs Program
May 30 - June 12, 2014
On May 20, the Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network kicked off its summer Youth Jobs Program. This year’s program includes resources to help businesses hire a youth employee at no cost to them. Pacific Gateway will provide an average of 100 hours of paid work experience at $9 an hour. Pacific Gateway’s goal is to place 500 youth this summer in jobs. Businesses that are interested in reaping the benefits of the Youth Jobs Program are encouraged to get more information by visiting www.pacific-gateway.org or calling (562) 570-3681.
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deliberately obscure. “So much of this isn’t publicly discussed,” Silber said. “It’s much like having the tall ships come in August, I’m told constantly, ‘We’re planning traffic flow. We’re planning parking’ and you know I keep hearing that, and you have to believe it, with people telling you that. But what they’re planning for traffic flow, what they’re planning for car parking? Nobody knows. And that’s sort of the same thing for waterfront development.” Moreover, waterfront development planning should not be so narrowly focused on individual sites, Silber said. “It should be looked at globally and smart communities do that; whether or not LA will, we’ll have to wait and see,” Silber said. “The traffic flow and infrastructure hasn’t been very well-handled in the past and maybe people have woken up and gotten into the 21st Century, maybe not. We’ll see.” But there were some recent developments Johnson said people could take heart in. “For instance, the port taking on this feasibility study and bringing in other agencies,” which he pointed to as an indication of the mayor’s advocacy and support. A few years ago Random Lengths suggested that waterfront development is more suited to a multi-departmental approach and this need for broader cooperation between the port and other city entities has been a recurring theme of community activists throughout the years. Jayme Wilson, owner of Spirit Cruises and Ports O’ Call Restaurant, knows the developers well—he actually introduced Alan Johnson to
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Wayne Ratkovich. He also spent years as the community co-chair of the Port Community Advisory Committee, so he’s both sympathetic to the developers and experienced in the complexities of port and community relations. Like Silber, he’s hopeful, but cautious, particularly on the issue of port follow-through. “If Noel Park and I had our way 10 years ago, we would have taken a line paint machine and walked along on the waterfront and created the promenade without any construction,” Wilson said. “But the port can’t do a promenade without a cost of $10 million a block.” If the port can’t deliver what’s needed for Ports O’ Call redevelopment, Wilson still thinks that something could be salvaged. “If this deal falls apart—not when—if, we have some plans for making significant improvements on the waterfront,” Wilson said. “We’ve been here for 30 years. We want to be here 30 years from now. I know Tommy [Amalfitano of San Pedro Fish Market] would say the exact same thing. With a short lease, one year, 30 days, you can’t do anything. If we were given a long-term lease, we can invest millions and make a lot of improvements.” Hopefully, it won’t come to that. But infrastructure investments immediately surrounding Ports O’ Call Village won’t be enough, many residents warn. June Smith, who succeeded Wilson as community co-chair of PCAC, sees three pressing concerns involved. “You have the public transportation issue, which is generic, but it’s exacerbated by whatever the port wants to do, because they bring all these people in and it fouls up our transportation, rather than helping it,” Smith said. “And, the city needs to work with the port entities to help make sure that the transportation issues are looked at on continued on following page
Ali Gets Tough By Lyn Jensen, Carson Reporter
With only a few days left before the June 3 primary election, Carson’s seeing hard campaigning with the first traces of negativity starting to show. Four African-American Democrats including Carson Councilman Mike Gipson are battling to be the next 64th Assembly District representative. Under California’s top two law, the two candidates with the most votes will face off in the Nov. 4 election. If recent polls are any indication, Gipson and Compton school board member Micah Ali are most likely to get past the primary. Ali’s campaign recently released a poll showing him leading with 27 percent of the potential vote and Gipson in second place with 19 percent. Walker trailed with 11 percent and Neal mustered only six percent. However, the poll also showed a large section of voters—about 37 percent—undecided. Gipson’s campaign had earlier released a poll showing him leading the race with 29 percent of the vote and Ali in second place. It also showed many voters undecided. Voting data shows about one third of potential primary voters reside in Carson. Gipson and Ali have set up campaign offices in the city, where staff and volunteers are busy phoning, mailing and knocking on doors. Just before Memorial Day, Ali’s campaign sent negative mailings concerning Gipson and taxes. The literature made reference to media from previous page
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Environmental activists from the Southern California Action Coalition and 350 Wilmington residents marched to Waterfront Park in a show of unity in the shadow of nearby refineries. The gathering, Hands Across the Harbor, is an extension of the global movement, Hands Across the Sand, which celebrated its fourth anniversary on the day of the demonstration. The organization has been actively organizing and lobbying against the Keystone XL pipeline, to transport fossil fuels from Alberta, Canada to Oklahoma, despite the environmental consequences to communities in the vicinity of the pipeline. The group held filled to capacity workshops with Spanish translation, followed by a march to the Wilmington Park—an example of the fruits of community’s environmental
activism. Hands Across the Harbor brought together local environmental groups such as Carson Connected Inc., Communities for Better Environment, the Sierra Club and the Natural Defense Council. The publisher of environmental activist website, wilderutopia.com, Jack Eidt led the presentation, discussing the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the burning of fossil fuels and the emission of greenhouse gasses.
Hands Across the Harbor organizer Sherry Lear (left) and activist Julia Scoville on May 17 at Wilmington Park. Photo by Philip Cooke.
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which hosted its first meeting on May 22. But at least initially, that body doesn’t appear prepared to orient itself toward any long-range purpose, though this could obviously change. In the meantime, Smith hopes the Harbor Commission will become more actively engaged. She cited Anthony Pirozzi’s ties to the business community in particular as a factor sensitizing him to the concerns. On the positive side, Johnson reaffirmed their commitment to culturally responsible development, which was outlined by Urban Land Institute in their Ports O’ Call report during S. David Freeman’s tenure as head of the Harbor Commission. “The historic nature of San Pedro, the waterfront themes, those same planning principles, we’re still continuing,” Johnson said. “Nothing about it’s changed. Those are still the ones we’re focusing on.” Pressed again on the issue of community impatience, Johnson said it was understandable. “They want it done now and I think, since we’ve shown our plans, people imagine themselves going down there and no one’s patient— and I’m not patient either, so I can definitely sympathize and appreciate and just telling people these things… It’s like good food right?” he said. “It takes some time. You need a right-ofway we can get it and it only costs you 99 cents, but if you want a really good hamburger were going to have to make it for you from scratch.”
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a total basis, and not just for Ports O’ Call, or the trucking industry.” Next is “the disconnect between what will be economically viable and relevant to the town and what is engendered at Ports O’ Call,” Smith said. “That’s always been one of the strongest components of the concerns for development along the waterfront, for the town, ever since the town collapsed and it collapsed when they put Ports O’ Call there. “Number three, ironically enough, is where people on our side of the port line got our clout—environmental issues and mitigation for the harm that port projects were doing to the community as a whole, not just in San Pedro, but to the whole area. You have the environmentalists who don’t make money for the port, who are seen as enemies probably still, being the ones with the rationalist view and have shown the way that makes economic sense—especially now that climate change is becoming a big issue— economic sense in a way that would be helpful for them to address all of these issues, transportation issues and economic viability of the town.” “I think you have those three components, and they need to be brought together and continue to work together in order to make a highly successful showcase project.” Smith sees these three concerns as ideally suited for the new Neighborhood Council Port Advisory Committee,
reports that Gipson owes back taxes and a federal tax lien was put on his house. The Wave, an African-American-owned newspaper, had previously reported on the subject. Neither Gipson nor his campaign responded to requests for comment from this paper. Gipson told The Wave, however, that he and the IRS entered into a dispute over how much he owed and the issue has been resolved. The other two candidates are Long Beach Councilman Steve Neal and community activist Prophet Walker, but neither has a major presence in Carson. Isadore Hall III, the incumbent, is facing term limits, meaning the seat is open for perhaps the only time this decade. Gipson enjoys Hall’s support and also has numerous endorsements including from the California Democratic Party, law enforcement, labor and the California Legislative Black Caucus. As for Ali, a Carson-based mobile homeowners’ group, Homeowners Against Rent Decontrol, recommends him. Ali enjoys more financial support from labor than Gipson does, according to campaign documents at the California Secretary of State’s website. Gipson has some labor funding but is more heavily supported by PACs and business interests including Chevron, Anschutz, Occidental Oil, Watson Land Co. and Valero. As for the other candidates, Walker predominately enjoys support from hundreds of individuals in the entertainment industry including TV producer Norman Lear. Neal has raised the least money.
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Hahn Hosts Congressional Hearing on Pipeline Safety
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On May 20, in response to the recent residential oil spill in Wilmington, Rep. Janice Hahn hosted a congressional hearing with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials to examine pipeline safety and current loopholes in pipeline regulations. A recent oil leak spurred the hearing in a residential Wilmington neighborhood. Hahn requested the hearing after an underground Phillips 66 crude oil pipe leaked about 70 barrels of oil onto Neptune Avenue in Wilmington in March. Hahn said that Phillips 66 officials told her the leak was caused by an old, corroded pipe the company had bought from another company about 15 years ago. Company officials said they believed the line was “idle” and empty. Pipelines can only be classified two ways— active or abandoned. If they’re abandoned, they must be filled with concrete slurry and capped for safety. If they’re active, they must be regularly inspected for cracks or other problems. In this case, the pipeline was never inspected after Phillips 66 purchased it. The panel highlighted best practices and ways the industry and Congress can help improve pipeline safety regulations and reduce the risk of hazardous public infrastructure devastating residential neighborhoods such as Wilmington and Glendale in California.
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SAN PEDRO—At the May 19 Coastal Neighborhood Council meeting, the San Pedro Urban Greening project made a presentation of the city’s effort to create green pathways linking the towns public assets. Examples of these include the waterfront promenade, historic monuments downtown shopping and entertainment and San Pedro’s parks such as Point Fermin and Leland parks. According to the project website, www. witzelsucht.org, the greening of San Pedro’s connections could take the form of landscaped sidewalks in good repair along a “complete street,” preferred bicycle routes, walking and running trails, highly functional public transit, sustainable storm water paths or passive natural greenways. The group plans to host an open house, during the First Thursday Art Walk June 5, at People’s Place, 365 W. 6th St., San Pedro, to begin the process of collecting community input. Details: www.witzelsucht.org/connections. html
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SAN PEDRO—Divisions regarding the Hamilton Avenue street widening project immediately bubbled to the surface at the May 19 Coastal Neighborhood Council meeting when former board member Doug Epperhart preemptively called community proposals to make the thoroughfare a one way street a “stupid idea.” The city is moving to widen and install a sidewalk on this partly undeveloped thoroughfare to mitigate the air quality impacts caused by vehicles kicking up dust on the northerly unpaved side of the street. Another reason the city is moving to fix Hamilton Avenue is to address erosion and mudflow issues during rainstorms, which impacts water quality of storm water runoff and catch basins downstream. Coastal resident Christopher Cole was one of those that opposes the project and was initially upset that the Coastal Council’s transportation committee didn’t do more reach out to affected residents to discuss the street widening project. A public hearing on the project will take place on June 3 at 12:30 p.m. at the San Pedro Public Library.
Tough Talk in the Race for LA County Sheriff has historically been the most subjected to sheriff deputy abuses. On the other end is former Men’s Central Jail Cmdr. Bob Olmsted, who has probably presented the most progressive vision on changing the department’s culture by advocating clearing out executives in the department that knew what was happening but said nothing. He has also been most vociferous in his advocacy for a civilian review board, even though there is no law that would give such a board the teeth it needs to be effective. However, with perhaps one or two exceptions, there’s little that distinguishes the seven candidates running for the top job in county law enforcement. On May 19, a coalition of community organizations that have organized against sheriff deputy abuses and jail violence and the UCLA Law School released a report that outlined the structure of an effective civilian review board for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s department. The coalition includes: • Dignity and Power Now/ Coalition to End Sheriff’s Violence in L.A. Jails, • Justice not Jails—Interfaith Leaders from across Los Angeles County, • Empower, LA • and NAMI—National Alliance on Mental Illness. The coalition consists of nine other organization outside of South Los Angeles. Dignity and Power Now grew out of a performance art project created by the organization’s founder, Patrisse Marie Cullors. Her inspiration came in part from 1999 death of her brother at the hands of sheriffs deputies. The other part of her inspiration came from an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed in 2012 that accused the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of using excessive force in its jails. For the performance, Stained: An Intimate Portrayal of State Violence, Cullors enlarged sheets of the nearly 85-page civil rights complaint, and pasted them in a gallery along with bright yellow caution tape. The performance took on life of its own outside of the gallery and into the streets with pointed activism supporting the work of the ACLU, which has served as a lonely watch dog of the departments abuses throughout the years. In their struggle to create a broad-based coalition to create a citizen’s oversight commission and curb sheriff abuses of inmates and their families, this coalition has emerged as a leading progressive force for change in the sheriffs department. Knowing this makes measuring the progressive bona fides of each of the candidates vision of the department a little bit easier. The report followed [a proposal that] County Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Gloria Molina proposed this past February. But it was always questionable as to the degree of “oversight” a commission would actually have because the sheriff is an elected position by law. The report notes that even with the creation of the Office Inspector General, the sheriff’s department needs the oversight of a civilian oversight board—a “high level body composed of non-political leaders held in high regard by the community to fill its seats. The report noted that the board would serve three primary functions: • keeping the communities affected by
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sheriff violence engaged in the reform process and sheriff department oversight • overseeing the work of the inspector general • and providing cohesive and vigilant community-based leadership in regard to the implementation of reform Fast forward to May 23, when Justice for Murdered Children hosted a sheriff’s candidate forum at Ports O’ Call Restaurant, where forum topics ranged from the California Victims Bill of Rights to Celebrity Justice, to the County Board of Supervisors’ decision to build a new $2.4 billion jail. Tanaka doesn’t see the civilian review board having a role that’s beyond an advisory one absent the teeth needed to force the sheriff to do anything given the law as it stands. “There’s a little problem with that in the way that is described,” Tanaka said. “The sheriff is elected by the people, so any review board is limited in what their abilities are, whether its a civilian review board or the office of inspector general.” Tanaka did note that such a board was necessary to restore trust between the public and department. “Having a review board provides that opportunity for people put in their input or whatever their concerns brought to the attention of the oversight body,” Tanaka said. “There’s discussion and recommendations potential implementation by the sheriff and there should be a tightly reporting back to the public of what is going on.” The county hired Max Huntsman as its first inspector general in December 2013, but his powers and duties have still not been fully defined due to the legally independent nature of the sheriffs department.
Tanaka cautioned voters to give the inspector general time to do set up and do his work. Then decide. Rogers echoed Tanaka thoughts in part about creating toothless citizen oversight panel and advocating a wait-and-see approach until the details of how the Inspector General’s Office will work. He then suggested looking to successful reform models elsewhere that could be applied to the sheriff’s department. Olmsted took this opportunity to speak on his advocacy of a civilian review board and to use as an avenue to promote greater transparency of the department. He noted that the inspector general is an at-will position. Olmsted argued that the position should instead have set term limits so as to avoid politicizing the office. McDonnell used the Los Angeles Police Department Commission as an example and noted that the department may find itself with a similar commission, if the federal government imposes a consent decree. McDonnell noted he is the only one of the candidates to have experience in dealing with consent decree and regaining the public trust. Essentially, McDonnell argued that there would be no learning curve for him if the department is placed under a consent decree. He’s been there and done it already. The coalition are under no illusion the hurdles they face in forming a robust civilian review board. Assembly member Sandre Swanson passed Assembly Bill 1586 that allowed San Francisco to create a city oversight commission to oversee the BART system, following the killing of unarmed rider Oscar Grant. With moves stirring in Sacramento over Los Angeles County’s Sheriff’s Department, one wonders how candidates who are privately not so thrilled about a robust citizens review panel will change their tune.
Antarctic Ice Melt Threatens California Coast Bays and Harbors Are Especially Vulnerable By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor
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This is what the Harbor Area will look like in a best case scenario in 2100, according to sea level research team, Climate Central. The red area denotes coastal flooding resulting from a 10-foot rise in sea level.
rise this century.” The result is obvious. “The permanent water level later in this century could be higher than the all-time record water level in the whole state of California,” he concluded. That covered the time-frame of the past, present and near future. “The most frightening impact are the longerterm sea level rise possibilities,” Strauss said. Sea level rise from global warming has been known about for some time, he explained. But there’s something more. “While sea level rise globally is rising about 1 inch per decade, recent research suggests that we’re actually locking in long-term sea level rise at a rate of 1-foot per decade,” he said. “That is, given how quickly were putting carbon into the atmosphere, we’re signing up to an additional foot of sea level rise for each decade of omissions. “But that was all before the research that came out last week. Last week’s news was awful. It is the first tipping point that we think we have tipped in the climate science community. We’ve been worried about a range of tipping points for years and decades. This is the first one that were saying with some confidence it’s kept, we passed the point of no return. So I think it is very important, watershed moment.” To understand why Strauss said that, we can underscore the seriousness of climate tipping points by turning to a report from the National Research Council issued this past year, Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises. In the preface, it explained: Climate is changing… Lacking action by the world’s nations, it is clear that the planet will be warmer, sea level will rise, and patterns of rainfall will change. But the future is also partly uncertain—there is considerable uncertainty about how we will arrive at that different climate. Will the changes be gradual, allowing natural systems and societal infrastructure to adjust in a timely fashion? Or will some of the changes be more abrupt, crossing some threshold or “tipping point” to change so fast that the time between when a problem is recognized and
when action is required shrinks to the point where orderly adaptation is not possible? A study of Earth’s climate history suggests the inevitability of “tipping points”— thresholds beyond which major and rapid changes occur when crossed—that lead to abrupt changes in the climate system. “We just happen to be prepared from our past work for thinking about the near-term and longterm climate change consequences for sea level rise, to have these maps and images at the ready to help share direct sense of what this means,” Strauss went on. “I think when you say ‘5 or 10 feet,’ it doesn’t really mean a lot. You don’t know what neighborhoods are at risk, what landmarks are at risk. How big is that? Does that mean that we just lose the beach? Or does that mean that we lose the city?” To get a better big-picture grasp, I turned to their list of the top 10 cities where the greatest impacts would be felt. First, I asked him to explain the risks illustrated by the top three cities—New York, New Orleans and Miami. “New York City is vulnerable because they’re so many people and so much property concentrated in an area, some of which is low and flat. In Miami and New Orleans there are fewer people, less property, but everything is low and flat.” In fact, New York only has about 7 percent of its population in immediately vulnerable areas, he explained. The other two cities face different situations. “New Orleans has built levees to protect itself. A lot of New Orleans is already below sea level,” Strauss pointed out. “Miami, they had the biggest problem of all because it is sitting on porous bedrock, so building levees or seawalls is not a practical option. As sea level rises, the water will push through the ground underground and up through the ground, because of that porous bedrock” Shifting focus to California, I asked about Stockton, the only California city in the top 10, despite the fact no one thinks of Stockton as a coastal city. Strauss said Stockton is on the list because its elevation is very low. Sea Level Rise/ to p. 19 7
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“First, sea level is already rising,” Strauss explained. “Sea level has already risen 8 inches globally in the last century or so.” Eight inches may not sound like much, and it’s not, in terms of high tide at your typical sandy beach. But that’s not where every inch counts the most, Strauss quickly pointed out. “That means that every coastal flood today is already deeper, bigger, and more damaging because of climate driven sea level rise.” he said. “It’s very simple. We’re not doing the accounting. When we total up flood damages, we just call it a flood, we’re not analyzing and separating out what came from sea level rise.” That’s typical of how we’ve failed to account for the economic significance of environmental costs and benefits all across the boards—as in failing to consider the environmental costs of port pollution for so many decades, for example. But we’re paying the costs, whether we count them or not. “A portion [of the costs] is coming from sea level rise in each flood, already today, and the continuing rise that we can expect to see over the next few decades,” he said. “And, through the end of the century is going to multiply risk of extreme flooding dramatically, in many places, including California,” Strauss said. He paused briefly. “In fact, almost particularly California,” he then added. Climate Central has been rolling out its next-generation analysis for various different states recently, and California’s will go online sometime in June. Strauss briefly described something of what that roll-out holds in store— how soon we should expect exiting water level records to be broken. They will be using data from tide gauges that go back 100 years in San Francisco, and “many decades to a century” in Los Angeles, though he didn’t recall exactly how long here in Los Angeles. His instinct is that the old records will fall within a few decades. But that’s understating how much change we’re going to see in the decades ahead. “Most of the tide gauges and protected water (harbors and bays) in California have never seen water above, more than 3 feet above the high tide line and we can see rising 3 feet of the sea level
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n May 12, scientists announced the publication of two independent studies showing that the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has already begun and cannot be stopped or reversed. The total impact will include a sea level rise of 10 feet or more, within a period of centuries, perhaps as long as 1,000 years. But that’s largely in addition to previous projections. The sea level has already risen 8 inches within the past 100 years. California’s flat, low-lying harbors will be particularly vulnerable in the coming decades. A press release from NASA described the results: A new study finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an irreversible state of decline, with nothing to stop the glaciers in this area from melting into the sea. The study presents multiple lines of evidence, incorporating 40 years of observations that indicate the glaciers in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica ‘have passed the point of no return,’ according to the lead author.” While the news came as a justifiable shock— dramatically increasing the level of predicted sea-level rise—it was not unanticipated. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet was first described as a “uniquely vulnerable and unstable body of ice” by glaciologist John Mercer in 1968. Its potential collapse due to global warming was first seriously discussed in his 1978 paper, “West Antarctic ice sheet and CO2 greenhouse effect: a threat of disaster. Well before the recent announcement, Climate Central began focusing attention on the issue with its sea level rise program, which was launched four years ago. In 2012, Climate Central launched the “Surging Seas” sea level rise analysis, to help lay people understand the sort of threat that sea level rise due to global warming posed, even before we knew that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was collapsing. To better understand what this latest scientific news means, Random Lengths News spoke to Ben Strauss, a climate scientist who has published scientific research on sea level rise, and who serves as vice president for Climate Impacts and director of the program on sea level rise at Climate Central. Strauss began by explaining a bit about the program he directs. “We do research on sea level rise projections, how they integrate with coastal flood risk, how they combine with coastal flooding to aggravate coastal flood risk, and we’ve also been mapping the vulnerability of people and housing and other infrastructures coastal flooding and sea level rise,” he said. “We’ve known for some time that the planet’s great ice sheets are extremely sensitive to temperature change. So we’ve mapped the vulnerability. We’ve been mapping areas and populations up to higher levels, say 10 feet above high tide line, because we’ve been interested in detecting and interested in conveying how much sea level rise we’re locking in, how much danger we’re locking in.” To begin thinking about the problem Strauss explained that there are a handful of time frames to think about sea level rise.
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Never before in all my years of voting in Los Angeles County did the significance of the sheriff’s office rise to the importance that it does today. Even though I knew old Sherman Block— the sheriff whose longevity in office made his name become synonymous with the position—I never really trusted the department. The current investigations into scandals involving the Men’s Central Jail have only come to confirm our own worst fears—officers who believe that they are above the law enforcing it. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart scandal echoes in this election. Even the hardline candidates believe the federal government will soon impose a consent decree on the Sheriffs Department. But this consent decree can’t happen soon enough, for as we have seen with the LAPD, change doesn’t happen from the inside out. Nor is change brought about by those trained and promoted from within the system, unless there is some external authority forcing that change. Having said this, it might seem logical to endorse Jim McDonnell, the Long Beach Police Chief (formerly of LAPD). However, Long Beach under his leadership still has its own unresolved problems with reigning in officer involved shootings and transparency. Paul Tanaka, the former under-sheriff, who resigned over the controversy at the Men’s Central Jail and who testified recently in court in a related case, is likely under investigation by the feds over his abuse of power. Obviously he’s not the one to shepherd change at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. The one who does stand out amongst all these candidates is Bob Olmsted, the retired sheriff commander, who blew the whistle on the department after he became disillusioned by what he saw as corruption and abuse of the badge. At least he had the courage of his convictions to do the right thing in the face of significant risk. What more do you want from anyone who stands behind a badge but the conviction to do what’s right regardless of what happens to them? Don’t get me wrong, Olmsted is not the perfect candidate for sheriff. He just comes with a lot less baggage and a sense of the law that rises above the culture of the sheriff’s department that can no longer be trusted. Anyone whose elected to this job is in for a
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Jerry, Gavin and Kamala Harris, Endorsements for State Offices
Jerry Brown could probably be elected to the governorship for the rest of his natural life after turning around the California budget deficit. He knows more about how to govern this state than half of the rest of the legislature. Love him or hate him, “Gov. Moon Beam” as he was once called for his prescient vision of cell phones—before they were invented, is clearly the only choice once again. Gavin Newsom, the pretty boy incumbent lieutenant governor from San Francisco, should only be reelected so that when Brown leaves the state we don’t have some right-winger sitting in Sacramento reversing the governor’s achievements with the stroke of a pen. Kamala Harris, the incumbent attorney general, has proven herself to be a very competent state’s attorney and is a rising star in the Democratic Party—she could be the first African-American female governor. John Chiang is a local guy who has worked his way up from the State Board of Equalization, to the Controller’s office and now vying for Treasurer. You always want someone with an honest and clean track record to handle your money. Dave Jones simply put, is the best insurance commissioner elected to this office since it was created. In the state Assembly race for the 70th District it would seem like we’ve had someone with the last name of Lowenthal in this office since Alan Lowenthal whupped Rudy Svorinich Jr. by 20 points in his own hometown. This legacy by name has sort of run its course at this point and I’m endorsing Patrick O’Donnell, who at least had the humility to show up at the neighborhood council meeting just to hear what was on people’s minds. Last, but hardly least, the candidate who doesn’t need any endorsement, Janice Hahn is running for Congress in the 44th District. She has no opponents as I doubt anyone from another party could beat her. No one from her own party dares to challenge her. But that alone isn’t a reason to vote for her. I think that in three years in Washington, D.C. she has learned to stand up and fight—compromise when necessary—and to find common ground even in hostile circumstances. Publisher/Executive Editor James Preston Allen james@randomlengthsnews.com
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Down-Ballot Endorsements It’s a given that off-election years see the lowest voter turnout with least amount of attention paid to down-ballot candidates. This year is different with the turmoil the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department has been going through after being hit with one scandal after then next. Let your voice get counted on June 3. Voters will choose a new sheriff, county assessor, and Superior Court judges. The following are brief biographies on the candidates endorsed by the Los Angeles Democratic Party. County Assessor
Jeffrey Prang has served on the West Hollywood City Council since 1997, including 4 terms as Mayor. Jeff has enacted progressive policies that shaped West Hollywood into a model city with a national reputation for excellence. Under his leadership, West Hollywood remains one of the only cities in the State of California with an AAA bond rating and a strong budget surplus.
Judges for the Superior Court Judicial Office 22 Pamala Frances Matsumoto career has been defined by her public service—as a Public Defender, prosecutor of Medi-Cal Fraud, Los Angeles County Superior Court Referee for Juvenile Court, and, most recently, Administrative Law Judge. She has seen first hand the effects of crime and violence. Judicial Office 54 Debra Leah Losnick is a 17-year elected commissioner of the Los Angeles Superior Court. A commissioner is a subordinate judicial officer elected by the judges of the Court and given the power to hear and make decisions in certain kinds of legal matters, similar to the U.S. magistrate judge. Judicial Office 61 Jacqueline Lewis has 17 years of experience serving as a judicial officer on the Los Angeles Superior Court bench. She began her judicial service in 1997 and served as a Juvenile Court referee for 11 years. She was later elected by the
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judges of Los Angeles County to serve as a Superior Court commissioner, where she has sat for the past six years. For the entirety of her tenure, she has performed the work of a judge, and her decisions have had the same effect as those of a judge. Judicial Office 76 Helen Kim has served as deputy district attorney for 21 years, and began her career prosecuting criminal cases for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. With degrees from Brigham Young University and a masters in public administration from New York University, Kim worked as an attorney and compliance officer for the National Association for Securities Dealers/NASDAQ enforcing Securities Exchange Commission and NASD rules and regulations. Judicial Office No. 87 Andrew Stein has been practicing law for more than 30 years and has specialized in the area of criminal law and civil rights. He received his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from the State University of New York in 1975. He went on to earn his law degree from the University of San Diego, School of Law in 1978. Judicial Office 107 Emma Castro has served as a Superior Court commissioner for the past 30 years in the juvenile courts system. Emma graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara before completing UCLA School of Law.
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RANDOMLetters Why I Am Running For School Board
I am a candidate in the June 3rd election to fill the vacancy created by the unexpected death of my close friend Marguerite LaMotte. I am running because I believe our children deserve a full-time school board member who is experienced, ready to lead District 1 on Day 1, and backed not by billionaires or powerful politicians trading favors, but rather by the people of District 1. You are receiving this message because you are a follower or registered voter in LAUSD School District 1, and I would like a brief moment to ask for your support. Throughout my decorated career, in which I have been a teacher, principal and superintendent, I have consistently and unapologetically fought for a quality education for all of our children. An award-winning movie starring Denzel Washington titled, “The George McKenna Story” was made about my turnaround of South Los Angeles’Washington Prep High School, where the infamous Crips gang was founded. As the principal of Washington, I established an expectation of excellence at every level in the school, set up programs that addressed the life-needs of students, and built support among parents and integrated them into the campus environment. The result was a high school with a waiting list to get in and 80% of the students going onto college. I am running a campaign rooted in the community and endorsed by the L.A. Sentinel and L.A. Times, which said I am the candidate “who
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L.A. Mayor Garcetti Nominates Shipping Executive as New Head of Port
Walk Through Peedroville
Just thought I’d bring to your attention that yesterday two crane drivers at Long Beach 266 loaded an astounding amount of containers. They loaded (530) in 8 hours, that is a world record, I’m positive. In addition, one of them is a very talented young lady who can drive as good, if not better than, a lot of men on the waterfront. This information needs to be published as to its historical significance—to my knowledge no other port has even come close to this amount of cargo being moved in 8 hours. Rollo Hartstrom Orthing, Wash.
What “Cesar Chavez” Missed
Thank you for the insight into Cesar Chavez the movie. The movie gave my family an idea of what I did in that era and that was a big help. In 1964 and ‘65 I was doing my alternative
service in Fresno, so I was not able to spend more than the weekends in Delano. Someone there gave me a book on Luis Taruc with a forward by Paul Robeson about the Hukbalahap of WWII. Must have been a Filipino. Being one of a scarce group of white guys, I worked with Luis Valdez in his Teatro Compasinos. I played the white guy. The most fun I had was when I would call the police and inform them that I was the store manager and that a bunch of Mexicans were marching on the store and there was going to be trouble. I would then call the press and tell them that the police were battling a bunch of Mexicans at the market.
None of it was true, we were just a few peaceful Boycotters, but we needed the publicity. When I got into the ILWU, I worked for the UFW boycott and handled three Safeway stores in the L.A. harbor plus I manned a collection table for the UFW at the union pay office. It was a great time doing the Lord’s work. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. —Corinthians 15:58 Lewis Wright San Pedro
Why Come to the Green Festival?
As my grandfather, John Gault, used to tell me: San Pedro is a whale of a town. Here’s one more reason to know so...Thanks up there, Gramps! The Green Festival at the Port of Los Angeles High School (POLAHS) in downtown San Pedro has been called by several annual attendees “the best event of its kind!’ Put on by high school students, faculty and over 35 invited sustainability groups, the 3-hour event is a burst of activity, thought-provoking ideas, fun and inspiration. Funded this year by a grant from the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation, this year’s event promises to be the best yet in our 3 years of putting it on. Green Festival, which takes place from 12 to 3 p.m. May 30, highlights themes of sustainable transport, water resources, clean energy, sustainable agriculture, fair trade, repurposing and resilience, climate action, animal welfare, indigenous communities, the Port and the environment and green communities. Bring your bike if you can, and participate in our first-ever Community/Youth bike ride around the block of the campus! Celebrate our youth’s lead in using “carbonneutral” transportation. Come be inspired and energized at this inter-generational, school/community event that is part of the emerging environmental voice of the Harbor Area. There are so many solutions already out there, and as philosopher Emanuel Kant said, “The Actual Proves the Possible.” Si, se puede. Rachel Bruhnke San Pedro
Cigar Lounge Stench
The smell from the Cigar Lounge was bad yesterday, and they had the door propped open. Tonight, May 22, the smell
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As an older person who grew up in San Pedro in the 1950s, I can now clearly reflect on that time. I now know we were different than other communities around us. We had the housing projects at the north end of town. There were so many people, so many ethnicities. But, guess what, we all got along, no enemies. We were the Port of Los Angeles, with its ships and the ferry building. We had Cabrillo Beach. It was so crowded on weekends. We could always tell who the outof-towners were because of their sandals in the sand. We had five movie theaters, the Barton Hill to the Strand at eleventh and pacific. How about our notorious Beacon Street? It was often a headline for True Detective Magazine—so much for such a small town at the ocean. As San Pedro’s children we became adults. We acquired an unforgiving (love) loyalty to our town. We belonged to a place, the feeling ran deep, so deep that feelings morphed into mystique. Of course we had problems. I can see that now, but what do 12-year olds know about a good school, politics or getting a job on the docks? Regardless, it was fun growing up in San Pedro. We had such a compelling innocence that a bubble was created over us and transformed Pedro into Peedroville. Peedroville is unexplainable but you immediately recognize it when you leave the 110 freeway at Gaffey Street. Peedroville allows one to have a safe place to land. It gives you a free ride until you figure out what’s really going on. Peedroville continues to mutate, re-invent and publish itself. Remember all those families who follow a San Pedro High away football game. That’s straight up Peedroville. Peedroville does not allow interlopers or intruders to challenge its hubris, or its Alfred E. Neuman faces. It’s always sunshine, hang loose and don’t worry. Most of
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is also bad. We finally have cool weather, but of course my door must be closed. We had a visitor today who left because of the odor, she will be writing a letter about it, and the extreme impact the smell has on my granddaughter and all of us. J. Olsen San Pedro
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LOS ANGELES — On May 27, Mayor Eric Garcetti nominated APL shipping line executive Gene Seroka as the Port of Los Angeles’ next executive director. “I’m confident that Gene will be a strong leader who will enhance our international trade agenda, increase reliability and efficiency through effective management and labor relations, and ensure our port is a sustainable and positive neighbor to the Harbor community,” Garcetti said in a released statement. The Board of Harbor Commissioners will take Seroka’s nomination under consideration at its June 5 meeting. Seroka’s nomination is subject to confirmation by the Los Angeles City Council. Seroka is head of Commercial in the Americas Region for American Presidents Line (APL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines and the world’s seventh largest ocean carrier. He was previously president of the Americas Region.
would put the needs of District 1’s largely low-income and minority students above any particular ideology or political alliance.” I am the only candidate supported by a large and diverse group of educators, former school board members, parent leaders, and education advocacy organizations. As a superintendent and deputy superintendent in four different school districts I know how to bring board members together to establish policy. George McKenna Candidate for LAUSD Board District 1 Readers, please note that even though LAUSD District 1 is not our local district this race is critical for maintaining political balance on the school board and surprisingly there are a fair number of school district employees, administrators, teachers and others, who live here but don’t work here. Do check out this candidate and read what he stands for. —the Editors
all, Peedroville does not answer questions because there are none. John R. Gray San Pedro[ville] Dear Mr. Gray, This is certainly a curious perspective, one that I don’t personally disagree with historically, but one that probably explains why the past impedes the future of this place. I think this goes along with the “surly San Pedro” story that we published this past year and should be added to the list of what makes someone “A Real San Pedran.” James Preston Allen, Publisher
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Originally published in In These Times - June 2014 The movie, Cesar Chavez - History is Made One Step at a Time, directed by Diego Luna, tells the story of the grape strike of 1965. This epic 5-year labor battle led to the organization of the United Farm Workers and made Cesar Chavez a social movement hero. The movie has provoked controversy over its depiction of his role and the accuracy of the history it recounts of those events. In this roundtable, labor journalist David Bacon, a former organizer for the UFW and other unions, explores these themes with four guests. Eliseo Medina was a farm worker when the strike started and became a noted labor organizer, first in the UFW and later in the Service Employees International Union. Doug Adair was an activist in the 1965 strike and then worked the rest of his life as a farm laborer in the grape fields in the Coachella Valley. Dawn Mabalon is a professor of history at San Francisco State University and an authority on the history
David Bacon: How did the movie square with your memories of the grape strike as a participant? Eliseo Medina: It’s a good time for this movie to come out and show not only the challenges immigrants face, but also the fact that they’re willing to struggle and that when they do they can win, regardless of the power structure. It could’ve done a much better job of telling the full story, but it’s impossible to tell 10 years worth of history in 2 hours. It’s a movie, not a documentary and its aim is not to tell the story of the whole movement. To do that would take a lot more than just one movie. Bacon: The film presents the UFW as a movement mostly of Chicanos and Mexicanos, but it was also a multinational union, including African-Americans, Arab and even white people. That doesn’t come through as much. Medina: When I was a farm worker, before the strike began, we lived in different worlds — the Latino world, the Filipino world, the African-American world
and the Caucasian world. We co-existed but never understood who we were or what each other thought and dreamed about. It wasn’t until the union began that we finally began to work together, to know each other and to begin to fight together. I do wish that that had been more explicit because certainly the contribution that was made by the Filipino workers to the strike and the movement was an incredible part of the success of the union. The fact that we also had Caucasians and AfricanAmericans participating in the strike never even gets brought up. It was always multiracial. I do wish it had focused more on showing what can happen when people work together and fight together and make changes, not only for one group, but for everybody. Bacon: There has been criticism of the movie’s portrayal of Filipino workers. How do you feel about that? Dawn Mabalon: Filipinos had been organizing, not just that year, but for decades before. The growers had always divided Mexicans and Filipinos. What was so powerful about that moment in Delano was that those two groups defied this. But the way they came together was downplayed. There was so little context that there’s no understanding that it was these other people, in particular Larry Itliong, who really sparked the strike. Larry went to Delano in the early 1960s, sent by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, the AFL-CIO
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Though long overdue, a Cesar Chavez biopic was bound to miss other important figures suc as Pete Velasco in the farm workers movement. File photo.
of Filipinos in California. Rosalinda Guillen comes from a farm worker family in the state of Washington, worked as a UFW organizer, and organizes farm labor in Skagit and Whatcom Counties, north of Seattle, with Community2Community.
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Studio Gallery 345 Summer Fling
Pat Woolley and Gloria D Lee present paintings, prints, books and cards. Open 6-9 pm on 1st Thursday and by appointment: For more information call Gloria at 310.545.0832 or Pat at 310.374.8055 • 345 W. 7th Street San Pedro
The Loft Gallery Local Color
Presented by Randy Higbee and Carol Hungerford. Loft Artists: Candice Gawne, Carol Hungerford, Sam Arno, Daniel Porras, Murial Olguin, Jan Govaerts, Anne Marie Rawlinson, & Nancy Towne Schultz. • Open First Thursday 6–9 p.m. Open Saturdays & Sundays 2-5 p.m. • 401 S. Mesa St. • 310.831.5757
Michael Stearns Studio 347 Pathways
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“Works in my portfolio demonstrate my fascination with color. I identify primarily as a colorist. I love the emotion that color evokes. Color is like music, it connects with us in ways we do not even realize. Mixing intense colors creates a calmness and a question all at the same time.” –Michael Stearns. Artist’s reception will be held during the First Thursday Art Walk, June 5, from 6 to 9 p.m. Michael Stearns Studio 347, 347 W. 7th St., San Pedro. Contact 562-400-0544 or michael@michaelstearnsstudio.com
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Laboriel, Zottoli, Reed, Montero & Tedesco Laboriel, Zottoli, Reed, Montero & Tedesco are performing, at 8 p.m. May 31, at Alvas Showroom in San Pedro. Details: (800) 403-3447 Venue: Alvas Showroom Location: 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
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Richard Sherman Trio Richard Sherman Trio will perform with Bili Redd, at 12 p.m. June 1, at Alvas Showroom in San Pedro. Details: (800) 403-3447 Venue: Alvas Showroom Location: 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
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5-Course Gourmet Dinner for $25 By Lori Lynn Hirsch Stokoe, Food Writer and Photographer
At 6 p.m. Thursday nights, third semester students present their “PM BISTRO” dinner series. They feature a five-course menu gastronomique, each week spotlighting a different cuisine. This semester they showcased Jewish, Thai, Mexican, Italian and Indian foods. The prior week the theme was “Exhilarating China.” The last dinner in this continued on next page.
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It’s one of the best kept dining secrets in all of Southern California, where the food is impressive, the service is genuine, the ambiance is unique and the cost for a five-course gourmet meal is ... $25. The students of the Los Angeles Harbor College Culinary Arts Program benefit from community participation and this is a secret they don’t want us to keep.
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Japanese Restaurant Sushi Bar 380 W. 6th St. • 832-5585
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BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS Dance Recital FRI 5/30 | 5:30pM Starting with the famous Misty Copeland, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor carries on the tradition of dance with its first public dance recital. For more information, contact tonyt@bgclaharbor.org or 310-833-1322 ext. 236.
San Pedro City Ballet Presents Snow White
Sat 6/7 | 2pm San Pedro City Ballet presents aspiring young dancers and the company’s corps de ballet in new and classical works and a tribute to this gorgeous ballet. $15-$20. sanpedrocityballet.org or 310.732.1861
WiZard of Oz
Sun 6/8 | 3pm Come view The Wizard of Oz (1939 - 103 min) - and sing-along! The San Pedro International Film Festival (SPIFFest) presents a special film screening in support of the upcoming October 2014 SPIFFest. $5 and $10.
Shrek the Musical FRI 6/27 & Sat 6/28 | 7:30pM Sun 6/29 | 2:00pM Sat 7/5 | 2:00pm & 7:30pM Sun 7/6 | 2:00pM Part romance, part twisted fairytale and all hilarious fun, this musical - based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film - brings everyone’s favorite ogre to life. $32/$27/$22 at encoreentertainers.org
310.548.2493 • 478 W. 6th St. • Historic Downtown San Pedro The Warner Grand Theatre is a facility of the City of Los Angeles, operated by the Department of Cultural Affairs. For Information and Tickets, Please Visit WarnerGrand.org or GrandVision.org. Events, dates, show times and ticket prices are subject to change without notice.
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Harbor College Culinary Arts Program.
June 7
John Kraus & The Goers John Kraus & The Goers perform, at 8 p.m. June 7, at the Grand Annex in San Pedro. John Kraus & The Goers deliver tunes and ballads with Celtic rock and vintage sea-shanty swagger. Details: www.grandvision.org Venue: Grand Annex Location: 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro
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June 8
Robert Thies Pianist Robert Thies performs, at 2 p.m. June 8, at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church in Rolling Hills Estates. Robert Thies is an artist renowned for his consummate musicianship and poetic temperament. Admission is free. Details: http://rhumc.org/robert-thies-pianist Venue: Rolling Hills United Methodist Church Location: 26438 Crenshaw Blvd., Rolling Hills Estates
Community/Family May 30
POLAHS Green Festival Students and community members are welcome to attend Port of Los Angeles High School’s 3rd annual Green Festival, from 12 to 3 p.m. May 30. Details: (310) 832-9201; rbruhnke@polahs.net Venue: POLAHS Location: 250 W. 5th St., San Pedro Grunion Fish-tival Come in style to the “Grunion Fish-tival,” starting at 7 p.m. May 30 from 7 p.m., at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro. Wear an aluminum hat to greet the grunion and shield yourself from the cosmic rays of the moon. Grunions are small sardine-size fish of the silversides family, which are among the few species of fish that risk the protection of the ocean to spawn. The females burrow into the sand to lay eggs as the males wrap around them in order to fertilize the eggs. Then both males and females ride a wave back to the ocean. The fertilized eggs incubate for about nine days in the sand until the next series of big waves during highest tide signals the eggs to hatch and carries baby grunions out to sea. The cost is $5 for adults and $1 for seniors, students, and children. Details: ( 310 ) 5 4 8 - 7 5 6 2 ; w w w. cabrillomarineaquarium.org Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Location: 3720 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro.
June 6
Sip Of Long Beach Sip of Long Beach will meet, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. June 6, at the House of Hayden in Long Beach. Mix, mingle, meet and greet. Details: BradPShore@earthlink.net Venue: House of Hayden Location: 421 E. 1st St., Long Beach
June 7
Ballet Recital The San Pedro Ballet School’s annual spring recital and San Pedro City Ballet’s showcase is at 2 p.m. June 7, at the historic Warner Grand Theatre. The performance is choreographed around the classic, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” and will also feature new works by directors Patrick and Cindy Bradley, and exciting choreography by the San Pedro Ballet staff. Tickets are now available through Brown Paper Tickets through June 1. Tickets are $15 for general seating and $20 for premier seating. Tickets are also available the day of the show one hour prior to show time. Details: www.grandvision.org Venue: Warner Grand Theatre Location: 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro 70th Anniversary of D-Day Commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, from 1 to 4 p.m. June 7, aboard the S.S. Lane Victory in San Pedro. Details: lanevictory.org Venue: S.S. Lane Victory Location: Berth 46, San Pedro Native Garden Workday Cabrillo Marine Aquarium invites the public to participate in its monthly beach clean-up and Native Garden Workday, from 8 to 10 a.m. June 7, in San Pedro. Volunteers learn about shoreline habitats and the coastal sage scrub native plant community, while discovering the benefits of protecting these environments. The collective effort of volunteers who spend two hours removing beach debris and helping Calendar continued on page 16.
Seafood Feast Raises Funds for Scholarships The Propeller Club of Los Angeles-Long Beach, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles will host the 27th Annual Seafood Feast and Memorial Scholarship Fundraising event, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 11, at the San Pedro Fish Market. The Seafood Feast and Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1987 to honor the memory of longshore workers who have lost their lives working on the waterfront and to assist local high school seniors entering college. Tickets are $40 per person. No children younger than 16 years old will be admitted to the event. Details: (818) 951-2842; propellerclub. lalb@verizon.net Venue: San Pedro Fish Market Location: 1190 Nagoya Way (Berth 78) in Ports O’ Call, San Pedro
May 30 – June 12, 2014
are taught food sanitation and safety practices. Other courses teach soup and sauce cookery, nutrition, baking and more. Students also learn the principles of dining room service and restaurant management, and the crucial elements and relationships involved in the successful operation of a restaurant. With all these courses under their hats, the students are ready to showcase their accomplishments. With the help of Delrosario and his instructors, the students “open” a new restaurant every Thursday night. They choose absolutely charming decor and tabletop design to complement the cuisine. While some students are working in the kitchen, others are working the front-of-the-house, engaging the guests with their newly acquired hospitality skills. This past week, we experienced a delightful Chinese Bistro meal. We were warmly welcomed by the hostess while capable servers passed chicken wontons with plum sauce and steamed shrimp shumai. The department is proud of their well-equipped bakery. The night’s baked goods included coconut milk dinner buns, flower rolls with green onion, and steamed buns with date filling. Guests were seated to one student’s live piano performance. First to arrive at the table was the appetizer salad, an ambitious tea-smoked duck with glass noodle and honey ginger dressing. Then came the soup duo, a shot each of hot and sour soup and Chinese style asparagus soup. The intermezzo was very refreshing: frozen lycheelime with lychee liqueur. The entree included two distinct dishes on one plate: char siu pork roulade stuffed with Chinese sausage over a choy greens medley and braised pork belly over fried rice. Keeping with their theme of over-delivering, the dessert course included three sweet treats: fresh mango pudding, red bean ice cream with sesame tuile and a green tea macaron. Wow! “I am really proud of this program and the students,” Department Chairwoman Joyce Parker said. “The instructors are dedicated to helping the students gain meaningful employment and become successful members of the community.” Will you consider bringing a group of friends for dinner one Thursday night next semester? Los Angeles Harbor College is freeway close, adjacent to the 110 Freeway between Pacific Coast Highway and Anaheim Street. The department chair, chef, students, faculty and staff would all appreciate your support, and you and your guests will certainly be dazzled by the experience. Details: (310) 233-4029; delrosgj@lahc.edu Venue: Los Angeles Harbor College Location: 111 Figueroa Pl., Wilmington, CA
First Sunday Speaker Series The San Pedro Historical Society presents Craig McDonald as part of their First Sunday Speaker Series, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. June 1, at the Muller House. The topic of the talk titled: “Yosemite’s Unknown Heroine.” Tours of the house will be given at 3 o’clock. Details: sanpedrobayhistoricalsociety.org Venue: The Muller House Location: 1542 S. Beacon St., San Pedro
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series was on May 29, highlighting “Old World Cuisine of Germany.” In 2010, the Culinary Arts Program acquired its first full-time instructor, Chef Giovanni Delrosario. He has worked tirelessly to grow the program. Delrosario is dedicated to helping the students succeed. His advice on how to improve their products is invaluable. He delivers his positive critiques with encouragement, putting in many unpaid hours with the students, many of whom are from less fortunate backgrounds. He challenges them to be their absolute best. On a small plot of land right outside the Culinary Arts building, Delrosario is teaching the students how to grow their own produce: a profusion of herbs, fruit and vegetables ranging from commonplace (zucchini, lettuce, thyme) to exotic (lemongrass, cherimoya, epazote). The chef and his staff show the students the best ways to showcase their organic produce in soups, stews and salads. One of the courses offers an in-depth study of the history and purpose of herbs and spices in the context of world flavor profiles. They learn to develop a sense of taste of herbs, spices, and condiments. They also determine when and how much to use in cooking. The Harbor College Culinary Arts Program awards more certificates-of-completion than any other of their Career Technical Education programs. Career Technical Education programs integrate core academics with real-world relevance, which help prepare collegians for meaningful work. Students enroll full-time in the 12-unit program each semester. After each successful semester they earn a skills certificate, which is valuable when applying for a job, even after one semester. After completion of the third semester, the culinary arts students are presented with a certificate of achievement, signifying completion of a sequence of courses in the culinary arts field. Students receiving this certificate are then wellequipped to pursue careers in the food industry. In fact, an Australian company is so impressed with the program, they have hired several students within the past few semesters for full-time jobs Down Under. If the students choose to complete their general education requirements in the fourth semester, they then can graduate with an associate of arts degree. This Culinary Arts program provides excellent training for jobs in the hospitality industry. The college is committed to offering personalized attention to each student to improve their job skills and provide opportunities for success in the labor market. Students master fundamental concepts and techniques in basic cookery, then go on to learn how to fabricate meats, fish, and poultry. They
Tri-Fecta Blues Tri-Fecta Blues performs, at 8 p.m. June 7, at Alvas Showroom in San Pedro. Details: (800) 403-3447 Venue: Alvas Showroom Location: 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
June 1
Fashion Show The Silver Fox is hosting a fashion show to benefit the AIDS Food Store Long Beach at 5 p.m. June 1. The event will feature Designer Jomo Patterson of JP Designs. See the hottest summer fashions by JP Designs as swimwear, T-shirts and underwear by the local designer will be modeled by some of the area’s top models. For the past 5 years, the AIDS Food Store’s and the Silver Fox have joined together with local designers to present the season’s best fashions. Details: www.aidfoodstore.org Venue: Silver Fox Location: 411 Redondo Ave., Long Beach
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Calendar from page 15. to maintain the native garden can make a real difference along our heavily impacted shoreline. Details: (310) 548-7562; www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Location: 3720 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro
June 7
Yard and Boutique Sale The San Pedro Historical Society is hosting its semi-annual Yard and Boutique Sale, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 7, at the Muller House Museum. Early Bird admission is $5, with the doors opening at 7:30 am. Details: sanpedrobayhistoricalsociety.org Venue: The Muller House Location: 1542 S. Beacon St., San Pedro
Theater/Film June 4
Other Desert Cities International City Theatre presents Other Desert Cities, June 4 through 29, at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. In Jon Robin Baitz’s funny, explosive and entertaining look at unruly family politics (a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize), the manicured life of an actor-turned-politician and his impeccable wife is upset when relatives arrive at their Palm Springs home for the holidays — including daughter Brooke who’s about to publish a tell-all memoir. Tickets range from $32 to $52. Details: (562) 436-4610; www.InternationalCityTheatre.com Venue: Long Beach Performing Arts Center Location: 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
June 7
Snow White The San Pedro City Ballet spring recital presents Snow White, starting at 2 p.m. June 7, at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro. Aspiring young dancers and the company’s corps de ballet perform new and classical works and a tribute to this ballet. Details: www.grandvision.org Venue: The Warner Grand Theatre Location: 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
June 8
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The Wizard of Oz The San Pedro International Film Festival presents The Wizard of Oz, starting at 3 p.m. Details: www.grandvision.org Venue: The Warner Grand Theatre Location: 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
June 12
Young Gifted and Fat Cal State Dominguez Hills Theatre Professor Sharell Luckett writes and act in the one-woman show, Young Gifted and Fat, at 8 p.m. June 12 through 14, with a 2 p.m. performance June 14. Tackling weight issues, Luckett Productions and the Department of Theatre and Dance at California State University Dominguez Hills presents a powerful play. Once 100 pounds heavier, Luckett serves up a heaping helping of interesting insights in this autobiographical solo show about her emotional struggle to adjust to life after her major weight loss. Details: (310) 243-3588; www.younggiftedandfat. brownpapertickets.com Venue: Edison Theatre, CSUDH Location: 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson
May 30 – June 12, 2014
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare by the Sea presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, at 8 p.m. June 12 through 14, 26 and 28, at Point Fermin Park. This is a fantastic tale of fairies, lovers, tradesmen and a donkey cavorting around the Athenian forest. Details: www.shakespearebythesea.org/locations Venue: Point Fermin Park Location: 807 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro
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San Pedro Blues Man Returns to the Source By Andrea Serna, Arts and Culture Writer Located firmly on the Mississippi Blues Trail is the town of Clarksdale. Meandering through the Mississippi Delta, the trail is the home to B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf and many more. The location is effectively the cradle of the blues. To this rich environment, San Pedro bluesman Dave Widow, offers his expertise to guitar apprentices at a workshop called “Down to the Crossroads.” The workshop at the Shack Up Inn was founded in the heart of the Mississippi Delta to help blues guitarists attain a deeper connection with the form, characterized by specific chord progressions. In May, Widow served as one of three coaches mentoring students to expand their technical abilities and free their musical imaginations. During the five-day workshop coaches and students spend time “woodshedding.” The term in blues means more than just practicing. It is the recognition of the need to sequester oneself and dig into the hard mechanics of the music before coming back and playing with a group in public. There’s something almost sacred about the term. “There is a reason soldiers go to boot camp,” said Gary Wagner, host of the weekend radio show “Nothin’ But the Blues” on KKJZ 88.1, about the Crossroads workshop. “It is for this same reason musicians go to the ‘woodshed’ environment provided in Clarksdale. Not everyone is an Eric Clapton or a Robert Johnson. The majority of great musicians have many thousands of hours of practice under their belt. Even the greatest musicians still practice every day.” Dave Widow has spent practically his entire life immersed in the music. Raised in Cincinnati, he came to California because this is where the business is. He immediately plugged into the local blues rock scene, initially meeting guys from the Pure Prairie League band. His musical style is influenced by long standing relationships with musicians such as Buddy Miles, Bill Champlin of Chicago and his
mentor and collaborator, the late Roger “Jelly Roll” Troy from The Mike Bloomfield Band. Widow credits legendary guitar player Lonnie Mack with inspiring him to turn professional. “I met Lonnie when I was going to college,” Widow said. “I sat in with the band and we sort of bonded and he gave me the courage to go forward.’ In his years of association with such renowned musicians, Widow has developed his own style, not wanting to sound like anyone else. “My style incorporates southern blues with Chicago Blues with little bits of Memphis and Motown,” Widow said. “I also have a funky rock flavor that I like to throw in.” Widow is a perfect choice to serve as a coach and mentor to other guitar players, and Clarksdale, Miss. possesses the mystical inspiration desired to create the magic of the blues. Before the arrival of European settlers, the Clarksdale area was inhabited by the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 drove the Native Americans out of the delta and opened the area to cotton farming. Several cotton plantations were soon established in the Clarksdale area. Fundamental to the delta’s cotton industry was the widespread exploitation of African-American laborers. U.S. Census data shows Coahoma County’s 1860 population at 1,521 whites and 5,085 slaves. It was in this swamp of oppression that the blues was born. Gospel, jazz, rock, rap and pop music have all evolved from this original seed of African rhythms. Now blues finds itself threatened by extinction, but a tight group of musicians and music lovers work to keep the blues alive. The Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tenn. even has an annual award titled, Keeping the Blues Alive, granted each year to those willing to pass the torch. “When a musician understands music, especially blues, if they REALLY understand it, they
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of the UFW. He resigned in 1971, so he often gets left out of that larger history. Also, the first person killed in the strike was a Yemeni worker, but in the movie, it’s portrayed as someone who’s Mexican. The filmmakers didn’t really understand what made the strike so powerful. Doug Adair: The original spark in Delano was when Filipinos workers began sitting in at the camps. It wasn’t a strike with picket lines, but a sit-in and refusing to go to work. Larry began going around to the camps seeing if he could use the sit-ins to negotiate better wages.
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union founded in Stockton. He already had decades of labor experience with the Alaskan salmon cannery union. He organized a failed strike of asparagus workers in Stockton in 1948 and a successful strike in 1949. He had more experience than everyone, Dolores Huerta and Cesar included. Unfortunately he died a few years after the UFW and didn’t leave much behind for us. We’re still trying to piece together how important he was, not just to the Filipino-American community, but to American labor in general. But we know he was really pivotal to this strike and to the early years
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Bacon: The film did show the sit-in in the camps, which surprised me. Not many people know that happened and it’s a very important part of history. The movie
know there is an obligation to pass that knowledge on to ensure the future of the genre,” Wagner said. “There are many ways to do this. There are ‘bluesin-the-school’ programs conducted by the Blues Foundation and their local affiliates. The goal would be to have a complete ‘stepping-stone’ process so that anyone with the commitment would always have a next step to their own personal growth.” Musicians attend the Crossroads workshop, a mere three miles from the fabled intersection of Highways 61 and 49. This is where, according to legend, Robert Johnson made his deal with the devil, to tune his guitar and teach him how to play the blues. Attendees are housed in rustic sharecropper shacks on the old Hopson Plantation. The location provides an immersion experience in the Mississippi Delta and isolation from the contemporary world. “You are really well aware that you are in a very unique place with a lot of history” Widow said. “It has its own vibe. When you are here you can feel the blues and the history of slavery. It is a powerful place” Other local musicians have also made the pilgrimage. Popular San Pedro bluesman, Sean Lane also made his trip up The Blues Trail and back to the crossroads. His objective was to develop more as a Delta Blues musician, playing slide guitar. He returned newly invigorated by the spirit of Johnson, creator of the slide style of blues. Lane will be opening for Dave Widow at an upcoming performance at Alvas Showroom on June 14. The show is billed as Dave Widow and Friends. Because of his deep connections to rock and blues musicians you never know who will show up at a Dave Widow performance. His back up band will be Christopher North and Joe Puerta from Ambrosia. A ‘mystery guest’ is planned and almost any of the musicians from his remarkable associations could sit in. In the past, special guests have included Bill Champlin and also musicians from Bonnie Raitt’s band. Dave Widow and Sean Lane are guaranteed to bring the experience of Clarksdale, Miss. to Alvas and this blues fan is guaranteed to be there. Details: (800) 403-3447 Venue: Alvas Showroom Location: 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro starts with a little section where Cesar is the head of the Community Service Organization (CSO), but doesn’t show him organizing protests about the bracero program, in which growers were able to bring workers from Mexico under very abusive conditions, sending them back at the end of the season. Should the movie have said more about it? Adair: Workers first went on strike in Coachella in the spring of 1965 because the bracero program was being phased out. With braceros, it was almost inevitable that strikes would lose. When the government said growers had to offer $1.40 an hour if they wanted to hire braceros AWOC demanded the same wage. That was the spark that set off the strike. Actually if it had been up to Cesar, there wouldn’t have been a strike in Delano because he didn’t feel our union was ready. There was no money in the bank and he wanted to do more organizing. He used to say “we’re not a union, and we’re not gonna start strikes.” View the rest of this discussion at www. RandomLengthsNews.com
continental. The Happy Diner chefs are always creating s o m e t h i n g n ew. They believe that if an item is good, its reputation will get around by word of mouth. You can even find items normally found at curbside lonchera trucks. You can take your pick of grilled salmon over pasta or tilapia and vegetables, prepared anyway you like. Another item that’s emerged from their flair for the creative is their chicken enchiladas soup made from scratch, a soup Roman describes as very thin and flavorful. Happy Diner • (310) 2410917 • 617 S. Centre St., San Pedro
Nazelie’s Lebanese Cuisine
Tradition, variety and fast delivery; you get it all at Big Nick’s Pizza. The best selection of Italian specialties include hearty calzones, an array of pastas and of course, our amazing selection of signature pizzas, each piled high with the freshest toppings. Like wings or greens? We also offer an excellent selection of appetizers, salads, beer and wine. Call for fast delivery. Hours: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat. Big Nick’s Pizza • 1110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 732-5800 Boardwalk Grill
The Original Las Brisas
B o b Tr u s e l a invites you to eat, drink and relax in their welcoming and intimate dining room. Whether it’s for a romantic dinner for two or a Sunday night family feast, Otto Tratoria serves Southern Italian inspired and California cuisines made with hand selected, fresh and seasonal ingredients. Otto offers an extensive wine and imported beer selection. Catering and banquets from elegant to casual for all occasions. Reservations recommended. Hours: Tues-Sun 5pm-Closing. Closed Monday. 301 W. 6th St., San Pedro. (310) 548-OTTO.
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Las Brisas #2 is family owned and operated. All the food in made in house, down to the chips and salsas. Las Brisas is known for its Al Pastor meat and Signature Dishes created by chef Gilberto De Haro. Catering available. Breakfast, lunch and dinner served 7 days a week. Free parking. Las Brisas #2 • 1110 N. Gaffey St. (Channel & Gaffey) • San Pedro • (310) 833-4395
Buono’s Authentic Pizzeria A San Pedro landmark for over 40 years, famous fo r exc e p t i o n a l award-winning pizza baked in brick ovens. Buono’s also offers classic Italian dishes and sauces based on tried-and-true family recipes and hand-selected ingredients that are prepared fresh. You can dine-in or take-out. Delivery and catering are also provided. Additionally, there are two locations in Long Beach. Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. • Buono’s Pizzeria • 1432 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 547-0655 www.buonospizza.com
The favorite local cafe for the point Fermin area of San Pedro great breakfasts, lunches and even dinners. Serving traditional offering for breakfast along with specialty omelets, espresso and cappuccino. Lunches include a delicious selection of soups, salads, burgers and sandwiches with hearty portions as well as Chef’s Creations. Dinners feature Top Sirloin Steak or Prime Rib as well as a kids menu. Beer and wine are served. Free Wifi and is pet friendly on the patio. Open 7 days a week 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. close to Cabrillo Beach and the Korean Bell, Point Fermin area. Lighthouse Cafe • 508 West 39th St., San Pedro. 310548- 3354
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Happy Diner The Happy Diner isn’t your average diner. If you pay attention to their special menu on their blackboards (yeah plural, they have about three), it’s almost a certainty you’re going to find something new from week to week. The cuisine runs the gamut of Italian and Mexican cuisine to American
Mishi’s Strudel Bakery
Mishi’s is a fragrant landmark on 7th Street, where it is possible to find Nir vana by following your nose. The enticing aroma of baking strudel is impossible to resist, and the café is warm and welcoming like your favorite auntie’s house. Aniko and Mishi have expanded the menu to include homemade goulash, soups and a variety of sweet and savory Hungarian strudels, crépes and pastas. Take a frozen strudel home to bake in your own kitchen and create that heavenly aroma at your house. Mishi’s Strudel Bakery and Café, 309 W.7th St., San Pedro • (310) 832-6474 www. mishisstrudel.com
PHILIE B’S ON SIXTH
Owner Philie Buscemi welcomes you to Philie B’s on Sixth, where New York style pizza, Sicilian rice balls and pizza by-the-slice are the specialties. Fresh hot or cold sandwiches, gourmet pizzas, and fresh salads are also served. Try the “White Pizza” with smooth ricotta, mozzarella and sharp Pecorino-Romano cheeses topped with torn fresh basil. Extended hours accommodate San Pedro’s unique lifestyle and work schedules. Catering and fast, free local delivery ($15 min.) available. Philie B’s On Sixth • 347 W. 6th Street, San Pedro (310) 514-2500 www. philiebsonsixth.com PORTS O’CALL WATERFRONT DINING S i n c e 19 61 we ’ ve extended a hear ty welcome to visitors from every corner of the globe. Delight in an awe-inspiring view of the dynamic LA Harbor while enjoying exquisite Coastal California Cuisine and Varietals. Relax in the Plank Bar or Outdoor Patio for the best Happy Hour on the Waterfront. With the Award-Winning Sunday Champagne Brunch, receive the first SPIRIT CRUISES Harbor Cruise of the day FREE. Open 7 days, lunch and dinner. Free Parking. Ports O’Call Waterfront Dining • 1199 Nagoya Way, LA Harbor - Berth 76, San Pedro • (310) 833-3553 www.Portsocalldining.com
SAN PEDRO TACO COMPANY
Now under new management, the San Pedro Taco Company offers a wide array of fresh choices such as charcoal grilled chicken-whole or half- served with rice, beans, tortillas and salsa, our famous jumbo burrito, the ever-popular ceviche tostada, and your favorite fish tacos. Stop by for breakfast, lunch or dinner with easy access drive-thru window and plenty of free parking. Located on the corner of 5th and Gaffey streets near Rite Aid. Open 7 days a week, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Delivery to all San Pedro and the waterfront. San Pedro Taco Company • 441 S. Gaffey St. • San Pedro (310) 514-2808 SPIRIT CRUISES
An instant party! Complete with all you need to relax and enjoy while the majesty of the harbor slips by. Our three yachts and seasoned staff provide for an exquisite excursion every time, and “all-inclusive” pricing makes party planning easy! Dinner Cruise features a 3-course meal, full bar, unlimited cocktails and starlight dancing. Offering the ultimate excursion for any occasion. Free Parking. Spirit Cruises • 1199 Nagoya Way, LA Harbor - Berth 77, San Pedro • (310) 548-8080, (562) 495-5884 • www. spiritmarine.com The Whale & Ale
San Pedro’s British Gastro Pub offers comfortable dining in oak paneled setting, featuring English fish & chips, roast prime rib, sea bass, rack of lamb, beef Wellington, meat pies, salmon, swordfish & vegetarian dishes. Open for lunch & dinner, 7days/wk; great selection of wines; 14 British tap ales, & full bar. Frequent live music. First Thursday live band & special fixed price menu. Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri. 11:30 a.m.-midnight Sat. & Sun. 1-10 p.m. Bar open late. The Whale & Ale • 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro • (310) 832-0363 • www.whaleandale. com
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Playa El Cuco is the quintessential El Salvadorean beach and El Cuco Restaurant s e r v e s quintessential Salvadorean cuisine right here in San Pedro. A wide variety of pupusas-made fresh daily-plus empanadas, platanos, pastelitos, as well as authentic Mexican favorites. Wine and imported and domestic beers. Breakfast, lunch and dinner served 7 days a week. Free parking. El Cuco Restaurant • 234 N. Pacific Ave., San Pedro • (310) 521-9509
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San Pedro Brewing Company A microbrewer y and American grill, SPBC features hand-craf ted award-winning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, bbq, sandwiches, salads and burgers. A full bar with made-fromscratch margaritas and a martini menu all add fun to the warm and friendly atmosphere. WIFI bar connected for Web surfing and e-mail—bring your laptop. Live music on Saturdays. Hours: From 11:30 a.m., daily. San Pedro Brewing Company • 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro • (310) 831-5663 • www.sanpedrobrewing.com
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C a s u a l waterfront dining at its finest! Famous for slabs of Chicago-style baby back ribs, fish-n-chips, rich clam chowder, cold beer on tap and wine. Full lunch menu also includes salads, sandwiches and burgers. Indoor and outdoor patio dining available. Proudly pouring Starbucks coffee. Open 7 days a week. Free Parking. Boardwalk Grill • 1199 Nagoya Way, LA Harbor - Berth 77, San Pedro • (310) 519-7551
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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2014093415 The following person is doing business as: Aussie Girl Designs, 525 N. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro, CA 90731 Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Gayle Schultz Feury, 2328 W. 37th, San Pedro, CA 90732. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Gayle Schultz Feury, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 08, 2014. 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. were to 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 registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 04/17/14, 05/01/14, 05/15/14, 05/29/14
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2014093414 The following person is doing business as: Seaside Studios, 525 N. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro, CA 90731 Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Regina Fernandez, 508 W. 37th St. #1, Gayle Schultz Feury, 2328 W. 37th, San Pedro, CA 90732. This Business is conducted by a general partnership. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Regina Fernandez, co-owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 08, 2014. 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. were to 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 registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 04/17/14, 05/01/14, 05/15/14, 05/29/14
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2014122046 The following person is doing business as: California Sound Services, LLC, 1840 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Gayle Schultz Feury, 2328 W. 37th, San Pedro, CA 90732. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Gayle Schultz Feury, owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 08, 2014. 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,
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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2014136293 The following person is doing business as: Second Line Vape, 2011 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Lynda Hammersmith, 547 10th St., San Pedro, CA 90731. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Leslie Chew, Managing partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on May 20, 2014. 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. were to 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 registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. 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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 05/29/14, 06/12/14, 06/26/14,
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“It is currently protected to some degree by a network of levees, but Stockton and also Sacramento, the whole San Joaquin and Sacramento Delta is very low lying and... quite vulnerable to sea level rise in the longer term,” Strauss said. There’s nothing special or mysterious about it. “It’s classic for a big river delta,” Strauss said. Beyond the delta area, Strauss and his team identified bays and harbors as another major source of vulnerabilities in California. “I think when people think about sea level rise and the coast, they see a beach in their minds. But because of wave action, beaches actually slope upward…a small amount of sea level rise doesn’t make a big difference in terms of land area that could be inundated.” That’s not to say there aren’t problems for beaches. “It causes a different problem, which is erosion and sand loss,” Strauss explained. “But you don’t see the large areas that are affected. “But in the protected bays and harbors it turns out there’s a lot of low flat land there that abuts those bays and harbors. And furthermore, tide gauge data seem to indicate that those areas have never seen high coastal flooding. So small amounts of sea level rise threatens to put water in places it has never been seen before within the next few decades.” If that starts to sound a bit ominous, Strauss next said his team’s research suggest that today’s 100-year flood in Southern California could become an every year event by mid-century, he warned. “A 3-foot level is higher than we’ve ever seen water in the protected bays and harbors where we
have tide gauges, 3 feet above the high tide line. At that level, Huntington Beach is actually the second most vulnerable city in all of California after Stockton.” Long Beach is number 16 on that list, but the vulnerability Long Beach faces is less for its population than its port. “About 1 percent of Long Beach’s population is below 3 feet above high tide, so that’s a pretty small fraction,” Strauss noted. This compares to 18 percent for Huntington Beach. “But the Long Beach to Huntington Beach areas are definitely a high vulnerability zone,” he said—and then promised a much better look at the vulnerabilities when the next generation information and interface goes online for California sometime in June. You can already see how vulnerable Terminal Island and Wilmington are to flooding on the maps that Climate Central provides. But a more detailed analytical view will surely be welcomed by those who stand in the path of threatened destruction. Strauss noted that there are two lessons we should take from this latest news about the inevitable sea level rise. The first lesson, he said, “is our actions are very powerful. We human beings have an ability to have a large effect on the planet, on the atmosphere.” The second lesson? “Everything is on the coast. Coastal vulnerability is vulnerability for all of our society because we pack so much of our development in our economy and our infrastructure right in the lowest flattest areas near the coast.” The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are prime examples of precisely what he means.
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