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Conoco Phillips refinery in Wilmington..March 16, 2010. Photo by Steve McCrankhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/phillips66logo-1.jpgphillips66logo-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/tdb-l-refinery-0319-003-sv.jpgtdb-l-refinery-0319-003-svThe Phillips 66 refinery runs at limited capacity in Carson on Monday, Mar. 18, 2019. A fire on Friday shut down operations. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/phillips66logo.jpgphillips66logohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1280px-phillips_66_logo.svg_.png1280px-phillips_66_logo.svg_https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/phillips66map.jpgphillips66maphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1029_nws_tdb-l-pumpkin-carr01.jpg1029_nws_tdb-l-pumpkin-carr01Popcorn treats and 76 balls are handed out by volunteers, as Phillips 66 continues the tradition of transforming a pumpkin-shaped 3 million gallon storage tank at its Wilmington refinery, into Smilin' Jack, the world's largest jack-o-lantern. The refinery pumpkin patch expects at least 20,000 visitors who want a close-up look at Smilin' Jack. Since 1952, visiting the great pumpkin has been a popular Halloween event in the South Bay area, running from on the nights of October 30 and October 27th and 28th, from 6 to 9 p.m. The refinery is located at 1660 West Anaheim Street, Wilmington, CA 90744, between the Harbor Freeway and Gaffey Street. The pumpkin requires more than 100 gallons of orange, black and white paint. According to refinery engineers. Wilmington Calif., Thursday, October ,27, 2016. (Photo by Stephen Carr / Daily Breeze/SCNG)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ark__21198_zz0002pd61.jpgark__21198_zz0002pd61https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dw-11-36-5-isla.jpgAerial view of the Unocal Oil RefineryAerial view of the Unocal Oil Refinery.; Streetscape. Oblique aerial photography.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/0701_nws_tdb-l-pricefix.jpg0701_nws_tdb-l-pricefixCalifornia oil refiners are being investigated by the state Attorney General for price fixing. The Tesoro refinery in Wilmington. 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route along the Pacific coast from Seal Beach to SantStrip map of the automobile routes between Seal Beach and Santa Monica. Includes Topanga Beach (top), Seal Beach (bottom), Pacific Ocean (left), Inglewood (right). Due north is about 45 degrees right of vertical. Principal features: municipalities, roads, railroads, road names, mileages, geographic features, Auto Club locations, elevations. Prominent locations: U.S. 101, Pacific Palisades, West Los Angeles (Sunset Boulevard, Uplifters Club, San Vicente Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, Pico Boulevard), Ocean Park (Ocean Park Boulevard), Venice (Lincoln, Sepulveda Boulevard), Mar Vista (Washington Boulevard), Playa del Rey (Culver Boulevard, Jefferson Boulevard), Loyola University, Hyperion (Loyola Boulevard, Manchester Boulevard, La Tijera), El Segundo (Main, Imperial), Inglewood (Redondo Boulevard), Lennox, Hawthorne, Lawndale (Alondra Park), Riverside-Redondo Boulevard, Palm Avenue, Moneta, Gardena (Western Avenue), Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach (Elena Avenue, Camino Real), Torrance (Torrance Boulevard, Normandie Avenue, Vermont Avenue), Lomita, Harbor City, San Pedro Hills, Wilmington (Gaffey Street), Point Fermin, Cabrillo Beach, Los Angeles Harbor, Catalina Terminal, Long Beach (Anaheim Street, Alameda Street, Ocean Boulevard), Los Angeles River. Printed at the bottom is "1495". 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Posters advertise upcoming screenings of "The Invisible Man," left, and "The Mummy." (October 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/74824-otmhmain1.jpgotmhmain1The uncluttered facade of the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo. (October 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2da3-vintageshotestheater.jpgvintageshotestheaterThe theater was known as the El Segundo Theatre when this 1944 photo was taken. A poster for "The Racket Man" is on display. (Credit: Old Town Music Hall, enhanced by Thomas Bunce)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/41cf3-outsidenight.jpgoutsidenightSign advertising "The Home of the Mighty Wurlitzer" is illuminated in this 2006 nighttime view. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e5e1c-singalongwithfield.jpgsingalongwithfieldBill Field, owner of the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo, plays a tune on the "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ during a sing-a-long in the theater in 2006. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4392d-interiormain.jpginteriormainOrnate fixtures and the "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ are on display in this 2006 photo of the Old Town Music Hall's interior. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86a47-biz-oldtheater1.bh_.jpgBIZ-OldTheater1.BHBill Field, owner of the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo, plays the "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ during a Saturday matinee in 2006. 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Patterson will also hold a party at his comic book store. Photo/ Robert Casillashttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nws-comics-smc120-1.jpgNWS-Comics-SMc120May 5, 2007. Photo by Steve McCrank. Geoffrey's Comics owner Geoffrey Patterson, left, hands a pack of free comic books to Erick Cardenas, 17, from Torrance, Saturday at his Gardena shop. People waited in long lines to get into the store for the free comic books.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/comics01.9-24-03.bk_.jpgComics01.9-24-03.BKComics01.9/24/03.BK Photo by Branimir Kvartuc.Geoffrey Patterson, who owns Geoffrey's Comics in Gardena is celebrating the store's 25th anniversary this year.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nws-comics-smc092-2.jpgNWS-Comics-SMc092May 5, 2007. Photo by Steve McCrank. Spiderman (actor Christopher Loomis) teaches Pierce Penzella how to properly shoot a web from his wrist outside of Geoffrey's Comics in Gardena Saturday. The comic book store was giving away free comic books and had costumed comic heros to entertain people waiting in line.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nws-comics-smc120.jpgNWS-Comics-SMc120May 5, 2007. Photo by Steve McCrank. Geoffrey's Comics owner Geoffrey Patterson, left, hands a pack of free comic books to Erick Cardenas, 17, from Torrance, Saturday at his Gardena shop. People waited in long lines to get into the store for the free comic books.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nws-comics-smc092-1.jpgNWS-Comics-SMc092May 5, 2007. Photo by Steve McCrank. Spiderman (actor Christopher Loomis) teaches Pierce Penzella how to properly shoot a web from his wrist outside of Geoffrey's Comics in Gardena Saturday. The comic book store was giving away free comic books and had costumed comic heros to entertain people waiting in line.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nws-comics-smc092.jpgNWS-Comics-SMc092May 5, 2007. Photo by Steve McCrank. Spiderman (actor Christopher Loomis) teaches Pierce Penzella how to properly shoot a web from his wrist outside of Geoffrey's Comics in Gardena Saturday. The comic book store was giving away free comic books and had costumed comic heros to entertain people waiting in line.2024-08-03T01:56:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2024/07/26/remembering-former-torrance-mayor-and-community-visionary-katy-geissert/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/0503_nws_tdb-l-bugs46.jpg0503_NWS_TDB-L-BUGS46An entomologist recently conducted the first comprehensive survey of invertebrates in Torrance’s Madrona Marsh Preserve. Most of the 689 specimens studied are native organisms that survived the urbanization of Torrance, including a few rare finds: a flightless female bradynobaenid wasp and a little-known arachnid that is neither spider nor scorpion. Chuck Bennett/Staff Photographerhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/0608_nws_tdb-l-farmers312.jpg0608_NWS_TDB-L-FARMERS312The Torrance Farmers Market at Wilson Park takes place Tuesdays and Saturdays, offers a wide variety of vegetables, baked goods , flowers and nursery items. 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Palos Verdes Calif., Sunday September,20, 2015. (Photo by Stephen Carr / Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/843cc-gradinglosverdes-1.jpggradinglosverdeshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af39d-selectputtinggreen.jpg.jpgselectputtinggreen-jpgThe practice putting green at Los Verdes Country Club. (December 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e92e-overviewselect.jpg.jpgoverviewselect-jpgView from a nearby hillside shows the course's setting. Catalina Island can be seen at far left. (December 2016 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d9f4-entranceselect.jpg.jpgentranceselect-jpghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/53ca8-womenconstruction.jpgwomenconstructionPalos Verdes News, March 5, 1964, Page 8.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b407-p1030384.jpgp1030384Daily Breeze, Nov. 14, 1964, Page 1.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18918-monteverdead.jpgmonteverdeadPalos Verdes News, April 4, 1965, Page 3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f564-gradinglosverdes.jpggradinglosverdeshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d867-burtonplans32664.jpgburtonplans32664Palos Verdes News, March 28, 1964, Page 9.2024-07-22T18:47:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2024/07/19/pro-wrestling-dipped-its-toes-in-the-south-bay-and-harbor-area-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/todayinprowrestlingfacebook.jpgtodayinprowrestlingfacebookhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thheadline.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/torranceadmcginnis.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/torranceactioncop.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/buildingtheringth.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/th42645p6a-1.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/th42645p6a.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dw-6-20-1-isla.jpgThe Olympic Auditorium advertising a world championship wrestlinThe Olympic Auditorium advertising a world championship wrestling match.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/torrancedropkick.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2024-07-20T02:23:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2024/07/13/the-fox-theatre-was-the-palos-verdes-peninsulas-first-movie-palace/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/largegroundbreaking.jpglargegroundbreakinghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/kidsscreening64.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thrillofitalllobbycard.jpgthrillofitalllobbycardhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img.jpegimghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/renderingartpvpn.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pencenterearly.jpgpencenterearlyThe land where Peninsula Center would be built as it was in 1959, looking east toward Rolling Hills. 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The Mid-Corridor Trench is north of State Route 91. Trains will descend into a 10-mile-long, 33-foot-deep trench, separating them from roadway traffic. Trains emerge from the trench near 25th Street in Los Angeles. The trench is the featured element of the entire Alameda Corridor project, representing about two-thirds of the construction program. The is space on the left of the corridor to ass another set of tracks. Photo by Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegramhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/acta-logo-with-tagline-stacked.jpgACTA-Logo-with-Tagline-Stackedhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/end-of-the-line.jpgEnd of the lineAt the extreme southern end of the Alameda Corridor project, rail crew finishes bolting up concrete rail ties. From this point, south, rails will cross over the Cerritos Channel on the Badger Bridge and onto Terminal Island. Photo by Brad Graverson 4-2-02https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/nws-alamedacor3-sh.jpgnws-alamedaCor3-shnws-alamedaCor3-sh photo by sean hiller April 12, 2005. A freight train traveling the Alameda Corridor crosses the Dominquez Channel as it heads out of the Port of Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/trenchtrainfromacta.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/upacmap.jpgupacmaphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/020404-alameda-10-jag.jpg020404 Alameda 10 JAG04/04/02 - Aerial view of a section of the Alameda Corridor in the mid-trench section on Alameda Street in Compton, Calif. looking north on April 4, 2002. The Compton Court House is the big building in the center. The Mid-Corridor Trench is north of State Route 91. Trains will descend into a 10-mile-long, 33-foot-deep trench, separating them from roadway traffic. Trains emerge from the trench near 25th Street in Los Angeles. The trench is the featured element of the entire Alameda Corridor project, representing about two-thirds of the construction program. Photo by Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegram2024-06-29T03:30:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2024/06/22/the-roots-of-don-kotts-landmark-carson-car-dealership-go-back-to-1929/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/kotttoday.jpgkotttodayhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/kottsmolarad1946.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pvpnshot1969.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tn03-fordclosed.jpgtn03-fordclosedDon Kott Ford closed its dealership in Carson. Jan. 2, 2008 ( Staff Photo by Sean Hiller)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/unknown.jpegunknownhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1969smolarkottshotth.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/wpjfullpage1930ad.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/donkottford1.jpgBreeze photo by Bruce Hazelton - 1/12/01 - Don Kott Ford in Carson.Breeze photo by Bruce Hazelton - 1/12/01 - Don Kott Ford in Carson.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/donkottford.jpgBreeze photo by Bruce Hazelton - 1/12/01 - Don Kott Ford in Carson.Breeze photo by Bruce Hazelton - 1/12/01 - Don Kott Ford in Carson.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/donkottford-1.jpegBreeze photo by Bruce Hazelton - 1/12/01 - Don Kott Ford in Carson.Breeze photo by Bruce Hazelton - 1/12/01 - Don Kott Ford in Carson.2024-06-23T18:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2024/06/14/el-segundos-thunderbird-hotel-made-quite-a-splash-when-it-opened-in-1959/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pacific-coast-commons-site-plan-mar-ventures-withee-malcolm-el-segundo-urbanize-la.jpgpacific-coast-commons-site-plan-mar-ventures-withee-malcolm-el-segundo-urbanize-lahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/4368eshpage3.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pacific-commons-rendition.jpgpacific-commons-renditionhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tiki-hut-matchbookundated-2.jpgtiki-hut-matchbookundated-2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tiki-hut-matchbookundated-1.jpgtiki-hut-matchbookundated-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tiki-hut-matchbookundated.jpgtiki-hut-matchbookundatedhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tbirdcoffeshopadtppage31.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/grandopening1959.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/thunderbirdconstruction1959-1.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/thunderbirdconstruction1959.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2024-06-15T04:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2024/06/07/hermosa-beachs-early-boom-town-days-included-a-redondo-annexation-offer/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hermosaaerial1924closer-1.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hermosaaerial1924closer.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hermosa_beach_1918.jpghermosa_beach_1918https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/637128022141270000.jpeg637128022141270000https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hermosa_beach_1914.jpghermosa_beach_1914https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/nws-hermosabeach2.jpgnws-hermosabeach2Dedication ceremony for the 1,000-foot concrete Hermosa Pier in 1914, following the destruction of the old wooden pier by storms. 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The Museum is hosting summer long exhibit to mark Mr. Banning's 170th birthday. Photo/ Robert Casillas 8/4/00 Littlejohn storyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/banningcupolaviewlc.jpgbanningcupolaviewlchttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/s-l1600.jpgs-l1600https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/banningresidence1870.jpgbanningresidence1870https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/345890637_253350113888868_7129001497538893622_n.jpg345890637_253350113888868_7129001497538893622_nhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tn00-transport02-jg.jpgBanning MuseumWILMINGTON, CALIF. 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(December 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Nativity Catholic Church in Torrance. (December 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e53c-torrherald1939.jpgtorrherald1939Front page of the Torrance Herald, Thursday, March 9, 1939. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/659f2-p1030037.jpgP1030037Undated photo of the Church of the Nativity's original building, circa 1930s. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11202-p1030036.jpgP1030036Nativity Catholic School welcomed its first students in September 1948. (December 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/51c82-p1030032.jpgP1030032The rectory at Nativity Catholic Church was built in 1928. (December 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2595c-2015_12_24_18_06_030001-1.jpgNativity Catholic Church. 1973 Daily Breeze file photo.Nativity Catholic Church. 1973 Daily Breeze file photo.2024-05-04T22:46:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/01/12/llewellyn-iron-works-helped-shaped-torrance-as-a-new-industrial-city/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ad0e-machinery-in-a-columbia-steel-company-plant-torrance-2.jpgMachinery in a Columbia Steel Company plant, Torrance-2Undated photo shows workers and equipment inside the Columbia Steel Company plant in Torrance. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News via UCLA photo collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b2ab-1979millhot.jpg1979millhotU.S. Steel employees finish ing up final orders at the company's Torrance plant on Dec. 15, 1979, six days before it closed for good. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56c8d-columbia_steel.jpgColumbia_SteelThe Columbia Steel Company in Torrance, circa 1937. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bbe22-columbia636th.jpgcolumbia636thThe Columbia Steel plant circa 1936. Lettering on building reads, "Columbia Steel Company., Property of United States Steel Corporation." (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/82934-liwdrawing.jpgliwdrawingArchitect's rendition of the Llewellyn Iron Works in 1913. (Credit: Los Angeles Times archival database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/55e75-llewellynad.jpgllewellynadAd from Southwest Builder & Contractor, Jan. 1920, mentions Torrance plant.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d3d0-llewellynmug.jpgllewellynmugReese Llewellynhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ca52f-llewelyncard.jpgllewelyncardPostcard shows Llewellyn Iron Works plant in Torrance, circa 1918. (Credit: CSUDH photo archive, James H. Osborne collection)2024-05-04T22:45:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/05/17/the-man-behind-san-pedros-gaffey-street/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/04ebc-p1020303-800x600-1.jpgTThe original wooden house build by John T. Gaffey in 1906 still stands on Third Street in San Pedro. (May 2014 Daily Breeze file photo.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cad46-msp-legacygaffey-sh.jpgmsp-legacyGaffey-shmsp-legacyGaffey-sh photo courtesy of the San Pedro Bay Historical Society. March 30, 2005. The Gaffey family in the early 1920's, from left to right: Willaim T. gaffey jr., Willaim T. Gaffey, Hazel Mason Gaffey, Margaret Gaffey Mel, Sheila Ward Mel, Capt. John Mel, Peter John Mel, Arcadia Bandini Gaffey, John T. Gaffey ll, and John T. Gaffey. They are standing on the front entrance steps of Hacienda La Rambla.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7bba2-johntgaffey.jpgJohnTGaffeyJohn Tyler Gaffeyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/81747-p1020305-800x600-1.jpgP1020305 (800x600)Gaffey's Hacienda La Rambla mansion was razed in 1964 for the construction of the San Pedro YMCA. (May 2014 Daily Breeze photo.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9512f-p1020312-800x600-1.jpgTThe San Pedro Brewing Company, left, currently occupies the Gaffey Building on Sixth Street in San Pedro. (May 2014 Daily Breeze photo.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f7ad-p1020310-600x800-1.jpgTThe plaque honoring John T. Gaffey on the exterior of the Gaffey Building at 333 West Sixth Street in San Pedro. 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(Photo by Stephen Carr / Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2019screening.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/large-1.jpglarge-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/firstswapad.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/large.jpglargehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/missfarmertp51059p2.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nws-roadium1.1.jpgnws-roadium1.1South Bay Yesterday 1-21-07 -- The Roadium in Torrance was a popular South Bay drive-in, It now is known for it's swap meets.2024-03-19T17:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2024/03/08/actress-natalie-woods-1981-death-near-catalina-island-remains-officially-unsolved/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/westsidestorylobbycard.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bobcselectaerial.jpgbobcselectaerialAerial tour of Marine Protection Area off the coast of Palos Verdes Peninsula and Catalina Island. 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The master plan for the area has been delayed. Thursday, March 13, 2014, Redondo Beach, CA. An overview of Mole B, with the dilapidated park in foreground. Photo by Steve McCrank/Daily Breezehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/nws_aerials-034.jpgNWS_Aerials-034.JPGSOUTH BAY - 09/14/2004 - DAILY BREEZE PHOTO: SCOTT VARLEY - Aerials of Redondo Beach King Harbor and AES power plant,https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/moonstone-colours.jpg-copy-1.jpgmoonstone-colours.jpg-copy-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/moonstone-colours.jpg-copy.jpgmoonstone-colours.jpg-copyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/p16838coll1_2356_full.jpgp16838coll1_2356_fullhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/hunting_for_moonstones_moonstone_beach_santa_catalina_calif_nypl_b12647398-69458.tiff_.jpghunting_for_moonstones_moonstone_beach_santa_catalina_calif_nypl_b12647398-69458.tiff_https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/leadselectonbeach.jpgleadselectonbeachhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/p16855coll2_3225_large.jpgp16855coll2_3225_large2023-12-16T04:08:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/12/08/eye-catching-brick-buildings-near-torrance-high-school-have-had-multiple-uses/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-04-at-9.45.26e280afam-1.jpgscreenshot-2023-12-04-at-9.45.26e280afam-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ywcadedicationshotth-1.jpgywcadedicationshotth-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-04-at-9.45.26e280afam.jpgscreenshot-2023-12-04-at-9.45.26e280afamhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ywcadedicationshotth.jpgywcadedicationshotthhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/b0410-teen-center-2.jpgb0410-teen-center-2At the Attic, a new teen center near Torrance High, Torrance West sophomore THOMAS PHAN plays pool while stafferJASON MINTER looks on. 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Police handout photohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/policemenmugsesh-1.jpgpolicemenmugsesh-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/policemenmugsesh.jpgpolicemenmugseshhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/esherald1957page1.jpgesherald1957page1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/espd-killings-wayt-bg.jpgespd-killings-wayt-bgEl Segundo Police Chief Jack Wayt, far right, and LACo Sheriff Lee Baca address the gathered news media to announce an arrest in the 45-year-old murder case of two ESPD officers Milton Curtis and Richard Phillips who were killed on duty in July of 1957. Photo by Brad Graverson 1-29-03https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mason-court3-bg.jpgmason-court3-bgRetired Sheriff deputy Howard Speaks was a bit emotional when he reflected on his role in the 46-year old investigation into the murder of ES Police officers Phillips and Curtis. 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standing beside a Pacific Electric railway car in Torrance Shops, 1924Photograph of men standing beside a Pacific Electric railway car in Torrance Shops, 1924. At center, a group of four men are seen standing in a circle beside a large railway car. The men all wear hats and are dressed in formal attire. Three of the men are seen pressing their hands against the body of the railway car. The car has a large rectangular base and a smaller rectangular cabin. To the left of the cabin's entry door, a small bell can be seen atop a platform. Above the bell on the top of the cabin, two headlights can be seen. On the top of the cabin to the right, a large metallic rod is visible extending further to the right. Along the side of the cabin, the words "Pacific Electric 1620" can be seen painted below the three windows. In the foreground, railway tracks are visible. In the background to the right, the interior of a large building is seen. In the extreme background to the left, piles of flat wooden structures are visible. Description on the back of the picture reads: "1620 at Torrance Shops in 1924. Motor was just built at Torrance".https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photos_116474_large.jpgphotos_116474_largehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/photos_93575_large.jpgphotos_93575_large2023-10-07T01:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/09/30/big-willie-robinson-sought-to-foster-brotherhood-through-street-racing/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/il_fullxfull.3329129311_hxbj.jpg-copy.jpgil_fullxfull.3329129311_hxbj.jpg-copyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/brotherhood-raceway-park-big-willie-1.webpbrotherhood-raceway-park-big-willie-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bigwillie-1.jpgbigwillie-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/old-racing-photo-4.jpgRacing on Terminal Island. no date from Big Willie RobinsonRacing on Terminal Island. no date from Big Willie Robinsonhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/118714052_10221532803962637_5007662405227620921_n.jpg118714052_10221532803962637_5007662405227620921_nhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/b0414big-willie1.jpgb0414big-willie1Breeze photo Andrea Roth. Wearing a suit rather than his usual fatigues, Big Willie Robinson of Inglewood appeals to the L.A. Harbor Commisioners, at a board meeting Wednesday in San Pedro, for land in Wilmington (check w/Brady story) for a drag strip. 4/14/99https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/navalairstationterminalisland_reevesfield_1944.jpgnavalairstationterminalisland_reevesfield_1944https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gal1-1.jpggal1-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/big-willie-port.jpgbig-willie-portBig Willie Robinson. president of the Brotherhood of Street Racers. Photo by Brad Graverson 7-9-01https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/big-willie-tomiko.jpgbig-willie-tomikoBrotherhood of Street Racers President Big Willie Robinson and wife Tomiko hope to see street racing return to a safe venue. Photo by Brad Graverson 7-9-012023-10-04T23:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/09/22/former-west-high-qb-steve-sarkisian-now-calling-signals-for-the-texas-longhorns/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/90.webp90https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/68295-24fr.jpg68295-24frhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/spt-usc-cal-111806.844.jpgspt-usc-cal-111806.844LOS ANGELES - 11/18/06 - DAILY BREEZE PHOTO: SCOTT VARLEY - California Golden Bears vs. USC Trojans. 2nd half. USC won 23-9. Coaches Pete Carroll, left, and Steve Sarkisian.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0808_spo_ldn-l-usc-fall-practice05.jpgno resalesUSC head coach Steve Sarkisian during the first practice of the football season at Cromwell Field on the USC campus in Los Angeles, Calif. Aug. 8, 2015. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb/Los Angeles Daily News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sarkisian.steve-sask5.jpgsarkisian.steve-sask5https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/byusarkisian.jpgbyusarkisianhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tn08-sarkisian.jpgECC QB Steve Sarkisian 1994. Staff Photo by Brad GraversonECC QB Steve Sarkisian 1994. 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The sign here seen at the Avalon exit from the 405 freeway will soon be gone from the blvd that will travel thru old landfill when completed. Photo by Robert Casillas/ Daily Breezehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bridgesmug.jpgHarry BridgesHarry Bridgeshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/us_airmail_inverted_jenny_24c_1918_issue.jpgus_airmail_inverted_jenny_24c_1918_issuehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/will_rogers_and_wiley_post_cph.3b05600.jpgwill_rogers_and_wiley_post_cph.3b05600https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wileyselect.jpgwileyselect2023-08-18T23:13:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/08/11/changing-the-face-of-the-dana-strand-housing-project-in-wilmington-took-decades/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/danastrand5.jpgdanastrand5https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/photos_938_large.jpgphotos_938_largehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/townhomes2.jpgtownhomes2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nws_tdb-l-danastrand.026.jpgnws_tdb-l-danastrand.026Construction is ongoing for 174 new affordable apartment in Wilmington Dana Strand housing named Vista Del Mar and Camino Del Mar. A huge response to the new housing requires naes to be drawn from L.A. City applications. Photo by Robert Casillas, Daily Breeze/SCNGhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/danastrand.jpgdanastrandThe Housing Authority of Los Angeles begins the demolition of the Dana Strand Village in Wilmington Monday Aug 3, 2003. The 384 WWII apartments will be replaced with a 411 unit modern mixed income community. Chuck Bennett Photohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/projects.1.1126-1.jpgprojects.1.1126-1projects.1.1126.sv.photo: Scott Varley.The Dana Strand housing project in Wilmington is set to be demolished and rebuilt.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/projects.1.1126.jpgprojects.1.1126projects.1.1126.sv.photo: Scott Varley.The Dana Strand housing project in Wilmington is set to be demolished and rebuilt.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/danabuildingthrutrees1942.jpgdanabuildingthrutrees1942https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/danastrandmapcartamap.jpgdanastrandmapcartamaphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/danastrand1942gal.jpgdanastrand1942gal2023-08-12T01:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/08/04/gearheads-flocked-to-tony-capannas-hot-rod-city-in-torrance-in-the-1960s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hrcdemo.jpghrcdemohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hotrodcitytph53566c-11.jpghotrodcitytph53566c-11https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/grandopeningadth.jpggrandopeningadthhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/scooterphotos1951.jpgscooterphotos1951https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hotrodmag1153-1.jpghotrodmag1153-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hotrodmag1153.jpghotrodmag1153https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/tony1.jpgtony1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/directoryadtp.jpgdirectoryadtp2023-08-05T02:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/07/29/san-pedro-high-school-is-one-of-the-south-bay-harbor-areas-oldest/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sphsfacebookpage2012.jpgsphsfacebookpage2012https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/334003456_884306529492619_6964561499355866772_n.jpg334003456_884306529492619_6964561499355866772_nhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/stadium.101100.jpgstadium.101100Stadium.101100.KHZ/Kim Haggerty Zylius.The victory arch, which was relocated in July, faces the new Pirate Stadium at San Pedro High School. Construction crews are finishing up the final touches on the stadium just in time for Friday night's game against Banning High School.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/southbay_622_large.jpgsouthbay_622_largehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/spnp19360505.2.4-a3-700w.jpgspnp19360505.2.4-a3-700whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/spnp19341229.2.5-a5-700w.jpgspnp19341229.2.5-a5-700whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/circa1906.jpgcirca1906https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/tn10_newcampus_smc048.jpgtn10_newcampus_smc048The new John M. and Muriel Olguin campus of San Pedro High School was officially opened on Thursday. The modern campus is built on the former Fort MacArthur Army base and is designed to alleviate crowding at the main campus. The ceremony was held in the new ampitheater..20120809.Photo by Steve McCrank / Staff Photographerhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sphs-modernization.jpgsphs-modernization2023-07-29T23:11:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/07/21/californias-oldest-lumber-company-has-a-big-presence-in-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/120578325_1393619814164740_7824720782217753056_n.jpg120578325_1393619814164740_7824720782217753056_nhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ganahl1907ad.jpgganahl1907adhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0804_nws_tdb-l-ganahl.035.jpg0804_nws_tdb-l-ganahl.035Ganahl Lumber to open super-sized lumber yard in Torrance Friday August 3, 2017. Ganahl Lumber established in 1884 is the oldest lumberyard in California. Guests walk facility during pre-opening tour. 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Ganahl Lumber established in 1884 is the oldest lumberyard in California. Photo by Robert Casillas, Daily Breeze/SCNG2023-07-22T02:40:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/07/14/rolling-hills-plaza-shopping-center-has-changed-with-the-times-many-times-since-1961/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pvpn19630815.2.95.4-a1-621w.jpgpvpn19630815.2.95.4-a1-621whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/rhtheater84aerial.jpgrhtheater84aerialhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pvpn19610316.2.41.1-a1-700w.jpgpvpn19610316.2.41.1-a1-700whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_1146.jpgimg_1146https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b0207plaza-parking.jpgb0207plaza-parkingBreeze photo by Bruce HAzelton - 2/7/98 - Cars search for a place to park on a Friday evening at Rolling Hills Plaza. 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The slide escarpment is in front of the homes. Tuesday, October 01, 2013, Palos Verdes Estates, CA. 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South Coast Botanic Gardens is free every third Tuesday of the month. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/googlemap2023.jpggooglemap2023https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pvpn19620802.2.14-a5-700w-1.jpgpvpn19620802.2.14-a5-700w-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pvpn19620802.2.14-a5-700w.jpgpvpn19620802.2.14-a5-700whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/woo3_fix.jpgwoo3_fixhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0109_nws_imp-l-pvscbotanic.156.jpg0109_nws_imp-l-pvscbotanic.156The South Coast Botanic Gardens in Palos Verdes is a good place for family to enjoy nature. Photo by Robert Casillas / Daily Breeze2023-07-08T02:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/06/30/the-bob-hope-uso-at-lax-has-offered-comfort-to-traveling-military-personnel-for-decades/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/tdb-l-theme-092608.jpgtdb-l-theme-092608A pictorial history of Bob Hope and the USO over the year. This was during Grand Opening of the Bob Hope USC Center in the iconic Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, September, 26, 2018. (photo by Mike Mullen)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/usoprogram1941.jpgusoprogram1941https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohrposters.001.wwii_.040.jpgohrposters.001.wwii_.040https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/12-21-12-xmasessay04.jpgforsaleTroops on leave for the Christmas holiday, many bused in from Southern California miltary bases, wait for flights out of Los Angeles International Airport at the Bob Hope Hollywood USO Friday, December 21, 2012. 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Several modest, one-story rancher-style buildings line the left side of the road near the harbor. Railroad tracks can be seen embedded in the road, and a locomotive engine is visible stopped in the center foreground. A number of barrel kegs are strew near a bush behind it. Flat palate carts and stacks of lumber are evident in the background. Dead man's Island can be seen beyond the unfinished breakwater in the distance. The buildings of the Morgan Oyster Co. and the Western Fish Co. appear in the center.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/chs-6727_full_size_jpg-1.jpgThe Port of Los Angeles at the San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, ca.1905Photograph of the Port of Los Angeles at the San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, ca.1905. Several modest, one-story rancher-style buildings line the left side of the road near the harbor. Railroad tracks can be seen embedded in the road, and a locomotive engine is visible stopped in the center foreground. A number of barrel kegs are strew near a bush behind it. Flat palate carts and stacks of lumber are evident in the background. Dead man's Island can be seen beyond the unfinished breakwater in the distance. The buildings of the Morgan Oyster Co. and the Western Fish Co. appear in the center.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/photos_96600_large.jpgphotos_96600_largehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/p16855coll3_1699_large-1.jpgp16855coll3_1699_large-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/p16855coll3_1699_large.jpgp16855coll3_1699_largehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/chs-6727_full_size_jpg.jpgThe Port of Los Angeles at the San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, caPhotograph of the Port of Los Angeles at the San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, ca.1905. Several modest, one-story rancher-style buildings line the left side of the road near the harbor. Railroad tracks can be seen embedded in the road, and a locomotive engine is visible stopped in the center foreground. A number of barrel kegs are strew near a bush behind it. Flat palate carts and stacks of lumber are evident in the background. Dead man's Island can be seen beyond the unfinished breakwater in the distance. The buildings of the Morgan Oyster Co. and the Western Fish Co. appear in the center.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/lasprradherald1873-2.jpglasprradherald1873-2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/lasprradherald1873-1.jpglasprradherald1873-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/lasprradherald1873.jpglasprradherald1873https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dw-811-43b-34-isla.jpgAlameda Street Depot and Station, Los Angeles and San Pedro RailroadAlameda Street Depot and Station, Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography. Additional information: "Los Angeles & San Pedro: First Railroad South of the Tehachapis” by Franklyn Hoyt. Basically, it’s quite a boring story of who paid how much and who voted for what and who opposed what. But, look what I found on p. 331: “During February 1869, several attempts were made to buy a lot at the corner of Aliso and Alameda streets for use as a depot site. This… lot was owned by a Mrs. Madigan, who demanded $14,000 in gold for her property… Finally, the project was dropped, and the “present” [sic] lot was purchased from John G. Downey and James F. Burnes… The two lots… were located on the southwest corner of Alameda and Commercial Streets" -- Franklyn Hoyt, "Los Angeles & San Pedro: First Railroad South of the Tehachapis", p. 331 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/25156449).2023-06-17T02:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/06/09/george-bretts-hall-of-fame-baseball-career-began-at-el-segundo-high/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1003_spo_sgt-l-angels-royals-kb13.jpgRoyals, Angels, BaseballHall of Fame and former Royals third baseman George Brett prior to game two of an American League Division Series baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/ Pasadena Star-News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/george-brett-1977-topps-baseball-card-number-580_ss2_p-13230342u-118ypvfas1yxd9ef5kkfv-94be0c309a654b43a5b158cb94f7d40b.jpggeorge-brett-1977-topps-baseball-card-number-580_ss2_p-13230342u-118ypvfas1yxd9ef5kkfv-94be0c309a654b43a5b158cb94f7d40bhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/brett-cif-champs-1971.jpgbrett-cif-champs-1971George Brett, #7 when his El Segundo High School varsity team won the 1971 championship.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/brett-breze-3000-hits.jpgDaily Breeze from 1992 when George Brett reached the 3,000 hit milestone.Daily Breeze from 1992 when George Brett reached the 3,000 hit milestone.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/tn09-sportswalk07-4.jpgtn09-sportswalk07-4Baseball star and George Brett signs autographs after ceremonies honoring him and seven other athletes during Sportswalk 07 awards in San Pedro Monday. Photo by Brad Graverson 10-8-07https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/eshigh1970pic.jpgeshigh1970pichttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/george_brett_1990.jpggeorge_brett_19902023-06-10T00:54:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/06/02/seven-votes-decided-the-1939-battle-to-incorporate-the-city-of-palos-verdes-estates/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20139808_1618129968261634_70854430907491005_n-1.jpg20139808_1618129968261634_70854430907491005_n-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/oldpvemap-2.jpgoldpvemap-2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/oldpvemap-1.jpgoldpvemap-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/oldpvemap.jpgoldpvemaphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roesslermug-1.jpgroesslermug-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/roesslermug.jpgroesslermughttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/artjury.jpgartjuryhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cityseal.jpgcitysealhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cityhall1selectpve.jpgcityhall1selectpvehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20139808_1618129968261634_70854430907491005_n.jpg20139808_1618129968261634_70854430907491005_n2023-06-03T00:40:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/05/26/redondo-beach-resident-ron-kovic-has-never-backed-away-from-a-battle/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1218_nws_tdb-l-movie06.jpg1218_nws_tdb-l-movie06Well known peace activist, United States Marine Corps veteran and writer who was paralyzed in the Vietnam War Ron Kovic , was among the audience as the Torrance Historical Society sponsored a special preview of the Lou Zamperini movie "Unbroken," at the AMC Del Amo theaters. Lou Zamperini's son Luke Zamperini, daughter Cynthia Zamperini-Garris and producer Matt Baer attended and answered questions from the audience . Torrance Calif., Tuesday, December 16, 2014. 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The school had been closed for years due to worries of seismic safety. Barnhardt construction safety officer Lupe Hernandez takes a look at the gym which is still under construction..July 28, 2011..Photo by Steve McCrank / Daily Breezehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/possiblesoso.jpgpossiblesosohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/jhhullbackpart.jpgjhhullbackparthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/117981540_149039206844628_6633480795519293135_n.png117981540_149039206844628_6633480795519293135_nhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nws-hullcloses.jpgnws-hullclosesBond2.00401.KHZ/Kim Haggerty Zylius Rust has destroyed a part of the cafeteria wall at Hull Middle School in Torrance. Almost the entire school has temporary metal buildings.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/seasidegroundbreak49.jpgseasidegroundbreak49https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hullappointedmug47-1.jpghullappointedmug47-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hullappointedmug47.jpghullappointedmug472023-05-20T01:56:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/05/12/inglewood-oil-field-drilling-judged-a-factor-in-1963-baldwin-hills-dam-disaster/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nws_statefees.0615-002-3.jpgnws_statefees.0615-002-3BALDWIN HILLS - 6/15/2004 - DAILY BREEZE PHOTO: SCOTT VARLEY - Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Baldwin Hills for story on California fee increases for state parks.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/lookinguptoward-dam.jpglookinguptoward-damhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/housesswamped.jpghousesswampedhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/damcracksite.jpgdamcracksitehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/bowrondedication.jpgbowrondedicationhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/inglewood_oil_field.jpginglewood_oil_fieldhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/baldwin-hills-oil-map-no-text.jpgbaldwin-hills-oil-map-no-text2023-05-13T04:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/05/05/fatal-1937-san-pedro-shooting-roiled-tensions-between-longshore-union-police/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/coffinshot-1.jpgcoffinshot-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/greggheadline.jpggreggheadlinehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/courtroomshot.jpgcourtroomshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/marcherspic.jpgmarcherspichttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/funeralinside.jpgfuneralinsidehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nyheadline.jpgnyheadlinehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/coffinshot.jpgcoffinshothttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/harrymug.jpgharrymughttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/chalkwriting.jpgchalkwriting2023-05-06T01:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/04/28/byron-scott-watched-the-lakers-from-the-forums-seats-before-joining-them-on-the-court/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/photos_20653_large.jpgphotos_20653_largehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/arizona-state-sun-devils-modern-disc-wall-sign-462267.jpgarizona-state-sun-devils-modern-disc-wall-sign-462267https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/spt-lakers-5.bh_.jpgspt-lakers-5.bh_SPT-1985 Lakers Championship team members, left to right,.James Worthy, Magic Johnson, Kurt Rambis, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, and Byron Scott pose for team picture. Photo/Bruce Hazelton 4/11/05https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/0121_spo_ldn-l-lakers-smc733.jpg0121_spo_ldn-l-lakers-smc733Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings The Lakers' coach Byron Scott watches his team as they trail the Kings during a NBA basketball game Wednesday, January 20, 2016, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA. The Kings won 112-93. Photo by Steve McCrank/Staff Photographerhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/0929_spt_ldn-l-lakers.139.jpg0929_spt_ldn-l-lakers.139Los Angeles Lakers Media Day in El Segundo Monday September 28, 2015. Coach Byron Scott answers question about upcoming season. 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The school, which has been built to green standards, installed solar panels on the roofs of 16 buildings on campus. Dane Koncan, the project manager from Martifer Solar, shows the panels on the roof of the classrooms..20121115.Photo by Steve McCrank / Staff Photographerhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nws-rollinghillsprep-smc064.jpgnws-rollinghillsprep-smc064February 6, 2007. Photo by Steve McCrank. Students file into Rolling Hills Prep School on the school's first day of classes Tuesday on its new campuson former Navy property in San Pedro.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/rollinghills_prep_entry_sign.jpgrollinghills_prep_entry_signhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/170022804_10159034711985279_2085802497121673338_n.jpg170022804_10159034711985279_2085802497121673338_n2023-04-01T02:01:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/03/25/once-harbor-citys-library-branch-closed-it-took-decades-for-it-to-reopen/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hclibrarysignpossible.jpghclibrarysignpossiblehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nws-hg-library.032.jpgnws-hg-library.032NWS- Grand opening of the Harbor City-Harbor Gateway Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tours the library with city librarian Fontayne Holmes,left. 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The club is celebrating its 80th birthday.2023-03-11T03:34:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/03/03/clifton-moore-helped-transform-a-fledgling-lax-into-a-modern-airport/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photos_11813_large.jpgphotos_11813_largehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cliff-moore-lax.jpgcliff-moore-laxRetired former LAX executive director Clifton Moore lives in the Palmdale home he purchased back in 1972 while working on the proposed Palmdale Airport project. The city of Los Angeles purchased 18,000 acres of land with the intent of heading off overcrowding at LAX. Photo: Robert Casillas 1/12/99https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/nws-cliftonmoore.022205.bk_.jpgnws-cliftonmoore.022205.bk_NWS-CliftonMoore.022205.BK Photo by Branimir Kvartuc.LAX administrators and widdow Betty Moore, far right, unveil the new sign naming the administration builiding at LAX after Clifton A. Moore, an airport pioneer.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/palmdaleairport.jpgpalmdaleairporthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photos_11241_large.jpgphotos_11241_largehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1920px-usswordendd352.jpg1920px-usswordendd352https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/clifton-moore.gifclifton-moore2023-03-04T04:07:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/02/24/torrances-shery-high-looks-at-continuation-schools-in-a-different-light/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sheryad.jpgsheryadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sheryhighentrance.pngsheryhighentrancehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/art3.061703.khz_.jpgart3.061703.khz_Art3.061703.KHZ/Kim Haggerty Zylius.Students at Shery Continuation School in Torrance, apply tiles to a mural Tuesday. 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Aerial pics over the South Bay from the Goodyear Blimp. 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Many historic homes and buildings sit in the alternative routes for the 710 extension that the Los Angeles Metropolitan Authority proposed during its environmental study process. Although many of the routes that threatened historic homes have been removed from the list, local preservationists remain concerned about how the final five alternatives, specifically the tunnel route, would affect historic resources in the community.(SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jared1-2.jpgjared1-2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jared1-1.jpgjared1-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jared1.jpgjared1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jared1936drawing.jpgjared1936drawinghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/637087766703070000.jpeg637087766703070000https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/photos_93559_full.jpgphotos_93559_fullhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/statueselect.jpgstatueselect2023-01-28T03:33:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/01/20/that-fancy-new-international-terminal-at-lax-is-nearing-its-40th-birthday/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bradley5-2.jpgbradley5-2Interior of the Great Hall at LAX Tom Bradley Int. Terminal construction. Photo by Brad Graverson 1-24-12https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bradley5-1.jpgbradley5-1Interior of the Great Hall at LAX Tom Bradley Int. Terminal construction. Photo by Brad Graverson 1-24-12https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bradley5.jpgbradley5Interior of the Great Hall at LAX Tom Bradley Int. Terminal construction. Photo by Brad Graverson 1-24-12https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tn25-bradley.01.jpgtn25-bradley.01Soaring wave-like rooflines of the new construction at Tom Bradley International Terminal. Photo by Brad Graverson 1-24-12https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/time-place.lax_.3.0617.sv_.jpgDSC_0032.JPGTime-Place.LAX.3.0617.sv.photo: Scott Varley.Long lines of passengers gather for flights at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX. The airport is the busiest it's been since 9-11.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tn25-bradley.09.jpgtn25-bradley.09Interior of the Great Hall at LAX Tom Bradley Int. Terminal construction. Photo by Brad Graverson 1-24-12https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/0107_nws_tdb-l-lax-smc093.jpg0107_nws_tdb-l-lax-smc093Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti held a news conference at LAX's Tom Bradley International Terminal to discuss the state of tourism in the cityTuesday, January 06, 2015, Los Angeles, CA. In 2014, 43.4 million people made Los Angeles their destination which is a record. Many of these people came through LAX which has been expanding to handle the influx. The new terminal contains numerous restaurants with a Los Angeles flair. 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It has a wrap-around porch and balcony, and rows of large rectangular windows cover the perimeter of the building. The hotel has a flat roof with a fence around it, and a sign bearing the hotel's name is at left. There is a tall flag pole with an unidentified flag over the sign. The land in front of the building is deep sand, marked with tire tracks, while the land behind it is occupied by a tall hill with a road going to the top at left.2023-01-14T03:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2023/01/06/exotic-journeys-start-from-the-world-cruise-center-at-the-port-of-los-angeles/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tn01-cruise.jpgtn01-cruiseOctober is the start of cruise ship season at the Port of Los Angeles. The Mariner of the Seas was in port on Sunday taking passengers on 7 day cruises to Mexico. 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Photo/ Robert Casillashttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ballona_historic_watershed_1900.jpgballona_historic_watershed_1900https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/photograph-of-centinela-springs-date-unknown-photo-courtesy-of-the-huntington-library.jpgphotograph-of-centinela-springs-date-unknown-photo-courtesy-of-the-huntington-library2022-12-31T01:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/12/23/at-60-west-high-is-the-newest-of-torrances-four-main-public-high-schools/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/318372290_810905750147689_2008319432354211809_n.jpg318372290_810905750147689_2008319432354211809_nhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/insidewestlibrary.jpginsidewestlibraryhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fordplanners.jpgfordplannershttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/westselect.jpgwestselecthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/westhighaerial-google2022.jpgwesthighaerial-google2022https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/bettershotofplan.jpgbettershotofplanhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/whslibraryconstructionart.jpgwhslibraryconstructionarthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/gymconstruction1964.jpggymconstruction19642022-12-24T04:22:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/12/16/el-segundos-candy-cane-lane-has-celebrated-the-holidays-since-1949/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/googlemap.jpggooglemaphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/638054412425370000.png638054412425370000https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nws-candylane1.bh_.jpgnws-candylane1.bh_Steven Ijams (cq) holds his daughter Tanner, 15 months, on his shoulders for a better look at the holiday light displays on the newly-renamed street, Candy Cane Lane, in El Segundo. An ongoing tradition since 1949, 25 houses on the block express the holiday spirit with multi-themed light displays. Photo/Bruce Hazelton 12/9/06https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/hixonpic2021.jpghixonpic2021https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/tdb-l-candycanelane03.jpgtdb-l-candycanelane03People fill the 1200 block of Acacia St. in El Segundo for the Annual Candy Cane Lane home displays, Friday December 21, 2018. (photo by Mike Mullen)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/toucanlanetp.jpgtoucanlanetphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1951winners.jpg1951winnershttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/candycanelane01.12-14-02.jpgcandycanelane01.12-14-02CandyCaneLane01.12/14/02.BK Photo by Branimir Kvartuc.Visitors are treated to a spectacular light show on El Segundo's Acacia Ave better known as Candy Cane Lane.2022-12-17T04:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/12/09/celebrated-architect-robert-neutra-designed-wartime-channel-heights-housing-in-san-pedro/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/richard_j._neutra_holding_photograph_of_beard_house.jpgrichard_j._neutra_holding_photograph_of_beard_househttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/typicalunitsview.jpgChannel Heights Housing Project, San Pedro, Calif., 1943https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/latimessalead.jpglatimessaleadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fb-block-modarch01-2392.jpgChannel Heights Housing Project, San Pedro, Calif., 1943https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chmap.jpgchmaphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fb-block-modarch01-2331.jpgChannel Heights Housing Project, San Pedro, Calif., 1943https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fb-block-modarch01-243.jpgChannel Heights Housing Project, San Pedro, Calif., 1943Exterior photograph of market (front view), Channel Heights Housing Project (designed by Richard Neutra), in the vicinity of West Capitol Drive, South Western Avenue and West Park Western Drive, San Pedro, California, 1943.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fb-block-modarch01-227.jpgChannel Heights Housing Project, San Pedro, Calif., 1943Exterior photograph of two-story row houses in staggered rows, Channel Heights Housing Project (designed by Richard Neutra), in the vicinity of West Capitol Drive, South Western Avenue and West Park Western Drive, San Pedro, California, 1943.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/channelelelmentary.jpgchannelelelmentary2022-12-10T01:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/12/02/1960s-garage-band-icon-dick-dodd-of-the-standells-grew-up-in-the-beach-cities/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/southhighad.jpgsouthhighadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/videograbdick.jpgvideograbdickhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/247baf4320d2ab07b22a499d8ee4ab06.jpg247baf4320d2ab07b22a499d8ee4ab06https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/a-254870-1512087345-9663.jpga-254870-1512087345-9663https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/standells_drummer_and_singer_dick-893b951922bafa74acbb5e2813cbda40.jpegstandells_drummer_and_singer_dick-893b951922bafa74acbb5e2813cbda40https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/r-1229617-1202258614.jpgr-1229617-1202258614https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/standellsgetyourselfacollegegirl.jpgstandellsgetyourselfacollegegirlhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/r-3991174-1456944864-5871.jpgr-3991174-1456944864-5871https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/idb-l-allen-col-0725-2.jpgidb-l-allen-col-0725-2This ad appeared in the San Bernardino Sun on July 20, 1966. Tickets were $4 and $5. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/121000621_138585596800.jpg121000621_1385855968002022-12-04T00:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/11/25/works-progress-administration-infrastructure-work-remains-part-of-the-south-bay-landscape/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/el-segundo-swim.7-16-02.rc_.jpgel-segundo-swim.7-16-02.rc_The City of El Segundo will soon draft plans to renovate 62 year-old Urho Saari Swim Stadium. The stadium is named after legendary swimmer/coach. Photo/ Robert Casillashttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1224_nws_tdb-l-zamperinisites.049..jpg1224_nws_tdb-l-zamperinisites.049.Historical locations in the Torrance life of Louis Zamperini. The Torrance Historical Society on Post Ave. hosts the largest collection of Zamperini memorabilia. Photo by Robert Casillas / Daily Breezehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/useit.jpguseithttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/veterans_memorial_building_centinela_park_inglewood_california.jpgveterans_memorial_building_centinela_park_inglewood_californiahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/wpa.jpgwpahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/440px-wpa-usa-sign.svg_.png440px-wpa-usa-sign.svg_https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/tn00-ruhs.05.jpgtn00-ruhs.05Construction continues on the refurbished science classroom building at RUHS, expected to be completed in April, 2013. Photo by Brad Graverson2022-11-26T01:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/10/24/several-south-bay-cities-have-discriminatory-sundown-town-legacies-in-their-past/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8ce62-pvlatad-1.jpgpvlatadOutlined portion of text of Los Angeles Times ad: "No industries, asylums or public nuisance businesses are permitted, and race restrictions are to be rigidly observed. There will also be proper conservation of trees parkings and mountain reservations." April 6, 1924, Page E16. (Credit: Los Angeles Times archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/411ae-1963torrancehed.jpg1963torrancehedFront page headline from Torrance Herald, July 11, 1963. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/016f4-sanpedrolatad.jpgsanpedrolatadLos Angeles Times, Jan. 1. 1913, Page 16. (Credit: Los Angeles Times archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5fc8a-pvlatad.jpgpvlatadOutlined portion of text of Los Angeles Times ad: "No industries, asylums or public nuisance businesses are permitted, and race restrictions are to be rigidly observed. There will also be proper conservation of trees parkings and mountain reservations." April 6, 1924, Page E16. (Credit: Los Angeles Times archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a496f-flags_at_hawthorne_1957.jpgFlags_at_Hawthorne_1957Hawthorne entrance sign in 1957. After decades as a sundown town, the city has become racially diverse in recent years. (Credit: University of Southern California Digital Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d024-women_on_hayride.jpgWomen_on_hayrideWomen in bathing suits stack on top of each other in the back of a truck on a hayride to Bruce Beach in Manhattan Beach. Top to bottom, Susie Thorton, Grace Williams, Mary Mingleton, Grace Harris. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6dd40-service-pnp-fsa-8d13000-8d13500-8d13572v.jpgservice-pnp-fsa-8d13000-8d13500-8d13572vhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b3926-racerestrictionsad.jpgracerestrictionsadClassified house-for-sale ad from the San Pedro News Pilot, Sept. 8, 1945, Page 6. (Credit: San Pedro News Pilot archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31397-palosverdes023-768x1618-1.jpgpalosverdes023-768x1618https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7cd3-lahousingsign.jpglahousingsignSign at the Sunkist Gardens veterans housing tract on Vermont Ave. south of Slauson in Los Angeles illustrates the racial discrimination that existed in the housing market, where many properties had restrictive covenants that barred Blacks and other minorities from buying or renting homes. Sept. 28, 1950 photo by Irving C. Smith. (Credit: University of Southern California Digital Library)2022-11-21T23:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/11/06/on-vacation-the-next-new-south-bay-history-blog-post-will-be-nov-25-2022/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rbpavilion1910.jpgView of Redondo Beach Pavilion, a dance hall, and casino, on the waterfront, ca.1910Photograph of a view of Redondo Beach Pavilion, a dance hall, and casino, on the waterfront, ca.1910. The two-story Moorish/Spanish style building features a multi-curved parapet (left), an arcade (all around), dome-capped turret-like towers, ornamental moldings (at left, main entrance), and a balcony on the second floor that circumnavigates the building. Streetcar rails line the streets. Legible signs include: "casino", "theatre", "Redondo pavilion", "old mission ice cream", "beach stone", "JNO Q. Tuft, Redondo Bazaar Co.", "bait for sale, poles for rent", "toilets, women", "welcome".2022-11-06T22:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/11/04/torrance-scaled-back-its-once-grandiose-plans-for-a-veterans-memorial/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/jayceesselect.jpgjayceesselecthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/benches.jpgbencheshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/connervfwad21045p3.jpgconnervfwad21045p3https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/torrancevets1.jpgtorrancevets1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tn28-ferrara.sv-078.jpgtn28-ferrara.sv-078TORRANCE - 12/27/07 - SCOTT VARLEY / DAILY BREEZE - Army Capt. Matthew Ferrara's name was engraved in the Torrance Veteran's Memorial Wall during a brief ceremony Thursday next to city hall. Ferrara, a 2001 South High graduate, was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan in November. Andy Ferrara pauses to look at his brother's name on the wall.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/jayceesmemorial1956.jpgjayceesmemorial1956https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cearlconnermug.jpgcearlconnermughttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/torrancevetsbigad.jpgtorrancevetsbigadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/torrancevetsdrawing-1.jpgtorrancevetsdrawing-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/torrancevetsdrawing.jpgtorrancevetsdrawing2022-11-05T02:32:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/10/28/looking-back-to-the-days-when-bathing-suits-could-bring-about-prosecution/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/p16855coll2_3244_large.jpgp16855coll2_3244_largehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/100558531_1625180934317436_4257403679532908544_n.jpg100558531_1625180934317436_4257403679532908544_nhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/640px-gabrielle_chanel_en_mariniere-1.jpgMarinière et pantalon en 1928Marinière et pantalon en 1928https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/640px-gabrielle_chanel_en_mariniere.jpgMarinière et pantalon en 1928Marinière et pantalon en 1928https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/photos_83393_full.jpgphotos_83393_fullhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/catalina1895.jpgcatalina1895https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/spnp19230618.2.30-a5-700w.jpgspnp19230618.2.30-a5-700whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/125790576_10224941229381082_3354685073778228908_n.jpg125790576_10224941229381082_3354685073778228908_n2022-10-29T00:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/10/21/the-winding-road-to-the-los-angeles-clippers-new-home-in-inglewood/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/googlestreetmap2022.jpggooglestreetmap2022https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/neighborhoodselect-1.jpgneighborhoodselect-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/neighborhoodselect.jpgneighborhoodselecthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dannymanning.jpgdannymanninghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ldn-l-clippers-0725-502-sv.jpgldn-l-clippers-0725-502-svFrom left, Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank, head coach Doc Rivers, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and owner Steve Ballmer gather for a press conference at the Green Meadows Recreation Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. George and Leonard were introduced to the media and fans as the newest members of the Clippers. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/intuitoverallselect.jpgintuitoverallselecthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1-2-08-50clippers-.jpgCLIPPERSNew Orleans Hornets vs Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Wednesday night January 2. 2008. Clipper's owner Donald Sterling. (Pasadena Star-News Staff Photo Keith Birmingham)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sdclipslogo-1.jpgsdclipslogo-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sdclipslogo.jpgsdclipslogohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/views005a.jpgviews005a2022-10-22T00:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/10/14/winning-the-messaging-battle-at-home-was-key-to-the-world-war-ii-effort/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/spnp19430927page2.jpgspnp19430927page2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rememberpearlnatsupplyth12744p7-b.jpgrememberpearlnatsupplyth12744p7-bhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/greasebomberspnpad92743p2.jpggreasebomberspnpad92743p2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/safewayrationcouponsadth32543p3-a.jpgsafewayrationcouponsadth32543p3-ahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/openlettertoaxis3guys-1.jpgopenlettertoaxis3guys-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1600px-22im_proud_of_you_folks_too22_-_nara_-_514609.jpg1600px-22im_proud_of_you_folks_too22_-_nara_-_514609https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/openlettertoaxis3guys.jpgopenlettertoaxis3guyshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1024px-loose_lips_might_sink_ships-1.jpg1024px-loose_lips_might_sink_ships-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1024px-loose_lips_might_sink_ships.jpg1024px-loose_lips_might_sink_shipshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/owi-emblem.jpgowi-emblem2022-10-15T00:49:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/10/07/marymount-california-universitys-roots-on-the-palos-verdes-peninsula-go-back-to-1960/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0513_nws_tdb-l-marymount524.jpg0513_nws_tdb-l-marymount524RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5/11/2013 - (Mark Savage) The Commencement Address by Pat Morrison. Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes honors its 139 students at its graduation ceremony Saturday, the largest number in years and a reflection of the school's expanding mission and footprint. The 45-year-old college, which faced an existential threat just four years ago due to sagging enrollment, now boasts record enrollment of 1,000 students. The enrollment rebound coincides with some major changes. The college, which come August will officially be known as Marymount University California, several years ago began offering four-year degrees. Saturday's ceremony marks just the second year students will be picking up four-year diplomas; this year's crop includes about 50 such students. 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Cub Scouts from Montebello, Pico Rivera and Whittier entered 53 cars to race and be judged. The district holds the Summerfime derby to give the area scouts a summertime activity. (SGVN/Staff photo by Keith Durflinger/SWCity)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/nws-pinewood-derby-1.bh_.jpgnws-pinewood-derby-1.bh_NWS-Don Murphy, 87, inventor of the Pinewood Derby, poses with a movie poster of a just-released film, "Down and Derby", in which Murphy makes a cameo appearance. Photo/Bruce Hazelton 4/15/05https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/0201_nws_lpt-l-pinewood7.jpg0201_nws_lpt-l-pinewood7Excited scouts watch intently as Cub Scouts Pack 206 hold the annual Pinewood Derby race held in the quad at Millikan High School. The scouts build their own race cars and then the races are timed and four runs are averaged to determine the winners. Long Beach January 31, 2014. (Photo by Brittany Murray / Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pinewood_derby_history_-_original_car_kit.jpgpinewood_derby_history_-_original_car_kithttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/currentscouthouse.jpgcurrentscouthousehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/nws-pinewoodderby2.bh_.jpgnws-pinewoodderby2.bh_NWS-Don Murphy, 87, is shown wearing his Cubmaster's uniform in 1953, the year he invented the Pinewood Derby in Manhatten Beach. Photo/Bruce Hazelton 4/15/05https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/nws-pinewoodderby3.bh_.jpgnws-pinewoodderby3.bh_NWS-Cub Scouts, family and friends witness the first Pinewood Derby held in 1953 at the Scout House in Manhatten Beach. Don Murphy, 87, of Torrance invented the derby because his son was too young to compete in the Soap Box Derby at the time. Photo/Bruce Hazelton 4/15/052022-10-01T01:28:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/09/23/wpa-art-works-have-enlivened-the-inglewood-post-office-since-the-1930s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/exteriorsculpture.jpgexteriorsculpturehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/kt5m3nd3kr-d3e65.jpgkt5m3nd3kr-d3e65https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/rexstatue.jpgrexstatuehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/woodsculptureselect.jpgwoodsculptureselecthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/inglewood_post_office.jpginglewood_post_officehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/outdoorpo1933.jpgoutdoorpo1933https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/screen-shot-2022-09-18-at-11.04.18-am.pngscreen-shot-2022-09-18-at-11.04.18-amhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/oldposelect.jpgHorse-drawn carriages in front of the Inglewood Post Office, ca.1900Photograph of a horse-drawn carriages in front of the Inglewood Post Office, ca.1900. Two open carriages pulled by dark horses are visible in the foreground. The single-story clapboard post office is at center. It has a flat roof and a wrap-around covered porch. A small man or boy can be seen in the shadows on the wooden porch. An American flag flies from the roof of the building. Legible signs include, from left to right: "Inglewood Post Office", and "Coffee".https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/buildingpossible.jpgbuildingpossible2022-09-24T01:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2022/09/16/torrances-gable-house-bowl-slated-to-become-luxury-condo-development/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/homelgals.jpghomelgalshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/groundbreaking-1.jpggroundbreaking-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/groundbreaking.jpggroundbreakinghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/bowlingisfunlongad4462.jpgbowlingisfunlongad4462https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/waitinggame.jpgwaitinggameGenny Pegan, 9, and Connor Rafferty, 5, (cq) of Manhattan Beach wait in anticipation for the the slow-rolling ball to hit its mark at the Gable House Bowl in Torrance. The ball was rolled by Genny and Connor ran in to watch. They were attending a bowling birthday party at the Torrance lanes. Photo by Brad Graverson 10-11-00https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/b0119bowlerboy.jpgb0119bowlerboyBreeze photo by Bruce Hazelton - 1/19/00 - Michael Johnson, 7, watches the ball with his father John during bowling session . at Gable House Bowl in Torrance. Michael was bowling to earn a "bowling belt loop", a merit award for Cub Scouts.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/tdb-z-shooting-0106-184-sv.jpgtdb-z-shooting-0106-184-svPolice investigate a shooting at the Gable House Bowl in Torrance on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Early reports are that three people have been killed and four others injured in the shooting that followed a fight at the bowling alley. 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Erick Simmel, OSS Maritime Unit descendant and historical expert on World War II special operations forces, presented a lecture alongside the last living frogman from the OSS Maritime Unit, Henry Weldon. The lecture was given to Marines from 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, in order to reinforce the historical wartime legacy of the Marine Raiders in World War II. 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(May 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33879-willaatbeachearly20s.jpgwillaatbeachearly20sWilla Bruce at Bruce's Beach. Undated 1920s file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/06b18-park2.031303.khz_.jpgPark2.031303.KHZParque Culiacan, before the name change. (March 2003 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02b6a-nws-brucesbeach7.jpgBruces' Beach HayridePassengers enjoy a hayride at Bruces' Beach. (Undated file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8a6a2-nws-brucesbeach2.jpgNWS-BRUCESBEACH2Mrs. Willa Bruce, right, and son Harvey Bruce with his wife Meda. Undated 1920s file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f675e-charlesandwillabruce.jpgCharles and Willa Bruce, undated wedding photo.Charles and Willa Bruce, undated wedding photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d50e2-overallview.jpgoverallviewBruce's Beach. (May 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fff8d-signage.jpgsignageThe renamed Bruce's Beach was dedicated in 2007. 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child sits in the doorway of one of the converted barracks buildings at the Lomita Flight Strip in this undated 1945 photo. (Credit: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley via Online Archive of California)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5a849-kidsatbarracks.jpgkidsatbarracksJapanese-American children play in front of the repurposed barracks at the Lomita Flight Strip. Undated, 1945. (Credit: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley via Online Archive of California)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a3a19-menatmessbarracks.jpgmenatmessbarracksReturning Japanese-American internees gather at the mess hall at the temporary relocation center at the Lomita Flight Strip in Torrance in late 1945. (Credit: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley via Online Archive of California)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f582-secondmessview.jpgsecondmessviewResidents of the Lomita Housing Project gather for chow. The project, located just outside Lomita, California, provides trailer and barracks type quarters for returnees while they are locating permanent homes in the area. Photographer: Parker, Tom Lomita, California. (Credit: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley via Online Archive of California)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac16d-trailersandbarracksoverview.jpgtrailersandbarracksoverviewPart of a trailer near the barracks buildings at the camp for returning Japanese at the Lomita Flight Strip. Nov. 8, 1945.(Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/42fc4-leadbarrackspic.jpgleadbarrackspicBarracks at the Lomita Flight Strip provided temporary housing for Japanese-American returnees from internment camps following the end of World War II. Photo by Tom Parker, November 1945.(Credit: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley via Online Archive of California)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4cf96-winonacamp1145.jpgwinonacamp1145A section of the Winona Housing Project, Burbank, California, where trailer homes are provided for returned evacuees while they are securing permanent homes in and around Los Angeles. ; Photographer: Parker, Tom ; Burbank, California.(Credit: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley via Online Archive of California)2021-10-07T22:21:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/10/01/farrells-ice-cream-parlour-diners-watch-as-small-plane-narrowly-misses-them-in-1982/2021-10-02T02:26:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/09/24/elon-musks-spacex-revitalizes-the-space-program-and-hawthornes-business-profile/2021-09-25T01:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/09/17/lunada-bay-coast-retains-its-natural-beauty-thanks-in-part-to-a-10-agreement-made-in-1924/2021-09-18T01:41:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/09/10/republican-candidate-barry-goldwater-brings-1964-campaign-to-the-south-bay/2021-09-11T00:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/09/03/development-of-san-pedros-deane-dana-friendship-park-a-lengthy-process/2021-09-03T23:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/08/27/residents-have-lived-with-giant-electrical-towers-in-redondo-and-torrance-for-decades/2021-08-28T02:29:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/08/21/stephen-m-whites-sterling-reputation-tainted-by-stand-on-chinese-exclusion-act/2021-08-21T20:26:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/08/13/preventing-the-corruption-of-young-minds-by-banning-horror-comics-in-the-1950s/2021-08-16T13:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/08/06/l-a-steamship-company-hit-its-stride-in-1920s-with-hawaii-bound-ocean-liners/2021-08-07T00:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/02/05/redondo-beach-man-among-those-who-disappeared-aboard-the-uss-cyclops-in-1918/2021-08-05T03:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/07/23/los-angeles-airways-pioneered-mail-delivery-then-passenger-service-via-helicopter/2021-07-24T00:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/07/16/the-direct-link-between-public-transportation-and-lax-finally-is-coming-no-really/2021-07-17T01:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/07/09/u-s-coast-guard-has-had-a-harbor-area-presence-for-more-than-a-century/2021-07-10T01:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/07/02/pinball-wizards-sidelined-by-gambling-enforcement-bans-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/2021-07-03T01:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/06/25/developer-rudolph-mayer-knew-how-to-stir-the-pot-in-torrance-in-the-early-1950s/2021-06-26T00:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/06/18/manhattan-beachs-el-porto-area-retains-its-own-distinctive-identity/2021-06-19T03:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/06/11/cities-communities-have-differing-reasons-for-keeping-or-changing-street-names/2021-06-12T04:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/06/04/1920-earthquake-brought-mandatory-urban-renewal-to-inglewood/2021-06-05T00:56:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/05/28/surfing-pioneer-hap-jacobs-helped-shape-surfboard-creation-into-a-fine-art/2021-05-29T00:33:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/05/21/mary-star-of-the-sea-church-schools-a-vital-part-of-san-pedro-community/2021-05-22T03:50:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/12/05/beach-cities-dont-take-no-for-an-answer-in-bid-to-create-south-bay-hospital/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bf9b7-2015_12_03_21_24_210001-926x1024-1.jpgDaily Breeze, Feb. 20, 1964 edition.A new traffic signal is installed on Prospect Avenue for the hospital in this photo from the Daily Breeze, Feb. 20, 1964 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ca961-2015_12_01_20_56_080001.jpg2015_12_01_20_56_080001A workman walks through the construction site for the new South Bay Hospital wing in 1968. The wing was planned for in the original construction. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/916f3-2015_12_01_20_56_510001.jpgSouth Bay Hospital in 1992. (Daily Breeze file photo)South Bay Hospital in 1992. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0906a-2015_12_01_20_57_160001.jpg2015_12_01_20_57_160001Landscaping is unfinished and signage lacking in this undated photo of South Bay Hospital circa 1960. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0fa3d-2015_12_02_16_27_290001.jpg2015_12_02_16_27_290001https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33bd5-hospitalconstruction.jpghospitalconstructionSouth Bay Hospital under construction, from the Torrance Herald, Aug. 2, 1959, Page 3. (Courtesy Torrance Public Library Historical Archives website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f745-selectbchc.jpgBeach Cities Health Center in Redondo Beach. (December 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Beach Cities Health Center in Redondo Beach. (December 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/75b3c-southbayhospcolor.jpgCyberViewX v5.14.25Model Code=65F/W Version=1.00South Bay Hospital in Redondo Beach. Feb. 1, 1985. (Daily Breeze file photo)2021-05-17T14:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/05/07/the-1911-red-sox-stay-in-redondo-beach-was-brief-and-somewhat-stormy/2021-05-08T02:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/04/30/san-pedros-busy-bee-market-continues-to-serve-up-tasty-sandwiches-to-all-comers/2021-05-01T01:00:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/04/23/torrance-sears-store-anchored-southern-end-of-del-amo-fashion-center-for-decades/2021-04-24T00:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/04/16/equestrian-enthusiasts-find-a-home-at-the-empty-saddle-club-in-rolling-hills-estates/2021-04-17T01:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/02/29/murals-by-frank-bowers-graced-churches-civic-buildings-and-many-a-dive-bar/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4491e-emberspanel.jpgemberspanelPortion of artwork from Embers Lounge in Whittier. Jan. 4, 2015. (Credit: jericl cat at flickr.com)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dce4b-sunkist.jpgsunkistScene from the Sunkist Building murals by Frank Bowers and Arthur Prunier, 1935. (Credit: Tiki Central website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6300e-vfwsierramadre.jpgvfwsierramadreMilitary-themed Bowers mural from the now-closed VFW Post in Sierra Madre. (Credit: Tiki Central website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/73c04-nameofbarneeded.jpgnameofbarneededhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2c923-hard_hat_lounge.0.jpgHard_Hat_Lounge.0Frank Bowers mural behind the bar at the Hard Hat Lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Credit: Hard Hat Lounge Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6140a-focslegoogle.jpgfocslegoogleThe Foc'sle bar in Wilmington contains several Bowers murals on its walls. (Credit: Google Earth)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d40a-ensenadapostcard.jpgensenadapostcardUndated postcard shows a Bowers mural from the Andaluz Bar in Ensenada, Mexico.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/beaf2-bowersworksurveyor.jpgbowersworksurveyorVarious workers are depicted in one of two glass-encased WPA murals from 1941 at the South Gate City Hall(February 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28b45-bowerssgmuralselect.jpgbowerssgmuralselectGlass-encased WPA mural from 1941 at the South Gate City Hall shows children studying and office workers at their jobs. (February 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/83a25-bowerspic.jpgbowerspicFrank Bowers2021-04-14T20:14:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/04/02/land-grant-heiress-fostered-development-of-san-pedros-landmark-fox-cabrillo-theatre/2021-04-03T00:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/03/26/el-segundos-golf-course-undergoing-radical-transformation-for-its-60th-year/2021-03-27T01:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/03/19/pink-floyd-appearing-live-in-harbor-gateway-yep-it-happened-at-the-bank/2021-03-20T01:17:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/03/12/the-founding-and-early-days-of-el-camino-college/2021-03-13T01:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/03/05/georgia-claessens-transformed-neglected-land-into-an-affordable-amusement-park/2021-03-06T02:02:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/02/26/u-s-customs-house-a-fixture-in-the-harbor-area-until-circumstances-led-to-its-departure/2021-02-27T02:27:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/02/19/torrance-civic-auditorium-filled-an-important-need-when-it-opened-in-1936/2021-02-20T02:20:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/02/12/richard-henry-dana-jr-s-saga-two-years-before-the-mast-describes-early-san-pedro/2021-02-13T01:37:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/01/29/how-whale-fossils-from-the-prehistoric-miocene-era-ended-up-atop-the-hill/2021-01-30T02:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/01/22/torrance-welcomed-the-arrival-of-magnavox-research-laboratories-with-open-arms/2021-01-23T01:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/04/05/big-joe-turners-final-resting-place/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c07f7-1.jpg-1Big Joe Turner, "The Boss of the Blues," is buried at Roosevelt Memorial Park in Gardena. (April 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ca0e1-2.jpg-2Big Joe Turner's gravestone at the Roosevelt Memorial Park cemetery in Gardena. (April 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d105-3.jpgEarly undated publicity photo of Big Joe Turner.Early undated publicity photo of Big Joe Turner.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/07c99-4.jpg-4L to R: Atlantic Records President Ahmet Ertegun, Big Joe Turner and Atlantic executive Jerry Wexler celebrate the sales of Turner's 1956 hit, "Corrine, Corrina."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf98e-5.jpg"Honey Hush" was a hit for Big Joe Turner in 1953."Honey Hush" was a hit for Big Joe Turner in 1953.2021-01-22T23:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/05/20/it-only-existed-for-30-years-but-the-hotel-redondo-was-a-hotel-for-the-ages/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a2500-selectvetspark.jpgselectvetsparkA plaque details the history of the hotel, whcih once stood at this site in present-day Veterans Park. The former library and present-day community center is at left. (May 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97d7c-scan-170519-0001-copy-4-1.jpgScan-170519-0001 copy 4https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0a3a6-unnamed.jpgunnamedLush gardens surrounded the Hotel Redondo. Undated photo, circa 1900. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18f8c-scan-170519-0001-copy-2.jpgScan-170519-0001 copy 2The Hotel Redondo dominated the coastal skyline in this circa 1898 photo. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b69e-scan-170519-0001-copy-3.jpgScan-170519-0001 copy 3Hotel stationery from the Hotel Redondo, dated 1899. (Daily Breeze files)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c26f7-scan-170519-0001-copy-4.jpgScan-170519-0001 copy 4Reverse of hotel stationery contains photos of hotel, and, inset above, the hotel's golf course. (Daily Breeze files)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/80856-scan-170519-0002.jpgScan-170519-0002The Hotel Redondo was the place to stay in Redondo Beach during its heyday. Undated photo. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0aafe-scan-170519-0001-copy.jpgScan-170519-0001 copyA Redondo Railway car passes by the rear of the Hotel Redondo. Undated photo. (Credit: Breeze files/Redondo Beach Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/df62f-scan-170519-0001.jpgScan-170519-0001A porter brings bags up the Hotel Redondo's seaside pathways from a steamship docked at Wharf No. 1 for guests, behind on path, arriving at the hotel. Undated, circa 1900. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/222d6-hotelpoolroom.jpghotelpoolroomThe billiards room at the Hotel Redondo, where tournaments often were held. (Calisphere database, University of California)2022-05-06T00:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/01/08/roosevelt-memorial-parks-mighty-pipe-organ-gradually-grew-quiet/2021-01-09T03:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2021/01/01/the-san-pedro-hotel-moved-from-the-top-to-the-bottom-of-nob-hill-during-its-existence/2021-01-02T02:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/04/11/emitt-rhodes-engineered-his-musical-career-from-a-shed-in-his-parents-hawthorne-backyard/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c419d-emitt1970publicity.jpgemitt1970publicityEmitt Rhodes, circa 1970 (Publicity photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10320-emittwithprice.jpgemittwithpriceEmitt Rhodes, with "Rainbow End" producer Chris Price, background, in 2015. (Publicity photo, 80 Proof Media)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/15107-emitt.jpgemittRhodes' first solo album, 1970.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ae383-theshedfromfilm.jpgtheshedfromfilmThe shed behind his childhood home in Hawthorne where Rhodes built his first home studio and rehearsal space. (Credit: Still from the film, "The One Man Beatles.")https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/54e77-the_palace_guard.jpgThe_Palace_GuardThe Palace Guard with drummer Emitt Rhodes, center with elbow on amp. Undated photo, circa 1965. (Credit: Wikipedia.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9804-palaceguardposter.jpgpalaceguardposterHullabaloo club coming attractions, 1965.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/512fc-emitt_rhodes_1970_psychedelic_rocknroll_merry_go_round_live_you_re_a_very_lovely_woman_sp_4132.jpgemitt_rhodes_1970_psychedelic_rocknroll_merry_go_round_live_you_re_a_very_lovely_woman_SP_4132Canadian picture sleeve. Rhodes, holding pole.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3605a-emittportrait.jpgemittportraitEmitt Rhodes, recent undated photo. (Credit: Musical Shapes blog)2021-01-02T00:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/12/25/white-caps-vigilante-group-sought-justice-via-tar-and-feathers-in-1889-san-pedro-case/2020-12-26T02:03:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/12/18/hermosa-beachs-golden-state-silk-mills-becomes-the-west-coasts-first-silk-processing-plant/2020-12-20T05:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/12/11/pioneering-wilmington-businessman-phineas-banning-also-helped-mete-out-frontier-justice/2020-12-12T01:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/12/04/a-look-at-karate-champion-turned-movie-star-chuck-norris-south-bay-roots/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/clippingslatad1971.jpgclippingslatad1971Chuck Norris Karate Studios ad, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1971, Page Q29. (Credit: Los Angeles Times archival database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/chuckinairforceblackbelt.jpgchuckinairforceblackbelthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/chuck-norris-senior-yearbook-photo.jpgChuck-Norris-Senior-Yearbook-PhotoChuck Norris, North High 1958 yearbook photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18447530_1427514647287199_5454304050653769959_n.png18447530_1427514647287199_5454304050653769959_nChuck Norris as a USAF Air Policeman, undated photo circa 1958.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/lone-wolf-mcquade-movie-poster-1983-1010206423.jpglone-wolf-mcquade-movie-poster-1983-1010206423https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11053083_883240178381318_7160321773658946038_n.jpg11053083_883240178381318_7160321773658946038_nA young Chuck Norris breaks a board held by his brother, Wieland, at an early 1960s karate demonstration. Wieland was killed in action in Vietnam. (Credit: Chuck Norris Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/walker-texas-ranger-1993mg0084111.jpgwalker-texas-ranger-1993,mg0084111DVD cover.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f3b7ba08-9e05-11e7-ba2d-20fa1b34073f.jpg_f3b7ba08-9e05-11e7-ba2d-20fa1b34073fFrom left, karate masters Bob Wall, Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris. (Credit: Bob Wall photo via Hindustan Times)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/room222ad.jpegroom222adChuck Norris appears in an episode of "Room 222." Ad from Long Beach Independent, Nov. 25, 1970, Page 28. (Credit: Long Beach Press-Telegram archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/us_air_force_061029-f-8789c-041_chuck_norris_visits_the_386_aew.jpgUS_Air_Force_061029-f-8789C-041_Chuck_Norris_visits_the_386_AEWActor Chuck Norris poses with members of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at an unspecified southwest Asia location on Oct. 29, 2006, during a USO tour. (Credit: USAF photo)2020-12-05T03:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/11/29/developer-don-wilson-overcame-zoning-controversy-to-build-marble-estates-in-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/marble5-3.jpgMarble5Don Wilson. Torrance Press, March 25, 1962, Page A-5. Click to enlarge. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)2020-12-01T02:28:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/about/2020-11-24T05:11:52+00:00weekly0.6https://sbhistory.blog/blog/2020-11-24T05:11:49+00:00weekly0.6https://sbhistory.blog/home/2020-11-24T05:11:45+00:00weekly0.6https://sbhistory.blog/contact/2020-11-24T05:11:42+00:00weekly0.6https://sbhistory.blog/2020/11/23/christopher-wilders-savage-crime-rampage-included-a-stopoff-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/848d3-wildersuicide.jpgwildersuicideChristopher Wilder lies slumped over the steering wheel of his car after shooting himself as police tried to apprehend him in Colebrook, New Hampshire, on April 13, 1984. (Credit: The Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ef60d-gasstationguy.jpggasstationguyGas station attendant Wayne DeLong talks to reporters in Colebrook, New Hampshire. He told them he was giving Christoper Wilder directions to Canada shortly before the shooting occurred. (Credit: The Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dc0f1-wilder_in_vegas.jpgwilder_in_vegasChristopher Wilder at a Seventeen magazine competition at the Meadows Mall in Las Vegas on April 1, 1984 . Victim Michele Korfman was last seen at this event. (Credit: New York Daily News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a9be2-md3821776452.jpgmd3821776452The Collector by John Fowles was one of Wilder's favorite books.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9414-wilder-wanted-poster-1.jpgWilder-Wanted-poster-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3ed0c-9cb9d6172275b5e46f1ab869e28443cb9b578916.jpg9cb9d6172275b5e46f1ab869e28443cb9b578916Christopher Bernard Wilder police mugshots.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/be00b-9a97991c51ca51c8d818ffe74cedb7137d67dfc9.jpg9a97991c51ca51c8d818ffe74cedb7137d67dfc9The body of Christopher Wilder is unloaded from Delta Air Lines air freight terminal at Palm Beach International Airport to a waiting hearse on April 17, 1984. (Credit: The Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b107-3e6973470203e3058eff50688490104993981bf0.jpg3e6973470203e3058eff50688490104993981bf0Christopher Wilder as seen in a 1981 video dating service tape, released by the FBI. (Credit: The Associated Press)2020-11-23T19:24:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/11/14/rancho-san-pedro-land-grant-heiress-maria-dolores-dominguez-de-watson-left-a-lasting-legacy/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ed53-ranchosmap-1.jpgranchosmapBoundaries of the ranchos south of Los Angeles shown on undated map. (Credit: Title Insurance and Trust Co.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2f1d0-p16855coll3_1600_large.jpgp16855coll3_1600_largeRancho San Pedro map showing the 1885 division of the parcel. (Credit: CSUDH Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/612c5-dominguezadobeaerialdwp.jpgdominguezadobeaerialdwpAerial view of the Dominguez adobe ranch house and the Claretian seminary. Undated, post-1924. (Credit: Historical Photo Collection of the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f81a5-portrait_of_manuel_dominguez_sd-1.jpgPortrait_of_Manuel_Dominguez_sdManuel Dominguez (Credit: USC Digital Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/59858-portrait_of_manuel_dominguez_sd.jpgPortrait_of_Manuel_Dominguez_sdhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30c75-dominguez_rancho_adobe_carson_1929.jpgdominguez_rancho_adobe_carson_1929The Dominguez ranch house with a covered walkway and a arcade, a lawn and a large pepper tree in foreground. 1929 photo. (Credit: UCLA Library, Dept. of Special Collections)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3131c-94446072_134361794102.jpg94446072_134361794102James A. Watsonhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ee41c-maria1885mug.jpgmaria1885mugMaria Dolores Dominguez de Watson in 1885. (Credit: CSUDH Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/607fa-94427967_134369726323.jpg94427967_134369726323Maria Dolores Dominguez de Watson.(Credit: Findagrave, photo added by Kathryn Sepulveda-Canning)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f76cf-wilmingtonhouse-1.jpgwilmingtonhouseMaria Dolores Dominguez de Watson lived in this house at Watson Station just north of Wilmington in the late 1800s. (Credit: Watson family photo)2020-11-14T01:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/11/07/manhattan-beachs-neptunian-club-has-given-the-citys-women-a-voice-since-1909/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ffa24-muralcloseup-1.jpgmuralcloseupDawn Whitney-Hall's tile mermaid mural was unveiled in 2007, and removed in 2018. Photo by Jacquelyne May. (Credit: The Beach Reporter)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2df54-meetingspace.jpgmeetingspaceThe newly remodeled event space inside the Neptunian Women's Club in May 2019. Photo by Kristin Farmer. (Credit: The Beach Reporter)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d4634-ladiesatclubhouse-1.jpgladiesatclubhouseNeptunian Club members in front of their first clubhouse in 1915. (Credit: Manhattan Beach Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/89c51-fountain-1.jpgfountainThe Neptunian Club had this memorial fountain, right, built in 1915 in honor of its founder, Jesse Smith at the Intersection of Center St. and Manhattan Ave. (Credit: Manhattan Beach Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/248a4-firstclubhouse-1.jpgfirstclubhouseThe first Neptunian Club meeting place, far left top, and developer William Smith's office, closer small building at left on The Strand in 1915.(Credit: Manhattan Beach Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e4ef-muralcloseup.jpgmuralcloseuphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/643ab-chipawayatmural.jpgchipawayatmuralhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/284a3-oldmuralonbldg.jpgoldmuralonbldghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/23d11-neptuniansiceplant.jpgneptuniansiceplantMesembryanthemum crystallinum, or sea moss, helped control driving sands in Manhattan Beach. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5e3d1-neptuniannewselect.jpgneptuniannewselectThe renovated Neptunian Women's Club, sans mural, in Manhattan Beach in November 2020. (Photo by Sam Gnerre)2020-11-07T01:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/10/31/architect-irving-j-gills-plans-for-the-new-city-of-torrance-had-varying-levels-of-success/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/363d9-38894-depot.jpg38894-depotThe Depot restaurant in Torrance, seen here in 2010, occupies the former Pacific Electric depot designed by Irving Gill. (Photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7bcbd-firstbldg.jpgfirstbldgThe first home of the First National Bank of Torrance was in this one-story building, foreground, designed by Irving Gill. (Photo: Historic Torrance: A Pictorial History of Torrance, California)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d0e6-la_jolla_womens_club_la_jolla_ca.jpgLa_Jolla_Women's_Club_(La_Jolla,_CA)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4416e-latimesadwhouses.jpglatimesadwhousesGill's factory worker housing gets promoted in this Los Angeles ad from March 23, 1913, Page II12. (Credit: Los Angeles Times historical archives database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ec5e5-1819cabrillohouse.jpg1819cabrillohouseBuilt in 1912, this house at 1819 Gramercy Ave. in Torrance originally was part of Irving Gill's worker housing experiment. Though somewhat updated, it still retains some of Gill's simpler design elements. (Credit: Google Earth)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2f577-gillhotels.jpggillhotelshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7e000-hendrieplant.jpghendrieplantThe Hendrie tire factory in Torrance. Circa 1919 postcard. (Credit: CSUDH Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ea8ec-depotdrawing.jpgdepotdrawingArtist rendition shows the planned Pacific Electric railroad depot in downtown Torrance designed by Irving Gill. Los Angeles Herald, July 6, 1912, Page 5. (Credit: Los Angeles Herald archives.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/518fe-housesfromsunset.jpghousesfromsunsetPicture page from Sunset magazine article, Sept. 1913 issue. (Credit: Sunset magazine)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/df5c1-14604843_990186921091461_3331500331457394766_n.jpg14604843_990186921091461_3331500331457394766_nIrving J. Gill2020-10-31T01:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/10/17/the-battle-of-dominguez-rancho-and-the-old-womans-gun/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8e3a-nh-58662.jpegNH 58662The USS Vandalia at the New York Navy Yard, circa the later 1870s or the early 1880s. (Credit: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22893-old-womans-gun_usnam_01c.jpgOld-Womans-Gun_USNAM_01cThe cannon represented as "The Old Woman’s Gun" in the collection at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, MD. (Credit: U.S. Naval Academy Museum)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/92ea0-battle-of-dominguez-rancho-aa7bf79e-9675-4eee-b65f-bd65a5484ec-resize-750.jpegbattle-of-dominguez-rancho-aa7bf79e-9675-4eee-b65f-bd65a5484ec-resize-750Modern map shows Mervine's route towards Los Angeles, which roughly followed present-day Alameda Blvd. (Credit: Google Maps via MySanPedro website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/43c79-dominguezadobe.jpgdominguezadobePortraits of Manuel Dominguez and his wife Maria Engracia Cota de Dominguez hang in the dinning room of the Dominguez Adobe museum in Rancho Dominguez in 2004. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7889-stockton.jpegstocktonCommodore Robert F. Stockton. (Credit: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ca2ec-depiction-of-the-battle-gunman-meyers-from-bortello-website.jpgDepiction of the battle Gunman Meyer's from Bortello websiteThe Battle of Dominguez Rancho as depicted by William H. Meyers in Naval Sketches of the War in California, published in 1939. It shows an idealized version of the battle, including an incorrect cannon and the troops facing each other in an open field. (Credit: Remnants blog)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ba59-lamesabattlemaybe.jpglamesabattlemaybePhotostat of drawing showing American and California troops in battle near Dominguez Hill in October 1846 during the war for California. (Credit: CSUDH Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29334-leo_carrillo_unveils_painting_of_ancestor.jpgLeo_Carrillo_unveils_painting_of_ancestorActor Leo Carillo unveils a portrait of Juan Antonio Carillo in 1955. Artist Orpha Klinker is at left. (Credit: UCLA Library Dept. of Special Collections)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c9bd-18100451_127826270893.jpg18100451_127826270893Undated portrait of Rear Adm. William Mervine painted by M. E. D. Brown at Utica, NY. (Credit: James Mervin via Findagrave.com)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e642f-tn10-battle-sh977.jpgTN10-battle-sh977Men playing the role of Californios use a replica cannon of the one that was unearthed to help defeat the U.S. Marines in the Battle of the Old Women's Gun during the Mexican-American War reenactment at the Dominguez Adobe in Carson in October 2010. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2020-10-17T05:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/10/10/specs-saunders-and-his-skateland-roller-rink-enlivened-redondo-beach-during-the-1950s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d20d-318d7d4d18172879418c9c953e7e64fb.jpg318d7d4d18172879418c9c953e7e64fbPostcard shows the Redondo Beach Pavilion in 1912.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d9d9-skatelandinterior.jpgskatelandinteriorFree skating at the Skateland Roller Rink in Redondo Beach. Undated photo circa 1950s. (Photo by Galen Hunter from Redondo Beach pier exhibit)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1688a-img0147.jpgimg0147https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db136-screen-shot-2020-10-04-at-3.31.30-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-10-04 at 3.31.30 PMSpecs Saunders, lower right, endorses roller skates. (Credit: National Roller Derby League Yearbook, 1951)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/91554-pvpnad1952.jpgPVPNad1952Palos Verdes Peninsula News ad, April 3, 1952, Page 7. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/77552-lemondropkid.jpglemondropkidMembers of the Westerners and Panthers National Roller Derby League teams visit Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell, center two in bottom row, during the filming of Hope's "The Lemon Drop Kid" in 1950. Specs Saunders, back row, second from right. (Credit: National Roller Derby League Yearbook, 1951)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/43daf-skatelandpatch.jpgskatelandpatchSkateland patch.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28b86-screen-shot-2019-05-11-at-5.25.36-pm.pngScreen Shot 2019-05-11 at 5.25.36 PM(Credit: National Roller Derby League official program, 1951)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c02d-img0146.jpgimg0146Undated postcard.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8330-106391938_3446572365388649_6110018094429636615_o.jpg106391938_3446572365388649_6110018094429636615_oRoller Derby Hall of Fame card for Specs Saunders.2020-10-10T02:21:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/10/02/fort-macarthur-played-a-key-role-in-southern-californias-coastal-defense-system-for-decades-part-2/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f5fbe-nws-angelsgate-smc001.jpgNWS-AngelsGate-SMc001Part of the former Upper Reservation at Fort MacArthur miltary base has become the Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro in this photo from Oct. 17, 2006. What used to serve as barracks have been repurposed into artist studios. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5ed9-service-pnp-habshaer-ca-ca1300-ca1383-photos-012809pv.jpgservice-pnp-habshaer-ca-ca1300-ca1383-photos-012809pvThe Patton Quadrangle at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro. Undated post-1933 photo. (Credit: Library of Congress)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3458e-msp-history-3a.jpgONE TIME USE ONLY!!! Photo courtesy of Fort MacArthur Museum.ONE TIME USE ONLY!!! Photo courtesy of Fort MacArthur Museum.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64a1f-laexaminerraidpage.jpglaexaminerraidpageLos Angeles Examiner front page, Feb. 25, 1942. (Credit: Fort MacArthur Museum Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0c9e8-hdla004.jpgHDLA004Artillery battery components await assembly at Fort MacArthur's Upper Reservation in 1916. (Credit: USC Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a41e7-battery_erwin_fort_macarthur.jpgBattery_Erwin_Fort_MacArthurCirca 1925 photo shows the size of a large railway mounted gun at Battery Erwin at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro. Battery Erwin included the longest ranging artillery pieces at Fort MacArthur prior to World War II, and were designed to shoot a 1,450 pound shell up to 27 miles. The railway mounted guns could turn 360 degrees and fire in any direction. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e4c87-arthur_macarthur_jr.jpgMajor General Arthur MacArthurLt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, father of General Douglas MacArthur.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bfad5-295345_414955388547197_976151131_n.jpg295345_414955388547197_976151131_nUndated photo of Hollywood star Donna Reed at Fort MacArthur during World War II. (Credit: Fort MacArthur Museum Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71bc1-800px-fortmacarthur_map.jpg800px-FortMacArthur_MapFort MacArthur map from 1921.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49345-800px-fort_macarthur_upper_reservation_1937.jpg800px-Fort_MacArthur_Upper_Reservation_1937Aerial view of Fort MacArthur in San Pedro in 1937, with artillery batteries labeled in dark ink.2020-10-02T23:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/09/25/fort-macarthurs-back-story-includes-a-bare-knuckles-legal-brawl-over-its-land-part-1/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ecbb7-spfortrailraodtrack.jpgspfortrailraodtrackUndated post-1933 photo shows the abandoned Southern Pacific railroad tracks at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro. (Credit: Library of Congress)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1f781-lah18950128.2.4-a6-700w-1.jpgLAH18950128.2.4-a6-700wThe Los Angeles Herald has overlaid the description "Railroad Reservation over the map of the San Pedro military reservation in this map from its edition of Jan. 28, 1895. (Credit: Los Angeles Herald archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34d9b-ftmac01.jpgFtMac01The original military reserve set aside by Mexico in 1846 is reflected in this Los Angeles city map from 1856. (Credit: City of Los Angeles, via Historic California Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a57a9-early-view-of-middle.jpgearly view of Middle Reservation, Fort MacArthurEarly undated view of the Middle Reservation, Fort MacArthur. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c25d4-1991-1015.jpg1991-1015This elevated view of Fort MacArthur shows 2-story stucco buildings arranged around an open field. 1922 photo. (Credit: California State Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1832f-grover_cleveland_-_nara_-_518139_cropped.jpgGrover_Cleveland_-_NARA_-_518139_(cropped)President Grover Clevelandhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f406-lah18950128.2.4-a6-700w.jpgLAH18950128.2.4-a6-700wThe Los Angeles Herald has overlaid the description "Railroad Reservation over the map of the San Pedro military reservation in this map from its edition of Jan. 28, 1895. (Credit: Los Angeles Herald archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/08a5f-lah18950128.2.4-a5-700w.jpgLAH18950128.2.4-a5-700whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cca6-lah18950128.2.2-a2-626w.jpgLAH18950128.2.2-a2-626wLos Angeles Herald front page headline, Jan. 28, 1895. (Credit: Los Angeles Herald archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18157-lah18950128.2.2-a1-623w.jpgLAH18950128.2.2-a1-623w2020-09-25T02:03:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/09/12/wilmingtons-harbor-generating-station-power-plant-took-some-time-to-come-online/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/261da-51ljh7lftcl._ac_.jpg51LJH7lFTCL._AC_Undated (pre-1947) postcard of Boulder Dam.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8dfeb-1951aerialdwp.jpg1951aerialdwpExterior view of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Harbor steam plant building taken during the second phase of its construction. March 18, 1947.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9172d-pict0007-007.jpgPICT0007-007A San Pedro-bound coal train negotiates the "Power Plant Curve" near the Harbor Generating Station in Wilmington in August 1986. (Credit: Train Watchers Journal website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a1151-waterpower_plant_construction.jpgWaterpower_plant_constructionExterior view of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Harbor steam plant building taken during the second phase of its expansion. March 18, 1947. (Credit: Historical Photo Collection of the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/59d03-harbor_plant_interior.jpgHarbor_Plant_InteriorTurbines inside the steam plant were brought online on July 5, 1949. (Credit: Historical Photo Collection of the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e7e50-googleearthsecond.jpggoogleearthsecondThe Harbor Generating Station's two smokestacks can be seen at left middle.,(Credit: Google Earth)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b919-dept_of_water_and_power_steam_plant.jpgDept_of_Water_and_Power_steam_plant (Credit: Historical Photo Collection of the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/794b7-steamplantunderconstructionlate40s.jpgsteamplantunderconstructionlate40sProgress continues on construction of first addition to the DWP's Harbor steam plant in Wilmington. Feb. 14, 1947. (Credit: Historical Photo Collection of the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles)2020-09-12T01:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/09/05/donald-trump-transforms-ocean-trails-into-trump-national-golf-club/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a63d-nws_lpga.1002.598.jpgNWS_LPGA.1002.598LPGA final round of the Office Depot Championship at Trump National Golf Course. Oct. 2, 2005. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e3c4-nws-trumpsign-090106.189.jpgNWS-TrumpSign-090106.189Caltrans crews tracking down and removing Trump National Golf Club signs that were hung on state highway signs in 2006. This sign was on the southbound 110 freeway between Sepulveda and Pacific Coast Highway. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69fdc-oceantrailslots01.11-22-00.jpgOceanTrailsLots01.11-22-00OceanTrailsLots01.11/22/00.BK Photo by Branimir Kvartuc.Ocean Trails has begun selling lots with picturesque views of the Pacific, Catalina Island and the golf course itself, on the East end of the golf course. The lots are being sold for $1 million to $2.5 million a piece.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/60348-trump02.jpgTrump02Donald Trump poses near the 11th green at his newly aquired Ocean Trails golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes in 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0e287-trumpnational.17.jpgTrumpNational.17Lake and waterfalls behind the 17th green at Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes. Sept. 27l, 2005. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/511dd-trump-go45phers.jpgtrump go45phersGrounds crew at Trump National Golf course where shooting at gophers and squirrels Tuesday afternoon July 25, 2017 in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Chuck Bennett/Daily Breeze/SCNGhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f4a4b-presentdaytrumpcourse2015.jpgpresentdaytrumpcourse2015Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. 2011 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8681a-nws-donald.060806-017.jpgNWS-Donald.060806-017Donald Trump officially opens The Estates at Trump National Golf Club Trump and his 24-year-old daughter Ivanka Trump greet a guest, left, at the opening. June 8, 2006. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/803b9-ldn-l-trump-la-0406-336-sv.jpgLDN-L-TRUMP-LA-0406-336-SVMarine One helicopter carrying President Donald Trump lands at his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes on Friday, Apr. 5, 2019. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8ebcf-trumpentrysign.jpgtrumpentrysignTrump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2020-09-05T00:03:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/08/29/ocean-trails-golf-course-in-rancho-palos-verdes-takes-shape-on-former-coastal-farmland/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8b5f6-zuckerman-bros.jpgZuckerman BrosOcean Trails developers Robert (left) and Kenneth Zuckerman in 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/77a75-ishibashifarmsite.jpgishibashifarmsiteView of the Ishibashi agricultural fields looking east toward San Pedro. The future Ocean Trails/Trump National site is in the distance at center right. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b5b34-trumpgooglemap.jpgtrumpgooglemap(Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a5faf-pete-dye.jpgPete DyeGolf course designer Pete Dye at the under-construction Ocean Trails Golf Course in RPV. Behind him are the 10th and 11th fairways. Feb. 16, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f3bff-otaerialslidework.jpgaerials011Aerial view of the Ocean Trails golf course and the continuing repairs following the 1999 landslide, center right. Aug. 9, 2001. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/58ed7-oceantrails-lake.jpgoceantrails lakeOne theory behind the Ocean Trails landslide pointed to possible leaks in the course's lakes. April 23, 2003. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5273-ocean-trails-beach-1.jpgOcean Trails Beach 1San Pedro resident Tom Kirk at the beach beneath the Ocean Trails project in Rancho Palos Verdes describes how the shoreline has shifted after the 1999 landslide. The rocky beach where he is standing and the rock wall in front of him were once level with each other. June 7, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/60020-ocean-trails-3.jpgOcean Trails 3The 18th hole of the new Ocean Trails golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes collapsed due to a landslide on June 2, 1999, weeks before the course's planned opening date. causing major problem. June 2, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1791b-ocean-trails-2.jpgOcean Trails 2The bulldozers are gone but the golfers play on at Ocean Trails Golf Course in RPV. March 26, 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab2d7-otbulldozerworkstop.jpgotbulldozerworkstopConstruction seems to have halted on the Ocean Trails project. Earth movers sit Idle on Nov. 11, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2020-08-29T00:24:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/08/22/closure-yet-to-come-for-south-bay-families-devastated-by-loss-of-their-daughters-in-early-1960s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/da9ee-mrsbrownatfuneral.jpgmrsbrownatfuneralTorrance Herald, July 12, 1962, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8d843-headlinetpbrown.jpgheadlineTPBrownFuneral services announced for Dorothy Gale Brown in 1962. Torrance Press, July 8, 1962, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6ca57-tompkinsprents.jpgtompkinsprentsTorrance Herald, Aug. 24, 1961, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/63986-dorothypicth.jpgdorothypicthTorrance Press, July 8, 1962, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/38005-brownsbikeandcop.jpgbrownsbikeandcopTorrance Press, July 8, 1962, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/67d79-tompkins3.jpgTOMPKINSLaura Tompkins, 74, holds a photo of her daughter, Karen Lynn Tompkins, on Thursday, July 31, 2003, in Orange Park, Fla. (Associated Press photo/Oscar Sosa)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5ff0-lights_of_hope_burning_through_the_night.jpgLights_of_hope_burning_through_the_nightThe Tompkins home on Dalton Ave. in Harbor Gateway is well lit to guide 11-year old Karen Tompkins home on Aug. 22, 1961. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/77a6e-kt-3.jpgKT-3Officer James Pittman looks at a sign on a car with a picture of Karen Tompkins. Aug. 23, 1961. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dcf52-kt-2.jpgKT-2Karen Lynn Tompkins in 1961. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2022-03-13T02:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/08/15/palos-verdes-college-noble-8-year-experiment-may-have-been-ahead-of-its-time/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d4201-pvccafeteria1952.jpgpvccafeteria1952Students eat in the Palos Verdes College cafeteria in this 1952 photo. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9edd1-pvcproposednewcampus.jpgpvcproposednewcampusRendering of proposed Palos Verdes College campus that never was built. Palos Verdes Peninsula News, April 30, 1953, Page 1. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b02e4-pvclibraryscene.jpgpvclibrarysceneStudents use the Palos Verdes College library, circa 1948 photo. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0a57-studentsoncampus.jpgstudentsoncampusStudents walk down the unpaved road at Palos Verdes College. Circa 1947 photo. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/15537-pvcsolidaerial.jpgpvcsolidaerial(Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31ec2-pvcsnowshot.jpgpvcsnowshotSnow covers the Palos Verdes College campus during the freak snowstorm on Jan. 12, 1949. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3733b-pvcsaunders1947.jpgpvcsaunders1947Dr. Richard Saunders speaks with Robert Walker and his daughter, Susan, before the opening of Palos Verdes College. Sept. 11, 1947. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d974-pvcfaculty1948.jpgpvcfaculty1948Palos Verdes College faculty for the 1947-48 school year, from left, William Wheaton, Frank Braze, Hinton Miller, John Howard, Charlotte Vanderlip Conway, Ralph Jester, Dr. Richard Saunders, Mabel Cory, Adolph Schneider, Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/75060-pvccloseinaerial.jpgpvccloseinaerialView of the Palos Verdes College campus from a nearby hillside. Circa 1947-48. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/83e04-pvcaerialwithocean.jpgpvcaerialwithoceanThe ocean can be seen beyond the hills behind Palos Verdes College in this photo circa 1947. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)2020-08-19T05:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/08/08/hawaiis-duke-kahanamoku-a-major-influence-in-south-bay-surf-culture/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85a11-pvpn19670628.2.178-a10-700w.jpgPVPN19670628.2.178-a10-700wPalos Verdes Peninsula News, June 28, 1967, Page 29. Click to enlarge. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2f720-dukeolympicsswim.jpgdukeolympicsswimDuke Kahanamoku at the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm.(Credit: Photo courtesy International Olympic Committee)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01ac3-isle_of_sunken_gold_lobby_card.jpgIsle_of_Sunken_Gold_lobby_cardLobby card for the American film serial "Isle of Sunken Gold" (1927), with Bruce Gordon, Anita Stewart, and Duke Kahanamoku, lower right inset. The film is considered lost.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ff234-dukeintorrance.jpgdukeintorranceTorrance Herald photo, Aug. 9, 1959, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b4786-dukehbstatue.jpgdukehbstatueStatue of Duke Kahanamoku in Huntington Beach. (Credit: Googlehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bec82-duke_kahanamoku_1920.jpgDuke_Kahanamoku_1920A bearded Duke Kahanamoku poses with his board on an unidentified Los Angeles-area beach in 1920. (Credit: UCLA Library, Special Collections Dept.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e3541-1920px-amelia_earhart_and_duke_kahanamoku_in_hawaii.jpg1920px-Amelia_Earhart_and_Duke_Kahanamoku_in_HawaiiAmelia Earhart and Duke Kahanamoku in Hawaii in Dec., 1934 or Jan., 1935. (Credit: Matson Navigation Company)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/37ba9-dukemugyoutube.jpgdukemugyoutubeDuke Kahanamoku, undated.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cddd0-hawaiian_challengers.jpgHawaiian_challengersFabled Duke Kahanamoku gathers his competition surfing team together for briefing prior to the 1965 U.S. Open championships at Huntington Beach. From left: Paul Strauch, Joey Cabeli, The Duke, Fred Hemmings and Butch Van Artsdalen. Sept. 23, 1965. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c901a-mv5bzdq2ngzmndutyzqxny00ogq1lwe4m2etodnkzwuxyzc5zthkl2ltywdlxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvynjqzndi3nzy40._v1_ux182_cr00182268_al_.jpgMV5BZDQ2NGZmNDUtYzQxNy00OGQ1LWE4M2EtODNkZWUxYzc5ZThkL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjQzNDI3NzY@._V1_UX182_CR0,0,182,268_AL_2020-08-08T17:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/08/01/historic-wilmington-cemetery-has-weathered-its-share-of-storms/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6e6c-closedforupkeepdb.jpgclosedforupkeepdbSigns indicate closure of the Wilmington Cemetery in 2017 while repair work was done following heavy storms. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/303bc-goodcemeteryverticaldb.jpggoodcemeteryverticaldbThe Wilmington Cemetery during its 2017 closure while work was done to shore up graves and head stones impacted by heavy rains. 2017 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bdf1f-greatmainsigndb.jpg-L-CEMETERYA pair of women arrive with flowers at the Wilmington Cemetery Wednesday, May 10, 2017. 2017 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bf24c-bigtreedb.jpg-L-CEMETERYA man visits a grave under a large tree at the Wilmington Cemetery on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4a1ee-spanishamericand-b.jpg-L-CEMETERYMany service members, including this victim from the Spanish American War are buried at the Wilmington Cemetery. 2017 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2e835-whitesignfloydster.jpgwhitesignfloydster(Credit: Floydster, via Findagrave website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed7d9-famousgravesmap.jpgfamousgravesmapDiagram shows location of historic gravesites. (Credit: Wilmington Historical Society, via Findagrave website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d540b-narbonnemarker.jpgnarbonnemarker(Credit: Floydster, via Findagrave website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bc4e8-googlemapcemetery.jpggooglemapcemetery(Credit: Google Maps)2020-08-01T05:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/07/25/the-polynesian-restaurant-brought-south-seas-atmosphere-to-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c339-pvpn19570822.2.61-a3-658w-1.jpgPVPN19570822.2.61-a3-658whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cca87-ownersandsignjamaicawest.jpgownersandsignjamaicawestTorrance Press-Herald, June 30, 1965. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7b57-pvpn19570822.2.61-a2-627w.jpgPVPN19570822.2.61-a2-627wPalos Verdes Peninsula News, Aug. 22, 1957, Page 8. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1a2bb-jamaicawestad.jpgjamaicawestadTorrance Press-Herald ad, May 19, 1965, Page D3. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64744-pvpn19570822.2.61-a3-658w.jpgPVPN19570822.2.61-a3-658whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e7a90-irishatpolynesian.jpgirishatpolynesianTorrance Press, Aug. 13, 1959. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2f5d3-polynesianfire1959tp.jpgpolynesianfire1959tpTorrance Press, Feb. 19, 1959, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/35811-card00902_fr.jpgcard00902_frInterior of The Polynesian. Undated postcard.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/13804-unknown.jpegUnknownhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cfc0-polynesianleadshot.jpgpolynesianleadshotThe Polynesian restaurant on Pacific Coast Highway in Torrance. Undated postcard.2020-07-25T00:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/07/18/pietro-di-carlos-successful-life-ends-mysteriously-on-the-san-pedro-docks/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/08df2-latheadline1967.jpglatheadline1967Los Angeles Times, Oct. 18, 1967, Page 1. (Credit: Los Angeles Times online archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5a388-pvindictarticle.jpgpvindictarticlePalos Verdes Peninsula News, Dec. 31, 1967, Page 1. Click to enlarge. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a5065-cabrillogocaption.jpgcabrillogocaptionGrand opening of Cabrillo Savings. Partner Fred Strohmenger and his Torrance Herald, June 29, 1961, Page A-8. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d7052-pietromug.jpgpietromugPietro Di Carlo in 1966.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6c21-pietrohearse.jpgpietrohearsePalos Verdes Peninsula News, Nov. 12, 1967, Page 1. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22f1d-tonylauro.jpgtonylauroDaily Breeze, Nov. 8, 1967, Page 1. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e006-pietroyortygroundbreak.jpgpietroyortygroundbreakPietro Di Carlo, left, and Mayor Sam Yorty. Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Nov. 8, 1967, Page 1. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30080-cabrillolargegoad.jpgcabrillolargegoadGrand opening ad for Cabrillo Savings and Loan. Torrance Herald, June 29, 1961, Page A-8. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/183a3-cabrillograndopening.jpgcabrillograndopeningGrand opening of Cabrillo Savings. Partner Fred Strohmenger and his Torrance Herald, June 29, 1961, Page A-8. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d6be2-msp-dicarlo6-sh.jpgmsp-dicarlo6-shPietro Di Carlo, right, with his son, Lorenzo (Lawrence), center, in a family archive photo taken in front of the Di Carlo Bakery in San Pedro in 1956. Man at left is unidentified. (Daily Breeze file photo)2020-07-18T02:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/07/11/di-carlo-bakery-served-up-goodness-to-san-pedrans-for-almost-100-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d32f6-ninthstreetbldg2014.jpgninthstreetbldg2014The one-time Ford dealership that became the Di Carlo National Bakery at 461 W. 9th St., top photo, now houses a charter school. 2014 file photo, bottom. (Credit: San Pedro News Pilot archives, top; Daily Breeze 2014 file photo, bottom)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8bd7a-tn09-target-sv-029.jpgTN09-Target-SV-029Shoppers leave the San Pedro Target on their first day open for business. Oct. 8, 2008. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/174b7-lorenzomug.jpglorenzomugLorenzo Di Carlo ca. 1939. (Credit: San Pedro News Pilot archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d3019-oldbakeyfromyoutube.jpgoldbakeyfromyoutubehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1bfc5-tn08-target-sv.251.jpgTN08-target-SV.251Crews begin tearing down the former DiCarlo bakery on Gaffey St. in San Pedro on Aug. 7, 2007, to make way for a new Target store. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/04045-pietrodelivers1908.jpgpietrodelivers1908A young Pietro Di Carlo delivers loaves of bread from his basket at Second and Centre streets in San Pedro in 1908. (Credit: San Pedro News Pilot archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9f12-nws-eastview.jpgNWS-eastviewLittle Leaguers warm up before a game at Joe Grigorio Field in San Pedro, owned by the adjacent DiCarlo Bakery, which closed in 2004. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/46dba-dicarlos1909.jpgdicarlos1909Photos from the Nov. 3, 1939, San Pedro News Pilot show the original bakery site, top, and the 331 W. 11th St. bakery opened in 1909, bottom. (Credit: San Pedro News Pilot archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d7de-firstbakery1906.jpgfirstbakery1906https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c0d48-dicarlos1939plant.jpgdicarlos1939plant2020-07-11T03:04:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/07/04/american-honda-finds-its-corporate-home-in-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/08565-50920375_2412666058767809_5913183756201492480_n.jpg50920375_2412666058767809_5913183756201492480_nThe Honda N600, the first Honda automobile sold in the U.S. (Credit: Moro via Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cf69-r-5614246-1398016990-1216.jpeg.jpgR-5614246-1398016990-1216.jpeghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/966da-soichiro-honda.jpgsoichiro-hondaSoichiro Honda. Undated. (Credit: Honda Motor Co.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac64b-preview-928x522-1.jpgpreview-928x522American Honda moved its headquarters to this location on Alondra Blvd. in Gardena in 1963. (Credit: American Honda Motor Co.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8fb51-preview-928x522-1.jpgpreview-928x522-1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4013e-hondaoflomita.jpghondaoflomitaPalos Verdes Peninsula News, May 13, 1965, Page 15. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d7c7c-firsthondastorefrontla.jpgfirsthondastorefrontlaS. headquarters at 4077 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles.(Credit: American Honda Motor Co.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5db93-southbayhondaopens.jpgsouthbayhondaopensTorrance Press-Herald, Dec. 9, 1964, Page B11. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0accd-hondaaerial2006.jpghondaaerial2006American Honda headquarters in Torrance in 2006. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a9060-hondacyclelong63ad.jpghondacyclelong63ad2020-07-04T01:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/06/27/imperial-highway-once-figured-as-part-of-a-superhighway-plan/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4d044-googlemapusethisone.jpggooglemapusethisoneWestern terminus of Imperial Highway at Dockweiler State Beach on Vista Del Mar. (Credit: Google Earth)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ff293-imperialhwyocmap-1.jpgimperialhwyocmapRoute chosen for the Imperial Highway project is highlighted in red on this 1936 map. (Credit: Orange County Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c8d4c-imperialhighwayvdmaerial.jpgimperialhighwayvdmaerialWestern terminus of Imperial Highway at Dockweiler State Beach on Vista Del Mar. (Credit: Google Earth)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2dade-construction_of_century_freeway_off_imperial_blvd_near_lax_calif_1987.jpgconstruction_of_century_freeway_off_imperial_blvd_near_lax_calif_1987Looking west at a portion of the unfinished Century Freeway, with Imperial Highway at right, near Los Angeles International Airport. 1987 photo by Rick Meyer. (Credit: UCLA Dept. of Special Collections)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b8c5-kt6199s284-fileid-1.16.38.jpgkt6199s284-FILEID-1.16.38This historic maker in the Anza—Borrego Desert State Park reads, “January 8, 1933 Members of Boyce Aten Post No. 25 America Legion of El Centro blazed this trail for the builders of the Imperial Highway.” Undated photo circa 1970s. (Credit: Escondido Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7bcce-losangelessign-imperial_highway.pngLosAngelesSign-Imperial_Highway(Credit: Wikipedia)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e561a-lynwood_shops_and_stores_view_1.jpgLynwood_shops_and_stores_view_1Imperial Highway in Lynwood, foreground, is two lanes in this circa 1920s undated photo. The building is a roadside business known as "The Splinter Building." (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c102d-906e55dc643173c6df517c8a68709044.jpg906e55dc643173c6df517c8a68709044Imperial Motel postcard, undated, circa early 1950s. The motel, at 4709 W Imperial Highway in Hawthorne, still stands.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3efa9-theoasisreststop.jpgtheoasisreststopThe Oasis restaurant, located on Imperial Highway in Los Angeles. 1929 photo. (Credit: Pomona Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8ecf7-imperialhwyocmap.jpgimperialhwyocmapRoute chosen for the Imperial Highway project is highlighted in red on this 1936 map. (Credit: Orange County Historical Society)2020-06-27T01:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/06/20/torrances-national-guard-armory-opens-with-flyover-huge-parade-in-1955/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c090f-330px-seal_of_the_united_states_national_guard.jpg330px-Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guardhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f9b7-natguard1950th-1.jpgnatguard1950thTorrance Press, Aug. 3, 1950, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c506f-traditionad.jpgtraditionadTorrance Press, June 30, 1955, Page 20. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/045ac-newselect.jpgnewselectThe California National Guard Ted Tanouye Memorial Armory in Torrance. June 2020. (Photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4e939-mbarmoryad1952.jpgmbarmoryad1952Torrance Herald, March 22, 1953, Page 5. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22161-congratsarmorypage.jpgcongratsarmorypage (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b576-1955paradeth1010.jpg1955paradeth1010Torrance Herald, Oct. 10, 1955, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bc867-natguard1950th.jpgnatguard1950thTorrance Press, Aug. 3, 1950, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4544c-torrancerecruits1954.jpgtorrancerecruits1954Torrance Press, Oct. 14, 1954, Page 2. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/77079-armory.051902.jpgArmory.051902Iseo Tanouye, left, shakes hands after receiving a plaque in honor of his late brother Ted Takayuki Tanouye Sunday during the renaming ceremony at California National Guard armory in Torrance on May 19, 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2020-06-20T00:52:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/06/13/deadly-1949-oil-tank-blast-in-inglewood-wasnt-the-end-of-basin-oils-woes/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/598c1-inglewood_oil_field.jpgInglewood_oil_fieldOil derricks blanket the Inglewood Oil Field, in what is now known as Baldwin Hills. View is toward the north along Fairfax Avenue, which dead ends at Stocker Street. Undated photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6bc94-oil_wells_at_the_potrero_country_club_golf_course.jpgOil_wells_at_the_Potrero_Country_Club_golf_courseBasin Oil wells can be seen in the distance on the grounds of Potrero Country Club. Undated photo, circa late 1930s. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6b170-inglewooddetail.jpgInglewoodDetailDiscovered in 1924, the Inglewood Oil Field remains active to this day. (Credit: Wikipedia)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d8b1-hot_mud_oil_and_flames_shoot_300_feet_into_sky.jpgHot_mud_oil_and_flames_shoot_300_feet_into_skyA geyser of hot mud, oil and flame shoots 300 feet into the sky as one of two blown-out oil wells on the Inglewood Country Club continues to erupt uncontrolled. Heat was so intense that one well tower melted and collapsed (arrow). Dec. 31, 1952. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/57171-redadairfindagrave.jpgredadairfindagraveFirefighter Red Adair. Undated photo. (Credit: Findagrave website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85aba-oil_well_fire_topples_tower_of_steel.jpgOil_well_fire_topples_tower_of_steelhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/59506-melted_and_collapsed_tower_of_a_blownout_well.jpgMelted_and_collapsed_tower_of_a_blownout_wellWhite-hot flames and a mixture of mud and oil gush skyward while firemen play water on other nearby equipment to prevent the spread of flames at the Basin Oil wells in Inglewood. December 31, 1952. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6ecd3-maderanewsoilshot.jpgmaderanewsoilshotFirefighters train their hose on the massive fire following explosions at the Basin Oil tank farm in Inglewood in 1948. Madera Daily News, Sept. 17, 1948, Page 1. (Credit: Madera Daily News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/80e18-inglewood_oil_well_fire.jpgInglewood_oil_well_firehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/84d2b-ingelwoodbook.jpgingelwoodbookSpectators watch the 1948 Basin Oil tank farm blaze in Inglewood. (Credit: The History of Inglewood)2020-06-13T01:20:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/06/06/how-and-why-the-shoestring-strip-came-into-existence/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9b624-jursidictions.jpgjursidictionsTraveling the short distance from Point A to Point B (blue line) on map takes one through four different jurisdictions, marked in purple from left to right. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e416f-history-machado-lake1.jpgMachado LakeThe Los Angeles City Strip, area left of Figueroa Ave., center, stretches northward from Machado Lake, bottom. Undated historical photo. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0add2-typical-view-of-land-utilisation-southeast-of-torrance-western-avenue-toward-east-shoestring-wasteland-japanese-vegetables-eucalyptusoil.jpgTypical view of land utilisation, southeast of Torrance, Western Avenue toward east (Shoestring) wasteland; Japanese vegetables; eucalyptus;oilViewlooking southeast from Western Ave. in Torrance across the shows typical land use in the shoestring strip for farming and oil wells in the 1930s. Oct. 21, 1932. (Credit: California Historical Society) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ff8fe-meredith_pinxton_snyder.jpgMeredith_Pinxton_SnyderMeredith Pinxton Snyder. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b0c8-gatewaysignselect.jpggatewaysignselectCarson St. looking west in Harbor Gateway, part of the "city strip." June 2020. (Photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12765-citystripannexationmap.jpgcitystripannexationmapMap showing territory annexed to the city of Los Angeles, California, by Homer Hamlin, Los Angeles City Engineer, 1916. (Credit: Library of Congress)2020-06-06T02:38:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/05/30/the-san-pedro-drive-in-theatre-was-a-local-landmark-for-37-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc208-newyearsad.jpgnewyearsadSan Pedro News Pilot, Dec. 31, 1949, Page 2. (Credit: San Pedro News Pilot archive database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ec73c-grandopeningad.jpggrandopeningadTorrance Herald, May 19, 1949, Page 9. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/873cf-murallc1979.jpgmurallc1979Close-up view of the San Pedro Drive-In mural. Photo by John Margolies, 1979. (Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49cb9-large-2.jpglargehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2a117-sptheaterswview.jpgsptheaterswviewAerial view looking southwest shows the San Pedro Drive-In, bottom center. Gaffey St. runs diagonally below it, and the Di Carlo Bakery can be seen to the left of the theater. The oil tank at lower right is decorated as a pumpkin every year for Halloween. Photo taken June 3, 1961. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2bc5c-driveinlcpic-1.jpgdriveinlcpicThe San Pedro Drive-In screen building stood six stories tall. Photo by John Margolies, 1979. (Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ab2b-168443_189655524393187_4357500_n.jpg168443_189655524393187_4357500_nThe theater switched to Spanish-language films near the end of its existence. Undated photo, circa 1980s. (Credit: Cinema Treasures website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6d159-driveinlcpic.jpgdriveinlcpichttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9a45e-large.jpglargehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f9aaa-san_pedro_drivein_theater_san_pedro_looking_southwest.jpgSan_Pedro_DriveIn_Theater_San_Pedro_looking_southwest2020-05-30T00:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/05/23/ted-tanouye-the-only-torrance-recipient-of-the-congressional-medal-of-honor/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1cc17-tanouyewithtwo.jpgtanouyewithtwoFrom left, Sgt. Ted Tanouye, Jumbo Mochizuki and Akira Shimatsu. (Photo provided courtesy of the Shimatsu and Tanouye Family)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cdcd5-memorialplaqueselect.jpgmemorialplaqueselectA portion of the Ted Tenouye Memorial in Triangle Park near his alma mater, Torrance High School. (May 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34f5d-torr-vet-memorial1.3-19-02.rc_.jpgTorr Vet Memorial1.3-19-02.RCTorrance Mayor Dee Hardison embraces Isao Tanouye while they look at the newly dedicated Torrance Veterans Memorial at the Torrance Civic Center. The name of Tanouye's brother, Ted Tanouye, who died in WWII, is inscribed on the memorial. Looking on is Assemblyman George Nakano, who was instrumental in the effort to erect the memorial. March 19, 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ce97-raysad.jpgraysadTorrance Herald, Aug. 16, 1941, Page 4-A. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6453b-tenouyecollage.jpgtenouyecollageSide by side photos of Pvt. Ted Tanouye during U.S. Army basic training, 1942. (Photo provided courtesy of the Tanouye Family via the Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10217-collage.pngcollagehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c062c-rohwer.jpgrohwerTrucks move Japanese American internees into the Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas in this undated photo taken during World War II. (Credit: Arkansas State University collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a66e-ted_t_tanouye.jpgTed_T_TanouyeTed Takayuki Tenouyehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e5cd-screen-shot-2020-05-17-at-3.33.48-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-17 at 3.33.48 PMTorrance Herald, July 24, 1946, Page 5-AA. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/16ab0-nws-citizentan.jpgNWS-citizentanPresident Clinton presents the Medal of Honor to Isao Tanouye in 2000 in a scene from the documentary film "Citizen Tanouye."2020-05-23T01:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/05/16/members-of-catalina-islands-exclusive-tuna-club-pioneered-big-game-sportfishing/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a70c8-tunaclub4.jpgTunaClub4Undated postcard of the Tuna Club on Catalina Island, post-1916. (Credit: Islapedia website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d0c6a-tuna_club_card.pngTuna_Club_cardUndated postcard of the Tuna Club on Catalina Island, post-1916. (Credit: Islapedia website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d334a-0907_nws_lpt-l-catalina34.jpg0907_NWS_LPT-L-CATALINA34The Tuna Club in Avalon, shown here in 2013, was founded by Charles Frederick Holder in 1898. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09b00-tuna_club_under_construction_on_the_shore_of_avalon_harbor_1908-1.jpgTuna_Club_under_construction_on_the_shore_of_Avalon_Harbor_1908https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/70f94-stanlaurelcertificate.jpgstanlaurelcertificateTuna Club certificate congratulating actor Stan Laurel on catching a 258-lb. marlin in 1936. (Credit: The Ida May website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/afc5f-posewithtuna1915.jpgposewithtuna1915Original caption: "H. W. Adams, on Left, and His Boatman, Captain Walker, Standing Beside Mr. Adams’ Tuna." Adams caught two tuna, one 92, one 46 pounds. Los Angeles Herald, July 27,1915, Page 4. (Credit: Los Angeles Herald archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fbd50-chaplin_charlie_with_tunac2a9.jpgCHAPLIN,_Charlie_with_tuna©Charlie Chaplin, left, with the 100-lb. tuna he caught, making him eligible for Tuna Club membership. (Credit: Catalina Island Museum)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ed78-tunaclub1938.jpgtunaclub1938Photo postcard of the Tuna Club headquarters from 1938. (Credit: Pomona Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0ce45-tuna_club_buttons.jpgTuna_Club_buttonsAnglers prized these gold buttons given out by the Tuna Club for catching fish of a certain size and weight. (Credit: Islapedia website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1a61-tuna_club.jpgTuna_ClubVintage postcard of Catalina’s original Tuna Club, built in 1908. (Credit: Catalina Island Museum)2020-05-16T00:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/05/09/how-the-south-bay-chose-to-honor-president-john-f-kennedys-memory/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/66d69-95511369_3243846662294828_7920986812808429568_o.jpg95511369_3243846662294828_7920986812808429568_oDisneyland also closed following the Kennedy assassination. (Credit: Photos of Los Angeles site, Facebook)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/98d82-torrancehighkidstp112563.jpgtorrancehighkidstp112563Students gather to hear news about the shooting on Nov. 22, 1963. Torrance Press front page, Nov. 25, 1963. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ccaa-torrancecityhallmemorial63-1.jpgtorrancecityhallmemorial63Torrance Press, Nov. 29, 1963, Page C8. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5761-jfkthfrontpage112463.jpgjfkthfrontpage112463Torrance Herald front page, Nov. 24, 1963. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/73cba-thssign1124thon22nd.jpgthssign1124thon22ndTorrance Herald, Nov. 24, 1963. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2707e-torrancecityhallmemorial63.jpgtorrancecityhallmemorial63Torrance Press, Nov. 29, 1963, Page C8. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f9197-rfkhospital2008.jpgrfkhospital2008The closed-down Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center on 116th Street in Hawthorne. Condos were planned for the site until the housing crash hit. Medical offices were built there instead. March 7, 2008. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d1a38-remembering_kennedy_at_the_coliseum.jpgRemembering_Kennedy_at_the_ColiseumMemorial plaque for the late President John F. Kennedy is unveiled at the Los Angeles Coliseum. At rites are (from left to right) Pierre Salinger, L.A. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Mrs. Harriet Dexter, A.E. England. May 30, 1965. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/61fa4-kennedymem2017.jpgkennedymem2017The John F. Kennedy Memorial at its present location in downtown Torrance in April 2017. (Photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/38226-kennedy_tribute_in_torrance.jpgKennedy_tribute_in_TorranceThe John F. Kennedy Memorial dedication in downtown Torrance. Flanking the carved stone are Dr. Frank Sullivan, speaker, and Celia Pons, donor. Aug. 23, 1964. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2020-05-09T02:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/05/02/john-olguins-lifelong-love-affair-with-san-pedro-and-the-sea/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b643-msp-grunion6.jpgMSP-Grunion6A spotlight shines as the grunion run on Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro on April 6, 2000. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8086-nws-grunion-counters-2.bh_.jpgNWS-Grunion Counters 2.BHPaul Saranson, left, joins other volunteers as they inspect grunion washing ashore at an L.A. County beach Monday. The volunteers were participating in a program of locating and counting grunion visiting Southern California shores. Photo/Bruce Hazelton-The Daily Breeze 4/12/05https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/82ff4-tn23-olguinmemorial-sv-0408.jpgTN23-OlguinMemorial-SV-0408Stephanie Stone of the Veterans Advisory Commission presents Muriel Olguin with a flag in honor of her late husband, who served in the Army during WWII. Jan. 22, 2011. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/80bbe-tn23-olguinmemorial-sv-0020.jpgTN23-OlguinMemorial-SV-0020John Olguin's patch-covered whale watching jacket on display during the memorial service on Jan. 22, 2011. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/75398-tn11-olguin-sh519.jpgTN11-Olguin-sh519The San Pedro Rotary Club named John Olguin "Citizen of the Century," and unveiled a monument honoring him at Point Fermin Park in San Pedro on Oct. 8, 2009. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/94a80-tn10_newcampus_smc115.jpgTN10_NewCampus_SMc115The new John M. and Muriel Olguin campus of San Pedro High School was officially opened on Aug. 9, 2012. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aa8d7-tn10_newcampus_smc048.jpgTN10_NewCampus_SMc048The new John M. and Muriel Olguin campus of San Pedro High School was officially opened on Aug. 9, 2012. The ceremony was held in the school's new ampitheater. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/39ece-oldolguinshawaiian.jpgoldolguinshawaiianJohn and Muriel Olguin. Undated Daily Breeze file photo circa 1950s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af2a3-jo-young.jpgjo-youngJohn Olguin. Undated photo. (Credit: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69c6b-0214_nws_tdb-l-olguinobit3.jpg0214_NWS_TDB-L-OLGUINOBIT3Muriel and John Olguin. Undated. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2020-05-02T02:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/04/25/lennox-retains-its-identity-despite-decades-of-annexations-unincorporated-status/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8da35-lennoxciviccenter.jpglennoxciviccenterThe Lennox branch of the Los Angeles County Library is the most visible part of the civic center complex. (April 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b8e4-lennoxcarwash.jpglennoxcarwashThe Lennox Car Wash on Hawthorne Blvd. (April 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cfb91-proposed_lennox_civic_center.jpgProposed_Lennox_Civic_CenterArchitectural plan of the Lennox Civic Center. Photo dated: July 23, 1947. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/afd31-libraryribboncutting.jpglibraryribboncuttingChildren and dignitaries gather for the dedication of the Lennox branch of the L.A. County Library on May 15, 1948. (Credit: County of Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dd7f5-library47dedicationnopeople.jpglibrary47dedicationnopeoplehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a2fa1-lennoxsheriffs.jpglennoxsheriffshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed197-lennoxlaxprotest1974.jpglennoxlaxprotest1974Lennox residents protest the arrival of the Concorde SST airplane at LAX in October 1974. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0a711-lennoxblvdearly.jpglennoxblvdearlyUndated photo of Lennox Blvd., circa 1915-25. (Credit: Lennox Coordinating Council website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a50c4-lennox_sheriffs_station.jpgLennox_sheriffs_stationThe Lennox sheriff's station, located in the civic center, provides police services for the unincorporated County areas of Lennox, Gardena, Athens, Los Angeles, El Camino Village, Del Aire, Wiseburn, and the contract city of Lawndale. A sign stating, "Civil Defense Headquarters L.A. County Lennox District" is seen on the right. April 25, 1956 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5613-lennox_civic_center_dedication.jpgLennox_Civic_Center_dedicationHundreds attended the dedication of the Civic Center in Lennox. Photo dated: May 15, 1948. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2020-04-25T01:18:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/04/18/new-horizons-in-torrance-among-the-first-wave-of-condo-developments-in-california/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fa96e-raywattmug.jpgraywattmugRay Watt circa 1963. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/36621-nws.newhorizons1.jpgNWS.NewHorizons1The New Horizons senior complex in Torrance is carefully landscaped. (2005 Daily Breeze staff photo) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/13a7a-newhorizonsgooglemap.jpgnewhorizonsgooglemap(Credit: Google Earth)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86d3e-interiorth.jpginteriorthInterior of unit. Torrance Herald, Oct. 24, 1963, Page 14. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4712f-hh-apr-1965-1b.jpgHH Apr 1965 1bGolfers enjoy the 9-hole golf course in 1965. Miniature tiki structure can be seen at right middle. (Credit: House and Home magazine via Tiki Architecture website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/962a6-golf63.jpggolf63Torrance Herald, Oct. 27, 1963, Page 2. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/94b17-grandopeningadth.jpggrandopeningadthTorrance Herald, Oct. 27, 1963, Page 3. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a4d2b-aerialputtingpoolclubtikisite.jpgaerialputtingpoolclubtikisiteRecent undated aerial photo shows clubhouse and pool, left, and island putting green, right. (Credit: Tiki Architecture website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e512-newhorizonssign.jpgnewhorizonssignNew Horizons was one of the first planned condo developments in the South Bay. (April 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a801f-clubhouselive.jpgclubhouseliveThe clubhouse at the entrance to New Horizons South Bay. (April 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)2020-04-18T17:59:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/04/04/the-los-angeles-shipbuilding-and-dry-dock-co-weathered-some-storms-but-not-all/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6106-thheadline.jpgthheadlineTorrance Herald, Dec. 9, 1943, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c118-todd-pacific-shipyards-logo.jpgtodd-pacific-shipyards-logohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5261c-todd-shipyard-1945.jpgTodd Shipyard 1945Todd-Los Angeles Shipbuilding, geared for WWII production in 1945. The massive gantry crane installation at the building ways was designed for constructing large ships. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4946c-shipbuildinggreatad.jpgshipbuildinggreatadAd from American Shipping, Volume 14, Oct. 10, 1921.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/383fa-lashipdrydock.jpglashipdrydockA ship in the large dry dock at the Todd-Los Angeles Shipbuilding Corp. in the L.A. Harbor at San Pedro. The dry dock bears the company's original name. May 6, 1939. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a5589-fredbakerpic.jpgfredbakerpicCEO Fred L. Baker and his wife, second and third from left. American Shipping, Volume 14, Oct. 10, 1921.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0ab3c-aerialofplant.jpgaerialofplantAerial photo shows the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company's location on Terminal Island (black circle). Jan. 7, 1942. (Credit: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections, via Calisphere)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8efb-624px-helen_keller_christens_a_united_states_emergency_fleet_ship_launched_in_the_los_angeles_harbor._the_newly_completed_ship_-_nara_-_533716.jpg624px-Helen_Keller_Christens_a_United_States_Emergency_Fleet_ship_launched_in_the_Los_Angeles_harbor._The_newly_completed_ship_-_NARA_-_533716Helen Keller christens a United States Emergency Fleet cargo ship West Arvada on Oct. 17, 1918. The newly completed ship was the twelfth boat launched by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. (Credit: Central News Photo Service, via National Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c76b0-700px-launch_of_uss_salisbury_sound_av-13_at_the_los_angeles_shipbuilding_and_dry_dock_company_san_pedro_california_usa_on_18_june_1944_ua_475.22.01.jpg700px-Launch_of_USS_Salisbury_Sound_(AV-13)_at_the_Los_Angeles_Shipbuilding_and_Dry_Dock_Company,_San_Pedro,_California_(USA),_on_18_June_1944_(UA_475.22.01) Launch of the U.S. Navy seaplane tender USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13) at the Todd-Los Angeles Shipbuilding Company in San Pedro on June 18, 1944. (Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command website)2020-04-04T01:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/03/28/torrance-flower-producer-once-supplied-gardenias-and-orchids-nationwide/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4ba08-latimesshinodaad.jpglatimesshinodaadAd from Los Angeles Times, Aug. 3, 1952, Page H50. (Credit: Los Angeles Times archival database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6da7-wright1912photo.jpgwright1912photoThomas H. Wright in one of his greenhouses in 1912. (Credit: Florists' review, 1912, via Flickr.com)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bfa7c-torrance_hot_house.jpgTorrance_hot_houseGardenias grow in a greenhouse at Wright's Greenhouses orchid and gardenia farm in Torrance, on May 27, 1937. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10495-torrance_hot_house-3.jpgTorrance_hot_house-3https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/98141-torrance_hot_house-2.jpgTorrance_hot_house-2Flowers grow in a greenhouse at Wright's Greenhouses orchid and gardenia farm in Torrance, on May 27, 1937. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e262c-torrance_flower_farmexterior.jpgTorrance_flower_farmexteriorPanoramic view of Wright's Greenhouses gardenia and orchid farm in Torrance at 190th St. and Western Ave. on May 27, 1937. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e55bf-torrance_flower_farm.jpgTorrance_flower_farmFlowers grow in a greenhouse at Wright's Greenhouses orchid and gardenia farm in Torrance, on May 27, 1937. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b02e0-gardeniafile.jpggardeniafileGardenias in bloom. (Credit: Orange County Register)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e054e-16602869_10208839501966470_1438576836328135576_n.jpg16602869_10208839501966470_1438576836328135576_nMill's Country Kitchen in 2007. (Credit: Chico F., via Yelp.com)2020-03-28T01:30:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/03/21/how-playa-vista-sprang-up-from-scratch-at-the-foot-of-the-westchester-bluffs/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/507f0-zipcodemap90094.jpgzipcodemap90094Zip code 90094, Playa Vista, is highlighted in red on this area map. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dcceb-0329_nws_ldn-l-o15-tech-sv-srv_3955.jpg-L-O15-TECHEmployees of the 72andSunny advertising agency gather in Howard Hughes' former office for a meeting in Playa Vista, CA on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Hughes' office has been restored to the way it looked when he was using it. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7b3e-0429_nws_ldn-l-calmatters_efficiency.5.jpgfor saleSkylar at Playa Vista Community homes that are LEED certified. Energy efficient homes. Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze/04-29-16https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/680e2-summa-corporation-77555192.jpgSumma-corporation-77555192https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/130d0-nws-playaside3.081006.khz_.jpgNWS-PLAYASIDE3.081006.KHZConstruction continues on Fountain Park Drive and Playa Vista Drive in Playa Vista. March 2006. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bb930-tn30-playavistaelem.04.jpgTN30-PlayaVistaElem.04The new Playa Vista Elemtary School in October 2012. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fb245-playa-vista.jpgPlaya VistaPlaya Vista Phase 1 housing under construction in March 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/278e2-playa-vista-construction2.jpgPlaya Vista construction2A crane prepares to place stone columns as part of the foundation work for the Fountain Park Apartments in the Playa Vista development. February 2000. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0ddf3-playavista.1.1212.sv_.jpgPlayaVista.1.1212.svPlayaVista.1.1212.sv.photo: Scott Varley.Some of the 2,600 residential units are well under construction at Playa Vista's phase one. Phase 2 along Jefferson Blvd. has begun grading.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9a6b2-nws-playavistaoverview.bh_.jpgNWS-PlayaVistaOverview.BHThe Playa Vista development looking northeast from Lincoln Blvd., with Bluff Creek at right. 2006 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2020-03-21T01:07:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/03/14/hughes-aircraft-birthplace-of-the-spruce-goose-the-worlds-largest-seaplane/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/930d7-view_of_the_hughes_aircraft_plant_in_playa_del_rey_june_1941.jpgView_of_the_Hughes_Aircraft_Plant_in_Playa_del_Rey_June_1941This June 1941 view looking west shows the then-new Hughes Aircraft plant in the distance, center left, with the airport landing strip at right. Note the emptiness of the surrounding area. (Credit: California State Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1a89d-herculesselect.jpgherculesselectThe former Hughes Aircraft Buildings 1, 2 and 3 have been converted into offices. The original sycamore grove between them was preserved. (March 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c3c6-hangarbldgselect.jpghangarbldgselectBuilding 15 now houses offices for Google. Cars and people at left show scale. (March 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/882a7-fromlmuhughes.jpgfromlmuhugheshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bd500-ballona.playavista2.jpgBallona.PlayaVista2The Playa Vista development offers marshland and park settings, but at the price of high density residential buildings. (2003 Daily Breeze staff file photo) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f7d09-an_aerial_view_of_hughes_aircraft_manufacturing_plant_ca1950.jpgAn_aerial_view_of_Hughes_Aircraft_Manufacturing_Plant_ca1950Aerial view of Hughes Aircraft and Airport looking east, with LMU in the foreground, lower left. Photo circa 1950. (Credit: California State Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0149e-airfields_ca_la_w_htm_57610adf.jpgAirfields_CA_LA_W_htm_57610adfHughes Airport on 1964 topographical map. (Credit: United States Geological Survey)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/be818-2008-2243_000135071.jpg2008-2243_000135071Photo postcard shows the H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) ashore near the Long Beach Channel in 1947. (Credit: California State Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/07c25-hughes_ca_60s_w.jpgHughes_CA_60s_wUndated aerial view looking west of Hughes Aircraft plant and airport, circa 1960s. Buildings 1-3 in foreground, Building 15 at left middle. LMU is at top left. (Credit: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b5e97-building-15-under-construction.jpgBuilding-15-under-ConstructionBuilding 15 under construction in 1943. (Credit: Hughes Industrial Historic District website)2020-03-14T02:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/03/07/torrance-women-rise-up-against-rumored-1952-plan-to-repeal-the-19th-amendment/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d08ab-houstonposthed.jpghoustonposthedThe Houston Post front page of Aug. 19, 1920, after Tennessee's ratification of the 19th Amendment gave women the vote. (Credit: University of Wisconsin Digital Collection via Twitter)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b2885-01903v.jpg01903vhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/070b4-suff.jpgsuffA parade of women promoting women's suffrage on Broadway and 4th Street, looking north, in undated pre-1920 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9625-ad_targeting_female_votes_for_1920_presidential_election.jpgAHB2013q013053Campaign advertisement featuring James M. Cox in The Ladies' Home Journal, October 1920, seeking the votes of newly enfranchised women for the presidential ticket of Cox and his then-running mate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Cox lost to Warren G. Harding.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11b28-elizabeth_cady_stanton_and_susan_b._anthony.jpgElizabeth_Cady_Stanton_and_Susan_B._AnthonyElizabeth Cady Stanton, sitting, and Susan B. Anthony. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3e85d-300px-stamp-us-1970-woman-suffrage.png300px-Stamp-US-1970-Woman-Suffrage1970 U.S. postage stamp.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b0733-heraldheadline1952.jpgheraldheadline1952Torrance Herald, Oct. 12, 1952, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0e8f0-natesilvermap.jpgnatesilvermap(Credit: FiveThirtyEight website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31969-telegram1952.jpgtelegram1952The unnamed organization announces the end of its plan to use Torrance as a test site for a movement repealing the 19th Amendment. Torrance Herald, Oct. 16, 1952, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49472-juneedwardsmugquote.jpgjuneedwardsmugquoteTorrance Herald, Oct. 12, 1952, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)2020-03-07T01:45:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/02/22/torrances-palos-verdes-bowl-served-up-strikes-for-more-than-60-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/37896-pvbowldown.jpgpvbowldownThe Palos Verdes Bowl site after the building was torn down. (April 2020 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1afa0-denudedtower.jpgdenudedtowerThe Palos Verdes Bowl sign after the bowling center's closure. Feb. 18, 2020. (Photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1b8e1-1959directoryad.jpg1959directoryadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3ca5b-rav-luckystrike-sh7.jpgRAV-LUCKYSTRIKE-SH7Lucky Strike at the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance offered bowling with a nightclub atmosphere. Sept. 29, 2006. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dbd97-tdb-l-project-0515-83.jpgTDB-L-PROJECT-0515-83Bowlers hit the lanes at Palos Verdes Bowl in Torrance on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aac73-tdb-l-project-0515-86.jpgTDB-L-PROJECT-0515-86Bowlers enter Palos Verdes Bowl in Torrance on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f8b24-rav-luckystrike-sh.jpgRAV-LUCKYSTRIKE-SHDAILY BREEZE PHOTO BY SEAN HILLER. SEPT. 29, 2006. A DC-3 that was was one of the larger exhibits at the Western Museum of Flying in Hawthorne cruises through South Bay Streets early Friday morning on its way to its new home at the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum at LAX. It weeks were transported separately after the Western Museum of Flying in Hawthorne closed it doors and is dispersing its treasured relics to aviation history. The DC-3, built by Douglas Aircraft, was a primary military transport in World War ll, and became the backbone of the world's airlines after the war, according to a fact sheet provided by the Flight Path Museum. The first flight of a DC-3 was on Dec. 17, 1935, the 32nd anniversary of the Wright Brother's first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina the sheet states.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b98e7-latada12281958.jpglatada12281958Los Angeles Times, Dec. 28, 1958. (Credit: Los Angeles Times historical archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fd6d8-screen-shot-2020-02-07-at-8.19.37-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-07 at 8.19.37 PMhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cfb7f-pvpn19600121.2.24.3-a2-700w.jpgPVPN19600121.2.24.3-a2-700wPalos Verdes News, Jan. 21, 1960, Page A2. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)2020-02-22T01:58:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/02/15/terranea-creating-the-480-million-seaside-development-took-more-than-two-decades/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7843a-greatterrraneaaerial09-1.jpggreatterrraneaaerial09The Terranea resort on Long Point in Rancho Palos Verdes shortly after it opened in 2009. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f70c-tdb-l-terranea-0926-067-sv2019.jpgTDB-L-TERRANEA-0926-067-SV2019Terranea resort is celebrates its tenth anniversary on the former Marineland site in Rancho Palos Verdes. Sept. 18, 2019. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/82d20-marinelandsite2000-1.jpgmarinelandsite2000https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d65e2-terraneagroundbreakinglowe.jpgterraneagroundbreakingloweRobert J. Lowe, CEO of Lowe Enterprises, talks to gathered guests at the 'groundbreaking' kick off of the Terranea Resort in RPV on the former Marineland site. March 7, 2007. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/209cf-0728_nws_tdb-l-a2photo-pool.jpg0728_NWS_TDB-L-A2PHOTO-POOLGuests enjoy one of the three pools at the Terranea resort in Rancho Palos Verdes in July 2014. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7d8b-marinelandsite2000.jpgmarinelandsite2000https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a4153-tn00-terranea.sv-044.jpgTN00-Terranea.sv-044Construction continues at the Terranea resort at the old Marineland site in 2008. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/48c63-terraneavillas.jpgterraneavillasVillas at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes. Photo by Brad Graverson 10-17-08https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8df85-aerial-marineland1981.jpgaerial marineland1981Marineland from the air in 1981, six years before its closure. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f6e3-greatterrraneaaerial09.jpggreatterrraneaaerial09The Terranea resort on Long Point in Rancho Palos Verdes shortly after it opened in 2009. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2020-02-15T02:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/02/08/renowned-architect-paul-revere-williams-left-his-touch-on-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/04102-countycourthousepostcard.pngcountycourthousepostcardUndated photo postcard shows the Los Angeles County Courthouse. Circa late 1950s. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6f12d-williamsburgfirstmodels.jpgwilliamsburgfirstmodelsThe three original model houses for the Williamsburg Lane project. Undated photo, circa 1938. (Credit: Rolling Hills, The Early Years by A.E. Hanson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/512de-williamsburgadfrombook.jpgwilliamsburgadfrombook1939 ad for the Williamsburg Lane project in Rolling Hills. (Credit: Rolling Hills, The Early Years by A.E. Hanson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9414f-tn00-3-williamsburg04.jpg07-12-2011---Staff Photo by Sean Hiller-- 3 Williamsburg Lane, Rolling Hills.One of 13 Williams-designed houses at 3 Williamsburg Lane, Rolling Hills, in 2011. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2fbf3-seaviewbrochurecover.jpegseaviewbrochurecoverCover of SeaView Palos Verdes sales brochure circa 1961.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/41e68-seaviewad.jpgseaviewadTorrance Press-Herald, March 11, 1962, Page 11.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19b87-reynoldshousemalaga.jpgreynoldshousemalagaThe Williams-designed Reynolds house on Via Montemar in Palos Verdes Estates. 1926 photo. (Credit: Palos Verdes Library District, Local History Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b81e-paul_r_williams.jpgPaul_R_WilliamsPaul Revere Williams in 1951. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d46f3-group_of_people_entering_the_arrowhead_springs_hotel_near_san_bernardino_ca1925.jpgGroup_of_people_entering_the_Arrowhead_Springs_Hotel_near_San_Bernardino_ca1925https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db5cd-brochure2.jpgbrochure2Different floor plans for SeaView Palos Verdes homes. Sales brochure circa 1961. 2020-02-08T05:13:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/02/01/the-long-tumultuous-voyage-of-the-uss-potomac-fdrs-presidential-yacht/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/50b84-fdronsetteeedited.jpgFDRonSetteeeditedPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt aboard the USS Potomac in 1936. (Image via Yachts International)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c1878-potomacinsftoday.jpgpotomacinsftodayThe USS Potomac on a San Francisco Bay cruise. Undated recent photo. (Credit: Presidential Yacht Potomac website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7bb43-potomacs_bow-1.jpgPotomacs_bowhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6b0a-electrapic.jpgelectrapicThe U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Electra at sea. Undated photo circa 1935-35. (Credit: NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e5569-1920px-fdr-george-vi-potomac-june-9-1939-2-detail-crop.jpg1920px-FDR-George-VI-Potomac-June-9-1939-2-detail-cropFranklin and Eleanor Roosevelt with George VI and Queen Elizabeth, left, sailing from Washington, D.C., to Mount Vernon on the USS Potomac on June 9, 1939. (Credit: Library of Congress)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a270-potomacs_bow.jpgPotomacs_bowShipmaster Dallas De Caussin, top, aboard the USS Potomac at its site in King Harbor in Redondo Beach on Aug. 22, 1963. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/072ae-screen-shot-2020-01-24-at-12.04.10-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-01-24 at 12.04.10 PMElvis Presley, right, and Danny Thomas at the January 1964 ceremony handing the Potomac over to the St. Jude's Hospital charity. (Credit: Elvis History Blog website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/612c1-hist_sunk_at_clipper_cove.jpghist_sunk_at_clipper_coveThe USS Potomac after sinking into San Francisco Bay in March 1981. (Credit: Presidential Yacht Potomac website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/51b49-potomac1939selectlead.jpgpotomac1939selectleadThe USS Potomac with President Roosevelt and the King and Queen of Great Britain onboard as the ship travels from Washington to Mount Vernon and back on June 9, 1939. (Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command website)2020-02-01T03:21:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/01/25/rancho-san-pedro-housing-project-originally-housed-defense-workers/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a42e9-spnp19411125.2.12-a2-700w-1.jpgSPNP19411125.2.12-a2-700wL.A. City Councilman Wilder V. Hartley, center, wields a shovel at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Rancho San Pedro. San Pedro News Pilot, Nov. 25, 1941, Page 1. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/89ba0-rancho_san_pedro_housing_project-1940buildings.jpgRancho_San_Pedro_Housing_Project-1940buildingsExterior view of the Rancho San Pedro housing project,. Undated photo circa early 1940s. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/47350-rancho_san_pedro_housing_project-1952grading.jpgRancho_San_Pedro_Housing_Project-1952gradingConstruction is beginning with grading at the second phase of the Rancho San Pedro housing project, at West 3rd and South Centre Streets. View is toward the northwest. Photo dated Aug. 15, 1952. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/27066-rancho_san_pedro_housing_project-construction1942.jpgRancho_San_Pedro_Housing_Project-construction1942Construction has begun on the Rancho San Pedro housing project in this photo from January 12, 1942. It was designed by Reginald Johnson, collaborating architect. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/88199-rancho_san_pedro_housing_project-firstfamily.jpgRancho_San_Pedro_Housing_Project-firstfamilySome of the first residents of Rancho San Pedro Housing Project are greeted by Commissioner Ralph A. McMullen in August 1942. The family's son is on a tricycle. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d74a-rancho_san_pedro_housing_project-laundry.jpgRancho_San_Pedro_Housing_Project-laundryA woman hangs out laundry at the Rancho San Pedro housing project in its earlier days. Undated photo circa 1940s. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b8d0-rancho_san_pedro-buildingmaterials12641.jpgRancho_San_Pedro-buildingmaterials12641Building supplies to be used in the construction of Rancho San Pedro housing project are stacked neatly in this photo from Dec. 6, 1941. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7dc3b-spnp19411125.2.12-a2-700w.jpgSPNP19411125.2.12-a2-700wLos Angeles City Councilman Wilder V. Hartley, center, wields a shovel at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Rancho San Pedro. San Pedro News Pilot, Nov. 25, 1941, Page 1. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4bffe-rspgooglemap.jpgrspgooglemap(Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8ab9-rspbreezeaerialview.jpgrspbreezeaerialviewOverall view of the Rancho San Pedro housing project, with a docked cruise ship and the Vincent Thomas Bridge at upper right. Jan. 6, 2014. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2020-01-25T06:55:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/01/18/william-wrigleys-catalina-island-bird-park-hosted-hundreds-of-avian-species/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64706-birdfarmfrontview1938.jpgbirdfarmfrontview1938The former Sugarloaf Casino that was transformed into the main structure at the Catalina Island Bird Farm is visible at right top on this 1938 photo postcard. (Credit: Frasher Foto Postcard Collection, Pomona Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97044-blackandwhiteview1938.jpgblackandwhiteview1938The former Sugarloaf Casino has been transformed into the main structure at the Catalina Island Bird Farm on this 1938 photo postcard. (Credit: Frasher Foto Postcard Collection, Pomona Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c68f6-sugar_loaf_1908.jpgSugar_Loaf_1908The two giant rocks on on the undeveloped Sugarloaf Point, center and right, in 1908. Avalon Bay in foreground. (Credit: Islapedia website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7066d-a_white_peacock_india_.jpgA_White_Peacock_(India)_Undated postcard shows Indian white peacock from the Catalina Island Bird Farm.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/50f4d-769405e0b6aa34ab3f8cbb3bd59b1fc2-wrigley-field-santa-catalina-island.jpg769405e0b6aa34ab3f8cbb3bd59b1fc2--wrigley-field-santa-catalina-islandWilliam Wrigley Jr.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ae8f-20170127_sugarloafcasino.jpg20170127_SugarLoafcasinoUndated postcard shows the Sugarloaf Casino and Sugarloaf Rock in the 1920s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11718-normajeanwithpenguins.jpgnormajeanwithpenguinsA young Marilyn Monroe, then known as Norma Jeane Daugherty, communes with penguins at the Bird Farm in 1943. Her husband, a Merchant Marine, was stationed on Catalina at the time. The island was closed to non-military personnel. (Credit: Photograph from Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, by Michelle Morgan)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4227e-birdparkbrochurecover1930s.jpgbirdparkbrochurecover1930sCover of 1930s brochure for the Bird Park.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/702cb-bird_park.pngBird_Parkhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/36f91-women_with_birds.jpgWomen_with_birdsThree women visitors feed an emu at the Catalina Island Bird Park in 1928. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2020-01-18T02:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/01/11/perry-school-served-generations-of-south-bay-students/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b5aa4-perryexterior1936-2.jpgperryexterior1936Exterior of the main Perry School building that opened in 1924. 1936 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5f87f-perryschoolfromth.jpgperryschoolfromthLongtime Perry teacher May Dalton and her first grade students take a last look at the original Perry School building in 1956. Torrance Herald, May 28, 1956, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7df69-perryexterior1936-1.jpgperryexterior1936https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/336ff-perrytorndown1956tp-1.jpgperrytorndown1956tp(Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02e19-perrywmbrownmug1936-1.jpgperrywmbrownmug1936https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ceef-maydaltonretiresth.jpgMayDaltonretiresTHMay Dalton retired a year after the original Perry building was razed. Torrance Herald, May 19, 1957, Page 9. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/52357-perryexterior1936.jpgperryexterior1936Exterior of the main Perry School building that opened in 1924. 1936 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/07e65-perrytorndown1956tp.jpgperrytorndown1956tphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/012ae-perrywmbrownmug1936.jpgperrywmbrownmug1936Perry School Principal William E. Brown in 1936. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dbd92-screen-shot-2020-01-06-at-12.44.06-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-01-06 at 12.44.06 PM2020-01-11T03:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2020/01/04/gardenas-vermont-drive-in-theatre-becomes-the-south-bays-last-drive-in/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/84a67-wilmingtondarkpicgrandopening.jpgwilmingtondarkpicgrandopeningThe Vermont Drive-in Theatre just prior to its grand opening in 1947. (Credit: Wilmington Daily Press Journal, Oct. 14, 1947)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7dd5c-garfieldad.jpggarfieldadSan Pedro News Pilot on Page 2, March 9, 1948, advertises screening of the John Garfield classic. (Credit: San Pedro News Pilot)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2dba5-grandopeningad47.jpggrandopeningad47The grand opening double bill at the Vermont. Torrance Herald, Oct. 23, 1947, Page 4-B. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf50e-large.jpglargeThis undated aerial photo shows the Vermont after it became a triplex. Note the unusual layout, left. (Credit: Photo by William Gabel via Cinema Treasures website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f2f20-emeraldsquareselect.jpgemeraldsquareselectThe Emerald Square housing development now occupies the former Vermont Drive-In Theatre site. (Dec. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/400dc-vermontdi3f.jpgvermontdi3fThe Vermont Drive-In site after it was razed in 1999. (Credit: Roadside Peek website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9a4f0-vermontgrandopeningpic.jpgvermontgrandopeningpichttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/641f1-vermont_drivein_vermont_avenue_looking_north.jpgVermont_DriveIn_Vermont_Avenue_looking_northAerial photo of the Vermont Drive-In, center. Gardena High School is at left, 182nd St. at bottom, and Vermont Ave. at right. Jan. 4, 1960. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/60aec-vermont_drivein_theatre_view.jpgVermont_DriveIn_Theatre_viewUndated photo shows the exterior of the Vermont Drive-In Theatre with the Snow White mural. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/98815-streetcornerad.jpgstreetcorneradTorrance Herald, Feb. 2, 1951, Page 2. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) 2020-01-04T01:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/12/28/cabrillo-beach-polar-bears-began-their-annual-new-years-day-forays-in-1953/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c581f-1964swimvenice.jpeg1964swimveniceSome of the 75 members of the Venice Beach Penguin Club begin their annual New Year's morning dip at Venice Beach on Jan. 1, 1964, where the water temperature read 59 and the air temperature was a brisk 63. (Credit: UCLA Library Special Collections, Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ebc8e-kq1959.jpgKQ1959Polar Bear King Marion Chuka and Queen Trudie Logan, kneeling, along with participants in the 1959 Cabrillo Beach Polar Bear Swim. (Credit: Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0f5b2-5b2ab41f4488b300092624fc-original.jpg5b2ab41f4488b300092624fc-originalCertificate of completion for the Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears annual New Year's Day swim for San Pedro musician Mike Watt.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29876-image.jpgimageThe Hansen Dam Aquatic Center Polar Bear Plunge starts at 8 a.m. on New Year's Day. Undated photo. (Credit: Los Angeles City Council, District 7)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c4cc9-54aec2d32cde2.image_.jpg54aec2d32cde2.imagePeople jump into the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 1 for the 25th annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge in Hermosa Beach in 2015. (Credit: Beach Reporter)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a74f1-surfcitysplash.jpgsurfcitysplashA group calling themselves “The Rainbow Friends” runs into the Pacific as part of the 16th Annual Surf City Splash in Huntington Beach in 2016. (Credit: Orange County Register)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b0229-0102_nws_tdb-l-polarbearswim-354.jpg0102_NWS_TDB-L-POLARBEARSWIM-354Polar Bear Queen Lori O' Donnell, left, and King Richard Leach splash through the surf at the 62nd annual Cabrillo Beach Polar Bear New Year's Day Swim and Dip in San Pedro, Wednesday, January 1, 2014. (Daily Breeze staff file photo).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/41320-tn02-polarbearswim404.jpgTN02-PolarBearSwim404John Olguin, 85, hugs a fellow swimmer during the 56th Annual New years Day Swim at Cabrillo Beach In San Pedro in 2008. Olguin helped start the Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears in 1953. He died on Jan. 1, 2011. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c01be-polarbearlogo02.jpgPolarBearLogo02Logo designed by Muriel Olguin.2019-12-28T04:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/12/21/auto-racing-legend-parnelli-jones-has-deep-south-bay-roots/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aae48-turbinecarintorrqnce-1.jpgturbinecarintorrqnceTwo young boys pose for a photo in front of Parnelli Jones’ 1967 Indy 500 turbine race car. Crowds numbering between three to five thousand a day swarmed the Parnelli Jones Firestone Tire Center in Torrance during the June 1967 showing. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f806-turbinecarintorrqnce.jpgturbinecarintorrqnceTwo young boys pose for a photo in front of Parnelli Jones’ 1967 Indy 500 turbine race car. Crowds numbering between three to five thousand a day swarmed the Parnelli Jones Firestone Tire Center in Torrance during the June 1967 showing. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/765c1-1-1000v.jpg1-1000vThe 1970 custom-built Ford Bronco "Big Oly" raced by Parnelli Jones and Bill Stroppe to two Baja 1000 wins. (Credit: Petersen Automotive Museum/Kahn Media)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4e688-parnelli_jones.jpgParnelli_Joneshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0db9b-goodluckad1961.jpggoodluckad1961Torrance Herald ad, May 28, 1961, Page 9. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eb1d5-parnelli1963goodluckth-1.jpgparnelli1963goodluckTHTorrance Herald front page, May 29, 1963. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6b98f-41nnmorw0dl._bo1204203200_.jpg41nnMoRw0DL._BO1,204,203,200_https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bcb0b-parnelli.1.0702.sv_.jpgDSC_0073.JPGParnelli.1.0702.sv.photo: Scott Varley.Parnelli Jones has collected many of his cars he has either driven or as a car owner and are kept in his personal collection at his Torrance office. The collection includes several cars that raced in the Indianapolis 500.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8265d-pvpn19670913.2.135.3-a2-700w.jpgPVPN19670913.2.135.3-a2-700w(Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71069-pvpn19660331.2.65-a12-633w.jpgPVPN19660331.2.65-a12-633w(Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)2019-12-21T02:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/12/14/torrance-mayor-albert-isen-led-the-city-through-its-rapid-postwar-growth/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4a551-southwoodhomeselect-1.jpgsouthwoodhomeselectMayor Isen's comments on his perception that Torrance had few African-American residents brought him unfavorable national attention during the Southwood housing discrimination protests in 1963. Torrance Press front page, June 19, 1963. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/61610-southwoodhomeselect.jpgsouthwoodhomeselectMayor Isen's comments on his perception that Torrance had few African-American residents brought him unfavorable national attention during the Southwood housing discrimination protests in 1963. Torrance Press front page, June 19, 1963. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5e1e3-southwoodheadline.jpgsouthwoodheadlineMayor Isen's comments on his perception that Torrance had few African-American residents brought him unfavorable national attention during the Southwood housing discrimination protests in 1963. Torrance Herald front page, June 27, 1963. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/63362-isenamericancity.jpgisenamericancityMayor Isen poses with children who wrote letters on behalf of Torrance becoming an All-American City in 1956. (Credit: Historic Torrance: A Pictorial History of Torrance, California)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cde2a-637092114301600000.jpeg637092114301600000Mayor Albert Isen helps to move furniture to his offices in the new Torrance Civic Center in 1956. The Civic Center as it was then was built at a cost of $1.5 million. (Credit: City of Torrance) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31aae-albertisencenter.jpgalbertisencenterThe city of Torrance named its new transit center building after Albert Isen in 1987. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c7fd-delamogroundbreak122657.jpgdelamogroundbreak122657Isen played a key role in the attraction of anchor stores for the outdoor Del Amo Shopping Center, for which ground was broken in 1957. Isen, second from left in right photo. Torrance Press, Dec. 26, 1957, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28738-isenarmedforcesday.jpgisenarmedforcesdayMayor Albert Isen poses with Miss Torrance before the 1962 Armed Forces Day parade. Torrance Press, April 18, 1962, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9e95b-isenwhitefrontth3763.jpgisenwhitefrontth3763Albert Isen, third from right, helped attract the White Front store to Torrance. Torrance Press-Herald, March 7, 1963, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f2400-alisenad1954.jpgAlIsenad1954Ad for Isen's 1954 City Council campaign. Torrance Press, April 8, 1954, Page 5. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)2019-12-14T03:06:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/12/07/a-proposed-high-wall-morphs-into-an-award-winning-park-in-wilmington/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/93937-tn00-wilmaspark.044.jpgTN00-WILMASPARK.044Workmen put the final touches on a Wilmington Waterfront Park playground in this May 2011 photo taken weeks before the park opened to the public. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c172-tn00-wilmaspark.038.jpgTN00-WILMASPARK.038The Port of Los Angeles is set to open Wilmington Waterfront Park June 4th. Workmen put the finishing touches on Wilmington Waterfront Park in May 2011, shortly before the park opened to the public. Port cranes and equipment in background. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3fc25-wilmingtonafter.jpgwilmingtonafter"After" view taken from a similar perspective following the construction of Wilmington Waterfront Park. Post-2011 photo. (Credit: Port of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8c8f0-wilmington-before-1.jpgWilmington-Before-1The hotly debated strip of empty land before the construction of Wilmington Waterfront Park. Undated pre-2011 aerial view looking south from Wilmington. (Credit: Port of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69b2c-00000015287.jpgPrintDiagram outlines features of the Wilmington Waterfront Park design. (Credit: Sasaki Associates, Inc.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c54b-splashpads.jpg-L-CorazonChilden take advantage of the water jets in the splash fountain at Wilmington Waterfront Park to keep cool in this June 2013 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8cc8-wwpgooglemap.jpgwwpgooglemap(Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9023-0208_nws_lpt-l-a2photobridge.jpg0208_NWS_LPT-L-A2PHOTOBridgeA man and boy walk across the pedestrian bridge at Wilmington Waterfront Park in January 2015. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7e89f-wwpworldcup.jpg-L-WORLDCUPPORTSoccer fans gather at Wilmington Waterfront Park gather for the telecast of the World Cup championship game in July 2014. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3e015-12322961_887765114641921_5650097029304412684_o.jpg12322961_887765114641921_5650097029304412684_o2019-12-07T03:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/11/30/the-boys-and-girls-clubs-of-the-los-angeles-harbor-have-served-youths-since-1937/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ff14-1215_nws_tdb-l-balldrive-050-trc.jpg1215_NWS_TDB-L-BALLDRIVE-050-TRCKids from the Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington pick up balls from the annual Daily Breeze Ball drive in Torrance on Dec. 14, 2015. The Breeze sponsors the ball drive benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor every year during the holidays. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/002a2-nws.lansing-port1.jpgNWS.Lansing port1Mike Lansing will retire from the board of education and spend more time in his role as Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor. Photo byb Brad Graverson 12-21-06https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5a715-spnp19410405.2.14-a2-700w.jpgSPNP19410405.2.14-a2-700whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e24dc-unknown.jpegUnknownhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24f87-1653286_928917640469119_5293175912057310147_n.jpg1653286_928917640469119_5293175912057310147_nCommunity supporters of the San Pedro Boys Club stand outside the group's clubhouse in this updated photo, probably from 1938. (Credit: Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09004-412618_465205680173653_381396776_o.jpg412618_465205680173653_381396776_oMembers of the San Pedro Boys Club basketball team pose in this undated photo. The team won many titles during the 1950s and 1960s. (Credit: Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8e32-169671_472607666100121_446347342_o.jpg169671_472607666100121_446347342_oFriends tend to a young boxer in this undated photo from a Boys Club boxing competition. (Credit: Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c8fca-mikelansingbk-copy.jpgMikeLansingBK copyFormer Los Angeles Unified School District board member Mike Lansing also served as Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of San Pedro, and has devoted much time in support of the club. 1999 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d3017-1115_nws_tdb-l-blockparty5.jpg1115_NWS_TDB-L-BLOCKPARTY5The Boys & Girls Club of San Pedro held a block party in 2015 to celebrate both a new $1.1 million sports arena at Daniels Field and the 50th anniversary of the club's Cabrillo St. headquarters, which was built in 1965. The new facility includes a batting cage, golf driving range, basketball, soccer and a variety of other activities. Attendees included Janice Hahn and Joe Buscaino, center. Nov. 14, 2015. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d0c7-boysclubgibson.jpgboysclubgibsonJohn S. Gibson, right, presents an award from Civitan International to San Pedro Boys Club advisory board president Jim Haskett,left, for best boys' club work in California for 1938 in this April 20, 1939 Page 1 photo from the San Pedro News Pilot. (Credit: San Pedro News Pilot)2019-11-30T01:22:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/11/23/redondo-beach-man-gets-death-penalty-for-1937-slaying-of-three-inglewood-girls/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a32f6-investigating_the_inglewood_babes_case-1.jpgInvestigating_the_Inglewood_Babes_caseCapt. Y. E. Muir of the Inglewood Police Department discussing the Inglewood murder case with Harry M. Petersen, the Redondo Beach Chief of Police on July 1, 1937. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2197f-albert_dyer_in_jail.jpgAlbert_Dyer_in_jailhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c66c-albertdyersitting.jpgAlbertDyersittingAlbert Dyer in court in August 1937. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/509be-courtroomwideshot.jpgcourtroomwideshotA view of the courtroom in which Albert Dyer's murder trial began in August 1937. From left, Chief Deputy District Attorney William Simpson, Chief Investigator Eugene Williams, Public Defender William Neeley, and Albert Dyer. Public Defender Ellery Cuff is standing. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a1c36-screen-shot-2019-11-20-at-1.38.08-pm.pngScreen Shot 2019-11-20 at 1.38.08 PMhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/79a38-albert_dyer.jpgAlbert_DyerAlbert Dyer, 32-year-old WPA crossing guard, is pictured behind the bars of a jail cell after he confessed killing the three little Inglewood girls, Melba and Madeline Everett and Jeanette Stephens. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/57397-isabel_dyer.jpgIsabel_DyerIsabel Dyer. July 8, 1937. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9de7-investigating_the_inglewood_babes_case.jpgInvestigating_the_Inglewood_Babes_caseCapt. Y. E. Muir of the Inglewood Police Department discussing the Inglewood murder case with Harry M. Petersen, the Redondo Beach Chief of Police. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c1ee3-thegirls.jpgthegirlsFrom left, Jeanette Stephenson, and sisters Madeline and Melba Everett. (Credit: FindAGrave.com website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/411fd-kidnap_map.jpgKidnap_mapMap of the Baldwin Hills scene where three Inglewood girls were found slain. Police believe the fiend took the girls down the ravine for a mile from La Brea, then placed them several yards apart on promises of bringing wild rabbits to them. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2019-11-23T04:47:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/11/09/torrance-occupational-center-socal-roc-has-offered-job-training-for-more-than-50-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3bf0e-socalroc4.jpgSoCalRoc4The SoCal ROC campus in Torrance. (November 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ad4b3-socalroclogo.jpgsocalroclogohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9fbe-0207_nws_tdb-l-socalroc.004.jpg0207_NWS_TDB-L-SOCALROC.004California Assembly member Al Murasutchi and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson were on hand at SoCal ROC in February 2014 in Torrance to talk about their intent to raise funds to keep the occupational center open. (Daily Breeze staff file photo) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1512a-socalroc5.jpgSoCalRoc5A student works in weldng class at SoCal ROC in Torrance in 2013. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5aa6e-nws-scroc-3-smc.jpgNWS-SCROC-3-smcThen-SoCal ROC Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Nash, center, tours the center's new Computer Technology Center during its 2005 grand opening. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03a81-socalroc2.jpgSoCalRoc2At SoCal ROC, the atmosphere looks like an old-time auto shop but it's full of young faces and new technology. March 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/692ac-socalroc3.jpgSoCalRoc3Torrance Press-Herald, Oct. 8, 1967, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4a34d-socalroc1.jpgSoCalRoc1The SoCal ROC administration building at 2300 Crenshaw Blvd. in Torrance. (November 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)2019-11-09T03:03:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/11/02/thousands-cheered-glider-meets-at-hollywood-riviera-field/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/77bec-glider_over_redondo.jpgGlider_over_RedondoA glider soars over the Redondo Beach area during a flight meeting. Photo dated March 30, 1930. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/89948-jaybuxtonovertorrance.jpgjaybuxtonovertorranceA camera mounted on the wing of a glider owned by Jay Buxton of Torrance snapped this photo of the pilot with two passengers. The little girl pulled a string to take the photo. Torrance Herald, Sept. 7, 1939, Page B-1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/da35f-bowlusplaneth1251929-1.jpgbowlusplaneth1251929 (1)One of the William Bowlus gliders takes wing at the Hollywood Riviera Field glider meet on Dec. 1, 1929. Photo by A.J. Salter. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3e1df-bowlusposedshot.jpgbowlusposedshotWilliam H. Bowlus poses next to a Ryan single-engine airplane similar to the Lindbergh plane in this undated photo. (Credit: UCLA Library Special Collections)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/de1de-hollywoodrivierafield.jpgHollywoodRivieraFieldHollywood Riviera Field, top center, was an open space near the base of the Palos Verdes Hills. 1928 aerial photo. (Credit: Redondo Beach Public Library photo collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f83d0-images.pngimagesInstructional booklet published in 1929.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/266c7-bowlus_sp-1_paper_wing_-_redondo_beach_-_december_1929.jpgBowlus_SP-1_Paper_Wing_-_Redondo_beach_-_December_1929William Hawley Bowlus launches his Bowlus SP-1 Paperwing at the Redondo Beach Glider Meet in December, 1929, as thousands of spectators look on. Photo by Charles Rector. (Credit: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive)2019-11-02T03:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/10/19/torrance-elementary-is-the-citys-oldest-school-still-in-operation/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9165e-jhhullmug.pngjhhullmugJ.H. Hullhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/583fb-firstschoolcabrillo-1.jpgfirstschoolcabrilloThe original Torrance Elementary School building at 1824 Cabrillo Ave. is now a private residence. (October 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8ad1a-firstschoolcabrillo.jpgfirstschoolcabrilloThe original Torrance Elementary School building at 1824 Cabrillo Ave. is now a private residence. (October 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10ed6-torelfrontmain.jpgtorelfrontmainTorrance Elementary School has operated at 2125 Lincoln Ave. since 1963. (October 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c7693-torelfield.jpgtorelfieldThe grassy field near this play area often is used for AYSO and other soccer games. (October 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/75ccc-flaglefttorel.jpgflaglefttorelEntrance to Torrance Elementary School on Lincoln Ave. (October 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/337e0-torranceelmarch63.jpgtorranceelmarch63Students and teachers march to their new school on Lincoln Ave. in January 1963. Torrance Press-Herald, Jan. 31, 1963, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3858d-torranceel1917.jpgtorranceel1917Torrance Elementary School operated at this building near Torrance High from 1923-1963. (Credit: National Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0e6e-sch.ntbk_.marquee.jpgsch.ntbk.marqueeFrank and Cindy Scotto, left and center, and Randy Langsdale donated money to purchase this marquee for Torrance Elementary School. January 2000 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-10-19T00:53:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/10/12/rudecinda-florencia-sepulevda-de-dodson-played-a-major-role-in-san-pedros-development/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/442f3-rudeandramon1929-1.jpgrudeandramon1929Roman Sepulveda and his sister, Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson, wearing ornate traditional clothing, on deck of the intercoastal liner Cailfornia, pose with life preserver  between them. 1929 photo. (Credit: UCLA Library Special Collections)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0f200-1204_nws_tdb-l-dodsonhouse-smc10.jpg1204_NWS_TDB-L-DodsonHouse-SMc10The Dodson House on 13th Street in San Pedro in 2013. The home has been at this location since 1933. (Daily Breeze file photo) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/92bb9-dodsonselect.jpgdodsonselectRudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle School in Rancho Palos Verdes. (October 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6424f-cemeteryselect.jpgcemeteryselectThe Dodson family mausoleum is located just inside the entrance to the Harbor View Memorial Park cemetery in San Pedro. (Oct. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31387-unknown.jpegUnknownhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c6611-1204_nws_tdb-l-dodsonhouse-smc07.jpg1204_NWS_TDB-L-DodsonHouse-SMc07Andrew Raitt of Verono Investments points out the antique chandelier and plaster work in the dining room during a tour of the historical Dodson House in San Pedro in December 2013. (Daily Breeze file photo) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ee9e-rudeandramon1929.jpgrudeandramon1929Roman Sepulveda and his sister, Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson, wearing ornate traditional clothing, on deck of the intercoastal liner Cailfornia, with life preserver ring between them. 1929 photo. (Credit: UCLA Library Special Collections)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a0b9-historical_society_tour.jpgHistorical_Society_tourhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2c8ff-154710140_1527707057.jpg154710140_1527707057https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d73d-154710033_1528400774.jpg154710033_1528400774James H. Dodson. Undated photo.2019-12-23T04:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/10/05/the-la-venta-inn-has-been-a-palos-verdes-estates-landmark-for-nearly-100-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7418b-440px-e._g._lewis_st._louis_history_of_the_fourth_city.jpg440px-E._G._Lewis_(St._Louis,_History_of_the_Fourth_City)E.G. Lewishttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7170d-laventa1967ad.jpglaventa1967adHollywood Riviera Tribune ad, March 1, 1967, Page 7.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9362e-la_venta_inn_sign.jpgLa_Venta_Inn_signRoadside sign announces the dining available at La Venta Inn features a die cut architectural rendering of the inn and its lush grounds. (Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e33ca-laventaundatedearlypvlib.jpglaventaundatedearlypvlib(Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8cc3-undatedinnshotrb.jpgUndatedinnshotrbThe view looking north at La Venta Inn. The garage, pergola-covered courtyard, and tower are visible, with coastline of Redondo Beach in background at right in this 1920s photo. Vintage autos ar parked in the lot, with the landscaped driveway visible in foreground at right. (Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c3c5f-laventacourtyardpostcard.jpglaventacourtyardpostcardPostcard shows the Inn's courtyard. Circa 1936.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/468e7-laventareba.jpglaventarebaManager Reba Willis stands in the courtyard of La Venta Inn. Willis manage the Inn from 1924-1941. Photo dated Nov. 26, 1926. (Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f2dea-laventadiningroom.jpglaventadiningroomInterior view of the original dinning room at La Venta Inn. Undated, probably 1920s.(Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c4198-laventamontmartre.jpglaventamontmartrePublicity still from the silent film The Girl From Montmartre, filmed at the Inn in 1925. From left, the film's stars Barbara La Marr and Lewis Stone. (Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c1c12-laventapostcard.jpglaventapostcardPostcard of the Inn, circa 1936.2019-10-05T02:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/09/28/wilmington-hall-wartime-housing-project-became-a-happening-place-to-live/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f404-wilmingtonhallcafeteriq.jpgWilmingtonHallcafeteriqThe cafeteria at Wilmington Hall. Undated photo circa 1942-45.(Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5f0ce-wilmingtonhalldormroom.jpgWilmingtonHalldormroomA dormitory room at Wilmington Hall. Undated photo circa 1942-45. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d121-spadecooleypicad.jpgspadecooleypicadSan Pedro News Pilot, April 30, 1945, Page 2.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bde86-wilmingtonhallspadead.jpgWilmingtonHallspadeadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9cc0d-wilmingtonhallblooddrive.jpgWilmingtonHallblooddriveBlood donors in the auditorium at the Wilmington Hall wartime housing project for defense workers in Wilmington. Undated photo circa 1942-45. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/803df-wilmingtonhallbobwillsad.jpgWilmingtonHallbobwillsadSan Pedro News Pilot, June 2, 1944, Page 2,https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/594de-wilmingtonhallkentonad.jpgWilmingtonHallkentonadSan Pedro News Pilot, Oct. 23, 1943, Page 6.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aa788-wilmingtonhallnewsstand.jpgWilmingtonHallnewsstandWilmington Hall also had its own newsstand. Undated photo circa 1942-45. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b287-wilmingtonhallsailorsband.jpgWilmingtonHallsailorsbandA sailors' band performs in the auditorium at the Wilmington Hall housing project for war workers. Undated photo circa 1942-45. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0eac9-wilmingtonhallexterior2.jpgWilmingtonHallexterior2Typical living quarters at the Wilmington Hall housing development for war workers in Wilmington. Undated photo circa 1942-45. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2019-09-28T05:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/09/21/san-pedros-toberman-community-center-has-helped-the-needy-for-more-than-a-century/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f444a-underconstruction.jpgunderconstructionConstruction on the expansion project at Toberman Neighborhood Center is in full swing on April 14, 2004. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b5a4-tobermanheadonmain.jpgtobermanheadonmainThe Toberman Neighborhood Center main building at 131 N. Grand in San Pedro. The motto on mural at left reads, "Empowering Families for a Lifetime." (Sept. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f8eb-tobermanfirstst.jpgtobermanfirststThe Toberman Neighborhood Center gymnasium building at the corner of 1st St. and Grand Ave. in San Pedro. (Sept. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12cd2-ch7wtkc.jpgCH7wTkcThe original Homer Toberman Deaconness Home and Hospital on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. Undated photo circa early 1900s. (Credit: Skyscraper.com website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/227c0-tn13-toberman-smc132.jpgTN13-Toberman-SMc132Basketball greats at the Toberman Neighborhhod Center's 2008 fundraiser included, from left, Jordan Farmar, A.C. Green, Tex Winter, Jamaal Wilkes, John Wooden, Bill Sharman and Ann Meyers Drysdale. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6824d-grandopening2007.jpggrandopening2007Members of the community tour the Toberman Neighborhood Center as it unveils its newest facility at the San Pedro property on June 28, 2007. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b1181-portret_james_r._tobermana.jpgPortret_James_R._TobermanaJames R. Toberman2019-09-21T00:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/09/13/fdr-forced-to-send-in-military-during-1941-north-american-aviation-strike/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b4abb-naatrainersad.jpgnaatrainersadUndated North American Aviation ad touts its AT-6 training plan. (Credit: Warbirds Information Exchange website.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fd986-army_guards_at_aviation_plant.jpgArmy_guards_at_aviation_plantSome of the more than 3000 troops at the strikebound North American Aviation plant are shown at their camp on the grounds, lining up for chow. The Army set up machine gun posts and used armored cars to clear the way for returning workers. June 10, 1941. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles Herald Examiner archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/35071-army_takes_over_aviation_plant.jpgArmy_takes_over_aviation_plantStern-visaged troops are shown manning machine guns at the strikebound North American Aviation plant. Photo dated June 9, 1941. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles Herald Examiner archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e589b-fighting_on_the_picket_lines.jpgFighting_on_the_picket_lines(Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles Herald Examiner archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5c0de-pickets_parade_in_front_of_main_gate.jpgPickets_parade_in_front_of_main_gatePickets are shown parading in a circle at the main gate of the strikebound North American Aviation plant on June 5, 1941. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles Herald Examiner archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a49e-strikers_family_joins_picket_line.jpgStrikers_family_joins_picket_lineJohnny Hall, an aircraft worker at the North American aviation plant in Los Angeles, brought his family to join the picket line outside the plant. At left is Mrs. Hall. With them is their 5-year-old daughter, Jackie, holding a placard which bears the strikers' demand of 75 cents an hour in their wage fight. Photo dated June 9, 1941.(Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles Herald Examiner archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/887d4-tear_gas_used_on_strikers.jpgTear_gas_used_on_strikersWith tear gas bombs exploding, the United States Army moves in, taking over the strike-bound North American aviation plant. Troops cleared away picket lines. Photo dated June 9, 1941.(Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles Herald Examiner archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ed5a-troops_force_pickets_to_retreat.jpgTroops_force_pickets_to_retreatTheir guns bristling with fixed bayonets, troops are shown forcing the picket line to retreat as the Army took over the strikebound North American aircraft plant to permit men to return to work. The United States Army took over the factory on orders of President Roosevelt, who said defense plane production must go on. Photo dated June 9, 1941.(Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles Herald Examiner archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/88550-northamericanworkers.jpgnorthamericanworkersEmployees on the outdoor assembly line at North American's Los Angeles plant put the finishing touches on another B-25 bomber in October 1942. Photo. by Alfred T. Palmer. (Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0d20c-1a35289v.jpg1a35289vEmployees on the outdoor assembly line at North American's Los Angeles plant put the finishing touches on another B-25 bomber in October 1942. Photo. by Alfred T. Palmer. (Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs)2019-09-13T22:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/09/07/el-segundo-turned-its-big-dreams-for-recreation-park-into-reality/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/38d5c-brett02.4-24-99.b.jpgBrett02.4-24-99.BHall of Fame slugger, George Brett swings at a "first pitch," delived by El Segundo little leaguer Robi Estrada, 10, during the ceremonies dedicating the new field in Brett's honor. April 24, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/13f4a-brett004.4-24-99.jpgBrett004.4-24-99Former Kansas City Royal, George Brett is escorted to the El Segundo little league field named in his honor by El Segundo High School cheerleaders Kim Bunce, 15, left, and Cristina Wood, 17. April 24, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/35bab-recpark1956.jpegrecpark1956Looking northwest, construction of the George E. Gordon Clubhouse is seen in the background. The Pacific Electric Railway tracks are in the foreground. 1956 photo. (Credit: Friends of the El Segundo Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34c7b-firstlittleleaguegame.jpgfirstlittleleaguegameTeam photo of the El Segundo Little League Senators, who won the first game played at the new Little League field at Recreation Park. El Segundo Herald, May 8, 1958, Page 1.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c7c65-recparkaerial1060s.jpegrecparkaerial1060sAerial view of Recreation Park looking south toward the Standard Oil/Chevron Refinery. Undated 1960s photo. (Credit: Friends of the El Segundo Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/347be-stevensonfield.jpgstevensonfieldEl Segundo coaching legend John Stevenson had the Recreation Park high school baseball field named after him in 1992. (Sept. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9ac28-recparksign.jpgrecparksignRecreation Park in El Segundo first opened in 1958. Over the years, the park has been renovated and updated many times. (Sept. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/df31f-brettfieldsign.jpgbrettfieldsignRecreation Park's Little League field was renamed to honor George Brett in 1999. (Sept. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7cdec-recparkpicnicarea.jpgrecparkpicnicareaPicnic area at Recreation Park in El Segundo. (Sept. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9159a-googlearthaerial.jpggooglearthaerialAerial photo shows various Recreation Park facilities, including its softball field, lower left, and George Brett Field Little League diamond, upper right. (Credit: Google Earth)2019-09-07T00:37:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/08/31/san-pedro-hosted-the-navys-first-submarine-base-on-the-pacific-coast/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03365-subsandtender.jpgsubsandtenderSubmarines near the tender ship Cheyenne. Undated photo circa 1914-1916. (Credit: Wikimapia)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eeded-lusitanianyt.jpglusitanianytNew York Times front page, May 8, 1915, reports the sinking of the Lusitania. (Credit: New York Times)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/058fd-subsatbaseundatedwiki.jpgsubsatbaseundatedwikiSubmarines at the San Pedro Submarine Base. Undated photo circa 1917-1923. (Credit: Wikimapia)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/82055-subsandtenderwiki.jpgsubsandtenderwikiSubmarines near the tender ship Cheyenne. Undated photo circa 1917-1923. (Credit: Wikimapia)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c0571-altaseasubbasemap.jpgAltaseaSubBasemapRed-shaded area shows location of the San Pedro Submarine Base. The area is now part of the Altasea project. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f92e5-inspectionformation.jpeginspectionformationMilitary personnel in inspection formation at the San Pedro Submarine Base. Undated photo circa 1917-1923. (Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command website, U.S. Navy)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a97b5-mensmesshall.jpegmensmesshallThe men's mess hall at the San Pedro Submarine Base. Undated photo circa 1917-1923. (Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command website, U.S. Navy)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9678-torpedostorageracks.jpgtorpedostorageracksTorpedo racks at the San Pedro Submarine Base. Undated photo circa 1917-1923. (Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command website, U.S. Navy)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6ecb0-submarine-base.jpgsubmarine-baseUndated postcard shows the San Pedro Submarine Base along the East Channel. (Circa 1917-1923)2019-08-31T03:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/08/24/vista-del-mar-offers-spectacular-ocean-views-but-better-keep-your-eyes-on-the-road/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c39b-pdmnonactivemap.jpgpdmnonactivemapVista Del Mar's coastal route is shown in red. Blue markers, from top to bottom: LAX ghost town, Dockweiler State Beach, Hyperion sewage plant, Scattergood power plant. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d025-carsonvdmnew.jpgcarsonvdmnewAutos on Vista Del Mar wait at a red light atWaterview St. in Playa del Rey. (Aug. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/336c1-vdmnewsecondary.jpgvdmnewsecondaryhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/caf23-0625_nws_tdb-l-vista.02.jpgfor saleManhattan Beach is considering taking legal action against the Los Angeles Department of Transportation over sudden lane reductions and parking reconfigurations on Vista Del Mar that have backed up traffic and irked commuters. Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze//SCNG/06-22-17https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10f65-0625_nws_tdb-l-vista.01.jpgfor saleTraffic backs up on Vista Del Mar following the implementation of the "food diet" traffic plan. June 22, 2017. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d7b41-0601_nws_tdb-l-vista.jpg0601_NWS_TDB-L-VISTAAlong Vista Del Mar north of Imperial Highway, a revamp of parking and driving lanes near Dockweiler State Beach was instituted in June 2017. Diagonal parking and safety area for backing up at right. The plan called for only one lane in each direction, and no parking on the east side of the street. June 1, 2017. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3959a-scattergood_steam_plant_vista_del_mar_looking_northeast.jpgScattergood_Steam_Plant_Vista_Del_Mar_looking_northeastScattergood Steam Plant construction site, located at 12700 Vista Del Mar in the city of Playa Del Rey; view is looking northeast. Vista del Mar (diagonally across middle) is parallel to the shore (extreme top left); Grand Ave. is to the right of the building site (lower right). Photograph dated January 14, 1958. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7e9cc-985c8b7ed2bd5700be67b6eff02ef23d.jpg985c8b7ed2bd5700be67b6eff02ef23dVista del Mar along the South Bay coast is a two-lane highway in this 1934 photo. (Credit: Automobile Club of Southern California collection, USC Digital Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6f2bf-vdmsign.jpgvdmsign(Aug. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b637-vdmscenicnew.jpgvdmscenicnewCars head north on Vista Del Mar near Vista Del Mar Park west of LAX. (Aug. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)2019-08-26T16:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/08/17/south-bays-only-roller-coaster-was-a-hit-100-years-ago-in-redondo-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5b9e7-giantdipperaerial.jpggiantdipperaerialThe Giant Dipper roller coaster, left, located just north of the Endless Pier in the 1920s. (The Dipper opened in 1924, not 1925 as indicated here.) (Credit: Defunct Nostalgic Amusement Parks Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dc9af-giantdipperad24.jpggiantdipperad24Ad promoting Redondo Beach mentions the Giant Dipper, bottom. Torrance Herald, June 13, 1924. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c8696-bc7f89fd53631e40560e88101aa411f7.jpgbc7f89fd53631e40560e88101aa411f7The Giant Dipper as seen from the Endless Pier. Undated photo circa mid-1920s. (Credit: California Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f013-ar129736161714557.jpgar129736161714557Wreckage of the Lightning Racer following the April 1915 storm. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a932a-174f12899d301bd275f79a71f6b9302c.jpg174f12899d301bd275f79a71f6b9302chttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9e12-lightningracerbestpostcard.jpglightningracerbestpostcardUndated postcard shows the Lightning Racer from the ocean, probably from 1913-14.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7071c-lightningracerbuildingpostcard.jpglightningracerbuildingpostcardUndated postcard of the entrance to the Lightning Racer roller coaster in Redondo Beach, circa 1914.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/de5cd-lightningracerbwpostcard.jpglightningracerbwpostcardUndated postcard shows Lightning Racer with inset of its entrance building, upper right. (1913-1923)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a02b6-skyslidead.jpgskyslideadSky-Slide ad, Torrance Herald, July 26, 1967, Page C-9. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/642e9-lightningracernight.jpglightningracernightThe Lightning Racer entrance at night. Undated postcard.2019-08-17T02:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/08/10/nick-orebs-restaurant-complex-on-sixth-and-gaffey-becomes-a-san-pedro-hot-spot/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f5821-swimmingphotolat.jpgswimmingphotolatLos Angeles Times news clipping submitted by reader Jim Cole of Lomita from his scrapbooks shows Benny "King" Mowohi , center, being helped ashore by George Cole, left and John Olguin, right.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/450c0-oreb1-1.jpgOreb1Undated postcard circa mid-to-late 1940s shows Nick Oreb's dining and entertainment complex in San Pedro. (Credit: Tiki Central website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/433bd-fullpagead1944.jpgfullpagead1944Full-page San Pedro News Pilot ad announcing the opening of the Aloha Room, the bar portion of Nick Oreb's Hawaiian Gardens nightclub. Click to enlarge. Nov . 15, 1944, Page 3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85a05-oreb5.jpgOreb5Nick Oreb, far right, with unnamed Hawaiian dancers and musicians. Undated photo. San Pedro News Pilot, July 12, 1988, Page 2.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2958-kingnawahiad.jpgkingnawahiadSan Pedro News Pilot, Sept. 6, 1946, Page 2.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4e262-hgdancersundated.jpghgdancersundatedSan Pedro News Pilot, July 12, 1988, Page 2.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f33a-harborgrandopening-ad.jpgharborgrandopening adSan Pedro News Pilot ad, Jan. 31, 1942, Page 3. (Image dark in original.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5aefa-nickorebmug.jpgnickorebmugNick Oreb in his later years. (Credit: San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b266-bestmatchbook.jpgbestmatchbookUndated matchbook cover. (Credit: Tiki Central website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/815e1-mildredcover.jpgmildredcover2019-09-27T22:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/08/03/the-international-printing-museum-in-carson-takes-its-educational-mission-seriously/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d05f5-1824press.jpg1824pressThis Colombian press from the early 1800s features ornate decorative elements. (July 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/95bf1-tn19-franklin-museum.02.jpgTN19-Franklin museum.02Dressed as a colonial printer, Mark Barbour shows students at Victor Elementary in Torrance how the printing process works and its role in history in a 2012 campus visit. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/81dcd-tn19-franklin-museum.01.jpgTN19-Franklin museum.01Ben Franklin (actor Bill Soinski) reacts with Victor Elementary student Claire DeFabio, left, during a presentation on the history of printing at the school in 2012. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ed3b-printshopscene.jpgprintshopsceneVisitors see printing machinery in action in the working print shop at the International Printing Museum. (July 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03cf3-linotypepeter.jpglinotypepeterDocent Peter Small demonstrates how an early Linotype machine works. (July 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b36d2-gutenbergselect.jpggutenbergselectDocent Peter Small explains to visitors how Gutenberg's press worked using the museum's replica. (July 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/298c8-exteriorselect.jpgexteriorselectThe International Printing Museum opened in Carson in 1999. (July 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f9f82-ipmlogo.pngIPMlogohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/172b2-images-1.jpegimages2019-08-03T15:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/07/27/chester-washington-golf-course-played-an-important-role-in-golf-history/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b0d22-openingad1928.jpgopeningad1928Torrance Herald ad, March 22, 1928, Page 41. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18e33-8daead3b2f8e0540ac06f58aae4b983b-1.jpeg8daead3b2f8e0540ac06f58aae4b983bChester L. Washington, lower right, with his son, upper left, and Gov. Pat Brown, seated, and his son, Jerry, in 1969. (Credit: UC Berkeley Bancroft Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/98767-view_of_construction_of_the_clubhouse_at_chester_washington_golf_course.jpgView_of_construction_of_the_clubhouse_at_Chester_Washington_Golf_CourseThe new clubhouse under construction at the Western Avenue Golf Course (see sign) in 1965. (Credit: County of Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/762e2-images.jpegimageshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f11e-blogs-the-loop-sifford-drthumb.jpgblogs-the-loop-sifford drthumbhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b232-architectural_illustration_of_chester_washingtons_new_clubhosue.jpgArchitectural_illustration_of_Chester_Washingtons_new_clubhosue1962 architectural rendering of the planned clubhouse at Western Avenue Golf Course. (Credit: County of Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/36cfe-ap_683188408087.jpgGolf Great TheftIn this Nov. 11, 1957, file photo, Charlie Sifford works out at the Western Avenue Golf Course in Los Angeles. (Credit: Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9903d-default.jpgdefaulthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/04bed-8daead3b2f8e0540ac06f58aae4b983b.jpeg8daead3b2f8e0540ac06f58aae4b983bhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b5653-spillerselect.jpgspillerselectBill Spiller. (Credit: Chester Washington Golf Course, undated photo)2019-07-27T01:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/07/20/southwest-manuscripters-has-been-guiding-aspiring-writers-since-1949/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dab64-rod_serling_photo_portrait_1959.jpgRod_Serling_photo_portrait_1959https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ec20d-mv5bmja4njmxnzgwov5bml5banbnxkftztywmdc5mzq2._v1_uy317_cr90214317_al_.jpgMV5BMjA4NjMxNzgwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDc5MzQ2._V1_UY317_CR9,0,214,317_AL_Jack Webb (Undated publicity photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f567-lindabtpubphotoundated.jpglindabtpubphotoundatedLinda Bloodworth Thomason (Undated publicity photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0ea45-hey_there_lonely_girl.jpghey_there_lonely_girlhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/15a00-fm_001.jpgFM_001https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/88a83-swm-torr-eaw-award-2011d1.jpgswm-torr-eaw-award-2011d1The Torrance Cultural Arts Commission recognized Southwest Manuscripters in 2011.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0fb0e-swm-nu-blue-logo-web-2.jpgSWM-nu-blue-logo-web-2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a0a1d-swm_nu_gold_logo-web-2.jpgSWM_nu_gold_Logo-web-2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8926-01fd35c904e2013c20636ce93eaa3227.jpeg01fd35c904e2013c20636ce93eaa3227Ray Bradbury in 1972. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/da9fa-bradbury03.100403.bh_.jpgBradbury03.100403.BHAuthor Ray Bradbury, foreground, is honored at Torrance Cultural Arts Center for his contributions in literature by the Southwest Manuscripters. in October 2003. From left: Torrance councilman Michael Mauno, Assemblyman George Nakano, Torrance Cultural Arts Center Foundation president Gerald Ronan, Southwest Manuscripters program director Bernadette Shih, Torrance Fire Dept. Batttalion Chief Bill Samp, Sen. Debra Bowen field representative Allen Rubinstein, and Torrance Parks and Recreation cultural services administrator Bob Meyers. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-07-20T04:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/07/13/san-pedros-pola-high-school-weathered-rocky-seas-on-its-road-to-success/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d722-nws-porthigh1-smc-1.jpgNWS-PortHigh1-SMcCamilla Townsend, center, bashfully accepts a standing ovation from a crowd of dignitaries and parents at the Port of Los Angeles High School Dedication Ceremony in San Pedro. Townsend was credited as being instrumental in her efforts to open the charter high school. March 30, 2006. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8a082-msp-charterschool-sh-1.jpgmsp-charterschool-shThe former Evergreen building, light green at right, was repurposed into the Port of Los Angeles High School. The empty gray area at left became the site of the Port of Los Angeles Police headquarters building.(2005 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e9bb-tn00-graduation-pola-smc203.jpgTN00-Graduation-POLA-SMc203The Port of Los Angeles High School held its first-ever commencement honoring the Class of 2009 at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro. (June 12, 2009 Daily Breeze staff file photo) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fb6b7-tn14-polahs-sh-480.jpgTN14-POLAHS-sh-480Numbers are picked in the initial POLA High School enrollment lottery in April 2010. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bd624-msp-charterschool-sh.jpgmsp-charterschool-shThe former Evergreen building property, light green at right, was repurposed into the Port of Los Angeles High School. (2005 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1b403-ts29_soccer_pola_fulton_smc403.jpgTS29_Soccer_POLA_FULTON_SMc403The POLA High polar bear mascot, high-fives girls soccer players after a playoff win in 2012. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c42c3-tn00-pod.scotti.1.jpgTN00-POD.Scotti.1Tom Scotti, then principal of the Port of Los Angeles High School in San Pedro, in 2011. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86f38-polalikethisone-1.jpgpolalikethisonePort of Los Angeles High School entrance. (May 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/005a2-polalikethisone.jpgpolalikethisonehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2430-nws-porthigh1-smc.jpgNWS-PortHigh1-SMcNWS-PortHigh1-SMc March 30, 2006. Photo by Steve McCrank Camilla Townsend, center, bashfully accepts a standing ovation from a crowd of dignitaries and parents at the Port of Los Angeles High School Dedication Ceremony Thursday in San Pedro. Townsend was credited as being instrumental in her efforts to open the charter high school.2019-07-13T00:56:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/07/06/millie-rieras-seafood-grotto-served-diners-in-redondo-beach-for-more-than-half-a-century/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a12ad-b0105-riviera-1.jpgB0105 RIVIERA 1Millie Riera's restaurant sign on PCH and Ave. I in Redondo Beach in 1998. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a3820-tn30-quirky100.jpgTN30-QUIRKY100The Millie Riera's seafood restaurant sign is loaded onto a truck for transport to an auction house in Gardena in July 2007. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/308ed-milliemenu1964pvnews.jpgmilliemenu1964pvnewsPrices still seem pretty reasonable in this 1964 ad. Palos Verdes News, May 7, 1964, Page6.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10d00-grottoadpvnews.jpggrottoadpvnewsPalos Verdes News ad, Jan. 2, 1947, Page 3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a5d1-milliethad.jpgmilliethadTorrance Herald ad, March 20, 1947, Page 6-A. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/70542-matchbook-cover-millie-riras-seafood-grotto-redondo-beach.jpgMatchbook-Cover-Millie-Riras-Seafood-Grotto-Redondo-BeachMatchbook cover.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56cb4-1.jpg$_1Matchbook cover.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/96116-nws-millie.111005.khz_.jpgNWS-Millie.111005.KHZMillie Riera at her home in Redondo Beach in 2005. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22310-placematmillie.jpgplacematmillieThe woman in the photos, who is not Millie Riera, saved this placemat as a souvenir of her visit to the restaurant.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af860-nws-millie2.111005.khz_.jpgNWS-Millie2.111005.KHZMillie Riera sits near a poster of the Seafood Grotto sign that hangs in her Redondo Beach home in 2005. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-07-06T00:31:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/06/29/encroaching-development-forced-torrance-to-deal-with-walteria-lake/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28f8d-lakeaerial.jpglakeaerialTorrance Herald, March 6, 1958, Page 21.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5f22f-walteriagoogle.jpgwalteriagoogleWalteria Lake, located west of Hawthorne Blvd., right, and north of Pacific Coast Highway, bottom diagonal. (Credit: Google Earth)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/61396-wadinglakelady.jpgwadinglakeladyTorrance Herald, March 20, 1958, Page 1.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69339-walterialakenewselect.jpgwalterialakenewselectThe Walteria Lake Retention Basin, looking north from 238th St. in Torrance. June 2019. (Photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8f33-walterialakebook.jpgwalterialakebookThe shining surface of Walteria Lake stretches across the top of this undated photo, probably from the early 1950s. (Photo by Paul Comon, from Historic Torrance: A Pictorial History of Torrance, California)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a2b97-thheadline58.jpgthheadline58Torrance Herald headline, March 6, 1958, Page 21.2019-06-29T01:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/06/22/accordion-virtuoso-myron-floren-starred-with-lawrence-welk-and-in-the-community/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f86eb-11539876_129081604907.jpg11539876_129081604907Undated publicity photo of Lawrence Welk, left, and Myron Floren. (Credit: Findagrave.com website, contributed by John "J-Cat" Griffith)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5fa46-accordionettesad49.jpgaccordionettesad49Torrance Herald, June 16, 1949, Page 7. 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(Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b18bb-myronsidebyside.jpgmyronsidebysideTorrance Herald, June 22, 1952, Page 2. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0cd79-myronolddotlp.jpgmyronolddotlpMyron Floren album from 1960.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/169bb-myron-floren-come-dance-with-me-brunswick-s.jpgmyron-floren-come-dance-with-me-brunswick-s1958 EP by Floren.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9937-memories047-375x243-1.jpgmemories047-375x243A very rare photo of a very young Myron Floren playing his button box on the farm in Roslyn, SD. (Credit: Welk Muscial Family website)2019-06-22T00:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/06/15/san-pedro-ballet-schools-most-famous-graduate-now-a-fixture-on-ballets-biggest-stages/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ab69-tn07-ballet.059.jpgTN07-BALLET.059Cynthia Bradley of the San Pedro City Ballet gives ballet instruction to second-graders at 186th St. School in Harbor Gateway in 2008. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d264-misty1.jpgmisty1Misty Copeland performs “Swan Lake” in Queensland, Australia in September 2014. (Credit: The Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a57bd-misty_copelands_firebird_cover.jpgMisty_Copeland's_Firebird_coverMisty Copeland's children's book on "The Firebird."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0766f-copelandsquaretrio.jpgcopelandsquaretrioMisty Copeland, left, returns to her hometown of San Pedro on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. Copeland reacts to seeing new plaque bearing her name as councilman Joe Buscaino and Copeland's mentor Cynthia Bradley look on. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ef2c-1222_nws_tdb-l-square.255.jpg1222_NWS_TDB-L-SQUARE.255American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Misty Copeland returns to her hometown of San Pedro Monday December 21, 2015 to be honored by having the intersection of 13th and Pacific Ave named Misty Copeland Square. Photo By Robert Casillas / Daily Breezehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c237d-1222_nws_tdb-l-square.189.jpg1222_NWS_TDB-L-SQUARE.189Sign denoting Misty Copeland Square in San Pedro in 2015. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c4474-4b8334ea0c7b8335ad458a3a6c6daf2c.jpg4b8334ea0c7b8335ad458a3a6c6daf2cApril 2015 Time cover.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7581-spballetmain.jpgspballetmainThe San Pedro Ballet School on Pacific Ave. in San Pedro. (June 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f8ec3-mistymural.jpgmistymuralMurals celebrating its most famous graduate adorn the wall of the San Pedro Ballet School. (June 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)2019-06-15T00:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/06/08/the-bijou-in-hermosa-beach-ends-up-as-a-bank-after-starting-out-as-one/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c04f-large-1.jpglarge-1The Cove Cinema incarnation of the Bijou in 1982. (Credit: Cinema Treasures website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09b4e-theater_and_bank_building_hermosa_beach.jpgTheater_and_bank_building_Hermosa_BeachSide exterior view of building shows the Metropolitan Theatre (far left) and entrance to the First Bank of Hermosa Beach, next to it. 1923 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f5692-large.jpglargehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e43be-interiorhistorical.jpginteriorhistoricalUndated photo of the theater's interior when it was a single room. (On display at current Chase Bank branch.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fe5fd-coveconcertposter.jpgcoveconcertposterPoster for the 1982 punk rock concert that turned violent.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8be86-bijoufacade1924.jpgSouth Bay Yesterday.The old Bijou Theatre in Hermosa Beach in 1924The Metropolitan Theatre in Hermosa Beach in 1924. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d1de-bijou1940.jpgSouth Bay Yesterday.The old Bijou Theatre in Hermosa Beach in 1940The Hermosa Theatre in Hermosa Beach in 1940. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9ad3c-bijou-theatre-hb.jpgHermosa Bijou Theatre in Hermosa Beach. file photoThe Bijou Cinemas in Hermosa Beach in 1996, the year it closed. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e5cc1-chaseselect.jpgchaseselectChase Bank opened a branch in the former Bijou theater building in early 2013. (June 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/992b4-bijou-2.jpgBijou 2The interior of the Bijou Theater in Hermosa Beach undergoes renovation to change it into a retail space in June 2000. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-06-08T01:43:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/06/01/redondo-beachs-tent-city-offered-a-popular-vacation-option-in-the-early-1900s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/14b9b-rbtentcity5.pngRBtentcity5Redondo Beach tent city ad from the Los Angeles Herald, Aug. 6, 1903, Page 10.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/32586-laheraldad7405p5.jpglaheraldad7405p5Redondo Beach Tent City ad from Los Angeles Herald, July 4, 1905, Page 8,https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9a78-screen-shot-2019-05-22-at-7.43.30-pm.pngScreen Shot 2019-05-22 at 7.43.30 PMRedondo Beach tent city ad from the Los Angeles Herald, May 21, 1905, Page 8. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bdf69-rbtentcity6.jpgRBtentcity6Tents among the trees at Redondo Beach Tent City. Undated photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/43967-catlalinatentcity.pngcatlalinatentcityCatalina Island Tent City near Avalon Harbor. Undated postcard.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/224f0-rbtentcity5.jpgRBtentcity5Redondo Beach tent city ad from the Los Angeles Herald, Aug. 6, 1903, Page 10.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4f6b1-coronadobooklet.jpgcoronadobookletDrawing from 1902 promotional booklet shows Coronado Tent City with the Hotel Coronado in the background. (Credit: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0fa83-rbtentcity4.jpgRBtentcity4Tent City brochure, early 1900s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000fd-rbtentcity3.jpgRBtentcity3A man enjoys reads peacefully amid the trees at Redondo Beach's Tent City in this undated postcard.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/79e01-rbtentcity2.jpgRBtentcity2Tents at the Redondo Beach Tent City were laid out asymmetrically among the trees. Undated photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2019-06-01T00:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/05/25/the-bartlett-senior-citizens-center-has-been-a-downtown-torrance-fixture-since-1952/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/63eb3-bartlettshuffleboard66.jpgbartlettshuffleboard66Torrance Press-Herald, Sept. 4, 1966, Page B-1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ff83f-bartlettfloorplan-1.jpgbartlettfloorplanThe original design of the Torrance Adult Recreation Center on Cravens Ave., as envisioned in 1951. Torrance Herald, April 26, 1951, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bf63e-bartlettdedication1952-1.jpgbartlettdedication1952The outdoor shuffleboard court can be seen in this photo from the dedication story in the Torrance Herald, Aug. 21, 1952, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8dda8-bartlettfloorplan.jpgbartlettfloorplan(Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aad93-bartlettfirepic.jpgbartlettfirepicTorrance Herald, Jan. 29., 1953, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/17d57-bartlettdedication1952.jpgbartlettdedication1952(Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6b87-bartlettcourtyard.jpgbartlettcourtyardThe courtyard at the Bartlett Senior Citizens Center in Torrance. (May 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e7db1-bartlettbldgcloseup.jpgbartlettbldgcloseupThe Bartlett Senior Citizens Center was completely remodeled in 1989. (May 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e105b-bartlettshuffleboardcourt.jpgbartlettshuffleboardcourtThe indoor shuffleboard courts at the Bartlett Center will be replaced by a fitness center. The two lanes shown are currently in use for competition. (May 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d8d8-albertsidcard.jpgalbertsidcardAlbert H. Bartlett's City of Torrance ID card.2019-05-26T01:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/05/18/why-westchester-spent-17-years-as-the-nations-only-15-hole-golf-course/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/60f26-nws.westchester-golf1.jpgNWS.Westchester golf1The Westchester Golf Course was altered to only 15 holes to make way for construction of the Westchester Parkway seen at right. (2007 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8d4c5-nws.westchester-golf2.jpgNWS.Westchester golf2Golfers walk the Westchester Golf Course in during its 15-hole configuration in 2007. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba011-tn24-golf-smc038-1.jpgTN24-Golf-SMc038Golfer Lewis Alexander, from Inglewood, tees-off from Westchester Golf Course's 13th hole, which is next to Westchester Parkway. The course used to extend to where the roadway is now, but was taken away in the 1990s when the road was expanded. The Airport Commission approved a contract that would allow the Westchester Golf Course to expand by three holes onto land that was formerly houses. The golf course lost three holes in the 1990s when Westchester Parkway was expanded across the course, taking the 18 hole course to an unusual 15..June 23, 2009. Photo by Steve McCrankhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9b6f6-tn24-golf-smc038.jpgTN24-Golf-SMc038Golfer Lewis Alexander, from Inglewood, tees-off from Westchester Golf Course's 13th hole, which is next to Westchester Parkway. The course used to extend to where the roadway is now, but was taken away in the 1990s when the road was expanded. The Airport Commission approved a contract that would allow the Westchester Golf Course to expand by three holes onto land that was formerly houses. The golf course lost three holes in the 1990s when Westchester Parkway was expanded across the course, taking the 18 hole course to an unusual 15..June 23, 2009. Photo by Steve McCrankhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d726e-tn26-westchestergolf2.jpgTN26-WestchesterGolf2A golfer hits a drive at Westchester Golf Course in 2008. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ec2b8-wcgbuildingmug.jpgwcgbuildingmugWestchester Golf Course clubhouse. (May 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d7460-wcgclubhouse.jpgwcgclubhousehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8b7f-wcgdrivingrange.jpgwcgdrivingrangeGolfers practice at revamped driving range at Westchester Golf Course. (May 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e5b08-west-layout.pngwest-layoutView is looking south from Manchester Blvd. Holes 15, 16 and 17, left, were added to make the course 18 holes again. (Credit: Westchester Golf Course)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dcb23-westchester-golf-lax.jpgWestchester Golf-LAXGolfers Whitey Baker, left, and Al Manning chat while waiting to tee off at Westchester Golf Course as a large jet lands at LAX in background. (2000 Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-05-18T01:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/05/11/fireboat-2-the-ralph-j-scott-served-the-port-of-los-angeles-with-distinction-for-78-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/81d7a-scottdahlquist.jpgscottdahlquistBill Dahlquist of the Los Angeles City Fire Department Historical Society and Museum was a pilot aboard the Ralph J. Scott fire boat. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c3dc7-scotttentotherside.jpgscotttentothersideThis tentlike building currently houses the Ralph J. Scott fireboat in San Pedro. (May 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c24f0-ralphscottmugshot.jpgralphscottmugshotRalph J. Scott in 1919. (Credit: California State Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1a6d9-fireboat3.071802.jpgFireboat3.071802The Ralph J. Scott Los Angeles was built in 1925, and has 6 pumps and 9 diesel engines. 2002 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25a7d-dailybreeze785.jpgdailybreeze785An artist rendering shows the new fireboat that will replace the real Ralph J. Scott, in background. March 2001. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f41f7-boat02_1955-000c_fs112-b2_516.gifboat02_1955-000c_FS112-B2_516One of the few covered boathouses ever built for American fireboats, this building, later known as Fire Station 112, became a waterfront landmark until its demolition on July 22, 1986, to make way for a new cargo container complex. 1925 photo. (Credit: Captain Denny Willahan Collection, Los Angeles Fire Dept. Historical Archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5663d-boat02_1925-1009_captwillahancollection_ontheways_516.jpgBoat02_1925-1009_CaptWillahanCollection_OnTheWays_516Fireboat No. 2 at the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. on Oct. 9, 1925. (Credit: Captain Denny Willahan Collection, Los Angeles Fire Dept. Historical Archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/91b89-33312-markdayfireboat.gif33312-markdayfireboatFireboat No. 2, later renamed the Ralph J. Scott, maneuvering along side of Berth 154, the American President Lines pier and warehouse, where it succeeded in stopping the fire at this point.  The fire in the background is the burning S.S. Markay. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2fd3-1940-1115_thegrapevine_boat2_325.jpg1940-1115_TheGrapevine_Boat2_325https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc7b4-scottmain.jpgscottmainThe Ralph J. Scott shows off its awsome pumping power in the Los Angeles Channel in September 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-05-11T02:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/05/04/landslide-intrudes-on-portuguese-bend-clubs-seaside-haven/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18637-club.033103-1.jpgClub.033103Undated early photo of the Portuguese Bend Club  clubhouse and its adjacent pier. Pool is at center, just right of clubhouse. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b281-tv16_pvds_smc037.jpgTV16_PVDS_SMc037A sign by a dirt road leading to an archery range warns drivers where it intersects with Palos Verdes Drive South in the Portuguese Bend landslide area. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/212f9-tv16_pvds_smc043.jpgTV16_PVDS_SMc043Palos Verdes Drive South snakes through the Portuguese Bend landslide area. The land is constantly moving, causing constant movement in the road's pavement as evidenced by the numerous "patches" of pavement and dip in the road. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fbcec-kelvinvanderlip.jpgkelvinvanderlipKelvin Vanderlip. Palos Verdes News, Nov. 29, 1949, Page 5.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d115-pvopenheadline.jpgpvopenheadlinePalos Verdes News, Aug. 8, 1948, Page 1 banner headline.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a0b26-clubhousegrandopen.jpgclubhousegrandopenPalos Verdes News, Aug. 8, 1948, Page 1.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9fa48-lastpbcphoto.jpglastpbcphotoPalos Verdes News, April 24, 1958, Page 5.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/16a31-yacht_harbor_drive_rancho_palos_verdes_looking_northwest.jpgYacht_Harbor_Drive_Rancho_Palos_Verdes_looking_northwestAerial view of the Portuguese Bend Clubhouse, located at 2 Yacht Harbor Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes; view is looking northwest. Part of the club's pier is visible on the left; initials "PBC" visible on hillside at far right middle. February 12, 1955. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6e6e-upset_earth_in_the_portuguese_bend_landslide_march_12_2016.jpgUpset_earth_in_the_Portuguese_Bend_Landslide,_March_12,_2016Large rifts caused by rapidly moving, unstable ground, can be seen in the Portuguese Bend landslide area. (Credit: Pricetveyeron, via Wikimedia Commons) add linkhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8ec97-club3.033103.jpgClub3.033103Beachside thatched palapas with picnic tables at the Portuguese Bend Club. The private beach east of the cove is for residents only. (Daily Breeze staff file photo, 2003)2019-05-04T02:15:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/04/27/san-pedro-welcomes-you-with-a-smokestack-a-park-and-a-bridge/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3955d-park.0314.sv_.jpgpark.0314.svThis abandoned Gaffey Street gas station was cleared out and the lot turned into a "welcome park" at the entrance to San Pedro from the 110 freeway. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/63704-welcomeparkmain.jpgwelcomeparkmainSan Pedro Welcome Park. (April 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1110f-spbridgeselectnow.jpgspbridgeselectnowThe redesigned Gaffey Street pedestrian bridge in San Pedro in the daytime. (April 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f5836-smokestackmain.jpgsmokestackmainThe San Pedro incinerator, home of the smokestack sign, has not been operational for decades. (April 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/62847-nws-spwelcomepark-sh208.jpgNWS-SPwelcomePark-SH208Construction of San Pedro's welcome park is under way in this March 2007 photo. Heavy equipment graded the lot. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ad18-smokestack.1.0314.sv_.jpgsan pedro smokestack014Workers put on the finishing touches on a pair of San Pedro signs painted on a smokestack at a city yard just off of the 110 freeway in March 2001. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0af98-nws-sppark-121806-197.jpgNWS-SPpark-121806-197The original "Welcome to San Pedro" sign on the Gaffey St. pedestrian bridge in December 2006. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d2395-newbreezepedrobridge.jpgnewbreezepedrobridgeThe remodeled pedestrian bridge over Gaffey Street was unveiled Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in San Pedro, and is lit by LED lights. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ee6bc-spwelcome2.jpgSPwelcome2Jim Hussey stands near the plaque honoring him for his efforts to establish the San Pedro Welcome Park. Sept. 24, 2007. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/019ad-billboard_sign_welcoming_visitors_to_san_pedro.jpgBillboard_sign_welcoming_visitors_to_San_PedroA large billboard stands to the side of the road to welcome visitors to San Pedro in 1921. Billboard reads: "Welcome to San Pedro, The Gateway to the Pacific Southwest." (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2019-04-27T00:27:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/04/20/1960s-surfing-craze-spawned-clubs-for-females-as-well-as-males-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9768-pammeloche.jpgpammelochePamela Meloche heads for the beach in this undated photo from the 1960s. (Credit: Pamela Meloche)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a1f2b-surfclubhed.jpgsurfclubhedDaily Breeze, Feb. 14, 1962, Page 27.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e05ac-twosurfclubgirls.jpgtwosurfclubgirlsBonnie Johnson, left, and Kathy Strelich, both 17 and members of the California Coast Girls Surf Club, survey the surf. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cd106-surfwinner.pngsurfwinnerCaroline Marks, above, won the $100,000 top prize at the 2019 Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast at Duranbah Beach on April 8, 2019 in Queensland, Australia. (Credit: Kelly Cestari/World Surf League, via Orange County Register) (Credit: Kelly Cestari/Worlhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c0270-surfgirlsserviceclip.jpgsurfgirlsserviceclipMembers of the California Coast Girls Surf Club volunteer to help Torrance Police in an anti-burglary campaign in Feb. 1962. Torrance Press, March 18, 1962, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6026c-surfclubgirlsphoto.jpgsurfclubgirlsphotoFrom left, Judy Carollo, Josette Lagardere, Robin Leedy, Kathy Hoskins and Susie Burke, active members of the California Coast Girls Surf Club, carry their boards on the beach in 1963. (Credit: UCLA Library Special Collections, Los Angeles Times Photo Archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71093-52328_176626429029992_5176303_o.jpg52328_176626429029992_5176303_o2019-04-20T00:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/04/12/1937-mob-hit-on-the-strand-in-redondo-beach-led-to-gambling-cleanup/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3ce23-106044959_136225204190.jpg106044959_136225204190George Bruneman's final resting place at the family gravesite at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California. (Credit: Findagrave website, photo contributed by Kate)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4e92e-32268f3f51c9b3236e81b898f0c8c193.jpeg32268f3f51c9b3236e81b898f0c8c193Peter Pianezzi (left) and his lawyer Nathan Freedman. Pianezzi was on trial for the murders of gambler George (Les) Bruneman and Frank A. Greuzard. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News archives, UCLA Library Special Collections)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/deaa0-probeopensth.jpgprobeopensthHeadline from Torrance Herald, July 29, 1937, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eab8a-heraldheadline.jpgheraldheadlineHeadline from Torrance Herald, July 22, 1937, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d74f4-postcsard.jpgpostcsard1917 postcard shows visitors gathering at the El Paseo area of Redondo Beach in this 1917 postcard.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/76d59-8e8a2a3ffaf4bc4c8abacb7ade5f2d7b.jpeg8e8a2a3ffaf4bc4c8abacb7ade5f2d7bGeorge "Les" Bruneman appears in court on May 18, 1934. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News archives, UCLA Library Special Collections)2019-04-12T23:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/04/06/the-enduring-charm-of-point-fermin-park-and-its-picturesque-lighthouse/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/79da9-lighthouserealselect.jpglighthouserealselectThe Point Fermin lighthouse has been restored carefully to its original form. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6a873-pfsignselect.jpgpfsignselectThe city of Los Angeles operates Point Fermin Park in San Pedro. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c084d-oceanviewselect.jpgoceanviewselectView from the palisades walkway at Point Fermin Park. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5107c-cetacean.jpgcetaceanThe American Cetacean Society headquarters formerly was the Point Fermin Cafe. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/845e1-bandshell.jpgbandshellThe bandshell at Point Fermin Park in San Pedro. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e7808-early1908ferminscape.jpgearly1908ferminscapePortion of 1908 panoramic view of Point Fermin shows the lighthouse, right, and not much else. (Credit: San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4a910-screen-shot-2019-03-29-at-4.08.00-pm.jpgScreen Shot 2019-03-29 at 4.08.00 PM1938 picture postcard shows the Point Fermin Cafe and snack bar. (Credit: Pomona Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ad977-point_fermin_lighthouse.jpgPoint_Fermin_LighthouseThe Point Fermin lighthouse, circa 1890. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f15e8-default.jpgdefault1930s-era postcard, with hillside view of the Point Fermin lighthouse, center in distance. (Credit: CSUDH Archives and Special Collections)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/00bff-lighthouseatdusk.jpg-L-BARDPARKThe Point Fermin lighthouse is bathed in the glow of the sunset in San Pedro on Friday, July 7, 2017. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-04-06T04:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/03/31/innovative-design-put-millirons-department-store-on-the-map-in-westchester/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dcfb4-millirons_department_storela.jpgMillirons_department_storeLAThe Milliron's department store in downtown Los Angeles at Fifth and Broadway. Undated photo circa mid-1940s. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/91067-millirons_store_westchester.jpgMillirons_store_WestchesterThis 1948 rendition shows the planned Milliron's store in Weschester, with rooftop parking. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba38f-overallkohls.jpgoverallkohlsKohl's department store currently occupies the former Milliron's on Sepulveda Blvd. in Westchester. Some elements of the original design remain. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03fa2-shoppersonroof.jpgshoppersonroofShoppers walk from rooftop parking at Milliron's toward the escalators down into the store. The rooftop restaurant can be seen at right. Undated photo circa 1949. (Credit: Gruen Associates website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0d464-millironswestchesteraerial.jpgmillironswestchesteraerialAerial view of Milliron's looking northwest, with La Tijera at bottom and Sepulveda at right. (Credit: Phil are go! blog)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dd375-millironsmervynsstore6.jpgMillironsMervynsStore6The escalator down from roof parking can be seen at right in this undated photo circa 1949 taken inside Milliron's Westchester store. (Credit: Phil are go! blog)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7f5e-millirons-plan-1.jpgMillirons-plan-1Milliron's Westchester store floor plan shows the radial interior design. (Credit: Gruen Associates website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/50c56-mervynsfromflickr.jpgmervyn'sfromflickrMervyn's operated at the Milliron's location from 1988 until 2008. Undated photo. (Credit: flicker.com, runchadrun)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b0f63-millirons-color-1.jpgMillirons-color-1The Milliron's facade on Sepulveda Blvd. featured offset display windows. Undated photo circa 1949. (Credit: Gruen Associates website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3416f-millironsmervynsstore3.jpgMillironsMervynsStore3Shoppers await the grand opening of Milliron's department store in Westchester in March 1949. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2019-03-31T13:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/03/23/flying-saucers-landed-with-a-vengeance-in-the-publics-imagination-during-the-1950s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bbcfb-saucers1-1.jpgSaucers1Ray Harryhausen's special effects brought flying saucers to life in the 1956 film, "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,"  which was released at the peak of the saucer craze.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e7dab-torrancecalifornia1967large-1.jpgtorrancecalifornia1967largeA group of four youths spotted this object that "glowed reddish-white" while they were at the Redondo Beach Pier in 1967. (Credit: UFO Casebook website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b39e-poplibrarybook.jpgpoplibrarybookThis 1951 Popular Library paperback helped fuel the craze.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f1ebf-adamskicult.jpgadamskicultTorrance Press, Jan. 7, 1954, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e42e0-torrancecalifornia1967large.jpgtorrancecalifornia1967largeA group of four youths spotted this object that "glowed reddish-white" while they were at the Redondo Beach Pier in 1967. (Credit: UFO Casebook website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49c6b-phillipknoxth.jpgphillipknoxthAd on the religion page for an upcoming speaking appearance by Phillip Knox. Torrance Herald, March 10, 1957, Page 10. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b1c07-newberrysad.jpgnewberrysadAliens come to the dime store in this Torrance Press ad, Oct. 16, 1952, Page 9. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6fde8-image2-13.jpgimage2-13A SpaceX rocket launched 30 minutes after sunset from Vandenberg AFB glows in extremely clear skies. Dec. 22, 2017. (Photo by Gene Blevins for the Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26131-flyingsaucercookies.jpgflyingsaucercookiesTorrance Herald, April 26, 1959, Page 10. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ee6d-disneylandride.jpgdisneylandrideThe Flying Saucers ride at Disneyland in Anaheim operated from 1961 to 1966. It was located where the Tomorrowland Stage, opened in 1967, now stands. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library, Herald Examiner photo collection)2019-03-23T00:57:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/03/16/radomes-atop-san-pedro-hill-still-serve-an-important-function/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/176ae-fortmacarthursanpedroca62patch.jpgFortMacArthurSanPedroCA62patchPatch for the Air Force's 670th Radar Squadron.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d2144-radomeneighborhood.jpgradomeneighborhoodThe radomes loom over a Rancho Palos Verrdes neighborhood just south of the site. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bf243-radomescloser.jpgradomescloserThe two radomes sit atop San Pedro Hill in Rolling Hills, the highest point on. the Palos Verdes Peninsula. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33151-800px-san_pedro_hill_afs_-_05.jpg800px-San_Pedro_Hill_AFS_-_05The San Pedro Hill radar site as seen from the flatlands. (Oct. 2014 Photo by John Stanton, via fort wiki.com site)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/05d7a-san_pedro_jss_site_california.jpgSan_Pedro_JSS_site_Californiahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ea69-fps-116sanpedrohillafsca1988.jpgFPS-116SanPedroHillAFSCA1988Undated photo shows the radar equipment inside the radome on San Pedro Hill. (Credit: www.radomes.org website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ca17e-googlemapsaerial.jpggooglemapsaerialAerial view of the radar site. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6edfe-deltadagger.jpgdeltadaggerPalos Verdes News, May 9, 1965, Page 2.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/65788-palos-verdes-vhf-contro-center.jpgPalos-Verdes-VHF-Contro-CenterUndated site map shows the layout of the San Pedro Hill radar installation. (Credit: Historic California Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields website) 2019-03-16T00:38:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/03/10/big-plans-for-manchester-square-area-finally-are-coming-to-fruition/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d2a95-manparkingrendition.pngmanparkingrenditionArtist rendition of the ConRAC rental car facility, looking southeast from Arbor Vitae St. and Aviation Blvd. (Credit: LAWA)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6381d-manconracmap.pngmanconracmapMap of the LAMP project at LAX. (Credit: LAWA)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bfffa-mangoogleairshot.pngmangoogleairshotGreenery defines the Manchester Square area near LAX. Century Blvd. at bottom, 405 Freeway at right. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3089b-manlawarendition2.pngmanlawarendition2Artist rendition of the main entrance to the proposed ConRAC rental care facility. (Credit: LAWA)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2259d-screen-shot-2019-03-04-at-4.11.55-pm.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-04 at 4.11.55 PMLos Angeles Times ad, June 5, 1949. Page E5.(Credit: Los Angeles Times archival database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d587-mandebrisclose.jpgmandebriscloseDebris from a razed house on the Manchester Square property. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e6070-mangraffitioutwindow.jpgmangraffitioutwindowEmpty apartment buildings and graffiti-covered walls are part of the Manchester Square landscape. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7c0f1-manaptbldgcloser.jpgmanaptbldgcloserAn abandoned apartment house on the Manchester Square property. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1745a-manemptylots.jpgmanemptylotsThere are many more empty lots than structures on the Manchester Square property near LAX. (March 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)2019-03-10T00:31:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/03/02/original-redondo-beach-drifters-members-keep-car-clubs-spirit-alive/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d6b0f-rbdriftersids.jpgrbdriftersidsThe Redondo Beach Drifters, undated photo. (Credit: Kustomrama website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b9e26-23-489-2.jpg23 489 (2)#23, the club's original race car. (Credit: Harold Topping)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4eb73-p1040219.jpgP1040219Harold Topping models an original Drifters jacket as Al Castillon Jr. looks on. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/93da8-hot-rod-magazine-november-1954.jpgHot-rod-magazine-november-1954The 23 Jr. car faces off against the Millwinders' entry, top, in this photo staged for the cover of the Nov. 1954 issue of Hot Rod magazine.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/94eed-redondo-beach-drifters-car-club6.jpgRedondo-beach-drifters-car-club6The Drifters with their third race car at the NHRA Nationals in Oklahoma City in 1958. (Credit: Kustomrama website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e6569-1937-ford-1st-car484-3.jpg1937 Ford, 1st car484 (3)Sign at the garage used by the Drifters. (Credit: Harold Topping)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9f7f-1937-ford-1st-car484-2.jpg1937 Ford, 1st car484 (2)The 1937 Ford slant back sedan, #23, was the Drifters' first race car. (Credit: Harold Topping)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/81b98-1937-ford-1st-car-after-racing-backwards.jpg1937 Ford, 1st car after racing backwardsThe 1937 Ford slant back sedan, #23, after it crashed in Santa Ana. (Credit: Harold Topping)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/32550-1937-ford-1st-car-holds-record-for-racing-backwards.jpg1937 Ford, 1st car holds record for racing backwardsThe 1937 Ford slant back sedan, #23, after it crashed in Santa Ana. (Credit: Harold Topping)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a3778-23-jr488-2.jpg23 Jr488 (2)The Drifters painted their 23 Jr. car white so it would stand out on the drag strip. (Credit: Harold Topping)2019-03-02T02:23:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/02/22/mattels-early-days-eliot-and-ruth-handler-create-a-toy-empire/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af466-aa9sbvj.jpegAA9sbVjRuth and Elliot Handler, pose before display case in their office showing toys they have developed, Aug. 2, 1951. Handler was a developer of some of the biggest-selling toys in American history, including Barbie dolls, Chatty Cathy, Creepy Crawlers and Hot Wheels. He became co-founder of the Mattel company. (Credit: Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8021-312705_10150329376777600_69855848_n.jpg312705_10150329376777600_69855848_nThe first Mattel headquarters and factory on Western Ave. in South Los Angeles. Undated photo circa 1945. (Credit: Mattel Inc.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a15ef-kenmakeover.jpgkenmakeover"Totally Hair Ken" gets real locks in addition to slick new threads in this 1992 edition. (Credit: Mattel Inc.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8a381-ruthhandler1995.jpgruthhandler1995Ruth Handler poses with a Barbie doll along with a framed picture of her daughter, Barbara, the doll's namesake in 1995. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a5690-10506663_10152428114207600_7136289627069738854_o.jpg10506663_10152428114207600_7136289627069738854_oAd for the Chatty Cathy doll from the 1960 Mattel product catalog. (Credit: Mattel Inc. via Facebook)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a15e4-10575334_10152412198582600_4482796341120493423_o.jpg10575334_10152412198582600_4482796341120493423_oAd from the 1949 Mattel catalog for its early musical toy the Uke-a-Doodle. (Credit: Mattel Inc. via Facebook)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6efe1-1917046_1107490739273177_6673523722770149349_n.jpg1917046_1107490739273177_6673523722770149349_nMattel's headquarters on Rosecrans Ave. in Hawthorne. Undated photo. (Credit: Mattel Inc. via Facebook)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d1504-chattycathyad.jpgchattycathyadFrom Toy King store ad, Torrance Press, Sept. 8, 1960, Page B-3. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5b51f-showimage.jpegshowimageElliott and Ruth Handler. Undated photo. (Credit: Mattel Inc.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fb557-handlerfamily.jpghandlerfamilyRuth and Elliot Handler, top, with children Ken and Barbara Handler, bottom. Undated photo circa 1950s. (Credit: Mattel Inc.)2019-11-09T21:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/02/16/chief-stroh-leads-torrance-police-department-into-the-modern-era/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/852ce-stroh30yearspic.jpg.pngstroh30yearspic.jpgChief Stroh's retirement becomes official. Torrance Herald, Feb. 11, 1954, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5f5ed-screen-shot-2019-02-11-at-3.36.03-pm.pngScreen Shot 2019-02-11 at 3.36.03 PMChief Stroh gathers evidence in a burglary case. Torrance Herald, Aug. 8, 1940, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2927b-strohcopbuilding.jpgstrohcopbuildingOriginally, the police and fire departments shared the first floor of this building built in 1923 at 1521 Cravens Ave., with city hall occupying the second. (Credit: Torrance Police Department)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e624a-stroh1929shot.jpgstroh1929shotThe Torrance Police Department has grown to 11 members in this 1929 photo. The man in the white hat, center, is then-Chief Jerry Calder. His successor, John Stroh, is to the immediate left of him. (Credit: Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/484c6-strohstartsrace.jpgstrohstartsraceThen-Patrolman John Stroh acts as official race starter in a publicity photo for Torrance's annual "Factory Frolic" event in 1930. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6ed9-strohorgiesheadlineth8653p1.pngstrohorgiesheadlineth8653p1Torrance Herald, Aug. 6, 1953, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/844e7-stroh1938mug.jpg.pngstroh1938mug.jpgJohn Stroh in 1938. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/15124-screen-shot-2019-02-11-at-12.56.17-pm.pngScreen Shot 2019-02-11 at 12.56.17 PMChief John Stroh. Undated photo circa late 1930s. (Credit: Torrance Police Department)2019-02-16T02:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/02/09/paul-pettit-narbonne-high-baseball-phenom-becomes-the-sports-first-100000-bonus-baby/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4629f-pettit-paul-6094-91_w-bing-crosby_corbis_nbl_0.jpgPettit Paul 6094-91_w Bing Crosby_Corbis_NBL_0Pittsburgh Pirates minority owner Bing Crosby checks out new signing Paul Pettit' s arm during spring training in 1950 in San Bernardino. (Credit: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/95c0e-paul-pettit.jpgPaul-PettitPaul Pettit. Undated publicity photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c6b7-paul_pettit_thomas-paprocki-nyt.jpgpaul_pettit_thomas-paprocki-nythttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/36051-pettit-paul-1123-97_fl_nbl.jpgPettit Paul 1123-97_FL_NBLPaul Pettit. (1951 Pittsburgh Pirates publicity photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cb294-pettitd.jpgpettitd1950 cartoon by Tom Paprocki, autographed by Paul Pettit.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/74bcc-pettitmom102749p1.jpgpettitmom102749p1Torrance Herald, Oct. 7, 1949, Page A-1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9b3e3-pettitnarbonne.jpgpettitnarbonnePaul Pettit at Narbonne High. (Credit: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d85fe-pettittorrancehightp21860a-8.jpgpettittorrancehightp21860A-8Torrance Press, Feb. 18, 1960, Page A-8. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4a284-spt-pettit-smc026.jpgSPT-Pettit-SMc026Former Narbonne High pitcher Paul Pettit, with the Jigger Statz Louisville Slugger bat collection at the Pacific Coast League reunion, holds a photo of himself from his professional days. May 13, 2006. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-02-09T01:42:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/02/02/south-bay-car-clubs-geared-up-for-annual-youth-safety-run-competitions/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4e1ed-redondo-beach-drifters-car-club.jpgRedondo-beach-drifters-car-clubMembers of Redondo Beach's Drifters Car Club pose with one of their cars in an undated photo, circa 1950s. (Credit: Kustomrama.com website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d61f4-runtyrants6960p9.jpgruntyrants6960p9Preparing for the 1960 Youth Safety run. Torrance Herald, May 9, 1960, Page 9. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/94a03-runtorrancecar.jpgruntorrancecar(Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a1e20-runpharaohwindow.jpgrunpharaohwindowTorrance Herald, March 19, 1963, Page A-16. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33611-runpharaohpacer.jpgrunpharaohpacerTorrance Herald, March 19, 1963, Page A-16. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fd953-runheraldfirst51654p1.jpgrunheraldfirst51654p1Torrance Herald photo from the inaugural Youth Safety Run, May 15, 1954. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1184-rundnrpv6564.jpgrundnrpv6564BNR Club members prepare for the 1964 race. Palos Verdes News, June 5, 1964, Page 15.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fe9c4-run1960june9pc-5.jpgrun1960june9pc-5(Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/575dc-paccc-patch.jpgPACCC Patchhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0a225-clubjackets-2.jpgClubJackets-2A police officer talks to car club members in this undated photo. (Credit: Rod Authority website)2019-02-02T02:19:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/01/26/the-meistrell-brothers-turn-redondo-beachs-dive-n-surf-into-a-water-sports-mecca/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30664-nws-glove6.jpgnws-glove6Bill Meistrell left, Bob Meistrell (center) work with a customer at the Dive and Surf store..Body Glove Photohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/678b1-nws_surfers.1.0801.jpgNWS_Surfers.1.0801Hermosa Beach Surfer's Walk of Fame inductees gather on Aug. 1, 2004 near the Hermosa Beach pier after recieving copies of the plaques that are installed in the pier. From left, John Joseph, Sonny Vardeman, Bill Meistrell and his twin brother Bob Meistrell. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7ff9-nws_meistrell-100106-432.jpgNWS_Meistrell-100106-432Memorial service for Body Glove co-founder Bill Meistrell off the coast of Redondo Beach on Oct. 1, 2006. As the flowers from the wreath begin to sink and disperse, a pair of L.A. County lifeguard boat shoot streams of water to memorialize Meistrell. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a498e-newdivebldg1974clip.jpgnewdivebldg1974cliphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/abc61-lloydbdive1980clip.jpglloydbdive1980cliphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c197e-images.pngimageshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/129d5-divevintageexterior.jpgdivevintageexteriorhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2d74-divestatue.jpgdivestatueThe city of Redondo Beach's memorial to Bob and Bill Meistrell stands near the entrance to Seaside Lagoon. (Jan. 2019 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4be8a-diveskindiverad.jpgdiveskindiveradUndated ad from Skin Diver magazine, 1950s. From left, Bill Meistrell, Bev Morgan, Bob Meistrell. (Credit: Meistrell Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/df1ed-diveinterior.jpgdiveinterior2019-01-26T02:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2019/01/19/manhattan-beach-architect-john-blanton-brought-stylish-homes-to-south-bay-neighborhoods/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2051e-20181215_161526.jpg20181215_161526Architect John Blanton at work at Richard Neutra's Silver Lake architectural firm. Undated photo by Dione Neutra, circa 1950s. (Credit: Blanton family)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8d779-unknown.jpegUnknownJohn Blanton (Credit: Blanton family)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af147-putnam-homes-in-mb01142019.jpgPutnam Homes in MB01142019Side-by-side homes designed by John Blanton and built in 1982 for brothers Randall and Scott Putnam on 6th Street in Manhattan Beach. (Credit: Blanton family)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/43b04-ginburgdrawing.jpgginburgdrawingJohn Blanton's architectural rendering of the Ginsburg House in Rancho Palos Verdes (1972) that he designed. (Credit: Blanton family)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/242d5-mcfarland.jpgmcfarlandJohn Blanton designed the McFarland house on 17th Street in Manhattan Beach. (Credit: Blanton family)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5f6cd-john-blanton-merced-ca-obituary.jpgjohn-blanton-merced-ca-obituaryJohn Blanton (Credit: Blanton family)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d93d4-blantonmain.jpgblantonmainArchitect John Blanton at work at Richard Neutra's Silver Lake architectural firm. Undated photo by Dione Neutra, circa 1950s. (Credit: Blanton family)2019-01-19T02:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/12/29/the-paradise-theatre-becomes-westchesters-second-theater-on-sepulveda/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f677c-paradiserendition.jpgParadiserenditionA rendering for the planned Paradise entertainment complex by Detroit architect Ted Rogvoy that appeared in Michigan Architect and Engineer.(Credit: SoCal Historic Architecture Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1c945-paradiseinterior.jpgparadiseinteriorInterior of the Paradise Theatre looking toward the screen. (Credit: Boxoffice magazine, Aug. 2, 1950 via Los Angeles Movie Palaces website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9bc38-paradiseexterior.jpgparadiseexteriorThe remodeled Paradise Building. (Dec. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/705ff-paradisebreezead.jpgparadisebreezeadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1e88c-paradise-boxoffice-10-7-50-150.jpgParadise-Boxoffice-10-7-50-150The Paradise snack bar gets featured on page 150 of the Oct. 7, 1950 issue of Boxoffice magazine in an article about concessions. (Credit: Boxoffice magazine, Oct. 7, 1950 via Los Angeles Movie Palaces website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aa518-paradise_theater_exterior.jpgParadise_Theater_exteriorExterior of the Paradise Theatre on Sepulveda Blvd. in Westchester on Aug. 17, 1950, shortly before its grand opening. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2018-12-29T03:03:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/12/22/hollywood-palos-verdes-parkway-a-grand-idea-that-remained-on-the-drawing-board/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cb245-parkwayx.jpgparkwayxCross-section view shows layout of the proposed Hollywood-Palos Verdes Parkway. Los Angeles County Acquisition and Improvement District No. 15 drawing, 1927. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed3fb-secondmap.jpgsecondmapRed line indicates route of Hollywood-Palos Verdes Parkway between Inglewood and Palos Verdes Estates. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/802c0-s-l400.jpgs-l400https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bc4dd-parkwaytoday.jpgparkwaytodayPresent-day Palos Verdes Blvd. near the Redondo-Torrance border. (December 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2617c-parkwaymap.jpgparkwaymaphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/226bc-parkway125cross.jpgparkway125crossCross section drawing under downscaled Torrance parkway plan. Torrance Herald, May 8, 1930, Page 5. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25e8c-newplancost.jpgnewplancostCost comparison of Torrance vs. Olmsted parking plans. Torrance Herald, May 8, 1930, Page 5. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dbcef-colorparkwaypainting.jpgcolorparkwaypaintingRendering shaows landcaping ideas for the proposed Hollywood-Palos Verdes Parkway. Undated Los Angeles County Acquisition and Improvement District No. 15 drawing circa 1927. (Credit: PV Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District)2018-12-22T01:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/12/15/a-renovated-reimagined-lawndale-high-rises-from-the-ashes/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2092-dugdiepvsaagwhb.jpg-large.jpegDugdiepVsAAGWHB.jpg-largeLawndale High Cardinals football team celebrates after winning the CIF State Division 2-A Championship on Dec. 15, 2018. (Credit: California Interscholastic Federation, via Twitter)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3444d-0820_nws_tdb-l-cvbuildings-sv-0048.jpg-L-CVBUILDINGSA new building housing 42 classrooms and the administration offices at Lawndale High opened on Aug. 29, 2014. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dcf1d-0820_nws_tdb-l-cvbuildings-sv-0059.jpg-L-CVBUILDINGSThe new cafeteria is at Leuzinger High School is ready for students in Lawndale, CA on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Lawndale and Leuzinger high schools begin Wednesday and students will be working in new buildings that were constructed with bond money. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f1b1f-215500-79cc2df2-d18f-4590-bdf4-673af72d7dde.jpeg215500-79cc2df2-d18f-4590-bdf4-673af72d7dde(Credit: Lawndale High School Alumni Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7288d-217120_2020127509340_7822161_n.jpg217120_2020127509340_7822161_nThe Lawndale High School Performing Arts Center opened in 2011. (Credit: Lawndale High School Alumni Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ec1f1-225618_2020126189307_1289192_n.jpg225618_2020126189307_1289192_nStudents pass in front of the Lawndale High gym, which opened in 2003. (Credit: Lawndale High School Alumni Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30673-316299_2404979810407_830821591_n.jpg316299_2404979810407_830821591_n(Credit: Lawndale High School Alumni Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22de5-38888150_2083664191644191_4541202869205860352_n.jpg38888150_2083664191644191_4541202869205860352_nDaily Breeze front page, June 18, 1981. (Credit: Lawndale High School Alumni Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ac9e-lhclosed82.jpglhclosed82Lawndale HIgh in 1982, a year after its closure. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fb003-lhprotest.jpglhprotestLawndale High students hold a schoolwide rally protesting its announced closure. Feb. 25, 1981. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2018-12-15T01:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/12/08/dr-paul-carlson-gave-his-life-for-what-he-believed-in-mercy/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71b1e-loisbreezeclip-1.jpgloisbreezeclipDaily Breeze, Aug. 20, 1966.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/caafc-loisbreezeclip.jpgloisbreezeclipDaily Breeze, Sept. 7, 1966, Page 3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f3f5-1968.png1968The Paul Carlson Medical Center in Ubangi Province in 1968. (Credit: Paul Carlson Partnership)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9e1ed-life-medium-file-768x989-1.jpgLife-medium-file-768x989Dec. 4, 1964.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b895f-paulandnativepcp.jpgpaulandnativepcpDr. Paul Carlson with Congolese villagers. Undated photo circa 1963. (Credit: Paul Carlson Partnership)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ef528-mrscpic121466p1tph.jpgmrscpic121466p1tphhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/51099-carlsonpar.jpgcarlsonparCulver City Mayor pro tem William Botts pauses beside sign erected by city after changing name of Victory Park to Dr. Paul Carlson Memorial Park. 1965 photo. (Credit: UCLA Library Special Collections, Los Angeles Times Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f2c0-carlson-family-192x300-1.jpgCarlson-Family-192x300Dr. Carlson and wife Lois with their children, Wayne and Lynette. Undated photo. (Credit: Paul Carlson Partnership)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d2fb0-carlson-covenantcompanion-on-congo-2001_1-1.jpgCarlson-covenantcompanion-on-congo-2001_1-1Dr. Paul Carlson. Undated photo. (Credit: Covenant Companion, Oct. 30, 2014.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f8925-a1aihzsvyxl.jpgA1AIHzsVyXL2019-10-26T21:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/12/01/canal-street-transforms-into-avalon-boulevard-in-wilmington/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/302f3-elevated_boardwalk_in_wilmington.jpgElevated_boardwalk_in_WilmingtonPeople walk on an elevated boardwalk over water that runs along Canal Street on the waterfront. Mud from dredging the harbor was in the process of being used to elevate the land. Photo ca. 1911. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2371d-y6yavm68s3ljjq3flq1ui1pvkhed62.jpgY6YAVM68S3LJJQ3FLQ1UI1PVKHED62Stereoopticon card from 1877 shows canal, with bridge leading to house (left), horse and cart on dirt road (right), telegraph pole (center). Wilmington in background. (Credit: California State Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ecf4f-ds8hnx1xf9815t2m92gk2gx661628m.jpgDS8HNX1XF9815T2M92GK2GX661628Mhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fa508-canalave.jpgcanalaveA section of Canal, sans canal, and named “Avenue” instead of “Street,”  still exists south of Water St., running for a few hundred yards down the eastern edge of Slip No. 5. (Nov. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/48117-canal_street_wilmington.jpgCanal_Street_WilmingtonUndated photographic postcard shows view looking down Canal Street in Wilmington, Los Angeles County. Cars and a horse-drawn carriage are seen in the street. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/14fb4-canal_street_ca1900.jpgCanal_Street_ca1900Photo postcard ca. 1900 shows Canal Street (later renamed Avalon Boulevard) looking toward C Street from south of D Street. There is a long, low wooden building at right with a covered porch held up by rectangular posts with a sign for W. S. Moore Real Estate. The Wilmington Chamber of Commerce is at right. (Credit: California State Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4e83a-avalonwater.jpgavalonwaterAvalon Blvd. looking north from its southern terminus at Water St. in Wilmington. (Nov. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-12-01T01:30:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/11/24/the-torrance-freeway-would-have-changed-the-face-of-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d23e-mainfreewaymap.jpgmainfreewaymapMap shows the four main Torrance Freeway route proposed by the California State Division of Highways. (Daily Breeze, Aug. 12, 1968, Page 1.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/00aff-lomitastand.jpglomitastandDaily Breeze, Feb. 3, 1970, Page 9.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4722e-lomitablvdfwy.jpglomitablvdfwyTorrance Herald headline, Oct. 17, 1963, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22832-hawthornesign.jpghawthornesignHawthorne Blvd., seen here at 186th St. in Torrance, still has "California 107" signs, right. (Nov. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/de45b-freewaypetitionpic.jpgfreewaypetitionpicTorrance Herald, Aug. 14, 1968, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)2018-11-25T17:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/11/17/pro-sports-teams-gravitate-toward-training-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9ea86-spt.galaxy-practice1.jpgSPT.Galaxy practice1Soccer fan Sam Twigg watches the Galaxy practice at Home Depot Center in 2007. The stadium was renamed the StubHub Center in 2013. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2be04-toyotacenternew.jpgtoyotacenternewThe Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo is the training home of the Los Angeles Kings. (Nov. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db221-tn30-clippers.sv-112.jpgTN30-Clippers.SV-112The Los Angeles Clippers show off their new state of the art 42,500 square foot training facility in Playa Vista in 2008. The facility has two basketball courts, strength, training and conditioning areas, video production facility and offices for the basketball operations department. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/61b32-promoting_el_segundo.jpgPromoting_El_SegundoA member of the El Segundo Chamber of Commerce sports an "El Segundo Home of the Raiders" t-shirt. 1987 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c66a-lakercenternew.jpglakercenternewThe recently opened UCLA Health Training Center is home to the Los Angeles Lakers. (Nov. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4395e-gettyimages-81990784-612x612-1.jpggettyimages-81990784-612x612July 22, 1985 issue.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b5ac-es-groundbreaking.jpgES groundbreakingPhotographers record the groundbreaking ceremony in for the new Kings, Lakers and Spark training center in El Segundo. From left: Tim Leiweke, Kings Pres., Dave Taylor, Kings GM, Nancy Wernick, ES councilwoman, Luc Robitaille, Kings player, and Mike Gordon, ES mayor. April 28, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3db36-elsegundomiddle.jpgelsegundomiddleEl Segundo MIddle School had to be renovated before reopening after the Raiders used it for a training center. (Credit: El Segundo Unified School District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1dae7-0901_nws_tdb-l-lakers.008.jpg0901_NWS_TDB-L-LAKERS.008The UCLA Health Training Center under construction in Aug. 2016. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2018-11-17T02:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/11/10/torrances-mira-loma-turkey-ranch-sold-homegrown-birds-for-holiday-feasts/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09fb5-vaccaro1959.jpgvaccaro1959Diane Vaccaro is surrounded by birds at the Mira Loma Turkey Ranch in Torrance. 1959 photo. (Credit: UCLA Photo Archives, Los Angeles Times Collection) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3fbef-plazacontestad.jpgplazacontestadRolling Hills Plaza promotion featuring Mira Loma turkeys as prizes. Torrance Press-Herald, Nov. 18, 1964, Page A-4. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33951-nancyvaccaro.jpgnancyvaccaroVaccaro children pose among the birds. Torrance Press, Nov. 4, 1958, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/70e6b-miralomaad.jpgmiralomaadTorrance Herald, Nov. 20, 1952, Page 12. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dbea2-marlomapix57.jpgmarlomapix57Mira Loma Turkey Ranch is misidentified as "Marloma" in these two photos from the Torrance Herald, Nov. 28, 1957, Page 9. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2cad1-breezecollage1986.jpgbreezecollage1986Collage of ads and family photos from the Mira Loma Turkey Ranch. Daily Breeze, Nov. 26, 1986, Page B4. 2018-11-10T02:04:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/11/03/five-soccer-boosters-and-the-founding-of-the-ayso-in-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f664-tn17-ayso-sh100.jpgTN17-AYSO-sh100Hans Stierle, the first president of the American Youth Soccer Organization, chats with AYSO player Savana Ramirez at Wednesday's plaque dedication at Jefferson Middle School in Torrance, where the first AYSO game was played in 1965. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d620b-spt-halloffame-sh-sh195.jpgSPT-HALLOFFAME-SH-SH195Former AYSO players Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm, Olympic gold medalists and World Cup champions hold up their jerseys after being inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. 2007 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/58ba9-ls.jpglshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c11bc-hansteam1966.jpghansteam1966Hans Stierle poses with his Torrance AYSO team in 1966. (Credit: John Sloway via Torrance Historical Society's Torrance Historian newsletter)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d021-bzm_jn6cqaajzbi.jpgBzm_jn6CQAAjzbiLandon Donovan during his 1990s AYSO days in Ontario, California. (Credit: AYSO Region 94 La Habra via Twitter)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f81b4-ayso.boys_.jpgAYSO.boysKaleb James, 5, eyes distant goal as he dribbles ball during opening day of AYSO soccer at new Field of Dreams soccer complex in San Pedro in September 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/088bc-aysoseal.jpgAYSOsealHans Stierle designed the AYSO logo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33da4-0702_nws_tdb-l-nationalgames19.jpg0702_NWS_TDB-L-NATIONALGAMES19Thousands of soccer players and supporters during the opening ceremonies of AYSO National Games at the StubHub Center in Carson. July 1, 2014. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2018-11-03T00:38:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/10/27/the-islands-of-l-a-harbor-mormon-island-and-smiths-island/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/93097-newnewmap.jpgnewnewmapThis undated map illustrates the changes the harbor underwent to become the present day Port of Los Angeles. (Credit: Los Angeles DWP Photo Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8c5b7-1921photo.jpg1921photoBoth "islands" are attached to the mainland in this erial view of San Pedro Harbor from 1921. Smith's Island is at lower left, a still-underdeveloped Mormon Island at center left, and Terminal Island at right. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Security Pacific National Bank) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03f71-googlemapislands2.jpggooglemapislands2The inner harbor as presently configured. (Credit: Google Maps, Oct. 2018)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e457a-bosis.jpgbosisMartha E. Boschke and her family, some members of whom can be seen in this undated photo, lived in this house on Boschke's Island and later on Rattlesnake Island (later Terminal Island) in San Pedro Bay from 1875 to 1928. (Credit: UCLA Photo Archive, Los Angeles Times Photo Collection) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aeccb-coastline_change.jpgCoastline_ChangeThis undated map illustrates the changes the harbor underwent to become the present day Port of Los Angeles. (Credit: Los Angeles DWP Photo Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3de7f-la_harbor_1921.jpgLA_Harbor_1921Both "islands" are attached to the mainland in this erial view of San Pedro Harbor from 1921. Smith's Island is at lower left, a still-underdeveloped Mormon Island at center left, and Terminal Island at right. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Security Pacific National Bank) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9357-martha.jpgmarthaMartha Boschke, wife of Albert A. Boschke. Undated. (Courtesy of Sherie Drew via Portlaarchives blog)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/14fc7-mormonmonumenttxt.jpgmormonmonumenttxtMonument erected by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1981 in Wilmington. (Oct. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1df2a-smithsis.jpgsmithsisMap circa 1890 shows the two inner islands, Smith's highlighted in purple and Mormon just to its right, behind the unlabeled Rattlesnake Island. Credit: Materials Testing Library Photograph Collection, Los Angeles Harbor Department Historical Archives)2018-10-27T00:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/10/20/the-islands-of-l-a-harbor-dead-mans-island-and-rattlesnake-island/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c33e7-remnant_of_dead_mans_island.jpgRemnant_of_Dead_Mans_IslandSailors look out on Dead Man's Island in San Pedro Harbor, much reduced in size, in this undated photo. The island had been removed completely by 1929. (Credit: Los Angeles Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/261c8-dead_mans_island.jpgDead_Mans_IslandUndated photo shows portion of breakwater connecting Terminal Island to Dead Man' Island, upper right. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library, Security Pacific National Bank Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/39478-lloydonisland.jpglloydonislandCast members from the silent Harold Lloyd short, "Lonesome Luke's Wild Women" (1917), on Dead Man's Island during filming. (Credit: silentlocations.com website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/21f5a-googlemapterminal.jpggooglemapterminalTerminal Island as currently configured, center. Reservation Point is at far lower left, at mouth of harbor. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/89344-tn00-transport06-jg.jpgBanning MuseumRattlesnake Island's origianal shape is overlaid in lighted outline over current Terminal Island shape in an exhibit at the Banning Museum in Wilmington, Calif. on August 10, 2011. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed38e-view_of_early_san_pedro.jpgView_of_early_San_PedroView looking over a portion of San Pedro, toward Dead Man's Island. Building at extreme left is the Southern Pacific depot. In the distance is a dredge at work along the breakwater. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library, Security Pacific National Bank Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/722b3-view_of_dead_mans_island.jpgView_of_Dead_Mans_IslandClose-up photo of Dead Man's Island, 1908. (Credit: San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d030-txu-pclmaps-topo-ca-san_pedro-1894-copy.jpgtxu-pclmaps-topo-ca-san_pedro-1894 - CopyTopographic map detail from 1894 shows Rattlesnake and Dead Man's islands. (Credit: California Topographic Maps, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Libraries) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bd614-terminal_island_bath_house.jpgTerminal_Island_bath_housePanoramic view of the beach and bath house on Terminal Island , with people playing in the surf. A sign for the Terminal Bar is at the far end of the bath house. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library, Security Pacific National Bank Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7fab8-spdead3.jpgSPDead3Undated postcard shows a closer view of Dead Man's Island topography.2018-10-20T02:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/10/13/relocation-during-world-war-ii-changed-everything-for-japanese-americans/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f813-512px-442_regimental_combat_team-1.jpg512px-442_regimental_combat_teamJapanese-American infantrymen of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team hike up a muddy French road in the Chambois Sector, France, in late 1944. (Credit: Army Center for Military History file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/88e4a-512px-442_regimental_combat_team.jpg512px-442_regimental_combat_teamJapanese-American infantrymen of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team hike up a muddy French road in the Chambois Sector, France, in late 1944. (Credit: Army Center for Military History file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f2922-mamorueto.jpgmamoruetoThe first redress checks, accompanied by special letters from President George H.W. Bush, were presented on October 9, 1990 in a special ceremony held in the Great Hall of the U.S. Department of Justice. 107-year-old Mamoru Eto receives hi check and letter. (Credit: Courtesy of Department of Justice, Office of Redress Administration) DATE October 9, 1990https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d592d-769px-san_pedro_california._a_caravan_of_74_cars_plus_many_military_vehicles_at_west_seventh_and_south_._._._-_nara_-_536780.jpg769px-San_Pedro,_California._A_caravan_of_74_cars_plus_many_military_vehicles,_at_West_Seventh_and_South_._._._-_NARA_-_536780A caravan of 74 cars plus many military vehicles at West Seventh and South Pacific streets in San Pedro, as evacuees of Japanese ancestry leave for assembly center at Arcadia, California. April 5, 1942. Photo by Clem Albers. (Credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1cce0-782px-san_pedro_california._evacuees_of_japanese_ancestry_waiting_for_the_train_which_will_take_them_to_._._._-_nara_-_536003.jpg782px-San_Pedro,_California._Evacuees_of_Japanese_ancestry_waiting_for_the_train_which_will_take_them_to_._._._-_NARA_-_536003Evacuees of Japanese ancestry in San Pedro waiting for the train which will take them to an assembly center from where they will later be transferred to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration. April 5, 1942. Photo by Clem Albers. (Credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c526-cityofficialsfeb42.jpgcityofficialsfeb42Torrance Herald, Feb. 12, 1942, Page 4-A. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11755-countymap.jpgcountymapDistribution of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles County, 1940. Based on Census data. (Credit: Removal and Return: The Socio-Economic Effects of the War on Japanese Americans, 1949. See: Sources)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e184d-vacatedfarms21242.jpgvacatedfarms21242Torrance Herald, Feb. 12, 1942, Page 5-A. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2971-japanese_leaving_san_pedro.jpgJapanese_leaving_San_Pedrohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c0185-japanesepvcops.jpgjapanesepvcopsPolice officials await the evacuation of Japanese American residents on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in this 1942 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News)2020-03-19T08:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/10/06/the-point-vicente-lighthouse-has-illuminated-the-coast-since-1926/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9ae0c-tod-wierd41.jpgTOD-WIERD41The Point Vicente lighthouse in Rancho Palos Verdes is one of the best known landmarks in the South Bay. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e97c6-pointvicente.0131.sv_-1.jpgAerials185.JPGAerial view of Point Vicente lighthouse looking southeast in 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b9400-lana_turner_undated_lighthouse_ca._1940s.pngLana_Turner_undated_lighthouse_ca._1940sActress Lana Turner makes a publicity appearance at the Point Vicente lighthouse in 1941. (Credit: U.S. Coast Guard)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/75939-lighthouse-7.jpeglighthouse. 2000 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)Spiral staircase that leads to the top of the Point Vicente lighthouse. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02ec5-nws_aerials-110.jpgNWS_Aerials-110.JPGPoint Vicente lighthouse and grounds. 2004 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8c9ec-nws-spy26.jpgNWS-SPY26The Point Vicente lighthouse on the barren Palos Verdes Peninsula in a photo believed to have been taken in the late 1920s, soon after its 1926 construction. (Credit: Palos Verdes Library Local History Room)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5bc41-pointvicente.0131.sv_.jpgAerials185.JPGAerial view of Point Vicente lighthouse looking southeast in 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34ef7-tn03-whaleday-sh14.jpgTN03-whaleDay-sh14Visitors line up to tour the Point Vicente lighthouse at the 2012 Whale of a Day event at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center in Rancho Palos Verdes. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ee645-uscgpointvicente.jpgUSCGpointvicenteUndated photo, probably from the late 1920s, shows the newly constructed Point Vicente lighthouse. (Credit: U.S. Coast Guard)2018-10-06T00:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/09/29/no-south-bay-history-blog-post-this-week-3/2018-09-29T01:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/09/21/ap-shopping-bag-jim-dandy-just-a-few-of-departed-past-grocery-chains/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a41e0-foodgiantad.jpgfoodgiantadFood Giant ad for 190th St. store grand opening in Torrace. Torrance Press, Sept. 8, 1958, Page 3. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba114-ap1950ad.jpgap1950adA&P ad. Torrance Herald, Nov. 9. 1950, Page 15. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6942-jimdandy52photo.jpgjimdandy52photoThe new Jim Dandy market at Torrance and Crenshaw boulevards readies for its grand opening. Torrance Herald, July 17, 1952, Page 16. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26555-vonshoppingbag.jpgvonshoppingbagPortion of Vons and Shopping Bag ad from the Torrance Herald, July 14, 1960, Page 8. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cbf1-thriftimartpanel.jpgthriftimartpanelExecutives prepare for Thriftimart's opening in Harbor City in 1957. Torrance Herald, Dec. 19, 1957, Page 33. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26809-rothsrendition8350.jpgrothsrendition8350Portion of a Roth's Market ad for its downtown Torrance grand opening. Torrance Herald, Aug. 3, 1950, Page 5. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/98590-jimdandy1952pic.jpgjimdandy1952picThe groundbreaking for JIm Dandy's store at Torrance and Crenshaw boulevard. Torrance Press, Sept. 27, 1951, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24f7a-hughes1967.jpghughes1967Chain founder Joseph Hughes, second from left, at the groundbreaking for the Hughes Market at Hawthorne Blvd. and Crest Road in RPV. Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Oct. 25, 1967, Page 3. (Credit: Palos Verdes Peninsula News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed01b-damage_by_waves_in_redondo_beach.jpgDamage_by_waves_in_Redondo_BeachOnlookers check out floodwater in front of the Redondo Beach Mayfair Market during a heavy storm in 1953. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/204d1-ap-logo.pngA&P Logo2018-09-21T20:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/09/15/san-pedros-sunken-city-began-with-shifting-earth-in-1929/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4a381-sunkenpostcard.jpgsunkenpostcard1931 photo postcard shows damage from cracks in the earth in the Sunken City area. Houses from George Peck development in background. (Credit: California State Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e047e-sunken1940.jpgsunken1940Sunken City in the aftermath of an earthquake in December of 1940. (Credit: San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/956f3-sunkenwayinsam.jpgsunkenwayinsamThe end of the iron fence near Point Fermin Park is a popular entry point for Sunken City trespassers. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f1eb8-sunkenkirby2.jpgsunkenkirby2Late afternoon sun casts shadows on Sunken City in San Pedro. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3faa9-sunkengatesam.jpgsunkengatesamThe iron fence at the end of Paseo del Mar in San Pedro is clearly posted to discourage trespassing. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5657c-geologist_investigate_mysterious_heat_point_fermin.jpgGeologist_investigate_mysterious_heat_Point_FerminGuy D. Donald, district city engineer, is pictured holding his hand over one of two vents in the earth through which warm air streams and on cold mornings, vaporizes, appearing like steam. The land at the left is stationary, while that at right is moving seaward and downward between 1 1/2 and 3 inches a month. March 2, 1932 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33df5-earth_ready_to_topple_at_point_fermin.jpgEarth_ready_to_topple_at_Point_FerminTwo hundred tons of earth at Point Fermin are shown ready to topple into the sea at San Pedro. Photo: February 17, 1941. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2f581-0505_nws_tdb-l-sunkencity-smc116-1.jpg0505_NWS_TDB-L-SUNKENCITY-SMc116 No trespassing signs have little effect at Sunken City in San Pedro in this photo from May 3, 2015. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/55ff8-0505_nws_tdb-l-sunkencity-smc116.jpg0505_NWS_TDB-L-SUNKENCITY-SMc116The landslide area near Pt. Fermin in San Pedro, known as Sunken City, is filled with people on a Sunday morning despite being off-limits. Sunday, May 03, 2015, San Pedro, CA. No trespassing signs have little effect. Photo by Steve McCrank/Staff Photographerhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/497e3-0110_nws_tdb-l-sunkencity-01101.jpg0110_NWS_TDB-L-SUNKENCITY-01101The Sunken City landslide area near Point Fermin is filled with people on a Sunday morning despite being off-limits. May 03, 2015. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2018-09-15T01:50:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/09/08/meet-milton-kauffman-whose-company-built-thousands-of-houses-in-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/451d6-storybookroom.jpgstorybookroomA typical master bedroom in the Southwest Knolls development in Torrance. Torrance Press, April 15, 1954, Page 3. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c09d-southwoodad.jpgsouthwoodadSouthwood ad trumpets other Kauffman-Wilson developments. Torrance Press, Aug. 18, 1955, Page 10. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1e9e0-southwestparkaerial.jpgsouthwestparkaerialAerial photo looking southwest from the intersection of Hawthorne Blvd., lower left, and 190th St., lower right, shows Southwest Park homes under construction in 1955. (Credit: CSUDH, South Bay History Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6e24a-southwestparkad.jpgsouthwestparkadSouthwest Park ad. Torrance (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8fcd-southwestknolls.jpgsouthwestknollsThe first unit of the Southwood development is under construction in this 1955 aerial view looking north from Sepulveda Blvd. (bottom). (Credit: CSUDH, South Bay History Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c34f2-southwestestateshouse.jpgsouthwestestateshouseOne of the Kauffman-Wilson home styles in the Southwest Estates development. Torrance Prese, April 26, 1956, Page 17. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01275-southchesterad.jpgsouthchesteradUnadated ad for the Southchester Gardens development aimed at returning veterans. (Credit: Don Wilson Builders website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3e39c-labeledaerial.jpglabeledaerialhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/44c81-kauffmanmug.jpgkauffmanmugMilton Kauffmanhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34178-fourguyspic.jpgfourguyspicClockwise, from top left: Don Wilson, Charles M. Crawford (pointing), James P. Bradley, Milton Kauffman. Click to enlarge. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)2018-09-08T00:42:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/09/01/clark-stadium-has-served-hermosa-beachs-recreation-needs-since-1937/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0e2cc-clarkbldginterior.jpgclarkbldginteriorThe Clark Building has been used for club meetings, classes and community events over the years. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c1207-pickleblallers.jpgpickleblallersEven at midday on a weekday, action continues at the pickleball courts at Clark Stadium in Hermosa Beach. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1da8f-clarktile.jpgclarktileHistorical Landmark tile on the Clark Building. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5547-clarkbldgmain.jpgclarkbldgmainThe Clark Building in Hermosa Beach was dedicated in 1937. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f45f2-clarkbaseball.jpgclarkbaseballThe main baseball field at Clark Stadium in Hermosa Beach. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d57d-clarkfieldsign.jpgclarkfieldsignThe stands behind home plate at Clark Stadium's baseball field. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/923c3-clarkgooglemap.jpgclarkgooglemapClark Stadium in Hermosa Beach. At right of ballfield, from top, basketball court, pickleball and tennis courts, lawn bowling green and the Clark Building. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4cc23-clarkllbign.jpgclarkllbignHermosa Beach Little League has played at Clark Stadium for 67 years. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/414d4-hblawnbowlpostcard.jpghblawnbowlpostcard1964 postcard shows the lawn bowling green in use at Clark Stadium in Hermosa Beach. The main ballfield can be seen at rear.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/13639-nws_lawnbowl.0301.4.jpgNWS_LawnBowl.0301.4Hermosa Beach Lawn Bowling Club competitors in action in a 2005 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-02-15T01:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/08/25/san-pedros-marine-mammal-care-center-a-byproduct-of-marinelands-demise/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/617b9-birdcarecenter.jpgbirdcarecenterA California brown pelican nears readiness for release from the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center in San Pedro after being cleaned and rehabilitated. (July 2015 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/346d2-sealiontoocute.jpgsealiontoocuteA sea lion pup relaxes while recuperating at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro on May 17, 2013. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a52b-sealionsinpool.jpgsealionsinpoolSea lions frolic at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro while recovering from various injuries suffered in the wild. (Dec. 2009 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d914a-sealionrelease.jpgsealionreleaseMembers of the Marine Mammal Care Center release several rehabilitated sea lions on May 30, 2013, with students from South Shores Elementary School as an audience. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a34ad-carecenterext.jpgcarecenterextThe Marine Mammal Care Center opened in San Pedro in October 1992. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/80c7b-mmmcexterior.jpgmmmcexteriorhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6fdaa-mmcliontank.jpgmmcliontankSea lions bask in the sun in one of the larger pens at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-08-25T01:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/08/18/the-long-road-to-manhattan-beachs-landmark-library/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/223c9-mblibrarycrowded.jpgmblibrarycrowdedOverall of the interior of the Manhattan Beach library, before it was torn down to make way for the new building. (June 2012 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/74e38-newlibinside2015.jpgnewlibinside2015The city of Manhattan Beach holds the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art library on May 1, 2015. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d2fa1-tn06-library2.jpgTN06-library2The Manhattan Beach library at 1320 Highland Ave. opened in 1975. 2008 file photo. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/79bab-newlibrary2015ext.jpgnewlibrary2015extThe glass walls of the Manhattan Beach library give it a striking profile. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eeca0-newlibinteriorquote.jpgnewlibinteriorquoteInterior wall at the Manhattan Beach library features quotes on reading. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6539d-mblibrary1957.jpgmblibrary1957The new Manhattan Beach library at 425 15th Street in 1957. (Credit: County of Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/943a3-mblib1957clip.jpgmblib1957clipMira Costa students in front of the new library on 15th Street. Daily Breeze, June 6, 1957, Page 3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d880-mbfirtlibrary.jpgmbfirtlibraryManhattan Beach's first librarian Mrs. A. C. Conner in front of the Neptunian Club library circa 1913. (Credit: Manhattan Beach Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9292-manheights64clip.jpgmanheights64clipThe new Manhattan Heights branch building. Daily Breeze, Aug. 8, 1964, Page 3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c722a-0313_nws_tdb-l-library.jpg0313_NWS_TDB-L-LIBRARYArtist rendering of the City of Manhattan Beach branch of the County of Los Angeles Public Library. (Daily Breeze file photo)2018-08-18T00:42:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/08/11/airplane-enthusiasts-can-pick-their-spots-at-lax/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fb48f-tn00-theme-sh-472.jpgTN00-THEME-sh-472Rep. Maxine Waters pulls away the ribbon as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa makes the cut to unveil the opening of the observation deck at the Theme Building at LAX on July 10, 2010. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6c159-spottersclutters.jpg-L-PLANESPOTTINGPlane spotters, from left, Mark Ollier, Endaf Buckley and Julian Elnasser, shoot photos of a jet taking off from LAX from a vantage point in Clutter Park in El Segundo on Sunday, January 3, 2016. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4304d-laxobservationdeck2002.jpgLAXobservationdeck2002A jetliner lands at LAX behind the Theme Building. The center area below the plane is the observation deck area which was closed for security reasons from 2001 until 2010. (Daily Breeze staff file photo, April 2002) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4bfa2-innoutplaneshot.jpginnoutplaneshotA Southwest jetliner roars over the small park across from In-N-Out Burger in Westchester as it prepares to land. (August 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c9d46-innoutitself.jpginnoutitselfThe Westchester In-N-Out Burger offers close-up views of aircraft landing at LAX. (August 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4404c-innoutbitchenplane.jpginnoutbitchenplaneAn Air France jetliner roars over the small park across from In-N-Out Burger in Westchester as it prepares to land. (August 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c7be9-clutterplaque.jpgclutterplaqueA plaque honors former El Segundo councilman Jim Clutter at the Clutter Park LAX observation area. (August 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-08-11T02:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/08/04/miss-maggie-created-an-education-powerhouse-on-the-peninsula/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6eafc-mommie-dearest-movie-poster-print_28836032.jpegmommie-dearest-movie-poster-print_28836032https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/694be-twingrave.jpgtwingraveThe Chadwicks are buried side by side in Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes. (August 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fcede-chadwicksportrait.jpgchadwicksportraitLt. Commander Joseph H. Chadwick and his wife Margaret Lee Chadwick. Undated photo. (Credit: Chadwick School)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4d888-chadwicksign.jpgchadwicksignEntrance to Chadwick School on Academy Road. (August 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a2f8c-chadwicklogo.jpgchadwicklogohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7a83-chadwickdrone2016.jpgchadwickdrone2016Aerial view of the Chadwick School campus. 2016 photo. (Credit: Chadwick School)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/76516-anseltennis.jpganseltennisPhotographer Ansel Adams captured this tennis match in progress in 1941. (Credit: Chadwick School)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1dcf7-chadwick1950.jpgChadwick School in 1950. (Daily Breeze file photo)Chadwick School sits atop a barren Palos Verdes Peninula hillside in 1950. (Daily Breeze file photo)2018-08-04T01:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/07/28/cinema-meets-miniature-golf-at-hawthornes-plaza-theater/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0eb95-plazawithsign.jpgplazawithsignEntrance and marquee of the abandoned and boarded up Plaza Theater in Hawthorne. Photo dated April 23, 1971, four month before the theater was demolished. The tower was added after the original building was erected. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f0086-plazainteriorpic.jpgplazainteriorpicRemnants of cover drapes in front of the decorated asbestos curtain at the abandoned Plaza Theater in Hawthorne. Photo taken April 23, 1971. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f302-plazatheatermain.jpegplazatheatermainExterior view of the Mission Revival style Plaza Theater, located at 12788 Hawthorne Blvd. in Hawthorne. This image captures the theater's grand opening on November 28, 1927, as indicated by information on the marquee. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d07d-00073962.jpg00073962https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ef29b-tdb-l-hawthornemall-0213-64.jpgTDB-L-HAWTHORNEMALL-0213-64Two boys walk past the Hawthorne Plaza parking garage. The mall has been vacant since 1999, despite the owner's promises to develop it. (2018 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6074b-plazatowervertical.jpgplazatowerverticalEntrance and marquee of the abandoned and boarded up Plaza Theater in Hawthorne. Photo dated April 23, 1971, four month before the theater was demolished. The tower was added after the original building was erected. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0612c-plazatheater1.jpgplazatheater1Exterior view of the Mission Revival style Plaza Theater, located at 12788 Hawthorne Blvd. in Hawthorne. This image captures the theater's grand opening on November 28, 1927, as indicated by information on the marquee. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/60565-plazainterior.jpgplazainteriorRemnants of cover drapes in front of the decorated asbestos curtain at the abandoned Plaza Theater in Hawthorne. Photo taken April 23, 1971. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9d4b-plaza2.jpgplaza2Undated photo shows the Plaza Theater in Hawthorne after it closed in 1964. (Credit: Cougartown website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09d91-googleplaza.jpggoogleplazaArea outlined in red show the Hawthorne Plaza site. The Plaza Theater was located on its southern end. (Credit: Google Maps)2019-02-15T01:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/07/21/living-with-the-newport-inglewood-fault/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4f7ed-comptonquake33.jpgcomptonquake33Downtown Compton buinesses were hit hard by the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01667-sfquake1906-1.jpgsfquake1906https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ace2-howardjewlers.jpghowardjewlersDebris lies on Cabrillo Avenue in Torrance following the magnitude-4.8 earthaquake of Nov. 14, 1941. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a13dc-inglewoodhotel1920-1.jpginglewoodhotel1920The Inglewood Hotel (right) with exposed rooms following the earthquake on June 21, 1920. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5a540-jeffersonlongbeach33.jpgjeffersonlongbeach33Jefferson Junior High School in Long Beach after damage from the 1933 earthquake. (Long Beach Press-Telegram file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8b830-curbedfaultmap.jpgcurbedfaultmapRed arrows indicate the path of the Newport-Inglewood Fault. (Credit: California Dept. of Conervation via Curbed Lo Angeles website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f939d-torrancehigh.jpgtorrancehighScaffolding can be seen in this 1935 photo of the main Torrance High School building, undergoing retrofitting following the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69e98-00019944.jpg00019944https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/484ba-sfquake1906.jpgsfquake1906https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b3c46-pn10-earthquake231.jpgPN10-EARTHQUAKE231File photograph of the 1933 earthquake that struck the Long Beach and Compton Area. Rose and Anaheim Avenues, Long Beach2018-07-21T00:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/07/14/tracking-the-history-of-the-olympic-velodrome-in-carson/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/68934-googleaerialvelo.jpeggoogleaerialveloThe indoor Velo Sports Center, bottom center. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a2da8-blimp.aerials.42.jpgBLIMP.AERIALS.42The StubHub Center complex in February 2017. (Daily Breeze staff file photo) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/99f64-2001.08.09-site.jpgaerials207The Olympic Velodrome in Carson, center, would be replaced by the Home Depot Center two years after this 2001 aerial photo was taken. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d510d-default.jpgdefaultBulldozers work on grading the site for the new Olympic Velodrome on the CSUDH campus in Carson. Undated photo circa 1981. (Credit: CSUDH Photograph Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5e0a1-lollapalooza94.jpglollapalooza94https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5772c-olympic-velodrome.jpgOlympic VelodromeCyclists cross the finish line at the velodrome in Carson in this September 1984 race following the Olympics. (Daily Breeze File Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b442a-taz128-2.jpgTAZ128-2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6f070-tn02-cycling-sv-231.jpgTN02-Cycling-SV-231Cyclists compete in the 2009 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships at the indoor velodrome in 2009. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5db76-velodrome.030602.khz_.jpgVelodrome.030602.KHZConstruction workers stand inside the Olympic Velodrome at CSU Dominguez Hills in Carson during the demolition process on March 6, 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49968-velodromeinterior.jpgVelodromeinteriorThe interior of the Olympic Velodrome at the California State Dominguez Hills campus in March 2000. (Daily Breeze file photo)2018-07-14T01:57:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/07/07/how-torrances-municipal-plunge-got-its-name/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c9305-bensteadplaque.jpgbensteadplaque(Photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ceb7b-googlepicplunge.jpggooglepicplungeAerial view of the Benstead Plunge. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c9177-newpoolpeekin.jpgnewpoolpeekinAll four public high schools in Torrance are served by the school district's new aquatics center. (June 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af675-poolwithsign.jpgpoolwithsignThe TUSD aquatic center was dedicated in March 2018. (June 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d347-gayewilsonpic.jpeggayewilsonpicMiss Torrance poses for a publicity photo at the new pool. Torrance Herald, Aug. 9, 1956, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d3101-bidadtut1952.jpgbidadtut1952Portion of Torrance Unified Taxpayers ad endorsing the "BID" ticket. Torrance Herald, April 6, 1952, Page 9. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9fd73-newbensteadmug.jpegnewbensteadmugVictor E. Bensteadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56230-selectmain.jpgselectmainThe Torrance municipal plunge opened in 1956. (Photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-07-07T00:34:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/06/30/paul-conrads-barbed-editorial-cartoons-landed-him-on-president-nixons-enemies-list/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b768-tl30-conrad-smc042.jpgTL30-Conrad-SMc042Paul Conrad, 85, is a retired Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist of the Los Angeles Times. An exhibition of his work, including his sculptures, is currently showing at the Palos Verdes Art Center..April 21, 2010. Photo by Steve McCrankhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aac16-tl30-conrad-smc049.jpgTL30-Conrad-SMc049Paul Conrad at an exhibition of his work, including his sculptures at the Palos Verdes Art Center in April 2010. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)Phttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/35086-paul_conrad.jpgPaul_ConradPaul Conrad at work. (Undated file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eb201-p1030954.jpgP1030954Paul Conrad's distinctive signature adorns his grave marker at Green Hills Memorial Park. (June 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc049-olcon.jpgOlConPaul Conrad. Undated file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7bdb6-film_top.jpgfilm_tophttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/366ce-conrad5367pic.jpegconrad5367picPaul Conrad at an arts fair at Villa Narcissa. Palos Verdes News, May 3, 1967, Page 21. (Credit: Palos Verdes News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4785c-conrad0010.jpgConrad00101985 Paul Conrad cartoon. (Credit: Conrad cartoons are used with permission of the Conrad estate)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03587-ap_831413201198.jpgSculpture SquabbleIn this 2012,file photo, a photographer takes a picture of "Chain Reaction," a sculpture by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad, that is displayed in front of the Civic Center in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f4e74-716647_220w_1.jpeg716647_220w_1Paul Conrad. Undated file photo.2018-06-30T00:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/06/23/mayflower-ballroom-patrons-could-have-danced-all-night-during-clubs-heyday/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8db1c-googlemap.jpggooglemap(Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9442c-tanners.jpegtannersBrothers Don and Slim performed together at the Mayflower Ballroom for 23 years. The Tanner Brothers Orchestra, pictured in March 2006 (left to right): Byron Long (piano), Slim Tanner (bass), Don Tanner (drums), Mike McGuffey (trumpet), John Bambridge (sax), Johnny Rotella (sax), and Bob Efford (sax). (Photo courtesy Slim Tanner via AFM 47 website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11097-tannerbros-4.jpgtannerbrosBrothers Don and Slim performed together at the Mayflower Ballroom for 23 years. The Tanner Brothers Orchestra, pictured in March 2006 (left to right): Byron Long (piano), Slim Tanner (bass), Don Tanner (drums), Mike McGuffey (trumpet), John Bambridge (sax), Johnny Rotella (sax), and Bob Efford (sax). (Photo courtesy Slim Tanner via AFM 47 website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/21d85-tannerbros-3.jpgtannerbrosBrothers Don and Slim performed together at the Mayflower Ballroom for 23 years. The Tanner Brothers Orchestra, pictured in March 2006 (left to right): Byron Long (piano), Slim Tanner (bass), Don Tanner (drums), Mike McGuffey (trumpet), John Bambridge (sax), Johnny Rotella (sax), and Bob Efford (sax). (Photo courtesy Slim Tanner via AFM 47 website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af57e-tannerbros-2.jpgtannerbrosBrothers Don and Slim performed together at the Mayflower Ballroom for 23 years. The Tanner Brothers Orchestra, pictured in March 2006 (left to right): Byron Long (piano), Slim Tanner (bass), Don Tanner (drums), Mike McGuffey (trumpet), John Bambridge (sax), Johnny Rotella (sax), and Bob Efford (sax). (Photo courtesy Slim Tanner via AFM 47 website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/799ee-tannerbros-1.jpgtannerbrosBrothers Don and Slim performed together at the Mayflower Ballroom for 23 years. The Tanner Brothers Orchestra, pictured in March 2006 (left to right): Byron Long (piano), Slim Tanner (bass), Don Tanner (drums), Mike McGuffey (trumpet), John Bambridge (sax), Johnny Rotella (sax), and Bob Efford (sax). (Photo courtesy Slim Tanner via AFM 47 website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6610-tannerbros.jpgtannerbroshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d1d24-mayflowerpic-1.jpgMayflowerpicThe Mayflower Ballroom on Hindry Ave. in Inglewood. Undated photo. (Credit: Rusty Frank website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6caa4-ballroomc-13-1.jpgBallroomc-13Undated photo shows the interior of the Mayflower Ballroom. (Credit: Rusty Frank website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/40fca-mayfloweraerial.jpgmayfloweraerial(Credit: Google Maps)2018-06-23T00:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/06/16/cities-find-fourth-of-july-fireworks-decisions-can-have-explosive-ramifications/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e588e-tn06-wildart-fireworks-smc.jpgTN06-Wildart-Fireworks-SMcSpectators watch the Briles family's privately funded fireworks shows from Paseo Del Mar in Palos Verdes Estates on July 4, 2010. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/110d6-0705_nws_tdb-l-fireworks-142-trc.jpg0705_NWS_TDB-L-FIREWORKS-142-TRCHundreds gather at Cabrillo Beach for fireworks in San Pedro on July 4, 2014. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf6fe-skyrockets.jpegskyrocketsPalos Verdes News ad, June 16, 1949, Page 2. (Credit: Palos Verdes News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1779e-tn05-fourth-sv-0094.jpgTN05-Fourth-SV-0094Families gather at Wilson Park for the 30th July 4th celebration in Torrance in 2010. Families gather in the early afternoon to picnic, listen to music and wait for the fireworks. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0057f-tn05-fireworkshow5.jpgTN05-FireworkShow5Lasers and fireworks light up the July 4th sky during the Redondo Beach Fireworks Show at Seaside Lagoon. The event included live music, Mad Science booths, face painting and fun tattoos. Bruce Hazelton/Staff Photographer 7/4/07https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fffd7-tn04-wildart-fourthjuly-sh434.jpgTN04-WildArt-fourthJuly-SH434Fireworks stand operating on Hawthorne Boulevard in Lawndale on July 3, 2012. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a938b-pvnswimclub63.jpegpvnswimclub63Palos Verdes News, June 27, 1963, Page 1. (Credit Palos Verdes News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/58848-nws.fireworksbust1.jpgNWS.FireworksBust1Redondo Beach police officer Cliff Dean dusts for fingerprints at the scene of a bust for illegal fireworks in a homowner's garage in North Redondo Beach in July 2006. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f907f-freefireworksad.jpgfreefireworksadTorrance Herald, June 29, 1939, Page 2-B. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c4a9f-4a46bd284fba233eab52936c5f4a3ba0.jpeg4a46bd284fba233eab52936c5f4a3ba0Ada Joan Hume, 20, helps unleash firecrackers at American Legion's annual Fourth of July show at Coliseum in this photo dated June 25, 1959. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library photo collection)2018-06-17T08:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/06/09/building-tennis-champions-at-the-jack-kramer-club-in-rolling-hills-estates/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f9121-4-26-97-11-wings-tennis.jpg4-26-97-11 WINGS-TENNIS #1Tennis legend Jack Kramer center, looks over a glass etching presented to him by Wings Founder Ann Baker, right, and actor Charlton Heston, left, as Kramer was inducted into the Wings Tennis Hall of Fame on April 26, 1997, at the Industry Hills Tennis Center. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/179e0-battle-of-the-sexes-poster-218x340-1.jpgBattle-of-the-Sexes-poster-218x340https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03f1e-kramerroadsign.jpgkramerroadsignThe Jack Kramer Club in Rolling Hills Estates. (June 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3fc5e-kramerentrance.jpgkramerentrancehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/04e63-kramerrender112262.jpgkramerrender112262Artist rendition shows the planned Jack Kramer Club in Rolling Hills Estates. From the Palos Verdes News, Nov. 22, 1962, Page 1. (Credit: Palos Verdes News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/edf1e-kramerpool61363.jpegkramerpool61363Jack Kramer, right, stands with .... in the 12-foot deep end of the unfinished swimming pool at the Jack Kramer Club in Rolling HIlls Estates. From the Palos Verdes News, June 13, 1963, Page 9. (Credit: Palos Verdes News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/976b4-kramergooglemap.jpgkramergooglemapThe Jack Kramer Club, center. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba2b6-kramerapwimbledon.jpgKramer Windsor GeorgeJack Kramer of the U.S. holds his trophy as he shakes hands with Princess Margaret Rose after winning the men's singles championship at Wimbledon, July 4, 1947. Almost hidden by the Princess is Queen Elizabeth, and King George is at center. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/acb74-kramerapplane.jpgJack KramerJack Kramer arrives at Orly Field in Paris on Sept. 8, 1958. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4e13a-kramerapleap.jpgPancho Segura, Francisco Segura, Bobby Riggs, Dinny Pails, Jack KramerFour outstanding tennis professionals leap a net at an indoor court in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 17, 1947, as they prepare for their forthcoming matches. From left: Pancho Segura of Ecuador; Bobby Riggs of the U.S.; Dinny Pails of Australia; and Jack Kramer, U.S. (AP Photo/Jacob Harris)2018-06-09T02:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/06/02/the-history-of-gardena-high-and-its-unusual-art-collection/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f9a29-ghs1936-e1527799022497.jpgghs1936Gardena High School in 1936, after the damage from the 1933 Long Beach earthquake had been repaired. This building, erected in 1923, later became Peary MIddle School. (Credit: Los Angeles Publlic Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/74270-untitled.jpegUntitledThe original Gardena High School building in 1909. (Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9dcd3-ghs1909-1.jpgghs1909The original Gardena High School building in 1909. (Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/962e4-1936artbook-1.jpg1936artbookhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01bf9-dixonpainting.jpgdixonpaintingThe Men of the Red Earth," by Maynard Dixon. (Donated by the Gardena High Class of 1944)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c9886-1936artbook.jpg1936artbookCover of 1936 report detailing the school's art collection.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6f42b-gardenahighartcollectionlibrary.jpggardenahighartcollectionlibraryThe Gardena High art collection on display in the school's library. Undated photo. (Credit: Gardena High School Art Collection website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ca4f4-exhibit2015.jpgexhibit2015Nine paintings from the Gardena High School art collection on display at the Autry National Center of the American West Museum in 2015. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/139df-gardenahigh1936.jpggardenahigh1936Gardena High School in 1936, after the damage from the 1933 Long Beach earthquake had been repaired. This building, erected in 1923, later became Peary MIddle School. (Credit: Los Angeles Publlic Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5289-gardenahighwires.jpggardenahighwiresGardena High School, 1301 W. 182nd St. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-06-02T00:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/05/26/the-big-bang-that-opened-up-the-palos-verdes-peninsula/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24216-dougsouthhillside.jpgdougsouthhillsideLooking south at the Douglas cut area of Palos Verdes Drive West, upper left. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f0b2f-1920spvmap.jpg1920spvmapUndated 1920s map shows the Coast Road map around the Peninsula. The darkened portion at bottom shows the 8-mile second segment completed after the Douglas cut roadway was finished. Note the Redondo-Wilmington Road at top. (Credit: The Palos Verdes Story, by Delane Morgan)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bf874-p1030885.jpgP1030885https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a202b-dougnorth2.jpgdougnorth2The Douglas cut hillside looking north on Palos Verdes Drive West. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8894-douglascutblast.jpgdouglascutblastThe explosion clearing the way for the Douglas cut drew thousands of spectators to the Bluff Cove area in 1923. (Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/716d4-douglasblast2.jpgdouglasblast2The 1923 explosion sent tons of rock and earth cascading down into the ocean at Bluff Cove. (Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/99eb7-coasthwyswerve1929.jpgcoasthwyswerve1929Portion of 1929 map shows Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) inland swing from Redondo Beach, bypassing the Peninsula. (Credit: Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, 1929)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/731c5-1926paradeofcars.jpg1926paradeofcarsThe August 1926 auto parade celebrating the opening of the Coast Road heads north toward Redondo Beach. (Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)2018-06-01T16:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/05/19/how-redondo-beachs-once-modest-veterans-memorial-grew-into-something-more/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bf108-vetsmemorialseal.jpegvetsmemorialsealhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/83958-oldvetssite.jpegoldvetssiteThe veterans memorial at Veterans Park in Sept. 2008, before the new memorial was built. (Credit: Redondo Beach Veterans Memorial Task Force)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49772-spmerchantmarine.jpgspmerchantmarineSan Pedro's Merchant Marine veterans memorial. (November 2016 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/37d58-pvememorialparklet.jpgpvememorialparkletThe Palos Verdes Estates Memorial Garden. (April 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ef3c2-inglewoodobelisk.jpginglewoodobeliskInglewood War Memorial Obelisk. (Nov. 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8d0a9-vetsvieweast.jpgvetsvieweastThe Redondo Beach Veterans Memorial, looking northwest at Veterans Park. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1f4be-vetsplaque1932.jpgvetsplaque1932Original plaque from the 1932 American Legion veterans memorial in Redondo Beach. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dabf0-vetsfromstairs.jpgvetsfromstairsView from the Veterans Memorial rotunda area in May 2018. (Photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dc44a-oldmemorialplaque.jpgoldmemorialplaqueWall at the Veterans Memorial in Redondo Beach includes plaques from the earlier version of the Memorial. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bd05c-entrysignvets.jpgentrysignvetsSign at northwest entrance to Veterans Park in Redondo Beach. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-05-19T01:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/05/12/san-pedros-cabrillo-beach-bathhouse-blossoms-again-after-hard-times/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/92a34-cabrillostatue.jpgcabrillostatueThis statue of Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo by sculptor Henry Lion was installed in front of the Cabrillo Beach Bathhouse in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration arts project. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e142-cabrillooption1.jpgcabrillooption1Cabrillo Beach Boathouse, main entrance. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f75a4-cabrilloaerial.jpgcabrilloaerialOuter Cabrillo Beach can be seen at right in this view of the Bathhouse. (May 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d0c2c-boathouse1928.jpegboathouse1928The old Cabrillo Beach Boathouse. Undated photo, ca. 1928. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03c7f-bathhouseupperfloor.jpgBathhouseupperfloorA refurbished second floor of the Cabrillo Beach Bathhouse now is being used for community meetings, wedding receptions, business luncheons and dance classes. (2002 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26151-bathhouseconstruction.jpgcabrillo bch bath house371Most of the exterior walls of the Cabrillo Beach Bathhouse have been removed as crews work to refurbish the beachfront building in this 2001 Daily Breeze staff file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9ed8a-bathhouseboathouse1932.jpegbathhouseboathouse1932Overall view of Cabrillo Beach shows the Boathouse, left, and the newly completed Bathhouse, right. Photo dated Sept. 14, 1932. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)2018-05-12T01:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/05/05/why-wilmington-once-had-its-own-city-hall/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/51de2-wilmington_municipal_buildingmodern.jpgWilmington_Municipal_BuildingmodernThe present-day Wilmington Municipal building at 544 N. Avalon Blvd. holds the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and Wilmington offices for Councilman Joe Buscaino and Supervisor Janice Hahn. 2008 photo. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab07d-wilmingtonmap1877.jpegwilmingtonmap1877Graphic map shows Wilmington in 1877. The Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad line can be seen at right of photo. (Credit: Bancroft Library, U.C. Berkeley. Graphic by Edwin S. Glover)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/630a1-wilmingtonharborold.jpegwilmingtonharboroldWilmington's harbor in 1870. A Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad train can be seen at right. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection. Photo by Godfrey Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9aacf-wilmingtoncityhall2.jpegwilmingtoncityhall2Another view of the Wilmington City Hall, with car parked at left. Undated photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public LIbrary Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24c56-wilmingtoncityhall1.jpegwilmingtoncityhall1Undated exterior photo of the Wilmington City Hall shows its distinctive columns and dome. (Credit: Los Angeles Public LIbrary Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/90bdb-libraryincityhall.jpeglibraryincityhallPart of the second floor of the Wilmington City Hall was used as the city's library. Undated photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public LIbrary Photo Collection)2018-05-05T01:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/04/28/fig-leaf-or-not-the-neptune-fountain-has-been-a-malaga-cove-icon-since-1930/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ecd45-copy-of-fontana_del_nettuno_bologna_-_night_view_2.jpgCopy of Fontana_del_Nettuno_(Bologna)_-_night_view_2The original Neptune Fountain in Bologna, Italy. 2008 photo. (Credit: James Steakley via Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5c544-winebrennerdrawing.jpegwinebrennerdrawingSculptor Harry Winebrenner's 1927 Neptune Fountain design played fast and loose with Malaga Cove Plaza's geography. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0c444-pvbulletinshot1930febv6n2.jpgpvbulletinshot1930febv6n2The Neptune Fountain in 1930 shortly after its installation in Malaga Cove Plaza. (Credit: Palos Verdes Bulletin, Feb. 1930 issue)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5362e-oldneptunebeforefall.jpgoldneptunebeforefallUndated photo circa 1968 shows the original Neptune statue. A close look reveals cracks in his lower legs and damage to the figure of a boy holding a dolphin, lower left. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d0e4b-neptuneheadless.jpgneptuneheadlessThe Neptune Fountain in late 1968, after the Neptune statue toppled and had to be removed. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6827-neptunededication.jpegneptunededicationDedication of the Neptune statue and fountain draws a crowd on Feb. 16, 1930. C. Herrick Hammond, President of the American Institute of Architects, left, addresses ceremony attendees. (Credit: Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4addf-neptunehorizmain.jpgneptunehorizmainThe Neptune statue and fountain serves as the centerpiece for Malaga Cove Plaza in Palos Verdes Estates. (April 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4be5a-neptunecloseup.jpgneptunecloseupThe statue of Neptune stands watch over Malaga Cove Plaza in Palos Verdes Estates. (April 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-04-28T00:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/04/21/lomitas-kuska-museum-housed-more-than-17-tons-of-historical-artifacts/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/61d41-meissenporcelainfacebook.jpgmeissenporcelainfacebook"The Good Life," the ornate painted Meissen porcelain piece from 1762, is one of many treasures in the Kuska collection. (Credit: Prairie Museum of Art and History Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/782e6-museumfacebookpic2015.jpgmuseumfacebookpic2015Nellie Kuska's collection is an important component of the Prairie Museum of Art and History in Colby, Kansas. (Credit: Prairie Museum of Art and History Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8b74e-museuminterior.jpgmuseuminteriorSchoolchildren tour the Kuska Museum in 1972 as Nellie Kuska looks on. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/42423-museummain.jpgmuseummainNellie and Joseph Kuska in front of the Kuska Museum in Lomita in 1972. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e4549-nelliechairclip.jpgnelliechairclipDaily Breeze clip, Nov. 19, 1961.2018-04-21T00:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/04/14/how-bookstores-became-an-endangered-species-in-the-south-bay-and-harbor-area/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db4a6-bandnnewselect.jpgbandnnewselectThe Barnes & Noble bookstore at Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance opened in 2002. (April 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/557ff-tb14-borders.jpgBorders bookstore in El Segundo. Photo by Brad Graverson 6-13-11The Borders bookstore in El Segundo, June 13, 2011. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab3ed-pagescloseup.jpgpagescloseupThe Pages bookstore in Manhattan Beach. (April 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c226d-davesoldebookshop.jpgdavesoldebookshopDave's Olde Book Shop on Artesia Blvd. in Redondo Beach. (April 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6fd09-sandpiper.jpgsandpiperSandpiper Books in Torrance has been in business since 1994, selling a mix of new and used books. (April 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/488ac-91chamberlain-booksigning.jpg'91Chamberlain BooksigningWilt Chamberlain at Crown Books at book signing session at Crown Books on Hawthorne Blvd. in Torrance in 1991. His book was called "A View From Above." (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/89bd0-074484c40025b67518215262c556f750.jpg074484c40025b67518215262c556f750Pickwick Bookshops bookmark.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6cf54-pn09-acres02dj.jpgPN09-ACRES02DJBertrand Smith's massive Acres of Books in Long Beach officially closed in 2008. (Press-Telegram file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11597-rhodensad53.jpegrhodensad53Palos Verdes News ad, Oct. 22, 1953, Page 12.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c965f-shorebirdad63.jpegshorebirdad63Palos Verdes News ad, May 2, 1963, Page 46.2018-04-14T00:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/04/07/haggertys-is-a-popular-south-bay-surfing-spot-but-who-was-haggerty/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1b31e-pvbulletinlivingroom928.jpegpvbulletinlivingroom928The living room of the Haggarty residence in 1928. (Credit: Palos Verdes Bulletin, September 1928)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/76859-pvbulletin928.jpegpvbulletin928Main entrance to the Haggarty residence. 1928 photo. (Credit: Palos Verdes Bulletin, September 1928)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25589-maincliff1.jpgmaincliff1The Neighborhood Church sits on a bluff above Haggerty's, a popular surf break. (April 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eeacf-mainoption2great.jpgmainoption2greatThe Neighborhood Church in Palos Verdes Estates formerly was the beach home of J.J. Haggarty. (April 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71f8f-jjhaggarty.jpegjjhaggartyJ.J. Haggarty. Undated. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b4de0-haggartysbhtore.jpeghaggartysbhtoreHaggarty's clothing store on Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly HIlls. 1952 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/23aac-haggartyexterior1928.jpeghaggartyexterior1928The Haggarty residence dominates the coastline in this undated photo, probably circa 1928. (Credit: Palos Verdes Library Local History Digital Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25275-googlemappic.jpeggooglemappic(Credit: Google Maps)2018-04-07T00:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/03/31/western-museum-of-flight-in-torrance-grew-out-of-an-aircraft-restoration-project/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8b29b-museumclipper.jpgmuseumclipperDaily Breeze clipping, Nov. 11, 1980, Page A3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/42771-interiorselect.jpginteriorselectInterior of the Western Museum of Flight at the Torrance Municipal Airport. (March 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/de53e-harrierap8a.jpgharrierap8aA Hawker Siddeley Harrier AV-8A British V/STOL ground attack and reconaissance developed in the 1960s on exhibit at the Western Museum of Flight in Torrance. (March 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/57574-exterior-1.jpgexteriorThe Western Museum of Flight opened in Torrance in 2007. (March 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5dba6-exterior.jpgexteriorhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0973d-tn30-towplane10.jpgTN30-towplane10A Northrop F-5 jet fighter makes its way toward the Western Museum of Flight at Torrance Municpal Airport in October 2007. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6a38c-nws-aviationmuseum.jpgNWS-aviationmuseumA P-51 Mustang is among the aircraft on display at the Western Museum of Flight at Hawthorne Muncipal Airport. Oct. 13, 2005. (Daily Breeze file photo)2018-06-04T11:01:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/03/24/lmus-roots-run-deep-in-the-history-of-education-in-los-angeles/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f781-tn31-lmu100-1.jpgTN31-LMU100-1An estimated 1,200 students form a human “100” as part of LMU's centennial celebration. Aug. 30, 2011 photo.(Daily Breeze staff photo)bhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cfe17-hankap.jpgHank GathersHank Gathers in 1990. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8874-loyolavenice1917.jpegloyolavenice1917Loyola College's Venice Blvd. location in Los Angeles, circa 1917. (, via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc868-marymountpvaerial-1.jpegmarymountpvaerialAerial view of Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes. Undated photo, circa 1960. Marineland can be seen in the distance. (via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/769bc-marymountpvaerial.jpegmarymountpvaerialMarymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes. Undated photo, circa 1960. (via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/818a3-loyola1963aerial.jpegloyola1963aerialAerial photo of the campus from 1963. Note the single "L" for Loyola. (, via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8167a-knuterockneatlmu.jpegknuterockneatlmuLoyola quickly became a popular film location. Here, a scene from the 1940 football biopic, "Knute Rockne, All American," starring Pat O'Brien and Ronald Reagan, is filmed on campus. Undated photo, circa 1939. (Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3a2ce-sacredheartchapel.jpegsacredheartchapelThe Sacred Heart Chapel tower under construction at Loyola circa 1952. (Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ecfc4-loyolagroundbreak1928.jpegloyolagroundbreak1928Thousands of spectators watch the dedication of Loyola's new Westchester campus in 1928. (, via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1f45f-a77610f80be2d1bab63b775ec6fab6cb.jpega77610f80be2d1bab63b775ec6fab6cbThe Don Vicente Lugo adobe near Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles in 1936, decades after it first housed St. Vincent's College in 1865. Photographed by Henry F. Withey. (Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, via Calisphere.org)2018-03-24T00:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/03/17/new-look-torrance-bowlero-opened-as-bowl-o-drome-in-1957/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4fb4a-bowlfamilyad.jpegbowlfamilyadTorrance Press ad, May 8, 1958, Page 8. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8d194-pbatourneypic.jpegpbatourneypicThe PBA announces its 1960 tournament at the Bowl-O-Drome. The lineup included Don Carter, second from left, and Dick Weber, third from right. Torrance Press, July 7, 1960, Page B-3. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba078-greenmatchbook.jpggreenmatchbookhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12812-goodbowlodromead.jpeggoodbowlodromeadDisplay ad touts the new bowling center in Torrance. Torrance Press, March 21, 1957, Page 25. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c675d-bowlversatiles.jpegbowlversatilesThe Versatiles were among the performers at the Fun Room at the Torrance Bowl-O-Drome. Torrance Press, March 30, 1961, Page A-8. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/399ef-bowlrendition.jpegbowlrenditionArtists rendition of the "Bowlarama" in 1956. Its name changed to "Bowl-O-Drome" before its grand opening a year later. Torrance Herald, Aug. 12, 1956, Page 12. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/07ec7-bowlperfectgamepic.jpegbowlperfectgamepicBoyce Buckner, right, shown with Bob Prince, bowled the first 300 game at the Bowl-O-Drome. Torrance Herald, Aug. 25, 1957, Page 6. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/91dd7-bowlerodaytimeselect.jpgbowlerodaytimeselectTorrance Bowlero, the remodeled Bowl-O-Drome, opened in 2017. (March 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-03-17T00:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/03/10/quonset-huts-once-a-familiar-sight-in-south-bay-and-harbor-area/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0fe2b-f961d4067966939112a45c878c01bdd1-1.jpegf961d4067966939112a45c878c01bdd1Residents of the Rodger Young Village Housing Project were creative in their attempts to make their quonset hut units more "homey." This resident, an accomplished gardener, poses next to the gridlike trellis which was constructed to hold hanging vines. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2cdbe-bodyshopquonset.jpgbodyshopquonsetH&M Body Shop on Anaheim St. in Wilmington has adapted a Quonset hut for use as a service bay for autos. (March 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e7e94-9bdc6739c4e9cc4a90f24917dc6f8d2e-1.jpeg9bdc6739c4e9cc4a90f24917dc6f8d2ePanoramic view of the city of quonset huts in San Pedro on February 6, 1946. A project to relieve the housing shortage, the huts housed 280 Navy families. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2af52-9fc4f51b5a8881ee21cca294b9a2016b.jpeg9fc4f51b5a8881ee21cca294b9a2016bVeterans line up at the War Asset Administration area at Port Hueneme to purchase surplus Quonset huts on April 15, 1946. (Credit: Los Angeles Daily News)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12a83-49502-biomedembark_page_5.jpg49502-biomedembark_Page_5The LA BioMed complex, housed in World War II era buildings, can be seen at top of photo, above Harbor General Hospital building and parking lot. (Credit: LA BioMed)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f697-wilrecselect.jpgwilrecselectThe Wilmington Recreation Center. (March 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5199-unknown.jpegUnknownThe LA BioMed complex, housed in World War II era buildings, can be seen at top of photo, above Harbor General Hospital building and parking lot. (Credit: LA BioMed)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/06c3c-southquonset.jpegsouthquonsetTorrance Herald, Jan. 9, 1958, Page 19. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public Library). https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6434-f961d4067966939112a45c878c01bdd1.jpegf961d4067966939112a45c878c01bdd1Residents of the Rodger Young Village Housing Project were creative in their attempts to make their quonset hut units more "homey." This resident, an accomplished gardener, poses next to the gridlike trellis which was constructed to hold hanging vines. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1eb16-49500-biomedembark_page_1.jpg49500-biomedembark_Page_12018-03-10T01:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/03/03/the-south-bay-aerospace-industry-launched-the-fastest-airplane-ever-built/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6627d-x15parade.jpgx15paradehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b047b-x15cha5.jpegx15cha5The X-15 at the North American Aviation plant on the day of its public rollout, Oct. 15, 1958. (Credit: North American Aviation)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cb02a-x-15mp.jpgX-15mphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85ce8-readermem_x15_2_aviationweekarchive.jpgREADERMEM_X15_2_AviationweekArchiveAviation Week and Space Technology cover story, https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b42da-images.jpegimageshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c3d2d-images-1.jpegimages-1Revell X-15 plastic model kit.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b683-e-usaf_x-15_3_in_flight.jpge-usaf_x-15_3_in_flightThe X-15 in flight. Undated photo. (Credit: NASA)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6ecdd-ap_611347571163.jpgScott Crossfield, Toby FreedmanTest pilot Scott Crossfield sits in the cockpit of an X-15 sister ship to the craft he test flew in its first free glide test, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., June 8, 1959. With him is Dr. Toby Freedman, North American Aviation flight surgeon. (AP Photo/Don Brinn)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/581b5-armstrong-copy.jpgarmstrong copyPilot Neil Armstrong poses next to the Northrop-built "hot nose" cone on the X-15 at Edwards AFB. (Daily Breeze, March 6, 1961)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/08599-ap_13022812846.jpgTravel-Trip-5 Free Things-WashingtonThis Feb. 28, 2013 photo shows a U.S. Air Force North American X-15 aircraft hanging inside the Smithsonian Institution Air and Space Museum in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2018-03-03T00:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/02/24/manhattan-beach-is-on-its-fourth-city-hall/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f556-mbch1954.jpegmbch1954A new coat of paint didn't help the city hall's structural problems, though it would stand for 17 more years after this photo was taken. (Daily Breeze clipping, April 1, 1954)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bdb96-plaqueselect.jpgplaqueselectPlaque on the current Manhattan Beach city hall. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/037e4-sadlerclip.jpgsadlerclipThe Sadler Building circa 1920, from a Feb. 28, 1952 Daily Breeze news clipping.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b445-oldcityhallmain.jpegoldcityhallmainThe third Manhattan Beach City Hall was completed in 1916. (Undated Daily Breeze file photo, circa 1960s)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c60cd-cityhallteardown.jpegcityhallteardownBulldozers begin taking down the city's third city hall in September 1971. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9481b-firstcityhall.jpgfirstcityhallManhattan Beach's first city treaurer, A.C. Conner, stands in front of Meacham Hall, site of the city's first city hall. Undated photo from 1912-14. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fb2ee-mbcityhallmainselect.jpgmbcityhallmainselectThe current Manhattan Beach City Hall at 1400 Highland Ave. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-02-24T01:32:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/02/17/boy-scouts-beach-camp-near-cabrillo-beach-has-been-a-fixture-since-1946/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2a722-boy-scout-camp-cabrillo-1990-ca-8769w-1.jpgBoy-Scout-Camp-Cabrillo-1990-CA-8769Whttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf40e-boy-scout-camp-cabrillo-1990-ca-8769w.jpgBoy-Scout-Camp-Cabrillo-1990-CA-8769WFabric Scout badge.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/08d64-1022_nws_tdb-l-watercamp03.jpg1022_NWS_TDB-L-WATERCAMP03Campites at the Cabrillo Beach Youth Watersports Center. (Oct. 2014 file Breeze file photo by Stephen Carr)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b194-1022_nws_tdb-l-watercamp04.jpg1022_NWS_TDB-L-WATERCAMP04The swimming pool was part of improvements made in the 1980s at the Cabrillo Beach Youth Watersports Center. (Oct. 2014 Breeze file photo by Stephen Carr) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45c7b-1022_nws_tdb-l-watercamp06-1.jpg1022_NWS_TDB-L-WATERCAMP06Cabrillo Beach Youth Watersports Center. Another effort is being launched by residents to urge more public use of this facility that has been used exclusively by the Boy Scouts over the past decade. San Pedro , Calif., Tuesday October 21, 2014. (Photo by Stephen Carr / Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dd119-1022_nws_tdb-l-watercamp06.jpg1022_NWS_TDB-L-WATERCAMP06Camping area at Cabrillo Beach Youth Watersports Center. (Oct. 2014 Breeze file photo by Stephen Carr) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/46fca-1022_nws_tdb-l-watercamp01.jpg1022_NWS_TDB-L-WATERCAMP01Campsite at Cabrillo Beach Youth Watersports Center. An effort was launched by residents in 2014 to urge more public use of this facility. (Oct. 2014 Breeze file photo by Stephen Carr) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0cd5b-signselect.jpgsignselectThe camp is located at 3000 Shoshonean Road, just below Fort MacArthur in San Pedro. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/92938-scenicshotmain.jpgscenicshotmainThe main building, the Spielberg Center, at the Cabrillo Beach Youth Watersports Center. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f2259-mainbldgselect.jpgmainbldgselectMain entrance to Cabrillo Beach Youth Watersports Center. Spielberg Center. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-11-27T23:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/02/10/saints-peter-paul-catholic-church-in-wilmington-traces-roots-back-to-1865/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b8c2a-unknown.jpegUnknownFather Bernardino Schiaperellihttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31cc9-9ed5be21fec5fb931f3302dc3dcb9b0f.jpeg9ed5be21fec5fb931f3302dc3dcb9b0fConstruction nearing completion on the present-day Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church at 515 Opp Street In Wilmington. Construction worker at right. (Credit: Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dda8f-images.jpegimagesThe original church buildings at Neptune Avenue and G Street. Undated photo. (Credit: Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0169-pnpsignselect.jpgpnpsignselectSaints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Wilmington traces its origin to 1865. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29c75-interiorselect.jpginteriorselectThe interior of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Wilmington. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cba90-exteriorselect.jpgexteriorselectThe current Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Wilmington opened in 1931. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dfb33-doordetail.jpgdoordetailRomanesque arches graced by relief sculptures, top, at the main entrance of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Wilmington. (Feb. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)2018-02-10T02:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/02/03/kumekichi-ishibashi-launches-an-agricultural-industry-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6c0da-17fad8afaa5a1e57b7804e9a4bd5e2a1.jpeg17fad8afaa5a1e57b7804e9a4bd5e2a1Mas Ishibashi, left, with his grandson, Russell, in 1976. (Credit: Ishibashi Family Collection, Japanese American Digitization Project via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/260d9-ff6049dc2fdb7f0ee7120354c2a1ea23.jpegff6049dc2fdb7f0ee7120354c2a1ea23Workers and family members building a new house on the Ishibashi ranch in 1931. (Credit: Ishibashi Family Collection, Japanese American Digitization Project via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b95c6-cf9740db338899859df5463830002b0e.jpegcf9740db338899859df5463830002b0eEarly version of the Abalone Cove roadside produce stand operated by Mas and Miye Ishibashi. Undated, circa early 1950s. (Credit: Ishibashi Family Collection, Japanese American Digitization Project via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ff47b-84abd5a7f9c2e846854a846659a9b5ee.jpeg84abd5a7f9c2e846854a846659a9b5eeFlower fields cultivated by the Ishibashis on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Undated photo, circa 1970s. (Credit: Ishibashi Family Collection, Japanese American Digitization Project via Calisphere.org)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9697-realanniesstand.jpgrealanniesstandThe "Deliciously Yours" Ishibashi stand, later renamed "Annie's Stand." Undated photo. (Credit: LAFarmGirl blog)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e53e9-flower-stand-1.jpgFlower StandJames Ishibashi collects flowers for an arrangement at Annie's Stand in Rancho Palos Verdes. Dec. 20, 2000. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Robert Casillas)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b237-b32abc2abf5b918194db5ec76db84807-1.jpegb32abc2abf5b918194db5ec76db84807https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0cb0b-a3d16a34b17e67e22c724fd88f8ac3c5.jpega3d16a34b17e67e22c724fd88f8ac3c5https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2f612-pn15-ishibashi10-jg.jpgIshibashi RanchView of the Ishibashi ranch and house from Narcissa Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes on July 14, 2011. (Daily Breeze file photo by Jeff Gritchen)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f4e5-tn15-ishibashifile5.jpgAnnie Ishibashi 1986. staff photoAnnie Ishibashi at the produce stand in 1986. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2018-02-03T01:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/01/27/jamelle-holieway-the-first-true-freshman-quarterback-to-win-a-college-football-championship/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8c41-61285_140960029281266_278477_n-1.jpg61285_140960029281266_278477_nJamelle Holieway. 2010 photo. (Credit: Jamelle Holieway Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/afec9-61285_140960029281266_278477_n.jpg61285_140960029281266_278477_nJamelle Holieway. 2010 photo. (Credit: Jamelle Holieway Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0338-47737_140963009280968_6817725_n.jpg47737_140963009280968_6817725_nSooners quarterback Jamelle Holieway in action. (Credit: Jamelle Holieway Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5e99a-s-l225.jpgs-l2251986 Orange Bowl program autographed by Holieway.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2308-s-l225-1.jpgs-l225-1Upper Deck 2011 football card.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f8421-ap_8710240501.jpgOklahoma Colorado 1987Oklahoma quarterback Jamelle Holieway, (#4), is tackled by a host of Colorado defenders in Norman, Oklahoma, Oct. 24, 1987. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f1e74-ap_16357698018797.jpgJalen HurtsIn this Nov. 26, 2016 file photo, Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts sets back to pass during the first half of the Iron Bowl NCAA college football game against Auburn, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Former Oklahoma University quarter back Jamelle Holieway dazzled the college football world as a true freshman who mastered Oklahoma’s dynamic wishbone attack and led the Sooners to the 1985 national championship. Now, Alabama true freshman Hurts is on the cusp of becoming the first true freshman quarterback since Holieway to win it all. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e38f3-ap_17310804693601.jpgGeorgias Freshman Gamble FootballIn this Jan. 1, 1986 file photo, University of Oklahoma quarterback Jamelle Holieway (4) looks for an open man as his team battles Penn State University in the Orange Bowl in Miami. Holieway dazzled the college football world as a true freshman who mastered Oklahoma’s dynamic wishbone attack and led the Sooners to the 1985 national championship. (AP Photo/Joe Skipper, File)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f18a0-yearbookteam.jpegyearbookteamThe Banning High School varsity football team in 1984. Jamelle Holieway, first row, far left, seated. (Credit: Banning High School yearbook)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/78ac9-yearbookjamelle.jpegyearbookjamelle2018-01-27T02:52:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/01/20/in-its-heyday-gardenas-bal-tabarin-brought-exotic-entertainment-to-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ae60f-baltabgirls3244p4a.jpegbaltabgirls3244p4aTorrance Herald, March 2, 1944, Page 4-A. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/39725-baltabny123043p5.jpegbaltabny123043p5Ceelle Burke's orchestra is advertised in this Dec. 30, 1943, Torrance Herald ad. Page 5. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22b87-baltabyeaman31534p4b.jpegbaltabyeaman31534p4bTorrance Herald ad from March 15, 1934, Page 4-B, shortly after the club opened. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e175-royerad41052p2.jpegroyerad41052p2Torrance Herald ad for Al Royer's Hitching Post in Gardena. April 10, 1952, Page 2. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archive databae, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/59841-498cd5ffd29a0014ec9fe1b52576646e.jpeg498cd5ffd29a0014ec9fe1b52576646eDance team and floor show producers Aurora Greeley and Broomfield. Undated photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a5330-65013.jpg65013Movie poster fror the 1952 film, "Bal Tabarin," based on the original Paris nightclub.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e841a-7369_kirk_patrick_hitching_post_1940s_0003_1.jpg7369_kirk_patrick_hitching_post_1940s_0003_1Steel guitarist Kirk Patrick and his band at Al Royer's Hitching Post in Gardena. Undated photo. (Credit: The Steel Guitar Forum website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/986e5-022eec78ca019d144c4904f7f3fc7a19.jpeg022eec78ca019d144c4904f7f3fc7a19Cardboard photograph holder, with a drawing of a big band on the cover, from the Bal Tabarin nightclub in Gardena. Undated, probably 1944. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/239c6-5484320453_8c68c6e798_b.jpg5484320453_8c68c6e798_bUndated matchbook shows exterior of club, left.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f17b4-ca48b23f0dc4b25201ace9b3492ccda3.jpegca48b23f0dc4b25201ace9b3492ccda3Customers enjoy the nightlife at the Bal Tabarin in Gardena in this 1944 photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Public library)2018-01-20T02:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/01/13/wilmington-saves-its-historic-branch-library-building-as-it-gets-a-new-one/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8219-p1030709.jpgP1030709The orginal Wilmington Branch Library has been repurposed into a community center. (Jan. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/90bff-21d308eba87195a91f2cf6dfdec6e8ab.jpeg21d308eba87195a91f2cf6dfdec6e8abOriginal floor plan of the Wilmington Branch Library, which opened in 1927. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0f18b-wilmoldselect.jpgwilmoldselectThe original Wilmington Branch Library building opened in 1927 and is currently used as a community center. (Jan. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d09eb-wilmingtonselect.jpgwilmingtonselectThe current Wilmington Branch Library of LAPL opened on Avalon Blvd. in 1988. (Jan. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/63293-ed7eab6b8c1567044175b9e4916f3af8.jpeged7eab6b8c1567044175b9e4916f3af8Patio and patch of lawn occupied by reading children at the Wilmington Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. This is an undated rear view of the single-story Spanish colonial revival style library. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2a37e-cfe731df9d37394fc3e70682b2848b1f.jpegcfe731df9d37394fc3e70682b2848b1fUndated exterior view of the Wilmington Branch Library, which opened in 1927. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4544c-0fa31ab83c73f10d71a0170154492636.jpeg0fa31ab83c73f10d71a0170154492636Looking toward the adult reading room from the circulation desk of the Wilmington Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. This undated interior view shows the dark wood beamed ceiling, light fixtures and shelves of the single-story Spanish colonial revival style building, designed by architects Marston, Van Pelt and Maybury. Looking toward the adult reading room from the circulation desk of the Wilmington Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. This interior view shows the dark wood beamed ceiling, light fixtures and shelves of the single-story Spanish colonial revival style building, built circa 1926 and designed by architects Marston, Van Pelt and Maybury.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/223ac-0bf4a986688bc7cec1aca3d1568d6a61.jpeg0bf4a986688bc7cec1aca3d1568d6a61Walkway bordered by small shrubs to the auditorium of the Wilmington Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. The auditorium is located at the rear of the single-story Spanish colonial revival building. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)2018-01-13T01:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2018/01/06/tom-ishibashis-torrance-roadside-produce-stand-was-one-of-a-kind/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71738-namesselect.jpgnamesselectTom Ishibashi's daughters wrote their names in cement at the family's Crenshaw Boulevard fruit stand when it was built in 1984. (Jan. 2018 photo by Elizabeth Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e503b-slabselect.jpgslabselectThe concrete slab foundation is all that' s left of Tom Ishibashi's fruit stand on Crenshaw Boulevard in Torrance. (Jan. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e706d-ishibashipch42364-1.jpegishibashipch42364Palos Verdes News, April 23, 1964, Page 2.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2cbfa-tn30-ishibashi8.jpgUndated photo of Tom IshibashiUndated photo of Tom Ishibashi on his tractor. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d944c-tn30-ishibashi7.jpgUndated of Tom IshibashiTom Ishibashi. (Undated Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26138-tn30-ishibashi3.jpgTN30-ISHIBASHI3A strawberry patch worked by the Ishibashi family at the Torrance Muncipal Airport. October 2011. (Daily Breeze file photo by Chuck Bennett)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d59cd-tn30-ishibashi1.jpgTN30-ISHIBASHI1The landmark Ishibashi farm stand at the Torrance Municipal Airport on Crenshaw Boulevard the week before it closed on Oct. 31, 2011. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Chuck Bennett)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8744c-pvnad41962p2.jpegpvnad41962p2Advertisement, Palos Verdes News, April 19, 1962, Page 2.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4f3c6-nws.ishibashi-farm2.jpgNWS.Ishibashi farm2Farmer Tom Ishibashi patrols the fields at Torrance Airport on Oct. 26, 2005. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8ebd-nws.ishibashi-farm1.jpgNWS.Ishibashi farm1Longtime farmer Tom Ishibashi will close his family-owned fruit and vegetable farm at the Torrance Airport on Oct 31. His wife Maya is ill and he needs to care for her. This is the last crop of corn alongside the airfield. Photos by Brad Graverson 10-26-052018-04-15T01:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/12/29/no-south-bay-history-post-this-week-dec-29/2017-12-29T23:20:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/12/23/houses-finally-go-up-on-the-normandie-avenue-right-of-way-land/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2e7c4-0303_nws_tdb-l-bougainvillea.01.jpg0303_NWS_TDB-L-BOUGAINVILLEA.01Interior of completed house in Pacific Bouganvillea development Iat Normandie and Torrance Boulevard. March 2, 2017. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af2cb-0303_nws_tdb-l-bougainvillea.04.jpg0303_NWS_TDB-L-BOUGAINVILLEA.04A controversial community of 63 homes being built along a 60-foot abandoned railroad right of way sandwiched between "Little" (left) and "Big" Normandie Avenue (right) is finally under way about 17 years after it was first approved by the city of LA. March 2, 2017. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b35cf-normandiemap.jpgnormandiemapThe right of way runs along the portion of Normandie highlighted in blue. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/57ffe-normandie-homes.jpgNormandie homesJoe Frisby is a resident who lives across the street from a proposed 63-home development along Normandie Avenue in the LA City strip area east of Torrance between Torrance Blvd. and 223rd street. He is opposed to the plan and says about 700 nearby residents are on his side. Area to be developed is shown behind him. Photo by Brad Graverson 10-20-00https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/be63b-normandie-homes-2.jpgNormandie homes 2A portion of the vacant land alongside the Normandie Avenue right of way. Oct. 20, 2000. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e36e3-selectsign.jpgselectsignThe Pacific Bougnvillea development under construction. View looking north from Carson Street and Normandie Avenue. (December 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f7286-selectlittlenorm.jpgselectlittlenormHouses go up on the right of way in this view looking north on Little Normandie Avenue. (December 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/13a98-selectbignormandie-1.jpgselectbignormandieHouses under construction line the Normandie Avenue right of way in this view looking north. Brick walls separate houses from "Big Normandie." (December 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56f70-selectbignormandie.jpgselectbignormandie2018-07-23T14:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/12/16/victory-gardens-supplied-food-to-the-home-front-during-world-war-ii/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fbf6f-santafevgs.jpegsantafevgsSanta Fe ad describes its employee victory garden program. (Credit: Palos Verdes News, March 26, 1943, Page 2)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3afc2-ap_16280797065146.jpgMichelle ObamaFirst lady Michelle Obama right, and some children participants harvest sweet potatoes during the harvest of the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/68d40-fullpagenusrseries.jpegfullpagenusrseriesSeveral ads on this full page from the Torrance Herald offer victory garden-related products and servcies. March 30, 1944, Page 2-B. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives & Directories database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b5cd-db9337f9473ac07752e0f197a6820437.jpegdb9337f9473ac07752e0f197a6820437https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ccbe4-chevronvgad.jpegchevronvgadStandard Oil of California ad offers free victory garden booklet. Torrance Herald, April 29, 1943, Page 4-B. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives & Directories database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d6752-68eaf81a2b24136148d59636725d192b-batman-robin-victory-garden.jpg68eaf81a2b24136148d59636725d192b--batman-robin-victory-gardenDC superheroes Batman and Robin join Superman in tending a victory garden on the cover of this September 1943 comic book.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e193c-8d07385r.jpg8d07385rU.S. Vice President Henry Wallace cultivates his victory garden at the vice president's residence in Washington, D.C., in 1943. (Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/447e3-3g07869r.jpg3g07869rWorld War I poster details the victory garden program in 1918. (Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d1786-3g04436r.jpg3g04436rWorld War II government poster. (Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b672-3g03692r.jpg3g03692rWorld War I poster for the victory gardens movement. (Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)2017-12-16T01:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/12/09/mayfair-creamery-provided-dairy-products-to-generations-of-south-bay-residents/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5971b-mayfair56ad.jpgmayfair56adTorrance Herald ad, April 26, 1956, Page 18. (Credit: Torrance Historic Newspapers & Directories database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34194-kiddieswilllove.jpegkiddieswillloveTorrance Herald ad, May 8, 1952, Page 16. (Credit: Torrance Historic Newspapers & Directories database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f59ed-brunnershot1956.jpegBrunnershot1956Mayfair owner Earl R. Brunner. Torrance Herald, April 26, 1956, Page 15. (Credit: Torrance Historic Newspapers & Directories database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac1dd-postplantfrombook.jpgpostplantfrombookThe Post Avenue Mayfair Creamery plant in downtown Torrance in 1949. (Credit: Torrance Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/42d26-meetmilkmanad53.jpgmeetmilkmanad53What is this thing you call "milkman"? Torrance Herald ad, Oct. 28, 1953, Page 3. (Credit: Torrance Historic Newspapers & Directories database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/637d8-mayfairvacuum55ad.jpgmayfairvacuum55adTorrance Herald ad, March 24, 1955, Page 27. (Credit: Torrance Historic Newspapers & Directories database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b632f-mayfairfrombook.jpgmayfairfrombookhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c1e3a-1jphjym27fqqh.jpeg1jphjym27fqqhThe Western Avenue plant. Torrance Herald, April 26, 1956, Page 15. (Credit: Torrance Historic Newspapers & Directories database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45d23-1jphjym27fqqh-1.jpeg1jphjym27fqqh-12017-12-09T01:36:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/12/02/lawndales-tiki-kai-polynesian-restaurant-was-short-lived-but-memorable/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f8d24-4339x45b98553.jpg4339x45b98553Undated photo of the Tik-Kai. (Credit: Tiki Central website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7206c-unknown-1.jpegUnknownUndated photo of the Tik-Kai. (Credit: website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c02ca-unknown.jpegUnknownhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/60353-tikikaiad.jpegtikikaiadTorrance Herald, Feb. 1964 ad.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a106e-p1030683.jpgP1030683A medical office building, using the previous Pizza Hut design, has inhabited 4469 Redondo Beach Blvd. since 2008. (November 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3a1c8-goldenleiad.jpeggoldenleiadThe Tiki-Kai's succesor, the Golden Lei. June 23, 1965 Torrance Herald ad.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71d12-5980bdbcd4246e7d8622f26fabf9a5e3.jpeg5980bdbcd4246e7d8622f26fabf9a5e3Undated postcard shows the Tiki-Kai in full splendor.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d421a-4513_jumbo.jpg4513_jumboSouvenir ashtray from the Tiki-Kai.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1c379-35x45ba73dd.jpg35x45ba73ddMatchbook shows exterior and interior of the Tiki-Kai.2017-12-02T02:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/11/23/torrances-columbia-park-became-a-reality-eventually/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c9420-fixthisclip-1.jpgfixthiscliphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/67e46-2017_11_21_13_44_50.pdf000-1.jpg2017_11_21_13_44_50.pdf000https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8b52-2017_11_21_13_35_53.pdf000-1.jpg2017_11_21_13_35_53.pdf000https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed9aa-2017_11_21_13_33_36.pdf000-1.jpg2017_11_21_13_33_36.pdf000https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0227c-soccerandtowers.jpgsoccerandtowersThe soccer fields and twin broadcasting towers are on the park's western end. (November 2016 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5e24-signselect.jpgsignselectColumbia Park in Torrance is the city's largest. (November 2016 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d98b9-sculpturefix.jpgsculpturefixRoger Berry's "Fujimahara" sculpture was added to the park in 1983. (November 2016 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d7778-fixthisclip.jpgfixthisclipA question is appended to a sign announcing Columbia Park. (Daily Breeze, June 21, 1982, Page B1.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/35df8-bocceselect.jpgbocceselectNew bocce ball courts were added to Columbia Park in 2016. (November 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d7868-2017_11_21_13_44_50.pdf000.jpg2017_11_21_13_44_50.pdf0002017-11-23T00:05:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/11/18/tracy-austins-rise-from-south-bay-tennis-courts-to-no-1-in-the-world/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/32211-ap_622969912540.jpgTracy AustinTracy Austin holds up the first prize cup in the 1979 U.S. Open in Flushing, N.Y., Sept. 9, 1979. Austin beat the defending champ Chris Evert Lloyd 6-4, 6-3 for the impressive win. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c46a0-ap_7909090131.jpgUS Open Austin 1979Tracy Austin jumps for joy after defeating Chris Evert-Lloyd in the women's final of the U.S. Open in Flushing, N.Y., Sept. 9, 1979. At 16, she is the youngest player ever to win the prestigious event. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/403f8-ap_7907021369.jpgBillie Jean King, Tracy AustinA smiling Tracy Austin and her opponent Billie Jean King receive a standing ovation from the 17,000 fans packed into Wimbledon’s Center Court in London on Monday, July 2, 1979 at the end of their women’s singles quarter-final match. Sixteen-year-old Austin defeated King, 35, and six-time winner of the title, to reach the semi-finals of the tournament. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7fbbe-2017_11_17_13_28_55.pdf000.jpg2017_11_17_13_28_55.pdf000Daily Breeze, Feb. 3, 1978, Page B3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4d4ba-2017_11_17_13_32_41.pdf000.jpg2017_11_17_13_32_41.pdf000Daily Breeze, Oct. 9, 1977, Page D6.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9cde6-tracyaustin.8-12-93.file_-1.jpgTracyAustin.8-12-93.FILETracy Austin smiles to family and friends in the stands during a match against Gabriela Sabatini during the Virginia Slims of L.A. tennis tournament. Aug. 12, 1993. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/55300-ts14-austindoubles1.bh_.jpgTS14-AustinDoubles1.BHAustin conducts a tennis clinic at the Tracy Austin Doubles Tournament at the Jack Kramer Country Club in Rolling Hills Estates in 2008. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8d570-tracyaustin.071603.bh_.jpgTracyAustin.071603.BHTennis great Tracy Austin in 2003. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/67618-tracyaustin.8-12-93.file_.jpgTracyAustin.8-12-93.FILETracyAustin.8/12/93.FILE Daily Breeze File Photo.Tracy Austin smiles to family and friends in the stands during a third round match against Gabriela Sabatini during the Virginia Slims of L.A. tennis tournament.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/06097-sports_illustrated_43253_19760322-001-775.jpgSports_Illustrated_43253_19760322-001-775Austin's first appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated, March 22, 1976.2017-11-18T01:46:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/11/11/the-inglewood-public-library-blossoms-from-humble-origins/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b920b-merlemergellclip.jpgmerlemergellclipConstruction begins. Daily Breeze, Nov. 17, 1971.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8bd88-dedication.jpgdedicationDedication ceremonies in front of the still-unfinished Inglewood City Hall in 1973. Councilman Curtis Tucker speaks. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e480b-construction.jpgconstructionCity Hall under construction in this 1972 Daily Breeze file photo. The library is #8 on the site map seen in foreground. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0c39a-mainwithgarden.jpgmainwithgardenInglewood Public Library as seen from Grevillea. (November 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db069-mainshotselect.jpgmainshotselectOpened in 1973, the Inglewood Public Library building remains an impressive structure. (November 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ae88f-goodtowershot.jpggoodtowershotTom Van Sant's bas relief sculptures can be seen on the giant column that faces onto Manchester Boulevard. (November 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/14ff8-entranceselect.jpgentranceselectRamps and walkways connect the Inglewood Public Library with other Civic Center structures. Library entrance is at right. (November 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/14b14-inglewood-01.jpginglewood-01Undated photo shows the original Carnegie library that opened in Inglewood in 1917. (Credit: Historical Society of the Centinela Valley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aeccd-c7d63c1755a7c912dfc6d319e77d6202.jpegc7d63c1755a7c912dfc6d319e77d6202Temporary Queen Street library location in August 1968. (Credit: Inglewood Public Library via Calisphere)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7524b-a69d9622804845980b36c8574326de82.jpega69d9622804845980b36c8574326de82The Inglewood Carnegie library building after wings were added. 1950 photo. (Credit: Inglewood Public Library via Calisphere)2017-11-11T01:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/11/04/cabrillo-marine-aquarium-exploring-the-ocean-for-more-than-eight-decades/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ee934-realoldcabrillo-copy.jpgrealoldcabrillo copyUndated photo shows the Cabrillo Marine Museum's facility inside the Cabrillo Beach Bathhouse, before it moved to its own building in 1981. (Credit: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e268d-0423_nws_tdb-l-actionday142.jpg0423_NWS_TDB-L-ACTIONDAY142In celebration of Earth Day, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium hosted Take Action Day Beach Cleanup on Cabrillo Beach in April 2017. Daily Breeze photo by Chuck Bennett)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b395-moonjellies.jpgmoonjelliesThe "moon jellies" tank at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium features a jellyfish species found in coastal areas. (Nov. 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/109fc-cabrilloextselect.jpgcabrilloextselectThe Cabrillo Marine Museum in San Pedro traces its origins to 1934. (Nov. 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e3238-msp-aquarium10.jpgmsp-aquarium10The layout of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in this aerial photo shows the new expansion, which includes an exploration center, an aquatic nursery and a library. (Credit: Gary Florin, CMA staff photographer Oct.12, 2004)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d2c00-msp-grunion6.jpgMSP-Grunion6A spotlight illuminates the grunion run on Cabillo Beach in San Pedro. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/030f7-olguininaction.jpgolguininactionJohn Olguin shows schoolchildren around the Cabrillo Marine Museum in San Pedro in 1999. (Daily Breeze file photo)2017-11-04T00:31:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/10/27/sst-records-blazes-musical-contrails-across-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/67bde-sst028_750x750.jpgSST028_750x750https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1c11b-sst027_750x750.jpgSST027_750x750https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/76966-black-flag.jpgblack-flagBlack Flag circa 1983. From left, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Greg Ginn, Henry Rollins, Bill Stevenson. (Publicity photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33419-black_flag_-_damaged_cover.jpgBlack_Flag_-_Damaged_cover"Damaged," Black Flag' first album.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c6555-sst-tuner-1978.jpgsst-tuner-1978SST Electronics ad, Ham Radio magazine, May 1978, Page 129.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c907f-greg_ginn_black_flag_ruhrpott_rodeo_2013_imgp5891_smial_wp.jpgGreg_Ginn_(Black_Flag)_(Ruhrpott_Rodeo_2013)_IMGP5891_smial_wpGreg Ginn onstage in 2013. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Image: Rainer Knäpper, Free Art License)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/181d9-blackflagdisposals.jpgblackflagdisposalshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/35d89-black-flag-3.jpgBlack Flag 3Black Flag circa 1983. From left, Chuck Dukowski, Bill Stevenson, Dez Cadena, Greg Ginn, Henry Rollins. (Publicity photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45cb5-114309491_f80f133e78.jpg114309491_f80f133e78https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03720-92b95ea4f0725a5c4c63c19dd9943f2b.jpg92b95ea4f0725a5c4c63c19dd9943f2bUndated SST Records Christmas card.2018-05-10T19:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/10/20/south-bay-golfers-find-their-way-to-lpga-tour/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c26e-1008_spt_tdb-l-knabecup-004-trc.jpg1008_SPT_TDB-L-KNABECUP-004-TRCMira Costa grad Andrea Lee of Hermosa Beach tees off in the Knabe Cup girls golf tournament in Lakewood in this October 2015 file photo. (Thomas R. Cordova, Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a3fb9-spt_golf_park.3.1109.jpgSPT_Golf_Park.3.1109Torrance High golfer Angela Park in 2004. File photo. (Scott Varley, Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/42c1e-spt.cavanaugh.trump_-1.jpgSPT.Cavanaugh.TrumpKelly Cavanaugh, former Peninsula High golfer, hits out of a bunker during a practice round for an LPGA tournament at Trump National Golf Course in RPV in this 2005 file photo. (Brad Graverson, Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/deebc-ts00-torrgirlsgolf.023.jpgTS00-TorrGirlsGolf.023Members of the 2008 Torrance High girls golf team. Front row, from left, Demi Runas, Jane Rah and Emily Chong. Back row, from left, Chaewon Park, Samantha Martin, Michele Chun, Rochelle Chan and Jenny Shin. 2008 file photo. (Robert Casillas, Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8506d-spt.cochran.amie3_.jpgSPT.Cochran.Amie3Former West High standout Amie Cochran in action at Palos Verdes Golf Club in the first round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge Tournament in 2005. (Brad Graverson, Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9a40c-spt.cavanaugh.trump_.jpgSPT.Cavanaugh.TrumpKelly Cavanaugh, former Peninsula HS golfer is now on the LPGA and here hits out of a bunker during a practice round at Trump National Golf Course in RPV. Photo by Brad Graverson.9-27-05https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/07849-spt_golf_park.2.1109.jpgSPT_Golf_Park.2.1109Torrance High golfer Angela Park tees off in Carson in 2004 in this file photo. (Scott Varley, Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/acd2c-ap_17154555207970.jpgJenny ShinJenny Shin, of South Korea, tees off on the fifth hole during the second round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic golf tournament in June 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/107c6-ap_04062701598-1.jpgSAIKIKim Saiki holds up the winner's trophy after her victory in the LPGA Rochester International at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y., Sunday, June 27, 2004. Saiki posted a 1-under-par 71 for the round. (AP Photo/David Duprey)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/17019-lpga-logo-990x556-1.jpglpga-logo-990x5562017-10-20T23:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/10/13/farmer-brothers-brews-up-big-business-before-leaving-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3400c-scribblemap.jpgscribblemap(Credit: Scribble Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f665f-bridgepointselect.jpgbridgepointselectThe Bridge Point industrial park development currently is under construction on the site of the old Farmer Brothers coffee plant and headquarters on Normandie Avenue in Harbor Gateway. (October 2017 photo by Sam Gnerre)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e94d4-51vzhqf1nbl._sl500_.jpg51VZhQF1nbL._SL500_https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1c1ce-farmerext2012.jpgfarmerext2012Exterior of Farmer Brothers Coffee headquarters in Torrance circa 2012. (Credit: Still from Farmer Brothers YouTube video)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/87cc2-farmer49grab.jpgfarmer49grabThe Farmer Brothers Torrance plant under construction in 1949. (Credit: Still from Farmer Brothers YouTube video)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3e369-farmerbros_5.pngfarmerbros_52017-10-19T05:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/10/06/torrances-oldest-american-legion-post-honors-world-war-i-soldier/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d27a6-1938pdf-copy.jpg1938pdf copyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f778a-poppyadherald-copy.jpgpoppyadherald copyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c20a-amelgionpic-copy-e1507329662269.jpgamelgionpic copyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f962-cdg_14_18.jpgCDG_14_18World War I Croix de Guerre awarded by Belgium. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31155-amerlegion_color_emblem.jpgAmerLegion_color_Emblemhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba8e8-bettershot.jpgbettershotThe new Post 170 location is planned for 1441 Marcelina Avenue in Old Torrance. (October 2017 photo)2017-10-06T23:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/09/29/robert-ryan-of-inglewood-succeeds-in-his-unusual-quest-to-become-a-matador/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f3541-robertryant2.jpgrobertryant2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22014-robertryanfacebook1.jpgrobertryanfacebook1Robert Ryan in action. (Undated photo courtesy Robert Ryan Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/285b6-ryuanherald.jpgryuanheraldRobert Ryan. (Daily Breeze, June 10, 1967)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29b2d-pstcardback-e1506710577671.jpgpstcardbackReverse of June 1967 postcard announcing Robert Ryan's promotion to full matador.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6d9d-postcardfront-e1506710562913.jpgpostcardfrontMatador Robert Ryan from 1967 postcard commemorating his becoming a full matador de toros.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19b3a-rr-1969-muerte-copy.jpgrr 1969 muerte copyRobert Ryan. (Undated file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/74cf2-robert-ryan3.jpgrobert ryan3Robert Ryan. (Undated file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/978ea-51ein5u-wsl.jpg51Ein5U-WSLReprint of poster.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e94b6-tijuana-bullring-jaime-bravo-robert_1_625bb0f5ddca9b99e6b2f3071bae73f9.jpgtijuana-bullring-jaime-bravo-robert_1_625bb0f5ddca9b99e6b2f3071bae73f9https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/37539-man_meets_bull_01.jpgman_meets_bull_01True magazine from August 1957, with 2017-09-29T23:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/09/23/methodists-establishes-the-spanish-american-institute-in-gardena/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed245-1003195_514969538587854_1110470348_n.jpg1003195_514969538587854_1110470348_nEntrance to the Institute's dairy facility, Nov. 18, 1962. (Credit: SAI Facebook page, photo donated by Marilyn Hedges)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85c30-saifarmingpostcard-1.jpgsaifarmingpostcard1922 postcard shows Institute students working in the agriculture program at the school.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0580e-saisilverthorn.jpgsaisilverthornTorrance Press, Sept. 27, 1956, Page 8. (Historical Newspaper Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0233f-saifishing.jpgsaifishinghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af4ad-sai-gardena-ca-1921.jpgSAI Gardena CA 1921Credit: Spanish American Institute website.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/166a8-sai-football-team-1936-copy.jpgSAI Football Team 1936 - CopyThe SAI 1936 football team. (Credit: Spanish American Institute)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/78d79-nocaptioninfo-copy.jpgnocaptioninfo - Copyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2c8c0-calisphereucregents-copy.jpgcalisphereucregents - CopyAbility as show wood carvers is demonstrated by Miguel Unison and Alfredo Santa Cruz at the Spanish American Institute in 1954. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/67fa3-17309613_1284174228334044_4742944421112589831_n-copy.jpg17309613_1284174228334044_4742944421112589831_n - CopyResidents of the Institute's Central Dorm with their dorm mother, front row center, December 6, 1942.(Credit: SAI Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aab26-saipostcard.jpgsaipostcardUndated postcard from the early 1920s shows planned layout for the Institute.2017-09-23T01:53:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/09/16/george-cate-founder-of-pacific-crest-cemetery-in-redondo-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b1a61-scan-170915-0004.jpgScan-170915-0004Front row, kneeling, from left: Judge E.H. Miller, Redondo Beach police chief John V. Henry, and Redondo Mayor George Cate pose with police department officers in 1920. (Credit: Redondo Beach Historical Commission)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/21bdb-redondo191718citydirectory.jpgRedondo191718citydirectoryAd from the 1917-18 Redondo Beach City Directory. (Credit: Redondo Beach Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f1937-pacific-crest-entrance-vintage.jpgPacific-Crest-Entrance-VintagePacific Crest Cemetery shortly after the chapel and crematory were completed, circa 1930. (Credit: Pacific Crest Cemetery website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e614e-cate.jpgGeorge Cate. (Undated Daily Breeze file photo)George Cate. (Undated Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/44106-cemeteryview.jpgcemeteryviewPacific Coast Cemetery, with mausoleum building in the distance. (September 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49028-pacificgateselect.jpgpacificgateselectThe Inglewood Avenue entrance to Pacific Crest Cemetery. (September 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a57aa-pacificchapel.jpgpacificchapel2017-09-16T00:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/09/08/los-angeles-harbor-college-in-wilmington-has-filled-a-crucial-educational-need-since-1949/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e4996-tn05-college-sv-057.jpgTN05-college-SV-057Los Angeles Harbor College's new Physical Education and Wellness Building. The new building features classrooms, offices, gymnasium and large workout facilities for students and athletes. May 2010 photo. (Daily Breeze file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cabed-0512_nws_tdb-l-godoy-sv-315.jpg-L-GODOYAurora Godoy's Associate Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences is displaoyed at L.A. Harbor College in Harbor City, CA on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. On Wednesday, LAHC officials posthumously awarded a degree to Aurora Godoy. Godoy, who was killed in the San Bernardino terror attack in December, was two classes shy of earning her degree. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86167-lahc-arialweb.jpgLAHC-ArialwebLos Angeles Harbor College. Undated recent photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Harbor College)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e826c-scoreboard-2.jpgscoreboard 2Baseball scoreboard at Los Angeles Harbor College. Several MLB stars played for the Seahawks. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a9e18-tn22-harbor.sv-022.jpgTN22-Harbor.SV-022Los Angeles Harbor College unveiled their new environmentally friendly buildings in January 2009, including the Northeast Academic Hall and administration building. (Daily Breeze file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ea20-harbor-cc-1949.jpgHarbor CC 1949Los Angeles Harbor College celebrates its 50th anniversary in August 1999. Some of the first students on the campus back in 1949 were ( left to right ) Marian Marino, Joe Marino, Norma Marich, Bob Trujillo and Phyllis Trujillo. (Daily Breeze photo by Robert Casillas)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/acad2-lahc-aerial-photo-1966.jpgLAHC Aerial photo 1966The campus has grown a bit in this aerial photo, taken in 1966. (Credit: Los Angeles Harbor College)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/72373-harbor-college-history-pix.jpgHARBOR COLLEGE HISTORY PIXTyping class, part of the business curriculum at Los Angeles Harbor Junior College. 1950s photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Harbor College)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ceeb4-harbor-college-history-pix-2.jpgHARBOR COLLEGE HISTORY PIX #2In a picture from the Los Angeles Harbor Junior College General Catalog, 1950-51, students are seen "hanging out" on campus. (Credit: Los Angeles Harbor College)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ffe88-lahc-1949-architect-drawing.jpgLAHC 1949 Architect drawingArchitectural rendering of the new Los Angeles Harbor Junior College from 1949. (Credit: Los Angeles Harbor College)2018-07-07T18:17:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/09/02/the-tasman-sea-found-new-life-but-it-took-a-few-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db479-thinkprimeselect.jpgthinkprimeselectThink Prime steakhouse has been operating at the former Tasman Sea site since 2008. (September 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d2d58-card00459_fr.jpgThe Tasman Sea Motor Hotel San Pedro, CAThe Tasman Sea Restaurant and Motor Hotel. Undated post card.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/523ac-firsttasmanad.jpgfirsttasmanadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5e652-msp-bluecrab-101806-24.jpgMSP-BlueCrab-101806-24The Blue Crab restaurant opens for business in October 2006. The Best Value Inn sign can be seen at right. (Daily Breeze file photo by Staff Photographer Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d49ae-tasmanguysphoto65.jpgtasmanguysphoto65Bob Rollins, standing, looks on as his brother Don scans the Tasman Sea restaurant menu.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f8ac0-tasmanseaglass.jpgtasmanseaglassGlass inscribed with Tasman Sea logo. (Courtesy Angela Romero)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31931-tasmanseamap.jpgtasmanseamapThe other Tasman Sea. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/51397-tasman-sea-motel-san-pedro-california-hotel-key.jpgTasman-Sea-Motel-San-Pedro-California-Hotel-keyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/07c1b-tasmanseaphoto.jpgtasmanseaphotoWoman identified only as Miss Tasman Sea, left, with Peppy Pilago, light jacket, and Bob and Don Rollins, Torrance Press, March 10, 1960, Page C-3.2018-06-17T11:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/08/26/no-south-bay-history-blog-post-this-week-2/2017-08-26T04:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/08/19/barton-hill-elementary-has-educated-san-pedro-children-for-more-than-a-century/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a445b-scan-170818-0001-1.jpgScan-170818-0001Clipping from the Daily Breeze, May 23, 1978.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20b1b-scan-170818-0001.jpgScan-170818-0001Clipping from the Daily Breeze, May 23, 1978.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4a87a-bartonhillcougars.jpgbartonhillcougars(Photo courtesy Barton Hill Elementary School Facebook page)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ccaf-msp-bartonmural-smc011-1.jpgMSP-BartonMural-SMc011 (1)A new mural painted by parents and volunteers depicting an underwater scene was painted on a staircase leading to Barton Hill School Sunday. May 2006 photo. (Steve McCrank, Daily Breeze staff photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/448fd-msp-bartonhill3-sh.jpgmsp-bartonhill3-shmsp-bartonhill3-sh photo by sean hiller July 6, 2004. Barton Hill Elementary school's new classrooms are now open for the Track B,C,and D that started its session Tuesday.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d01eb-msp-bartonhill2-sh.jpgmsp-bartonhill2-sh An aerial photo of Barton Hille Elementary School shows the Pacific Avenue campus in 1926. The original building, center, is behind the main building. (Photo credit: Barton Hill Elementary School) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5c207-bartonhilschoolpostcard1917.jpgbartonhilschoolpostcard1917Undated postcard shows the original Barton Hill School before the 1923 expansion.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29d3d-bartonselect.jpgbartonselectBarton Hill Elementary School in San Pedro. (August 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/caf27-muralselect.jpgmuralselectThe current mural at Barton Hill also has an aquatic theme. (August 2017 Daily Breeze photo)2017-08-20T15:08:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/08/12/the-westport-beach-clubs-days-in-the-sun-in-playa-del-rey/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b91ce-womensports.jpgwomensportsHilary Hilton on the cover of womenSports, the sports magazine started by Billie Jean King. February 1976 issue.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/54f18-wbcpicturepostcrd1940-2.jpgwbcpicturepostcrd1940 (2)Photo postcard of the Westport Beach Club in Playa del Rey, circa 1940. (Credit: Pomona Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/745b7-wbclookingnorthpomona.jpgwbclookingnorthpomonaPhoto postcard of the Westport Beach Club in Playa del Rey circa 1940, looking north across Santa Monica Bay. Swimming pool is at center. (Credit: Calisphere, Pomona Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19477-wbcentergatelapl.jpgwbcentergatelaplEntering the Westport Beach Club through the beachside gate. 1937 photo. (Credit: Calisphere, Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0974e-wbcatthepoollapl.jpgwbcatthepoollaplA swimming show at the Westport Beach Club swimming pool in 1937 draws a crowd. (Credit: Calisphere, Los Angeles Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f7781-latad5625p14.jpglatad5625p14Ad from the May 7, 1925, Los Angeles Times, Page 14, announcing construction of the Westport Beach Club. (Credit: Los Angeles Times)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0bf31-googlemapnonembed.jpggooglemapnonembedhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4a7a4-1926-e-695-westport-beach-club-palisades-del-rey-9-12-1926.jpg1926 E-695 - Westport Beach Club Palisades Del Rey - 9-12-1926The Westport Beach Club, center, in 1926, wiht a view looking north across Santa Monica Bay. (Credit: Save Ballona website)2017-08-12T00:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/08/05/inglewoods-commercial-landscape-once-was-dotted-with-movie-theaters/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c840-14_001_n18_medium.jpg14_001_N18_mediumArtist rendering shows part of the planned mixed-use retail/commercial development that be part of the new NFL stadium in Inglewood. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/92073-large.jpglargeThe United Artists Inglewood Theatre circa 1949. (Credit: William, Cinema Treasures website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aaea3-centurydrivein.jpgCenturyDriveInThe Century Drive-In circa 1950. (Credit: William, Cinema Treasures website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5cb1-scan-170803-0001-copy-2.jpgScan-170803-0001 copy 2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b4c3b-scan-170803-0001-copy.jpgScan-170803-0001 copyThe interior of the Academy Theater, redesigned as the Academy Cathedral Church, in 1987. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/13765-8818c54b50300d82852fa81c4a18c873.jpeg8818c54b50300d82852fa81c4a18c873The neighboring Market Street theaters, the UA, left, and Fox, right, face off in this undated early 1950s photo. (Credit: Inglewood Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ff83f-c472204c789441f615f4d01ee295c725.jpegc472204c789441f615f4d01ee295c725https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d1208-29830-academytheater.gif29830-academytheaterThe Academy Theater in Inglewood is considered a classic work of streamline moderne architecture. It opened in 1939. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28b52-00014821.jpg00014821The Inglewood Theatre in the early 1920s. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)2019-10-28T02:01:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/07/29/even-without-planes-the-los-angeles-air-force-base-plays-a-vital-role/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cbd76-stjohnsgrab.jpgstjohnsgrab(Photo and caption courtesyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1549-seconddouggrab.jpgseconddouggrabThe Douglas Aircraft plant in El Segundo in 1954. It would later house part of the Los Angeles Air Force Station. (Credit: U.S. Air Force)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/757dd-tn00-solar2-copy.jpgTN00-SOLAR2 copyLos Angeles Air Force Base's Commissary is located on the main base in El Segundo. (Photo by Lou Hernandez)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1aa7-0401_nws_tdb-l-laafb.jpg0401_NWS_TDB-L-LAAFBLos Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California March 31, 2017. (Chuck Bennett/Daily Breeze/SCNG)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7c03b-0401_nws_tdb-l-laafb1-copy-2.jpg0401_NWS_TDB-L-LAAFB1 copy 2Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California March 31, 2017. (Chuck Bennett/Daily Breeze/SCNG)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5c181-afbsignatnight.jpgafbsignatnight(Photo courtesy Los Angeles Air Force Base)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e3bf-space_and_missile_systems_center_-_laafb.jpgSpace_and_Missile_Systems_Center_-_LAAFBThe dedication of the new Los Angeles Air Force Base in 2006. (Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09b58-parsons.jpgR.B. 5th Dist. Councilman John Parsons John Parsonshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d40f4-tn16-statue.sv-048.jpgTN16-Statue.SV-048A statue of the late Gen. Bernard Schriever was unveiled on the grounds of the Los Angeles Air Force base in 2007. Gen. Schriever is considered the father of the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile program. He died in 2005. (Scott Varley/Daily Breeze/SCNG)2017-07-29T01:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/07/22/no-south-bay-history-blog-post-this-week/2017-08-21T09:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/07/15/metloxs-long-history-in-manhattan-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56bba-772px-metlox_poppytrail_sign.jpg772px-Metlox_poppytrail_signMetlox "Poppy Trail" line dealer sign. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons, GmcbJames)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e5553-tn00-stations-73-1.jpgTN00-Stations-73 (1)Manhattan Beach's Fire and Police facility is envy of neighboring departments like Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach. July 12, 2007( staff photo by Sean Hiller)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5de6b-metloxshawcarriage.jpgmetloxshawcarriageOne of Metlox owner Edwin Shaw's carriages, the buckboard Phaeton, at a horse sh0w in 1966. (Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Sept. 30, 1967, Page 30)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31e18-dbcd83c09ba4c20aced9a9621c0798a5.jpgdbcd83c09ba4c20aced9a9621c0798a5Metlox Pottery plant in Manhattan Beach, undated aerial photo looking north. Manhattan Beach Blvd. at bottom. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2406a-800px-metlox_pottery_bears.jpg800px-Metlox_Pottery_bearsMetlox bear figurines. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons, GmcbJames)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64ab6-metlox.4-10-00.jpgMetlox.4/10/00.BK Photo by Branimir Kvartuc.Metlox site in Manhattan Beach.The Metlox site in Manhattan Beach in April 2000. Manhattan Beach Blvd. at left. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cc329-b0217pottery-site.jpgB0217Pottery SiteA young girl skates by rain-filled hole that was once the site of the Metlox plant in Manhattan Beach in this Feb. 1998 photo. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2fc0d-26th_annual_academy_awards_at_rko_pantages_theater_in_los_angeles_1954_cropped.jpg26th_Annual_Academy_Awards_at_RKO_Pantages_Theater_in_Los_Angeles,_1954_croppedMetlox made the ceramic letters against which the neon in the "Pantages" sign on the Pantages Theater in Hollywood was set. 1954 file photo. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64a13-metlox.022002.khz_.jpgMetlox.022002.KHZThe former Metlox Potteries location in Manhattan Beach in Feb. 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e485f-metloxwild5-13-03.bk_.jpgMetloxWild5-13-03.BKA mural painted by thousands of residents at last year's Manhattan Beach Arts Festival hangs on a fence separating construction workers building an underground parking structure at the Metlox Potteries site from Manhattan Beach Boulevard. (May 2003 Daily Breeze staff file photo)2017-07-15T02:29:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/07/07/the-parasol-restaurant-delighted-torrance-diners-from-the-outside-in/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a0515-parasolmatchbook.jpgparasolmatchbookParasol matchbook.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7dfe0-plushponymatchbook.jpgplushponymatchbookPlush Pony matchbook.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7da5c-parasolportrait1963.jpgparasolportrait1963The Parasol in 1963. Torrance Herald, May 9, 1963, Page 42. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fdeb9-parasolbynightflicker.jpgparasolbynightflickerThe Parasol at night. Undated postcard circa late 1960s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c1a76-parasolvintagepostcard.jpgparasolvintagepostcardThe Parasol restaurant in Torrance. Undated postcard.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d73d9-dinahs-parasol-interior.jpgDinah's Parasol interiorRemodeled interior of Dinah's at the Parasol Restaurant on Crenshaw in Torrance, after its closure and before it was torn down. June 28, 1999. Daily Breeze file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b30a-parasolmenu1966.jpgparasolmenu1966Parasol menu, 1966.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ffe7c-parasolad.jpgparasoladTorrance Herald ad, Dec. 27, 1962, Page 30. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b1c86-parasolfireherald.jpgparasolfireheraldTorrance Herald, Dec. 12, 1963, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20633-pvnewsfirepic.jpgpvnewsfirepicPalos Verdes News, Dec. 12, 1963, Page 1.2017-07-07T23:21:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/07/01/why-irving-and-exy-johnson-deserved-to-have-tall-ships-named-after-them/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dd28e-pinsdaddy-tall-ships-tour-all-hands-on-deck-nautical-ideas-pinterest.jpgpinsdaddy-tall-ships-tour-all-hands-on-deck-nautical-ideas-pinterestTypes of sailing ships. Photo credit: <a href="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/22/a7/a1/22a7a1fe32e3b0dbb932ef81bc8cd1f6.jpg">Pinimg.com</a>https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d0607-brigantine-ships-2.jpgBrigantine ships 2On the brigantine ship Irving Johnson, workers clamp a plank in place. Each piece of the under-construction ship is custom cut and fitted into place with expert craftmanship. May 7, 2002. (Daily Breeze file photo by Staff Photographer Brad Garverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/faf48-natgeocover.jpgnatgeocoverThe Yankee on the cover of the December 1959 National Geographic containing the Johnsons' article, "New Guinea to Bali in Yankee."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5fd5-tn00-whales-sv.0254.jpgTN00-Whales-SV.0254The Irving Johnson sails off the San Pedro coast on Aug. 28, 2010. (Daily Breeze file photo by Staff Photographer Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f8059-nws_tallship.0502.sv_.jpgNWS_TallShip.0502.svAfter four months at sea and 7000 miles, the SS Irving Johnson, left, is escorted into the Los Angeles Harbor Sunday afternoon by her twin brigantine the SS Exy Johnson, center, and the schooner Swift of Ipswich, far right. The ship left San Pedro in early January on the educational voyage and was sailed by students from Long Island University to Mexico, Hawaii and San Francisco. (2004 Daily Breeze file photo by Staff Photographer Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6ca11-msp-johnson.jpgSILVAAlex Silva, a marine salvage specialist, swims to The Irving Johnson to survey damage as it sits on Silver Strand Beach in Oxnard on Tuesday, March 22, 2005. The tall two-masted ship ran aground on a sandbar Monday, forcing 20 crew members and students jump overboard near a rock jetty at the entrance to Channel Islands Harbor. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/58f46-irvingexyjohnson.jpgIrving and Exy Johnson. Undated photo. (Credit: Find A Grave website)Irving and Exy Johnson. Undated photo. (Credit: Find A Grave website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1035d-1229_nws_tdb-l-tallships-smc248.jpg1229_NWS_TDB-L-TallShips-SMc248People were given the opportunity to climb up the masts during a December 2013 trip on the Irving Johnson designed to draw attention to the Top Sail youth program where children can delve deeper into sailing. (Daily Breeze file photo by Staff Photographer Steve McCrank)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/498d7-johnsonbooks.jpgjohnsonbooksThree of the many books written by the Johnsons singularly and together about their journeys.2017-07-01T00:14:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/06/24/dog-parks-where-they-started-and-how-they-spread/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/096bd-ohlonedogpark.jpgohlonedogparkPlaque at Ohlone Dog Park in Berkeley, Calif. (Photo credit: Berkeley Historical Plaque Project website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d893-nws.sbayyest.dogpark3.1.jpgNWS.SBayYest.DogPark3.1Winston poses on a bench at the Redondo Beach dog park in this 2005 file photo. (Daily Breeze Staff Photographer Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2ecf-knollhillselect-1024x705-1.jpgknollhillselect (1024x705)Though beautiful, the current Knoll Hill dog park in San Pedro is smaller than most. (June 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c299-laurelcanyon1.jpglaurelcanyon1The Laurel Canyon Dog Park was the first such park officially established in the City of Los Angeles. (Credit: Los Angeles City Department of Parks & Recreation)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2f88c-hdogbeachregister.jpeghdogbeachregisterA dog makes a leaping catch at Huntington Dog Beach in Huntington Beach. (Orange County Register file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d99f9-dogpark02.8-10-02.bh_.jpgDogPark02.8-10-02.BHDogs and their owners are off and running as the long-awaited of-leash dog park is finally opened at the top of Knoll Hill in San Pedro in August 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e6266-100130-rosie-17-sjg.jpg100130 Rosie 17 SJGPeople play with their dogs in the water in this 2010 file photo from Rosie's Dog Park in Long Beach, located at the end of Granada Avenue. (Press-Telegram file photo)2017-06-24T01:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/06/17/malaga-cove-library-opened-in-1930-still-going-strong-in-palos-verdes-estates/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fac79-pvrendering.jpgpvrenderingRendering of the new central library. Palos Verdes News. May 2, 1965, Page 1.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c38fe-pc-silver_spur_entry-1.jpgpc-silver_spur_entry (1)Peninsula Center Library. (Photo courtesy Palos Verdes Library District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4938a-240px-malaga_cove_library.jpg240px-Malaga_Cove_LibraryMain reading room of the Malaga Cove library. (Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/132cd-mclexteriorselect.jpgmclexteriorselectMalaga Cove Library. (June 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4863c-foliageselect.jpgfoliageselectFoliage around the Malaga Cove Library is lush and well-maintained. (June 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56046-scan-170616-0002.jpgScan-170616-0002https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30ce6-scan-170616-0002-copy-2.jpgScan-170616-0002 copy (2)Main library of the Malaga Cove Library shortly after it opened. (From The Palos Verdes Story, by Delane Morgan)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/906a5-pvsitewcranes.jpgpvsitewcranesConstruction begins on the Palos Verdes Peninsula Library's main branch. Palos Verdes News, May 29, 1966, Page 15.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0c1c8-pvlibunderconstruction.jpgpvlibunderconstructionPalos Verdes News, July 16, 1967, Page 1.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c3a77-oldmalaga.jpgoldmalagaPalos Verdes News, May 2, 1963, Page 19. Note the paucity of houses and vegetation on the hillside.2017-06-19T16:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/06/10/coroners-corner-and-murder-mile-dangerous-torrance-area-roads-in-the-1950s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0818f-0606_nws_tdb-l-racing.jpg0_0606_NWS_TDB-L-RACINGA crash Saturday, June 3, 2017, on Pacific Coast Highway in Torrance left one Harbor City man dead. (Photo courtesy Michael Baker)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bbaad-coronerscornerfromherald-fixed.jpgcoronerscornerfromherald-fixedCar turns left onto East Road from Vermont Avenue at "Coroner's Corner" east of Torrance in the city strip. Torrance Herald, Dec. 7, 1952, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6fa9f-torrancepress1954.jpgtorrancepress1954Torrance Press, April 1, 1954, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a1314-murdermile122751.jpgmurdermile122751Injured man removed from scene of crash at Pacific Coast Highway and Newton Street in Torrance. Torrance Herald, Dec. 27, 1951, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/304ec-murdermile61952.jpgmurdermile61952Torrance Press, June 19, 1952, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b97e-coronersbus.jpgcoronersbusBus crash at "Coroner's Corner" east of Torrance in the city strip. Torrance Herald, Sept. 6, 1951, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ca99-coronerscornerfromherald.jpgcoronerscornerfromheraldCar turns left onto East Road from Vermont Avenue at "Coroner's Corner" east of Torrance in the city strip. Torrance Herald, Dec. 7, 1952, Page 1. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)2017-06-10T00:11:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/06/03/knoll-hill-one-time-home-for-goats-becomes-subject-of-contentious-battles/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34f01-scan-170602-0001.jpgScan-170602-0001The Halfway House at the bottom of Knoll Hill was opened by the Pauluzzi family in 1897. (Photo: San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/354ce-msp-knollhill-smc002-1024x657-1.jpgMSP-KnollHill-SMc002 (1024x657)A view of Knoll Hill as seen from Summerland Avenue. Knoll Hill is surrounded by Front Street, on left, Pacific Avenue, foreground, and railroad tracks to the right. July 12, 2007. (Daily Breeze photo by Staff Photographer Steve McCrank)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/93bb1-tn09-eastview-smc172.jpgTN09-Eastview-SMc172As morning haze reveals the Vincent Thomas Bridge, parents an players gather for Eastview Little League's opening day Saturday at its new, temporary home atop Knoll Hill in San Pedro. The league's original fields, which stood since 1961, were razed to make way for a Target store..March 8, 2008. Photo by Steve McCrank.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/61d3f-th01-knollhill-smc130.jpgTH01-KnollHill-SMc130The new Eastview Little League baseball fields atop Knoll Hill are almost completed in this February 2008 photo. (Daily Breeze photo by Staff Photographer Steve McCrank)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30fd4-portfacilities02.072203.bh_.jpgPortFacilities02.072203.BHLars Foster, far left, and Benny Farillas watch over several dogs at the Knoll Hill Off-Leash Dog Park in San Pedro. (July 2003 Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85f56-msp-knollhill-smc051.jpgMSP-KnollHill-SMc051Knoll Hill is visible in the upper left corner of this 1961 photo. The shipyard in front is now China Shipping. (Photo courtesy of San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/36b38-msp-knollhill-smc050.jpgMSP-KnollHill-SMc050The neighborhood homes on Knoll Hill are visible in the upper right of this 1982 photo. (Photo courtesy of San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1da6-knollhill.1.0105.sv_.jpgKnollHill.1.0105.svSome houses on Viewland Place on Knoll Hill have already been demolished or boarded up in this 2001 photo. Some still live in on the street as the Port of Los Angeles buys their homes in order to level the San Pedro hill. 2001 photo. (Daily Breeze file photo by Staff Photographer Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1db7a-nws_tdb-l-a2-tball-sv-018.jpg-L-A2-TBALLWith a backdrop of the Viincent Thomas Bridge, a t-ball player named William gets a hit in San Pedro, CA on Sunday, April 3, 2016. Coaches help out their beginning players on the field as batters take their turns hitting from the tee. During this game, the Dodgers were battling the Cubs at the Eastview Little League fields on top of Knoll Hill overlooking the port. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/581d9-0302_nws_tdb-l-teahouse177-1024x683-1.jpg0302_NWS_TDB-L-TEAHOUSE177 (1024x683)The Griffith Park Teahouse appeared on top of Knoll Hill for the month of March 2016 as an art installation. Vincent Thomas Bridge in background. (Daily Breeze photo by Chuck Bennett)2017-06-07T00:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/05/27/burton-w-chace-earned-his-reputation-as-the-father-of-the-marina/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dc106-scan-170525-0003-copy-2.jpgScan-170525-0003 copy 2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3002f-scan-170525-0003-copy.jpgScan-170525-0003 copyMarina del Rey in an undated photo circa 1966, before the construction of the Marina City Club towers. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6cd5-scan-170525-0003.jpgScan-170525-0003Undated photo, probably from 1930s, shows Marina del Rey before development, with Ballona Creek at right. Note oil wells along the beach, left. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/51058-burtonclip.jpgburtonclipDaily Breeze, Aug. 26, 1972.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/37d49-groundbreaking-at-burton-chace-park-8-2-72-hm216bw-edited.jpgGroundbreaking at Burton W. Chace Park on Aug. 2, 1972. (Credit: Marina del Rey Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6ac5d-cahcerreagan.jpgcahcerreaganSupervisor Burton Chace, left, with Gov. Ronald Reagan in an undated photo. (Credit: chacepark.com)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86d7c-burtonchaceparkaerial.jpgburtonchaceparkaerialBurton W. Chace Park in Marina del Rey. (Credit: Marina del Rey Convention & Visitors Bureau) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c599-burtonchacemug.jpgburtonchacemugBurton W. Chace (Credit: chacepark.com)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f35ee-brtonchaceparkgooglemap.jpgbrtonchaceparkgooglemaphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/874f8-ballona1937.jpgballona19372017-05-27T01:15:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/05/13/hawthorne-and-pch-biography-of-a-torrance-corner-lot/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0cbb9-smithfoodking.jpgsmithfoodkingUndated photo crica 1971-1972 shows interior of Smith's Food King - Food Giant store in the South Bay. Smith's briefly took over ownership of the former Food Giant store at Hawthorne and PCH in 1971. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97d85-clarkad.jpgclarkadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f29a-foodgiantad.jpgfoodgiantadFood Giant ad from Page 4 of the March 31, 1960, Torrance Herald indicates area store locations at bottom. (Credit: Historical Newspapers Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/245d9-1130_nws_tdb-l-blackfriday3-683x1024-1.jpg1130_NWS_TDB-L-BLACKFRIDAY3 (683x1024)Shoppers brave the rain at the Torrance Best Buy store in this Daily Breeze staff file photo. (Chuck Bennett / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1a9e6-gemcotorranceflicker.jpggemcotorranceflickerUndated file photo shows Torrance Gemco store at Hawthorne and PCH.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/272f7-clarkgroundbreak.jpgclarkgroundbreakGroundbreaking ceremony for the new Clark Market at Hawthorne Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway in Torrance. Torrance Press, June 10, 1954, Page 1. (Credit: Historical Newspapers Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/07afa-clarkbuildingmug.jpgclarkbuildingmugClark Market, 3731 Pacific Coast Highway at Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance. Torrance Press, Nov. 4, 1954, Page 1. (Credit: Historical Newspapers Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6a712-selectbestbuy-1024x554-1.jpgselectbestbuy (1024x554)Best Buy continues to anchor the shopping center at the northeast corner of Hawthorne and PCH in Torrance. (May 2017 Daily Breeze photo)2020-04-24T03:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/05/06/western-author-zane-grey-left-his-mark-on-catalina/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f769c-nws-zane-grey.7.14.06.070-1024x678-1.jpgNWS-Zane Grey.7.14.06.070 (1024x678)The Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel, since closed, in 2006. (Daily Breeze photo by Robert Casillas)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/632d8-sx03.hist-1-700x1024-1.jpgSX03.HIST (1) (700x1024)Zane Grey is pictured here in 1936 after catching a 1036 pound Tiger Shark in Australia, a world record. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49657-ap_361012020-800x1024-1.jpgGreyAuthor Zane Grey is shown at his summer home on Catalina Island, Ca., on Oct. 12, 1936. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eb2d2-ap_300729022-1024x793-1.jpgUSA Zane Grey and Wife DollyAuthor Zane Grey with wife, Lina, known as Dolly, and pet dog on the veranda of their home in Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of California, USA around July 29, 1930. The house is built after the fashion of the Hopi Indians. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33b73-220px-zg_riders_of_the_purple_sage_cover.jpg220px-ZG_Riders_of_the_Purple_Sage_Coverhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9ac93-ap_330401024.jpgGreyAmerican novelist Zane Grey, known for his writings of the American West and non-fiction books on fishing, is shown in April 1933. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4228c-greatgamefishingatcatalina.jpggreatgamefishingatcatalinaGrey's rare pamphlet published in 1919 on local fishing.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/611cf-nws-zane-grey.7.14.06.006.jpgNWS-Zane Grey.7.14.06.006Writer Zane Grey lived on Catalina Island after having a home built atop a hill overlooking Avalon. View of Avalon Harbor from the front of the since-closed Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel in 2006. (Daily Breeze photo by Robert Casillas)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bcba5-outdoorlifecover.jpgoutdoorlifecoverApril 1930 issue.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/860bd-zanegreyhousepostcard.jpgzanegreyhousepostcardUndated postcard, probably from 1930s, shows Zane Grey's house on Catalina Island.2018-03-13T19:02:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/04/29/legislating-beauty-the-palos-verdes-art-jury/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a21c4-scan-170427-0001-1.jpgScan-170427-0001Charles H. Cheney (Courtesy The Palos Verdes Story)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/739ff-scan-170427-0002-1.jpgScan-170427-0002Myron Hunt, first president of the Palos Verdes Art Jury. (Courtesy The Palos Verdes Story)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3e410-220px-frank_a._vanderlip.jpg220px-Frank_A._VanderlipFrank A. Vanderliphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6352-pvartjury.jpgpvartjuryhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/455e1-signselect.jpgsignselectSign on the door of the Palos Verdes Homes Assocation / Art Jury near Palos Verdes Estates City Hall. (April 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ee09c-scan-170427-0002.jpgScan-170427-0002https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2625e-scan-170427-0001.jpgScan-170427-0001https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f1b64-cheneyresidenvcepvlib.jpgcheneyresidenvcepvlibhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bfc9b-artjurybook.jpgartjurybookCover of the original book of housing guidelines for Palos Verdes Estates. (Courtesy Palos Verdes Public Library Digital Archives)2017-04-29T00:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/04/22/dennis-wilsons-fast-and-furious-life/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0867-surf-45-the-beach-boys-surfin-luau-on-candix-301-very-clean_9767592.jpgsurf-45-the-beach-boys-surfin-luau-on-candix-301-very-clean_9767592https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b77b-two_lane_blacktop.jpgtwo_lane_blacktophttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8d5e6-gettyimages-3137602.jpgBeach BoysDennis Wilson, Dec. 2, 1966. (Photo by Clive Limpkin/Express/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7a48-nws-beachboys-smc005.jpgNWS-BeachBoys-SMc005April 27, 2007. Photo by Steve McCrank. A monument to the Beach Boys, at 3701 W. 119th Street in Hawthorne, commemorates the location of Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson's childhood home.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d418-ap_831228086-1024x664-1.jpgDennis Wilson deathUnidentified investigator looks at The Emerald at boat slip in Marina Del Rey near Los Angeles on Dec. 28, 1983, following the death of Beach Boys band member Dennis Wilson. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c8fba-gettyimages-3089919.jpgPop Phenomenon2nd November 1964: American pop group The Beach Boys in 1964. From left to right, Dennis Wilson (1944 - 1983), Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Carl Wilson (1946 - 1998). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8305f-220px-pobcover.jpg220px-POBCoverhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11f8a-2360-b-never-learn-not-to-love-la-klaas.jpg2360-B Never Learn Not To Love LA Klaas2017-04-22T00:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/04/15/the-story-behind-thomas-keller-memorial-park-in-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26857-0516_nws_tdb-l-torrancepd.079-1024x776-1.jpg0516_NWS_TDB-L-TORRANCEPD.079 (1024x776)The Torrance Police Department holds its annual Police Memorial Ceremony to remember fallen officers in May 2010. Children are led to the stage to leave flowers. (Daily Breeze file photo by Robert Casillas)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c3708-kellermug-1.jpgTorrance Police Officer Thomas Joseph Keller. (Daily Breeze undated file photo)Torrance Police Officer Thomas Joseph Keller. (Daily Breeze undated file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf37f-parklongshot.jpgparklongshotThomas Keller Memorial Park in Old Torrance. (April 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ce7f9-torrancesportshop.jpgtorrancesportshopThe Torrance Sport Shop, left, site of the 1986 shooting. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ee1d-breezekeller.jpgbreezekellerDaily Breeze front page, Friday, April 18, 1986.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6c8c-select.jpg.jpgselect.jpgThe John F. Kennedy memorial was moved across the street in Old Torrance in 1986. (April 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc2e8-select.jpgselectThomas Keller Memorial Park in Old Torrance. (April 2017 Daily Breeze photo)2017-04-15T00:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/04/07/san-pedros-walkers-cafe-continues-to-thrive-after-71-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/53574-walkersfromside.jpgwalkersfromsideWalker's Cafe. (April 2017 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/51187-00409_nws_tdb-l-a3rail.jpg00409_NWS_TDB-L-A3RAILWalker's Cafe near Point Fermin Park in San Pedro. (April 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/65e3e-tn00-redcar.jpgTN00-RedCarA Pacific Electrc Red Car passes the site of the current Walker's Cafe around 1913. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/59c9c-msp-walkers2-sh.jpgmsp-walkers2-shJeremiah Soto hits the road after a visit to Walker's Cafe in 2005, where he has been coming to all his life. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d0385-history-menu.jpghistory menu.menu from Walker's Cafe.For Grossberg history storyUndated menu from Walker's Cafe. (Daily Breeze file photo)2017-04-07T21:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/04/01/all-about-bishop-montgomery-high-school-in-torrance-and-its-namesake/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/412c8-scan-170331-0001.jpgScan-170331-0001Daily Breeze, May 1, 1971.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d22d-signselect-1024x728-1.jpgsignselect (1024x728)Bishop Montgomery High School. (March 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5992a-niceselect-1024x667-1.jpgniceselect (1024x667)Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance. (March 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e855a-frontselect-1024x589-1.jpgfrontselect (1024x589)Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance. (March 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29263-tn13-soccer-sump-1024x587-1.jpgTN13-soccer sump (1024x587)A City of Torrance sump adjacent to Bishop Montgomery High School on Torrance Blvd. was proposed as a site where three lighted soccer fields could be built, but residents scotched the idea. (October 2009 Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c7697-ts12-jeter.03-1024x695-1.jpgTS12-Jeter.03 (1024x695)Olympics sprinter Carmelita Jeter speaks at Bishop Montgomery High School. The Torrance school honored the 1998 graduate for her London Olympics victories at a September 2012 pep rally. (Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ff072-bmofficersprincipal.jpgbmofficersprincipalThe first crop of student officers at the new Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance. with Principal Father Michael J. McNulty, third from left with hand outstretched. Torrance Herald, Oct. 17, 1957, Page 29. (Historical Newspaper Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f3443-revgmontgomery.jpgRevGMontgomeryBishop George Thomas Montgomery, after whom the Torrance high school was named. File photo. (Credit: Wikimedia)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8a8c8-bishoprendering.jpgbishoprenderingTorrance Herald, Nov. 7, 1957, Page 29. (Historical Newspapers Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c57fd-1961yearbook.jpg1961yearbook1961 Bishop Montgomery High School yearbook.2017-04-01T00:12:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/03/25/the-united-sulphur-company-fire-and-the-modernization-of-the-torrance-fire-department/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19e5f-pacificwaste-2.jpgpacificwaste (2)Pacific Waste Products burns on May 30, 1954, a year after the United Sulphur blaze. Torrance Herald, June 3, 1954, Part Two, Page 1. (Historical Newspaper Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1808-fireaftermath.jpgfireaftermathThe aftermath of the United Sulphur Company blaze. Torrance Herald, June 21, 1953, Page 1. (Historical Newspapers Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33b47-unitedsulphurmain.jpgunitedsulphurmainThe United Sulphur Company burns on June 17, 1953. Torrance Press, June 18, 1953, Page 1. (Historical Newspapers Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9762c-firstfiredept.jpgfirstfiredeptThe building shared by the Torrance Police and Torrance Fire departments, left, next to the new city hall under construction in 1936. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b3ac4-torrancefirenow.jpgtorrancefirenowTorrance Fire Department Station 1 at the corner of Carson Street and Crenshaw Boulevard. (Still from 2016 YouTube video)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/465ef-firstfirechief.jpgfirstfirechiefTorrance's first fire chief. Daily Breeze, Sept. 27, 1957, Page 4C.2017-03-25T00:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/03/11/the-lighthouse-in-hermosa-beach-a-beacon-for-jazz-aficionados/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b780-lighthouse-1955.jpegLighthouse 1955Nighttime photo of the Lighthouse from the 1950s. (Credit: Purojazz.com website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1225e-lighthousefront.jpglighthousefrontThe Lighthouse Cafe has been a fixture for South Bay music fans since 1949. "La La Land" film poster in window, right. (March 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/42cb4-lighthouseback.jpglighthousebackThe 2016 film "La La Land" used the Lighthouse Cafe for location shooting. (March 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86135-lighthouse06.5-26-99.jpgLighthouse06.5/26/99.BK Photo Courtesy the Lighthouse Cafe.Carmen McRaeCarmen McRae performs at the Lighthouse Cafe in this undated photo. (Credit: The Lighthouse Cafe)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e309d-lighthouse02.5-25-99.jpgLighthouse02.5-25-99The Lighthouse Cafe exterior in the 1950's. (Photo credit: The Lighthouse Cafe)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20d36-albumpanel.jpgalbumpanelJust a few of the albums recorded at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach. 2017-03-22T04:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/03/03/whatever-happened-to-the-inglewood-golf-course/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f8c53-inglewoodmap.jpginglewoodmapArea shaded in blue shows roughly the original boundaries of the Portrero Country Club/Inglewood Golf Course. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/21939-0114_nws_tdb_l_faastadium-1024x495-1.jpg-L-RAMS-STADIUMArtist rendition of the Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, currently under construction. (2016 Daily Breeze staff file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0f88d-portrerocountryclub.jpgportrerocountryclubOil derricks can be seen in this undated file photo from Portrero Country Club in Inglewood, circa late 1920s. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b2e7a-igccopy.jpgigccopyThe Inglewood Golf Course had been closed for two weeks before this photo was taken on Feb. 28, 1978. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9f39-genelittler.jpggenelittlerGene Littler, Sports Illustrated, May 15, 1962.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69462-thecourseitself.jpgthecourseitselfThe Inglewood Golf Course had been closed for two weeks before this photo of its landscape was taken on Feb. 28, 1978. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2017-03-03T22:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/02/25/violent-labor-strife-rattles-torrance-harbor-area-businesses-in-the-1940s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5cfae-ap_517245568109.jpgMickey CohenGambler Mickey Cohen, third from right, two of his associates, and two police officers exchange friendly congratulations as they were acquitted on March 7, 1950 at Los Angeles, on charges of conspiracy. They were accused of arranging the release of seven Cohen henchmen who had been picked up as suspects in a beating. Left to right: Eli Lubin (accused in the 1949 Carr beating in San Pedro),W.S. Wolfe, Jimmy Rist, Cohen, Russell E. Parsons, Jack Swan. (AP Photo/Ira Guldner)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc0ce-leeattackpage.jpgleeattackpageTorrance Herald, Feb. 7, 1946, Page 1-A (front page). (Historical Newspaper Archives, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6689d-penneysad.jpgpenneysadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1511d-hillmanleeattacked.jpghillmanleeattackedTorrance Herald, Feb. 7, 1946, Page 6-A. (Historical Archives Database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2a84f-tidwellmug.jpgtidwellmugHaskell Tidwell, Torrance Herald, Feb. 7, 1946. (Historical Newspaper Archives, Torrance Public Library)2017-02-25T00:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/02/18/raymond-v-darby-a-life-of-public-service-ends-with-a-sudden-unusual-death/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19294-darbyonright.jpgRaymond V. DarbyRaymond V. Darbyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0fa88-darby1932.jpgdarby1932The Inglewood City Council decked out in honor of the 1932 Centinela Days celebration. Mayor Raymond Darby, front and center, white cowboy hat. (Photo: Centinela Valley Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d0141-darby1944ad.jpgdarby1944adPalos Verdes News, April 7, 1944, Page 2.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d8c4-darbyfromad.jpgdarbyfromadhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4ab71-darbyfullpage.jpgdarbyfullpageRaymond Darby appeals to Torrance voters in this Torrance Press ad from May 29, 1952. (Historical Archives Databse, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3a9ae-darbypage1-1018x1024-1.jpgdarbypage1 (1018x1024)Daily Breeze front page, March 6, 1953.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5c637-darbypark1-2-1024x683-1.jpgDarbypark1 (2) (1024x683)The playground at Darby Park in Inglewood. Undated photo. (Credit: City of Inglewood)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1dc69-raymond_darby_for_senator.jpgRaymond_Darby_for_SenatorCampaign poster for Raymond Darby's brief run for U.S. Senate. (Wikimedia)2017-02-18T01:25:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/02/11/how-eucalyptus-trees-came-to-thrive-in-the-south-bay-and-harbor-area/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db073-0202_nws_tdb-l-stormdamage133-1024x683-1.jpg0202_NWS_TDB-L-STORMDAMAGE133 (1024x683)Wilson Park in Torrance was closed temporarily in Feburary 2016 after high winds knocked down many of the parks eucalyptus trees. Light fixtures and the park baseball backstop where taken down by the falling trees. (Daily Breeze photo by Chuck Bennett / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fcd38-elsegundoeucalyptus.jpgelsegundoeucalyptusYoung eucalyptus trees line Center Street in El Segundo looking east from Pine Avenue in this undated file photo, probably from the early 1900s. (Daily Breeze files)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ef964-tn25-eucalyptus-smc020.jpgTN25-Eucalyptus-SMc020Eucalyptus trees line Torrance Boulevard near the Civic Center. 2008 file photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab03f-55cbe51b3c7a7.image_.jpg55cbe51b3c7a7.image"The Grove," a stand of eucalyptus trees in Palos Verdes Estates. 2015 file photo. (Photo: Ed Pilolla)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b117-treefrontpage39.jpgtreefrontpage39Torrance Herald, Jan. 12, 1939, Page B-1. (Historical Archives Database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dd011-p1030462.jpgP1030462Stately eucalyptus trees ring Wilson Park in Torrance. They were planted when the park opened in 1979. (February 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f995c-plazadelamo.jpgplazadelamohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fd0e0-westertrees.jpgwestertreesWestern Avenue north of Carson Street, looking quite different in 1948 than it does today. (Historical Archives Database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b4ab7-nws-treeintocars-smc081.jpgNWS-TreeIntoCars-SMc081April 11, 2007. Photo by Steve McCrank. A eucalyptus tree on El Prado Avenue, near Arlington Avenue in Old Torrance, toppled in the high winds and crushing two vehicles including this Toyota sedan which is barely visible through the tree's branches. No one was injured when the tree fell around 2:30 Thursday afternoon.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a959a-nws-driver.041607-063.jpgNWS-Driver.041607-063Crews trim eucalyptus trees along Torrance Boulevard in April 2007. Daily Breeze file photo. (Scott Varley / Staff Photographer)2017-02-11T01:17:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/02/04/v-e-day-observance-in-the-south-bay-more-muted-than-big-city-celebrations/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6a6d6-breezefrontpage.jpgbreezefrontpagehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/54a72-timessquare-1024x901-1.jpgtimessquare (1024x901)Thousands of New Yorkers jam Times Square on May 7, 1945, the day before V-E Day was officially declared, after hearing the first news of Germany's surrender to end the war in Europe. (Associated Press photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/80771-scan-170202-0001.jpgScan-170202-0001https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4cc5b-p1030448.jpgP1030448The Douglas plant in El Segundo advertises for workers in The Daily Breeze, May 10, 1945, Page 8.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18800-p1030447.jpgP1030447Liquor stores were temporarily closed, but Germany's surrender still sounds like a good time to pop open a tall cool one in this ad from The Daily Breeze, May 8, 1945, Page 4.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1c853-greyhound.jpggreyhoundGreyhound ad, Torrance Herald, May 10, 1945, Page 2-B. (Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ce067-doakad.jpgdoakadTorrance-based Doak Aircraft urges able-bodied workers to apply for jobs in order to "whip Japan" in this ad placed immediately after V-E Day. Torrance Herald, May 10, 1945, Page 5-B. (Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/df2ea-cover.jpgcoverThis postal cover, with stamps canceled on both V-E and V-J days, was sold in a fundraiser by the Torrance Lions Club. Torrance Herald, Nov. 8, 1945, Page B1. (Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)2017-02-04T01:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/01/27/on-vacation-3/2017-02-03T21:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/01/21/torrances-south-high-school-comes-to-life-in-the-late-1950s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a655e-tn19-south_graduation.sv-007-1024x506-1.jpgTN19-South_Graduation.SV-007 (1024x506)Over 500 seniors received their diplomas during commencement exercises at South High School on June 18, 2008. File photo. (Scott Varley/Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/00eb1-bridgesouthhigh.jpgbridgesouthhighTorrance Herald, Dec. 27, 1959, Page3. (Credit: Historical Archives Database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba8f9-southrendering.jpgsouthrenderingTorrance Herald, May 7, 1956, Page1. (Credit: Historical Archives Database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4aa5c-heraldfullpagesouth.jpgheraldfullpagesouthTorrance Herald, Jan. 9, 1958, Page 19. (Credit: Historical Archives Database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/38274-p1030407-1024x768-1.jpgP1030407 (1024x768)The South High pedestrian overpass is screened in on all sides. (January 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cd96c-southselect-1024x687-1.jpgsouthselect (1024x687)South High School in Torrance. (January 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/42df0-0928_spt_tdb-l-westsouth-001.jpgWest Torrance at South TorranceSouth Torrance cheerleaders walk to the field before the game against West Torrance in a nonleague football game at South High School on Friday, September 27, 2013 in Torrance, Calif. (Michael Yanow / For the Daily Breeze)2020-05-20T03:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/01/13/larry-carlton-a-grammy-winning-musicians-south-bay-roots/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1c913-carltontorpress-1.jpgThe Torrance Press caption misidentifies Larry Carlton as "LarryThe Torrance Press caption misidentifies Larry Carlton as "Larry Colton" in this Page 1 story from its Sept. 8, 1960, edition. (Credit: Historical Archives Database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3edec-ap_345680435336-704x1024-1.jpgLarry CarltonLarry Carlton at the 2013 Grammy Awards. (Associated Press photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02f62-gettyimages-462788802.jpgHONG KONG-ENTERTAINMENT-MUSIC-CARLTON-LUKATHERGuitarists Steve Lukather, left,and Larry Carlton perform at the last show of their 2015 Asian tour, at the AC Hall in Hong Kong on February 5, 2015. Lukather, known for his work with the US rock group Toto in the 1980s, and multi-Grammy Award winning Carlton, appeared together as part of the Jazz World Live Series. (RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45bd8-gettyimages-73848688.jpgBluesfest Byron Bay - Day 5Larry Carlton, left, and his son, Travis Carlton of the Larry Carlton Blues Project, perform on stage at the 18th Annual Bluesfest East Coast Blues & Roots Festival at Red Devil Park on April 9, 2007 in Byron Bay, Australia (Photo by James Green/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5f5b1-firstalbum.jpgfirstalbumLarry Carlton's first solo album was released in 1968.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7fb4c-carltonyerbookphoto.jpgcarltonyerbookphotoLarry Carlton's senior photo from El Eco, the 1966 Narbonne High yearbook.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a4cce-carltonyearbookban.jpgcarltonyearbookbanLarry Carlton, third from left, peforms with band at Narbonne High talent show in this photo from the 1966 Narbonne High yearbook.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/479bd-carltontorpress.jpgcarltontorpressThe Torrance Press caption misidentifies Larry Carlton as "Larry Colton" in this Page 1 story from its Sept. 8, 1960, edition. (Credit: Historical Archives Database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cb827-ap_110213062570.jpgLarry Carlton, Tak MatsumotoLarry Carlton, left, and Takahiro Matsumoto pose backstage with the award for best pop instrumental album at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)2017-01-13T23:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2017/01/07/how-wiseburn-became-the-little-school-district-that-could/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5b940-wiseburnboundaries-2.jpgwiseburnboundaries-2Wiseburn Unified School District boundaries. (Map courtesy Wiseburn Education Foundation)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b8ce5-tn00-brann.sv-036-1024x645-1.jpgtn00-brann-sv-036-1024x645After 15 years with the Wiseburn School District, Superintendent Don Brann retired in 2008. Daily Breeze file photo. (Scott Varley / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b9abd-nws-wiseburn.jpgMr. Don M. Smith and the eighth grade graduating class of Wiseburn school.Mr. Don M. Smith and the eighth grade graduating class of Wiseburn School in 1935. (Photo courtesy Wiseburn Unified School District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d4c65-2017_01_06_14_16_190001.jpg2017_01_06_14_16_190001Daily Breeze clipping from March 5, 1963, three years after the statute of limitations ran out on the arson crime at Wiseburn School District headquarters.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33f65-0821_nws_tdb-l-davinci-carr03-1-1024x606-1.jpg0821_nws_tdb-l-davinci-carr03-1-1024x606Ground breaking of the new Wiseburn High School facility, which will house Da Vinci’s three independent charter high schools. Da Vinci Communications, Da Vinci Design, and Da Vinci Science. Facility will open in Aug, 2017. El Segundo Calif. Thursday,https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11cf9-wiseburnselect.jpgwiseburnselectThe Wiseburn Unified School District office on Aviation Boulevard. (January 2017 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8f1a-ahr0cdovl3dpc2vidxjulwnhlnnjag9vbgxvb3auy29tl3vpbwcvaw1hz2uvmtm4nte5mtaxmzaxni8xmzkxmjq4nji1mjawlmpwzz9jcm9wvg9wptm4jmnyb3bsawdodd05ntkmy3jvcejvdhrvbt03mjymy3jvcexlznq9ndimymfzaxnx.jpgahr0cdovl3dpc2vidxjulwnhlnnjag9vbgxvb3auy29tl3vpbwcvaw1hz2uvmtm4nte5mtaxmzaxni8xmzkxmjq4nji1mjawlmpwzz9jcm9wvg9wptm4jmnyb3bsawdodd05ntkmy3jvcejvdhrvbt03mjymy3jvcexlznq9ndimymfzaxnxawr0ad0xmdaw-1Wiseburn School's Class of 1926 graduating class. (Photo courtesy Wiseburn Unified School District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/962d2-ahr0cdovl3dpc2vidxjulwnhlnnjag9vbgxvb3auy29tl3vpbwcvaw1hz2uvmtm4nte5mtaxmzaxni8xmzkxmjq4nji0otm3lmpwzz9jcm9wvg9wptkyjmnyb3bsawdodd05ntemy3jvcejvdhrvbt03njgmy3jvcexlznq9ntamymfzaxnx.jpgahr0cdovl3dpc2vidxjulwnhlnnjag9vbgxvb3auy29tl3vpbwcvaw1hz2uvmtm4nte5mtaxmzaxni8xmzkxmjq4nji0otm3lmpwzz9jcm9wvg9wptkyjmnyb3bsawdodd05ntemy3jvcejvdhrvbt03njgmy3jvcexlznq9ntamymfzaxnxawr0ad0xmdawWiseburn acquired its first school bus in 1925. (Photo courtesy Wiseburn Unified School District)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2c1be-ahr0cdovl3dpc2vidxjulwnhlnnjag9vbgxvb3auy29tl3vpbwcvaw1hz2uvmtm4nte5mtaxmzaxni8xnde2ntu2mji2ntywlmpwzz9jcm9wvg9wptamy3jvcfjpz2h0ptewmdamy3jvcejvdhrvbt0zmzumy3jvcexlznq9ntuzjmjhc2lz.jpgahr0cdovl3dpc2vidxjulwnhlnnjag9vbgxvb3auy29tl3vpbwcvaw1hz2uvmtm4nte5mtaxmzaxni8xnde2ntu2mji2ntywlmpwzz9jcm9wvg9wptamy3jvcfjpz2h0ptewmdamy3jvcejvdhrvbt0zmzumy3jvcexlznq9ntuzjmjhc2lzv2lkdgg9mtawmahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5cff8-ahr0cdovl3dpc2vidxjulwnhlnnjag9vbgxvb3auy29tl3vpbwcvaw1hz2uvmtm4nte5mtaxmzaxni8xmzkxmjq4nji1njg5lmpwzz9jcm9wvg9wptamy3jvcfjpz2h0pty5oszjcm9wqm90dg9tptmznszjcm9wtgvmdd0yntimymfzaxnx.jpgahr0cdovl3dpc2vidxjulwnhlnnjag9vbgxvb3auy29tl3vpbwcvaw1hz2uvmtm4nte5mtaxmzaxni8xmzkxmjq4nji1njg5lmpwzz9jcm9wvg9wptamy3jvcfjpz2h0pty5oszjcm9wqm90dg9tptmznszjcm9wtgvmdd0yntimymfzaxnxawr0ad0xmdaw2017-01-25T07:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/12/24/san-pedro-keeps-its-christmas-boat-parade-tradition-alive/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25f46-princesslouisegal.jpgprincesslouisegalDaily Breeze, Dec. 17, 1969 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab22d-1207_nws_tdb-l-boatparade206-1024x683-1.jpg1207_nws_tdb-l-boatparade206-1024x683Entry from the 2014 Christmas boat parade in San Pedro. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Chuck Bennett)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09b6a-1207_nws_tdb-l-boatparade210-1024x683-1.jpg1207_nws_tdb-l-boatparade210-1024x683Onshore onlookers watch the 2014 holiday boat parade in San Pedro. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Chuck Bennett)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/513bf-oriana.jpgorianahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/422f5-untitled-2.jpguntitled-2Daily Breeze, Dec. 3, 1965 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/927ce-1207_nws_tdb-l-boatparade181-1024x683-1.jpg1207_nws_tdb-l-boatparade181-1024x683The line of boats passes through the harbor during the 2014 parade. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6b027-1207_nws_tdb-l-boatparade169-1024x683-1.jpg1207_nws_tdb-l-boatparade169-1024x683The 2014 Los Angeles Harbor Holiday Afloat parade featured boats of all types and sizes. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Chuck Bennett)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/27174-1206_nws_tdb-l-boatparade.124-1024x715-1.jpg1206_nws_tdb-l-boatparade-124-1024x715San Pedro boat parade contestants pass near the judge's stand at Banning's Landing in Wilmington in the 2015 parade. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18fa7-1206_nws_tdb-l-boatparade.71-1024x682-1.jpg1206_nws_tdb-l-boatparade-71-1024x682San Pedro boat parade contestants pass near the judge's stand at Banning's Landing in Wilmington Saturday night. Photos by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze/LANG/12-05-15https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/76e36-spboatparade1968.jpgspboatparade1968The "Ramona" won the Grand Sweepstakes prize at the 6th annual Christmas Afloat boat parade in San Pedro in December 1968. (Daily Breeze file photo)2016-12-24T01:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/12/17/torrances-hotel-boom-made-up-for-lost-time/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c112-ts01-miyako-sh-1094-1024x588-1.jpgts01-miyako-sh-1094-1024x588The Miyako Hybrid Hotel held its grand opening in Torrance in 2009. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a33e-p1030345-1.jpgp1030345The Extended Stay America hotel east of the Doubletree in Torrance. (December 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0497c-holidayinnclip.jpgDaily Breeze, May 22, 1973 edition.Daily Breeze, May 22, 1973 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/76f7a-brightonpanel.jpgbrightonpanelLeft: Undated postcard show the Brighton Hotel in Old Torrance. Right: The Brighton building today. (December 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e287a-p1030372-1024x669-1.jpgp1030372-1024x669The Doubletree Hotel on Hawthorne Boulevard in Torrance. (December 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33359-p1030345.jpgp1030345https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/468f6-marriotselect.jpgmarriotselectThe Torrance Marriott opened in 1985. (December 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab98c-hotelrow.jpghotelrowThe Howard Johnson's and Residence Inn on Torrance Boulevard in Torrance. (December 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf63f-brighton.jpgbrightonhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9b9fe-t0qo9hg5-2.jpgt0qo9hg5-22016-12-17T00:42:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/12/10/film-star-dana-andrews-finds-a-home-in-rancho-palos-verdes/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f6b1-oxbowposter.jpgoxbowposterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33935-laura_22x28_r52_original_half_sheet_movie_poster.jpglaura_22x28_r52_original_half_sheet_movie_posterLobby card for "Laura" (1944).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30fec-danawithhat.jpgdanawithhatDana Andrews, undated 1940s-era publicity photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/81dd9-danawifefrompvnews.jpgdanawifefrompvnewsDana Andrews poses with Shirley Chilton, president of the PV Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. (Palos Verdes News, May 2, 1963, Page 1)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0f290-danapublicitymug.jpgdanapublicitymugDana Andrews, undated publicity photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1892e-danamagcover.jpgdanamagcoverhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bdc95-bestyearsofourliveslc06_x1.jpgbestyearsofourliveslc06_x1Lobby card for "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/162f7-ap_5511221128-835x1024-1.jpgDana Andrews, Mary AndrewsActor Dana Andrews and his wife Mary arriving for premiere of "Guys and Dolls" in Hollywood on Nov. 22, 1955. (AP Photo/Ed Widdis)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6409a-1949-jeris-hair-tonic-ad-dana-andrews-says-.jpg1949-jeris-hair-tonic-ad-dana-andrews-says1949 magazine ad endorseing Jeris hair-care products.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c226b-andrewshouse.jpgandrewshouseInterior of the Oceanaire Drive house. (Palos Verdes News, April 23, 1964, Page 3.)2018-06-16T21:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/12/03/wall-mosaics-in-lax-passageways-lead-travelers-home/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ea637-p1030333-1024x621-1.jpgp1030333-1024x621Second half of mosaic on the wall of the Terminal 6 passenger walkway at LAX. The lone red portion can be seen just to the left of the woman walking. (November 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/873af-p1030331-1024x660-1.jpgp1030331-1024x660Mosaic on the wall of the Terminal 6 passenger walkway at LAX. (November 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/abfcd-p1030330-1024x768-1.jpgp1030330-1024x768Mosaic on the wall of the Terminal 6 passenger walkway at LAX. (November 2016 Daily Breeze photo)2016-12-03T00:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/11/24/on-vacation-2/2016-11-24T02:26:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/11/19/why-john-s-gibson-has-those-places-named-after-him-in-san-pedro/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d40b-gibsonad.jpggibsonadA John S. Gibson ad during his first run for Los Angeles City Council in 1951. Torrance Herald, May 24, 1951, Page 15. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archives database, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a2bc1-parkselect.jpgparkselectThe American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial is the largest of several memorials located in John S. Gibson Park on Harbor Boulevard in San Pedro. (November 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1bab0-sphosptial57.jpgPalos Verdes News, June 13, 1957, Page 7.Palos Verdes News, June 13, 1957, Page 7.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2fc88-johngibsondodgers.jpgDodgers Move to LA 1957A happy band of Los Angeles City Councilmen and Councilwoman, watch as Mayor Norris Poulson, center, signs the ordinance they passed the previous day, which legalizes a contract between the city and the Brooklyn Dodgers to play at L.A. the following year, Oct. 8, 1957, Los Angeles, Calif. From left to right are: Ransom Callicott, John Gibson Jr., Rosalind Wyman, L.E. Timberlake, James Corman, Gordon Hahn, Charles Navarro and Everett Burkalter. (AP Photo/Don Brinn)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eaac1-gibsonad45.jpggibsonad45Torrance Herald, Feb. 1, 1945, Page 3B. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fbac4-2016_11_18_14_54_430001.jpgCouncilman John S. Gibson, undated file photo. (Daily Breeze photo)Councilman John S. Gibson, undated file photo. (Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/78537-2016_11_18_14_49_420001.jpg2016_11_18_14_49_420001Councilman John S. Gibson, right, with Pope John Paul II in 1981. (Daily Breeze file photo)2016-11-19T02:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/11/12/peeling-back-the-layers-of-the-red-onions-history/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b4a2-6redonion1966a.jpgBart Earle in 1966. (Photo courtesy The Original Red Onion restaurant website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1cf7a-pvnews81563.jpgPalos Verdes News, Aug. 15, 1963 edition.Palos Verdes News, Aug. 15, 1963 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b92d4-tn07_redondowaterfront_smc129.jpgtn07_redondowaterfront_smc129The Redondo Beach Shade Hotel was built on the site of what was a Red Onion restaurant, center above, next to the Cheescake Factory in King Harbor. 2011 file photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a5cef-redonionmenufourrestaurants.jpgredonionmenufourrestaurantsUndated Red Onion menu, circa mid-1960s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2dbe8-redonionbigthreematchbook.jpgredonionbigthreematchbookMatchbook cover notes three Red Onion locations.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/03063-red-onionpvold.jpgred-onionpvoldhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4da42-rbmatchbook.jpgrbmatchbookMatchbook cover from the Redondo Beach Red Onion.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2aa85-inglewoodredonion.jpginglewoodredonionWho are these two Inglewood guys, (Photo courtesy The Original Red Onion restaurant website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9ad86-inglewoodredocafeext.jpginglewoodredocafeextBart Earle's first Red Onion restaurant, The Red Onion Cafe, opened in Inglewood in 1949. (Photo courtesy The Original Red Onion restaurant website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a1cc1-inglewoodmatchbook.jpginglewoodmatchbookInglewood Red Onion matchbook.2020-08-02T09:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/11/05/catalina-island-builds-an-airport-in-the-sky/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aac20-pn21-catalina01sjg-824x1280-1.jpgpn21-catalina01sjg-824x1280Fire crews tend to the wreckage of a private plane that crashed at the edge of the Catalina airport that killed three people in 2008. (Long Beach Press-Telegram staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8c0d8-newairportpc.jpgnewairportpcUndated modern postcard.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/06d08-catalinaairportlc.jpgcatalinaairportlcThe administration building and control tower at the airport. (Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/94524-1940s-santa-catalina-island-airport-in-the-sky-rppc-real-photo-postcardd-6337-6af612675a808c2c4e035f1f8c925df8.jpg1940s-santa-catalina-island-airport-in-the-sky-rppc-real-photo-postcardd-6337-6af612675a808c2c4e035f1f8c925df8https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97a9d-1280px-catalina_airport_aerial.jpg1280px-catalina_airport_aerialhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7880d-1106_nws_tdb-l-a3rail.jpg1106_nws_tdb-l-a3railThe hangar at Catalina Island's Airport in the Sky was built in 1946. (2016 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ef31-1024px-santa_catalina_ca_usa_-_airport_in_the_sky.jpg1024px-santa_catalina_ca_usa_-_airport_in_the_skyThe airport's distinctive control tower was completed in the summer of 1947. (Credit: Subsven, Wikimedia Commons)2018-05-06T18:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/10/29/john-shidler-and-rosemary-decamp-become-a-torrance-power-couple/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6296-rosemarypressclub-1.jpgrosemarypressclubPalos Verdes Peninsula News, Aug. 20, 1959, Page 11. (Credit: California Digital Newspaper Collection database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/52e55-rosemarypressclub.jpgrosemarypressclubhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f1d7-ydd.jpgyddPublicity photo shows, from left, Jeanne Cagney, Jimmy Cagney as George M. Cohan, his "mother," Rosemary DeCamp, and Walter Huston from the 1942 film, "Yankee Doodle Dandy."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/79896-rosemary1974.jpgrosemary1974Rosemary DeCamp at home in Hollywood Riviera in 1974.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/39b71-gettyimages-3133987.jpgFloral BlouseActress Rosemary DeCamp models a patterned hostess blouse with an attached sash, with a pair of black gabardine slacks in a 1947 fashion shoot. This stylish outfit was designed by Joseph Zukin. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64e63-shidlerjusticepeace.jpgshidlerjusticepeaceTorrance Herald, Nov. 6, 1947, Page 1. (Credit: Historical Archives Database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/93541-6482660493_5eb3587140.jpg6482660493_5eb3587140Rosemary DeCamp in a publicity still from the 1951 film, "On Moonlight Bay."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28dba-5124aqnsc4l._sx331_bo1204203200_.jpg5124aqnsc4l-_sx331_bo1204203200_https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e811e-p1030291.jpgp1030291Shidler and DeCamp family member ride in a car during a parade in this undated 1950s file photo. Rear seat, from left, mothers Margaret DeCamp and Mina Shidler. Middle seat, from left: Valerie, Margaret and Martha Shidler. Front seat, from left, Rosemary2016-10-29T01:58:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/10/22/triangle-shopping-center-occupied-its-own-corner-of-redondo-beach-history/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5f6fa-triangleads55pdf.jpgtriangleads55pdfTorrance Herald, Dec. 1, 1955, Page 31. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archives, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b0356-marjorieco.jpgmarjorieco"Marjorie" wrote about retail businesses for the Torrance Press. From the May 20, 1954 edition, Page 8. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archives, Torrance Public Library) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cba4a-southbaypostcardtriangle-1.jpgsouthbaypostcardtrianglehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/599dc-mayfairad1-942x1280-1.jpgmayfairad1-942x1280Daily Breeze, March 9, 1950.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31894-southbaypostcardtriangle.jpgsouthbaypostcardtriangleUndated postcard shows view looking south toward the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The Triangle Shopping Center is visible at bottom right.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3daf3-mayfairpvnews-576x332-1.jpgmayfairpvnews-576x332Palos Verdes News, March 9, 1950, Page 8.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c94fa-mayfairadstore1-1-948x1280-1.jpgmayfairadstore1-1-948x1280Daily Breeze, March 9, 1950.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01efe-mayfairad1-942x1280-1.jpgmayfairad1-942x1280Daily Breeze, March 9, 1950.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d5db-2016_10_20_20_51_340001.jpg2016_10_20_20_51_340001The Triangle Shopping Center in 1949, bounded by Hermosa and Pacific avenues bottom and top, and Beryl Street (left center). Buildings for the four major stores are in place, including Owl-Rexall Drugs, left, and Mayfair Market. Some open spaces remain. (https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/341b1-2016_10_20_20_50_370001.jpg2016_10_20_20_50_370001The Triangle Shopping Center in Redondo Beach on Sept. 11, 1981. Pne of the stores in the foreground is empty, and the antiques mall can be seen in the former Mayfair Market building. (Daily Breeze staff photo)2017-10-04T03:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/10/15/george-carson-soldier-merchant-rancher-and-south-bay-patriarch/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2d76-csudh_seal.jpgPrinthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97535-cityofcarsonseal-2.jpgcityofcarsonseal-2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c87e3-p1030290.jpgp1030290https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6fbe9-p1030288.jpgp1030288Workers at the Carson family dairy farm. (Undated file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ddcce-victoriadominguez.jpgvictoriadominguezMaria Victoria Dominguez. File photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7309f-nws_sby-carson.jpgnws_sby-carsonThe George Carson family in 1887. Standing from left, George Henry Carson, Sr., Edward Albert, William Christobal, Anna Francisca, George Henry, Jr., Virginia Adelaida, Maria Engracia, Joseph Noel; Front row, from left, David Victor, Dona Victoria Dominguez de Carson, Lucy Susana, John Manuel, Victoria Lenore, Amelia Magdalena. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ddef8-carsonhome.jpgcarsonhomeGeorge Carson's family home in 1895. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b1d9e-81463118_1426204470.jpg81463118_1426204470George Carson. Undated file photo.2016-10-15T00:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/10/08/small-track-at-ascot-park-played-a-big-role-in-auto-racing-history/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/06452-1011_nws_tdb-l-sportswalk.27-1024x702-1.jpg0_1011_NWS_TDB-L-SPORTSWALKCary, Chris and J.C. Agajanian Jr. at the induction ceremony for the San Pedro Sportswalk, a homegrown favorite event, launched in 1978 as a tribute to star athletes and to provide scholarships to local students. More than 100 bronze sidewalk plaques have since been awarded and are embedded along Sixth, Palos Verdes and Centre streets in downtown San Pedro, a town well known for its enthusiastic embrace of sports. Oct. 10, 2016. (Brad Graverson/ The Daily Breeze/SCNG)//10-10-16https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9ccee-sp.0222.agajanian.4.jpgsp.0222.agajanian.4 J.C. Agajanian, right, with 1952 Indianapolis 500 winner Troy Ruttman. (Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ddd62-ap_6405010221.jpgParnelli Jones, J. C. AgajanianParnelli Jones, 1963 Indianapolis ‘500’ Champion, and J. C. Agajanian, car-owner, prior to time trials for 1964 Classic at Indianapolis Speedway in May 1964. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c419d-2016_10_07_14_11_220001.jpg2016_10_07_14_11_220001A pit crew works on a sprint car in the pits at Ascot Park in August 1990. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cd74e-2016_10_07_14_09_370001.jpg2016_10_07_14_09_370001https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/158ba-2016_10_07_14_09_080001.jpg2016_10_07_14_09_080001USAC official gives instructions to a large crowd of midget car drivers before racing begins on Ascot's final night, Nov. 22, 1990. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ec4f1-2016_10_07_14_08_260001.jpg2016_10_07_14_08_260001Fireworks at the end of the final night of racing at Ascot Park, Nov. 22, 1990. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f47b8-2016_10_07_14_07_200001.jpg2016_10_07_14_07_200001Spectators on the first turn at Ascot Park in August 1990. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f81aa-2016_10_07_14_06_370001.jpg2016_10_07_14_06_370001Ascot Park, August 1990. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/31f1b-ascotposter.jpgascotposter2019-12-21T15:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/10/01/indie-surfing-documentaries-found-an-audience-in-the-south-bay-before-endless-summer/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/769b1-2016_09_30_15_51_140001-1.jpgA surfer catches a wave at Hermosa Beach in 1963. (Daily Breeze file photo)A surfer catches a wave at Hermosa Beach in 1963. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c97d4-2016_09_30_15_51_140001.jpgA surfer catches a wave at Hermosa Beach in 1963. (Daily Breeze file photo)A surfer catches a wave at Hermosa Beach in 1963. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/330fc-surfwalk.1.0329.sv-1.jpgSurf Fame075.JPGGreg Noll, center, sits between Hap Jacobs, left, and photographer Leroy Grannis, right, at a 2003 Hermosa Beach Surfers Walk of Fame induction ceremony. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/07efa-torranceherald.jpgTorrance Herald, March 12, 1961, Page 8.Torrance Herald, March 12, 1961, Page 8.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09b99-theendlesssummer64.jpgtheendlesssummer64A ticket to an early screening of "Endless Summer."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/da435-surffilmshb.jpgsurffilmshbPoster advertising John Severson surf films screening in Hermosa Beach.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/825a9-noll1960rickgart.jpgnoll1960rickgartPoster for Greg Noll's 1960 "Search for Surf" film.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/659a0-micosurffreemangeoffhaginscredit.jpgmicosurffreemangeoffhaginscreditPoster from a screening for Jim Freeman's "Let There Be Surf" at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b09d-maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefaultJohn Severson. (Photo from 2011 Surfer magazine awards video)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28ec0-img-601163010.jpgimg-601163010Filmmaker Bud Browne made the first commercial surf documentary in 1953. Undated photo. (Courtesy Bud Brown Archives)2016-10-09T04:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/09/24/inglewood-high-school-has-had-a-long-and-sometimes-turbulent-history/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db7d7-p1030281-copy.jpgp1030281-copyThe new Inglewood High School buildings in 1916. (Credit: Historical Society of Centinela Valley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34d5d-0326_nws_tdb-l-elsegundoe3.jpgBennett-Kew Elementary SchoolDon Brann. (Daily Breeze file photo by Mark Savage)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45693-nws_tdb-l-inglewood-sv-2-1.jpgInglewood High School in 1947. Source: WikipediaInglewood High School in 1947. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d77be-p1030283-1.jpgp1030283Undated photo shows the high school's farm operation. (Credit: Historical Society of the Centinela Valley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ffaa-nws_tdb-l-inglewood-sv-0016-1024x690-1.jpg-L-INGLEWOODInglewood High School. (2014 Daily Breeze staff file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d67f-nws_tdb-l-inglewood-sv-0005-1024x639-1.jpg-L-INGLEWOODInglewood High School main entrance. (2014 Daily Breeze staff file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/faa52-p1030282.jpgp1030282https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/224df-yearbookcover56.jpgyearbookcover561956 Inglewood High School yearbook.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f9042-ts22-pierce-jersey.147.jpgts22-pierce-jersey-147Then-Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce had his Inglewood High school basketball number (34) retired during a ceremony at the school in 2010. Paul Pierce and daughter, Prianna. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Robert Casillas)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/403f2-p1030283.jpgp1030283Undated photo shows the high school's farm operation. (Credit: Historical Society of the Centinela Valley)2017-01-24T18:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/09/17/kings-hawaiian-builds-an-empire-on-those-amazing-sweetbread-rolls/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e106d-72585507_132985444802.jpg72585507_132985444802Robert Taira (Undated file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/be9d9-kingsinhawaii.jpgkingsinhawaiiRobert Taira in front of King's Bakery in Honolulu in 1963. (Photo credit: King's Hawaiian)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c95c3-kingshawaiianold.jpgkingshawaiianoldRobert Taira behind the counter of Robert's Bakery in this undated 1950s file photo. (Photo credit: King's Hawaiian)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf035-biz_king-bread.0422-083.jpgbiz_king-bread-0422-083King's Hawaiian CEO Mark Taira at the packaging line as 4-pack of rolls move down the conveyer belt to be boxed at the firm's Harbor Gateway processing plant in 2005. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/60b9b-biz_king-bread.0422-044.jpgbiz_king-bread-0422-044King's Hawaiian Bakery's processing plant in Harbor Gateway in 2005. Rolls, fresh out of the oven, moves on belts to packaging. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33da5-kingslocalviewcrop.jpgkingslocalviewcropThe Local Place restaurant opened in 2002 near the company's orginal Torrance factory on Western Avenue. (September 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/55e10-0918_nws_tdb-l-a3rail-copy.jpg0918_nws_tdb-l-a3rail-copyKing's Hawaiian Bakery and Restaurant in Torrance. (September 2016 Daily Breeze photo)2016-09-21T14:30:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/09/10/the-turtles-began-a-meteoric-rise-to-1960s-music-stardom-in-westchester/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22bbc-happytogethersleeve.jpghappytogethersleeve"Happy Together" was a No. 1 hit in 1967.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/967d7-turtlesfirstalbum.jpgturtlesfirstalbumThe Turtles' first album, "It Ain't Me Babe," was released in 1965 on White Whale Records.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/968fb-200_motels.jpg200_motelsKaylan and Volman recorded with Frank Zappa, and appear in his "200 Motels" documentary.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f559d-gettyimages-575377321-852x1024-1.jpgThe TurtlesPortrait of American rock band 'The Turtles'; (back L-R) Al Nichol, Jim Tucker, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan and (front L-R) Johnny Barbara and Jim Pon, promoting their new single 'She'd Rather Be With Me' in Britain, June 13th 1967. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6df08-westchesterhighyerbook.jpgwestchesterhighyerbookThe 1964 Westchester High yearbook. Kaylan says Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme signed his.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/006cc-turtlesbillboard.pngturtlesbillboardThe Turtles in 1967 (left to right): Al Nichol, Chip Douglas, John Barbata, Mark Volman, Jim Tucker, Howard Kaylan. (Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4117c-saffrons-rule-the-crossfires_kicks-2.jpgsaffrons-rule-the-crossfires_kicks-2Band business card.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02649-markvolman2011.jpgMark VolmanIn this Jan. 20, 2011 photo, Mark Volman teaches a class in music management at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Volman, who was a founding member and manager of the music group The Turtles, is an assistant professor and the coordinator of the entertainment industry studies program at Belmont University . (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f334-gettyimages-463863562.jpgPollstar Live! 2015 - Day 1NASHVILLE, TN - FEBRUARY 19: Mark Volman The Turtles, moderates Listening In: A Rock Star in Conversation with a Musician during Day 1 of Pollstar Live at Omni Hotel on February 19, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8bd1-gettyimages-167510800.jpgGraham Nash Photo Exhibit OpeningNEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: (L-R) Lead singer of the Turtles Howard Kaylan and musician and photographer Graham Nash attend the Graham Nash Photo Exhibit Opening at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on April 25, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Simon Russell/Getty Images)2020-07-01T00:54:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/09/03/bill-tiger-reese-lived-up-to-his-billing-as-the-voice-of-san-pedro/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2f1fc-tigerreese03.010804.jpgBill "Tiger" Reese calls a baseball game sometime in the 1950's.Bill "Tiger" Reese calls a baseball game sometime in the 1950s. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5c162-tigerreese02.010804.bh_.jpgTigerReese02.010804.BHMary Reese, right, widow of Bill "Tiger" Reese, visits with friend Val Anderson at a reception at the Dalmation-American Club in San Pedro. Mary Reese, 85, was married to Tiger for 42 years. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f105-tigerreese01.010804.bh_.jpgTigerReese01.010804.BHTiger Reese memorabilia is displayed at the Dalmation-American Club in San Pedro where several hundred relatives and friends gathered for a reception following Reese's funeral service on Jan. 8, 2004. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/89ef5-tiger.2.1009.sv_.jpgSP football announcer021.JPGHigh above the San Pedro High football field, Tiger Reese, a fixture at San Pedro High football games for 55 years, announces the San Pedro-Narbonne game in 2001. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fab8c-tiger.1.1009.sv_.jpgSP football announcer073.JPGTiger Reese, a fixture at San Pedro High football games for 55 years, announces the San Pedro-Narbonne game in 2001 with the help of his longtime spotter Carlos Trevino, left. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/917c7-tiger-reese.jpgTiger ReeseBill "Tiger" Reese holds one of his prize possessions, a tiger portrait painted by one of his friends as a gift, in this 1999 file photo. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Robert Casillas) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fd00d-reese.jpgTiger Reese (P-SPORTSWALK)Tiger Reese (P-SPORTSWALK)2016-09-03T01:44:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/08/27/alpine-village-bringing-a-bit-of-bavaria-to-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5834f-tn27-alpinevillage.sv-034.jpgTN27-AlpineVillage.SV-034The flea market at Alpine Village reopened in 2008 after being forced to close because of a construction project that left piles of dirt in a project that was halted midway because it was being done without permits. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d61f3-alpineposters.jpgPosters from 1982 shows at Alpine Village in Torrance.Posters from 1982 shows at Alpine Village in Torrance.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f0b9b-alpinepostcard70s.jpgalpinepostcard70sUndated 1970s postcard.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a98b6-2016_08_26_13_59_140001.jpgDaily Breeze, Oct. 7, 1970 edition.Daily Breeze, Oct. 7, 1970 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5df02-2016_08_26_13_58_060001.jpgDaily Breeze, Nov. 26, 1971.Daily Breeze, Nov. 26, 1971.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d48d9-0627_nws_tdb-l-alpine.06.jpg0627_NWS_TDB-L-ALPINE.06World Cuo soccer fans gathered at Alpine Village in Torrance to watch the USA/Germany match in 2014. (Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2394a-select3.jpgselect3August 2016 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b7c9a-select2.jpgselect2August 2016 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/de4d8-select1.jpgselect1August 2016 Daily Breeze photo.2016-08-27T00:45:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/08/20/greg-nolls-legendary-surfing-exploits-began-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cd59-ride-the-wild-surf-poster.jpgride-the-wild-surf-posterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b3d5-gregnoll-pipeline.jpgGregNoll-PipelineGreg Noll eyes massive waves at Waimea Bay in 1957 in this iconic surfing photo. (Photo by John Severson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c0ac2-tumblr_mm4h791wyx1qhavyio1_500.jpgPhoto by LeRoy GrannisGreg Noll Surfboards on PCH in Hermosa Beach during the 1960s. (Photo by LeRoy Grannis)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/353c8-tn13-sportswalk-sv-475.jpgTN13-Sportswalk-SV-475SAN PEDRO - 10/12/09 - (SCOTT VARLEY/Daily Breeze) Ten athletes, coaches and a broadcaster were inducted into San Pedro's Sportswalk To The Waterfront Monday morning. Inductee and big wave surfer Greg Noll, right, signs an autograph next to the sidewalk plaques.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ebe7-tn13-sportswalk-sv-485.jpgTN13-Sportswalk-SV-485Ten athletes, coaches and a broadcaster were inducted into San Pedro's Sportswalk To The Waterfront in 2009. Inductee and former big wave surfer Greg Noll has a laugh at the start of the event. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/21048-surfwalk.1.0329.sv_.jpgSurf Fame075.JPGSurfWalk.1.0329.sv.photo: Scott Varley.Charter members of the Hermosa Beach Surfers Walk of Fame, from left, Hap Jacobs, Greg Noll join Pioneer member Leroy Grannis, right, during the dedication ceremony at the Hermosa Beach Pier in 2003. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2bb08-nollstore.jpgnollstorehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/be339-nollpatch.jpgnollpatchhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a522b-nollherald.jpgnollheraldTorrance Herald, Sports front page, June 28, 1962. (Photo: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc4e2-gregnollvintagepinterest.jpggregnollvintagepinterestUndated photo of Greg Noll, circa 1960s. (File photo)2018-04-24T21:54:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/08/13/doak-aircraft-company-embodied-the-value-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurial-spirit/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8cc1b-doakagain-1.jpgdoakagainTorrance Herald, Dec. 7, 1944, Page 1. (Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c54f5-doakplant53.jpgdoakplant53Part of the Doak Aircraft facilities at 23309 Western Avenue. Torrance Herald, Oct. 25, 1953. (Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/665db-hitlerdoakad.jpghitlerdoakadDoak Aircraft ad in Flying magazine, March 1944, trumpets the role of women in the war effort.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/35c89-doakprototype.jpgdoakprototypeThe VZ-4 prototype on exhibit at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, VA. (Photo courtesy RuthAS, Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/88c69-doakdrawingkills.jpgdoakdrawingkillsArtist rendition of the Doak 16 VTOL design made for the U.S. Army. Torrance Herald, Feb. 27, 1958, Page 1. (Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/73fa8-doakagain.jpgdoakagainTorrance Herald, Dec. 7, 1944, Page 1. (Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bd2b1-doak2-2.jpgdoak2 (2)The Doak Model 16 prototype at the company's Torrance Municipal Airport Hangar in an undated photo circa 1958. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f545d-doak_vz-4_in_flight_c1959.jpgDoak_VZ-4_in_flight_c1959Testing the Doak Model 16 at Edwards AFB. From the U.S. Navy's All Hands magazine, October 1959.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ad46e-aviationweek.jpgaviationweekDoak's plane makes the cover of Aviation Week and Space Technology on 1959.2016-08-13T01:56:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/08/06/the-long-strange-journey-of-hermosa-beachs-biltmore-hotel/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0ac2e-0807_nws_tdb-l-a3rail.jpg0807_NWS_TDB-L-A3RAILUndated postcard shows the Hermosa Beach shoreline, dominated by the hotel.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e178e-biltmorefromclip-1.jpgbiltmorefromcliphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e4c6d-biltmorepostcard-1932.jpgPostcard view of the hotel and crowded beachfront from 1932.Postcard view of the hotel and crowded beachfront from 1932.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b58ed-biltmore1917postcard.jpgbiltmorepostcardUndated postcard shows the Hermosa Beach shoreline, including the hotel.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/74b44-doublebiltmoresiteview.jpgdoublebiltmoresiteviewSimilar views of the Hermosa Beach Biltmore site as a vacant lot in 1983, above, and as Noble Park in August 2016. The Hermosa pier can be seen in the background of both photos. (Daily Breeze file photos)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9fa5d-selectpark.jpgNoble Park, Hermosa Beach. (August 2016 Breeze file photo)Noble Park, Hermosa Beach. (August 2016 Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ca10f-breezeclip1923construction.jpgbreezeclip1923construction1923 photo reproduced in the Daily Breeze shows construction on the Surf and Sand Club well underway. (Photo: Hermosa Beach Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d4395-biltmorefromclip.jpgbiltmorefromclipDaily Breeze, Jan. 29, 1964 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4f173-biltmore2.jpgBiltmore Hotel as it was tore down in 1968. daily Breeze file photoBiltmore Hotel as it was tore down in 1968. daily Breeze file photohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3ef16-biltmore.jpgBiltmore hotel in Hermosa Beach in 1968. Daily Breeze File PhotoBiltmore hotel in Hermosa Beach in 1968. Daily Breeze File Photo2019-07-31T02:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/07/30/san-pedros-warner-grand-theatre-has-become-more-than-just-a-revered-1930s-movie-palace/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5cfa3-warner2-672x1024-1.jpgWARNER2 (672x1024)The woodwork throughout the Warner Grand Theatre is as much of an attraction as the performances or shows the theater hosts. (2003 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09405-msp-warnergrand1-sh-1024x682-1.jpgmsp-warnergrand1-sh (1024x682)The interior of the Warner Grand in San Pedro. (2004 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0ec9-0206_nws_tdb-l-crime-carr01-1024x676-1.jpg0206_NWS_TDB-L-CRIME-CARR01 (1024x676)A crowd gathers and waits for the door s to open and enter the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro, for the Los Angeles Forum on Crime. San Pedro Calif., Thursday, February,4, 2016. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Stephen Carr) (Photo by Stephen Carr / Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/90df2-warner1-449x1024-1.jpgwarner1 (449x1024)Ad for the grand opening of the theater from the Daily Breeze edition of Jan. 17, 1931.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6088-warner-grand-845x1024-1.jpgWarner grand (845x1024)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e063-1222_nws_tdb-l-class.273-1024x852-1.jpg1222_NWS_TDB-L-CLASS.273 (1024x852)Ballet superstar Misty Copeland leads a master class at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro on Dec. 21, 2015. (Staff photo By Robert Casillas / Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/90299-0903_nws_tdb-l-miguel-rv-334-trc-1024x687-1.jpg0903_NWS_TDB-L-MIGUEL-RV-334-TRC (1024x687)R&B star Miguel performs a concert in his hometown at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro, CA. Sept. 2, 2015. (Daily Breeze file photo by Thomas R. Cordova-Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8bc6f-warner-historical.jpgWARNER-HISTORICALThe Warner Grand Theatre in 1934, featuring the film "Great Expectations" on its marquee. (Photo courtesy San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e43f3-tn16-warnergrand-smc013.jpgTN16-WarnerGrand-SMc013The Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro during its 80th anniversary celebration in 2011. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Steve McCrank)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/462f0-msp-warnertheater6-smc.jpgMSP-WarnerTheater6-SMcA view from Pacific Avenue looking down 6th, shows the Warner Grand Theater to the left and cable car lines spanning the street, in this undated photo from the 1930's. (Photo courtesy San Pedro Bay Historical Society)2016-07-30T01:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/07/23/smothers-brothers-graduate-from-redondo-union-high-into-big-time-show-business/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/782b6-smothersyearbook.jpgsmothersyearbookTom Smothers, left, graduated from Redondo Union High School in 1955, while his brother, Dick, graduated in 1957. (Yearbook photos)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e883b-smothersjudycollins67.jpgsmothersjudycollins67Judy Collins, center, performs with the Smothers Brothers on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in 1967. (Publicity photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e3977-smothersalbumtwoside.jpgsmothersalbumtwoside1962 album.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/79cce-smothersalbumpurple.jpgsmothersalbumpurplehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/466c2-smothers2008.jpg24th Annual Television Critics Association AwardsComic actors and musicians Tommy Smothers (L) and Dick Smothers of The Smothers Brothers perform during the 24th Annual Television Critics Association Awards Show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 19, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e780a-smothers2003.jpgsmothers2003The Smothers Brothers perform for Children of the Night on July 30, 2003 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Giulio Marcocchi/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c83e1-smothers1969ap.jpgSmothersComedians Tommy, left, and Dick Smothers are shown on April 5, 1969. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f340-smothers_brothers_1965.jpgSmothers_brothers_1965The Smothers Brothers in a 1965 publicity photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/be11d-ap_650817014.jpgSmothersComedians Tommy, left, and Dick Smothers, during their first continuing television series, "The Smothers Brothers Show," are shown on Aug. 17, 1965. (AP Photo)2018-07-26T20:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/07/16/consumers-mart-of-america-chain-crashes-and-burns-after-its-big-torrance-debut/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/21507-cmareopening.jpgcmareopeningConsumers Mart held a reopening after its first Chapter 11 filing, but the revival was short-lived. (Daily Breeze, Aug. 16, 1964 edition)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/04b08-ap_4508171131-1024x774-1.jpgGeorge RaftScreen star George Raft lights a cigarette for his date, actress Eve Amber, during an evening at Ciro’s in Hollywood, Los Angeles on August 17, 1945. (Associated Press photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aac1b-cmarendition.jpgcmarenditionhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f2519-cmajerrylewis2.jpgcmajerrylewis2Torrance Herald, April 23, 1961. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/40733-cmafullpagead.jpgcmafullpageadFull-page ad promotes the grand opening of Consumers Mart of America. Torrance Herald, April 13, 1961 (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c9260-ap_440717020.jpgGeorge RaftMovie actor George Raft, right, stands with an arm around Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegal at Bugsy's preliminary hearing on charges of bookmaking in Beverly Hills, Ca., July 17, 1944. Raft testified under court subpoena. (AP Photo)2016-07-16T03:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/07/09/not-too-long-ago-record-stores-dotted-the-south-bay-retail-landscape/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71a36-licorice-pizza-51-425x513-1.jpgLICORICE-PIZZA-51-425x513Licorice Pizza logo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b9055-tn00-sound.035-1024x677-1.jpgTN00-SOUND.035 (1024x677)The independent record store SoundSations in Westchester remains open after 26 years in business. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5625-wherehouse.1-21-03.rc_.jpgWherehouse.1-21-03.RCThe Wherehouse flagship store on Sepulveda Boulevard in Torrance in 2003. Daily Breeze file photo. (Robert Casillas / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bb36b-record.7.0313.sv_.jpgRAVE CD stores044The Wherehouse on Sepulveda Boulevard in Torrance. (2003 Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fd927-record.5.0313.sv_.jpgRAVE CD stores066Go Boy Records in Redondo Beach. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d19e-nws-towerrecords-smc.jpgNWS-TowerRecords-SMcTower Records on Hawthorne Boulevard in Torrance in this 2006 Daily Breeze file photo, taken shortly before the store closed. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97374-nws_lpt-l-vinyl.1.jpgNWS_LPT-L-vinyl.1Erving Johnson, owner of P.M. Sounds, a music store in Downtown Torrance specializing in vinyl records. 2013 file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ecce7-musicvidsales.mrw_.101901.tif_.jpgmusicvidsales.101901.009.JPGA man looks at CD titles at a Tower Records in Torrance in Sept. 2001. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24b75-goboy01.9-20-01.bk_.jpgGoBoy01.9-20-01.BKGoBoy01.9/20/01.BK Photo by Branimir Kvartuc.Alan Ostroff runs Go Boy Records, an independent record sote in Redondo Beach.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/955ef-dailybreeze488.jpgRAVE CD stores038Off/Beat Music in Redondo Beach. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-06-05T18:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/07/02/he-was-a-natural-mayor-william-f-czuleger-ran-redondo-beach-for-16-crucial-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/67379-p1030235.jpgP1030235Undated photo shows Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Czuleger and Los Angeles County Supervisor Burton Chace in front of the newly opened South Bay Hospital, which opened in 1960. (Credit: Redondo Beach Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1484d-czulegermug.jpgczulegermugRedondo Beach Mayor William F. Czuleger in 1966. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c792c-tn04-nodogs.jpgTN04-NODOGSWilliam F. Czuleger Plaza park in Redondo Beach in 2010. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b760-2016_07_01_14_06_000001.jpg2016_07_01_14_06_000001https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/55200-2016_07_01_14_06_000001-888x1024-1.jpg2016_07_01_14_06_000001 (888x1024)With wife, Hilda. Daily Breeze, April 14, 1965.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2fc97-2016_07_01_14_05_200001-1024x1022-1.jpg2016_07_01_14_05_200001 (1024x1022)Daily Breeze, April 11, 1966.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1188-2016_07_01_14_04_450001-852x1024-1.jpg2016_07_01_14_04_450001 (852x1024)Daily Breeze, Jan. 31. 1974.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/780a5-2016_07_01_14_04_120001-650x1024-1.jpg2016_07_01_14_04_120001 (650x1024)Daily Breeze, June 10, 1971. The last words of the caption read "... it's better than X MAYOR."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a9f38-2016_07_01_14_03_100001-1024x840-1.jpg2016_07_01_14_03_100001 (1024x840)King Harbor in Redondo Beach is dedicated on Nov. 19, 1966. Left to right: Redondo Beach City Manager Francis E. Hopkins, Mayor William F. Czuleger, and harbor director Harrison Day. (Daily Breeze file photo)2017-10-03T07:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/06/25/averill-park-has-been-a-san-pedro-gem-for-nearly-100-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ecdb-weymouthbuttonebay.jpgweymouthbuttonebayButton from the early 1920s promotes the Averill-Weymouth Co., and its Vista del Oro development.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b2291-selectquinceanera.jpgselectquinceaneraA young girl poses in her pink for photos in her quinceanera dress in Averill Park in San Pedro. (June 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/41afe-selectgeesesign.jpgselectgeesesignA beloved pair of geese at the Averill Park pond were removed in May 2016 when residents feared they might fall victim to coyotes seen in the area. (Photos by Donna Littlejohn, May 2016) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b0550-selectdux.jpgselectduxWildlife gathers a small rock island in the middle of the Averill Park pond area. (June 2016 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/703c7-0611_nws_tdb-l-lacoyotes.jpg0611_NWS_TDB-L-LACOYOTESCoyote photographed on the gazebo side of Averill Park in San Pedro at about 8 a.m. May 23, 2016. Several ducks and geese have reportedly been killed this spring by coyotes that have been seen frequently in and around the popular neighborhood park. ( Photo by Nicole Juckes)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8c1c-selectdonna.jpgselectdonnahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/62ff1-selectsign.jpgselectsignAverill Park was deeded to the city of Los Angeles in 1920. (June 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/591a7-selectponder.jpgThe pond area at Averill Park. (June 2016 Daily Breeze photo)The pond area at Averill Park. (June 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c4cd0-selectbridge.jpgselectbridgeThe stone bridge over the ponds at Averill Park in San Pedro. (ZJune 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24a0b-selectdonnageese.jpgselectdonnageese2017-06-22T07:08:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/06/18/1327-cabrillo-avenue-small-building-in-old-torrance-has-big-history/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/43099-straight_outta_compton_poster.jpgStraight_Outta_Compton_posterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/edac0-googlemap.jpg(Credit: Google Maps)(Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cabbe-1327select.jpg1327selectThis building at 1327 Cabrillo Avenue in Old Torrance is where N.W.A. recorded its landmark "Straight Outta Compton" album.(June 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2cca3-straightouttacover.jpgN.W.A.'s 1988 debut album sold 3 million copies.N.W.A.'s 1988 debut album sold 3 million copies.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cd3e9-eazyealbumcover.jpgeazyealbumcoverEazy-E's "Eazy Duz It" album was released in 1988, and has sold 2.5 million copies in the U.S. to date.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8093a-donovansmithmug.jpgdonovansmithmugDonovan "Dirt Biker" Smith ran the Audio Achievements recording studio at 1327 Cabrillo Avenue in Torrance. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6072a-ap_269216281023.jpgDr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC RenDr. Dre, from left, Ice Cube and MC Ren of N.W.A pose in the press room at the 31st Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center on Friday, April 8, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)2019-04-28T07:40:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/06/07/on-vacation/2016-06-07T23:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/06/04/devastating-fire-cant-kill-the-san-pedro-elks-lodges-spirit/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/68966-0417_nws_tdb-l-arson1340-1024x669-1.jpg0417_NWS_TDB-L-ARSON1340 (1024x669)An arson investigator leads his arson dog through the charred San Pedro Elks Lodge on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The Lodge overlooking the Port of Los Angeles was destroyed in an early Tuesday morning fire. (Chuck Bennett / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19f96-0819_nws_tdb-l-elks2-1024x413-1.jpg0819_NWS_TDB-L-ELKS2 (1024x413)Little remained after the blaze at the San Pedro Elks Lodge. August 16, 2014. (Photo by Brittany Murray / Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/578a4-0819_nws_tdb-l-elks3-1.jpg0819_NWS_TDB-L-ELKS3 (1)The swimming pool and tennis courts were restored following the blaze at the San Pedro Elks Lodge. Aug. 16, 2014. (Photo by Brittany Murray / Daily Breeze)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c87d1-oldelksinteriorfromelks.jpgoldelksinteriorfromelksUndated postcard circa 1920s shows the interior of the San Pedro Elks Lodge meeting room.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/62973-msp-elks9-sh.jpgmsp-elks9-shA glimpse at the meeting room inside the giant domed roof at the San Pedro Elks Lodge, before the 2014 fire. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b1660-elksmap.jpgelksmaphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf083-elks682.jpgelks682(1968 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45126-elks681.jpgelks681Some neighbors objected to the spire atop the San Pedro Elks Lodge meeting room building. (1968 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dabbe-2016_06_02_15_37_490001-2.jpg2016_06_02_15_37_490001 (2)Artist rendering of the planned San Pedro Elks Lodge. Daily Breeze, Feb. 16, 1968.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6fca-0819_nws_tdb-l-elks2.jpg0819_NWS_TDB-L-ELKS2Updating the damage and progress since the April 15, fire at the San Pedro Elks Lodge. San Pedro, August 16, 2014. (Photo by Brittany Murray / Daily Breeze)2016-06-04T00:31:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/05/21/barn-dances-western-swing-enlivened-south-bay-nightlife-in-the-1940s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11636-panelads.jpgpaneladsBob Wills and Spade Cooley both appeared at the Wilmington Hall. Torrance Herald, April 20, 1943 (Wills), and March 11, 1943 (Cooley). (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eba77-zuccasad.jpgzuccasadTorrance Herald ad, April 1, 1943. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b8f6e-willswilmington.jpgwillswilmingtonTorrance Herald ad, Oct. 28, 1943. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8e38-willsvenicead.jpgwillsveniceadTorrance Herald ad, Oct. 28, 1943. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cd2b9-the_old_barn_dance.jpgThe_Old_Barn_DancePoster for "The Old Barn Dance" (1938).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b9730-spade-cooley.jpgSpade-CooleySpade Cooley (Publicity photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c68b1-spadecoolep.jpgspadecoolephttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/61f1f-nationalbdfilmposter.jpgnationalbdfilmposterPoster for "The National Barn Dance" film (1944). The radio show began in 1924.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e142e-cooleywilmasad.jpgcooleywilmasadTorrance Herald ad, March 11, 1943. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/edd79-bob_wills_texas_playboys_publicity_photo_-_cropped.jpgBob_Wills_Texas_Playboys_Publicity_Photo_-_CroppedBob Wills and His Texas Playboys pose in front of their tour bus in this undated photo. (Credit: Wikimedia)2016-05-21T01:54:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/05/14/meet-the-man-from-whom-the-scattergood-generating-station-in-playa-del-rey-takes-its-name/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6ba9d-hoover_dam_dedication.jpgHoover_Dam_DedicationDedication of Hoover Dam by President F. D. Roosevelt, Sept. 30, 1935. Ezra Scattergood can be seen in the lower right behind the chair with the hat. (Credit: Dedication of Hoover Dam by President F. D. Roosevelt. Ezra Scattergood can be seen in the lower right behind the chair with the hat. (Credit: Dedication of Hoover Dam by President F. D. Roosevelt. Ezra Scattergood can be seen in the lower right behind the chair with the hat. (Credit:)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bd3b7-1005506.jpg1005506 Aerial view looking east at the Scattergood Steam Plant in 1968. (Credit: Aerial view looking east at the Scattergood Steam Plant, located on a 57-acre site facing the ocean front south of the Playa del Rey district of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fb01b-1005486.jpg1005486Undated file photo shows the Scattergood Steam Plant site before construction. (Credit: Aerial view looking east at the Scattergood Steam Plant, located on a 57-acre site facing the ocean front south of the Playa del Rey district of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1e757-1005491.jpg1005491Construction has begun at the Scattergood Steam Plant in 1956. (Credit: Historical Photo Collection of the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8b483-1005485.jpg1005485Artist rendering for Scattergood Steam Plant. Undated, ca. 1956. (Credit: Historical Photo Collection of the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c1691-1000660.jpg1000660Ezra F. Scattergood. Undated file photo. (Historical Photo Collection of the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/602e5-ap_03032004710.jpgHAHN BRATTONLos Angeles Mayor James Hahn, left, and Police Chief William Bratton inspect the Scattergood Power Generating Station, the striped smokestack at left, one of several Los Angeles Department of Water and Power installations, during a helicopter tour of possible terrorist targets in the Los Angeles area Thursday, March 20, 2003. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22ed7-scattergood.sea-water.bg_.jpgScattergood.sea water.bgSea water pumped into the DWP Scattergood Generating Plant in El Segundo is used to cool the giant steam turbines which produce electricity. The cool water runs through sealed tubes in a condensing unit, and then is sent back out to sea. (2003 Daily Breeze photo by Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/08c7d-scattergood_and_staff.jpgScattergood_and_StaffUndated photo from the 1920s shows Ezra F. Scattergood, center rear, meeting with his staff. (Credit: Historical Photo Collection of the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b5fc-select.jpgselectThe Scattergood Steam Plant in Playa del Rey. (May 2016 Daily Breeze photo)2018-09-08T23:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/05/07/hawthorne-municipal-airports-roots-lie-in-the-early-days-of-the-aerospace-industry/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3a920-0516_nws_tdb-l-eureka05-jg-1024x682-1.jpgEureka Tasting KitchenThe grand opening VIP party for Eureka! Tasting Kitchen at Hawthorne (Calif.) Airport on Tuesday, MAy 14, 2013. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/818b9-ap_120525032237-1024x529-1.jpgPrivate SpaceMotorists drive by SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. File photo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ade83-img_0152.jpgIMG_0152Northop's plant, left, still has wartime aerial camouflage in this 1946 aerial view looking east, with runway at left. (Photo from "Northrop: An Aeronautical History")https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/88ebc-haw-airport2.6-2-01.jpgHaw-Airport2.6-2-01The city decided to put the fate of Hawthorne Municipal Airport in the hands of voters in 2001. File photo, June 25, 2001. (Robert Casillas / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/67a9f-hawthorne-airport-1.jpgHawthorne Airport 1Hawthorne Municipal Airport. 2001 file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fd168-img_0147-1.jpgIMG_0147 (1)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c91cf-googlemapjpg.jpggooglemapjpgCredit: Google Mapshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09a20-0318_nws_tdb-l-towers.1.jpg0318_NWS_TDB-L-towers.1Air traffic controllers Tom Morris, left, and Derk Kuyper monitor activity at the Hawthorne Airport in this March 2013 photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ee49d-0318_nws_tdb-l-towers.2.jpg0318_NWS_TDB-L-towers.2Hawthorne Municipal Airport's control tower in 2013. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a4a36-2016_05_06_15_18_270001.jpg2016_05_06_15_18_270001The new control tower under construction at Hawthorne Municipal Airport. Daily Breeze, July 15, 1961.2017-07-04T20:58:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/04/30/bub-thomas-from-barbershop-quartets-to-the-roaring-20s-to-disney-world/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f287a-harmonizercover.jpgharmonizercoverMarch/April 1979 issue. Top left: Bub Thomas, with Bob Mathis (bottom left), Jerry Siggins (top righti), Dick Kneeland (bottom right).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/198dd-51wq5hwxqkl.jpg51wQ5HwxQKLBub Thomas' 1960 comedy album.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/afd40-4baronswithbob-1.jpg4baronswithbob (1)Business card for the "4 Barons of Harmony," with caricatures of members drawn by Bub Thomas. (Credit: www.harmonize.com)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/57e61-roaring20ssign-2.jpgroaring20ssign (2)Roaring 20s sign. (Credit: www.harmonize.com)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b245-roaring20s59ad.jpgroaring20s59adTorrance Herald, Dec. 27, 1959, Page 14. (Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86ffa-bubwithdummy.jpgbubwithdummyUndated photo of Bub Thomas with one of the dummies from his ventriloquist act. (Credit: www.harmonize.com)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c3db-bubthomasatroaring20s.jpgbubthomasatroaring20sBub Thomas, 1958 photo taken onstage at The Roaring 20s nightclub in Torrance. (Credit: www.harmonize.com)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d17c-bubthomas4154ad.jpgbubthomas4154adTorrance Herald, April 1, 1954. (Torrance Newspaper Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/89335-bubbillieandmiles01.jpgbubbillieandmiles01https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b452-bandboxopening-54ad.jpgbandboxopening 54adTorrance Herald, March 25, 1954, Page 10. (Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)2016-04-30T01:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/04/23/woodys-smorgasburger-pioneers-the-dress-it-yourself-hamburger/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/32ae9-images.jpgimagesMatchbook from Woody's Smorgasburger, undated.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/572e2-woodysad61.jpgwoodysad61Torrance Herald ad, Nov. 23, 1961, Page 24. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ef226-woodysad1960.jpgwoodysad1960Torrance Herald ad, Oct. 13, 1960, Page 8. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5a75-woodysmorgasburger.jpgwoodysmorgasburgerWoody's Smorgasburger was co-founded by Ralph Wood Jr., who later founded Admiral Risty in Rancho Palos Verdes. (Credit: Old Los Angeles Restaurants website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8caa7-woodysnapkin.jpgwoodysnapkinNapkin from Woody's Smorgasburger, 1963.2019-06-09T23:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/04/16/charles-dycer-stirs-up-derring-do-controversy-and-dust-at-his-airports-in-the-1920s-and-1930s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af0e6-dycertoon.jpgdycertoonTorrance Herald, May 30, 1934. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f998f-dycer_ca_33dir.jpgDycer_CA_33dirAn aerial view looking southwest at Dycer Airport at 94th Street and Western Avenue, just east of Inglewood. Large hangars can be seen at left top, with smaller ones at bottom. (Credit: Airport Directory Company's 1933 Airports Directory, courtesy Chris Kennedy / Abandoned & Forgotten Airports website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ab73-dycer_ca_29.jpgDycer_CA_29An aerial view looking west at Dycer Airport just east of Inglewood, with Hollywood Park in background. Two large hangars can be seen at lower left, with smaller hangars lining the right side. (Courtesy of Dan MacPherson/Abandoned & Forgotten Airports)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/36c68-view.jpgviewArmless pilot Josephine Callaghan at the Dycer Airport in Gardena in 1929. (Photo: Los Angeles Times photo collection, UCLA)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/40852-tumblr_mwym31r0011rrnekqo1_500.jpgtumblr_mwym31R0011rrnekqo1_500Famous women pilots preparing to take part in the 1934 Memorial Day air races at Dycer Airport. In front row kneeling is Gladys O’Donnell. Seated is Ruth Elder, famous flying beauty. Standing left to right: Kay Van Doozer, Myrtle D. Mims and Clema Grangerhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b385e-airfields_ca_la_w_htm_m8439ab9.jpgAirfields_CA_LA_W_htm_m8439ab9A flooded Dycer Airport in Gardena can be seen in this aerial view looking southwest. (California Historical Society Collection via University of Southern California Library)2016-04-16T02:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/04/09/1952-earthquake-helps-convince-redondo-beach-leaders-to-build-a-new-city-hall/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b2113-p1030142.jpgP1030142The main entrance to Redondo Beach City Hall, with the city's library building at right rear. (April 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bde0b-2016_04_08_15_29_450001-1024x649-1.jpgDaily Breeze, Jan. 25, 1962 edition.Daily Breeze, Jan. 25, 1962 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0891f-redondocityhallpostcard.jpgredondocityhallpostcardThe original Redondo Beach City Hall, seen here in an undated postcard, opened in 1908https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4d9ef-rbcityhallbwpostcard.jpgrbcityhallbwpostcardhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fcfed-command.jpgCommandRedondo Beach City Hall received this Ten Commandments sculpture from the Fraternal Order of Eagles in 1962. (2007 Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/300eb-2016_04_08_15_31_110001.jpg2016_04_08_15_31_110001Undated photo of the original Redondo Beach City Hall ca. its abandonment in 1957. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d0745-2016_04_08_15_30_350001.jpg2016_04_08_15_30_350001Senior account clerk Patty Hughes shares her desk with Roscoe the Redondo Beach city hall cat on Jan. 9, 1984. (Daily Breeze file photo by staff photographer Jack Lardomita)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10492-2016_04_08_15_30_110001.jpg2016_04_08_15_30_110001Undated photo of the Redondo Beach public library inside the city's first City Hall building. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34875-2016_04_08_15_28_030001.jpg2016_04_08_15_28_030001This former Bank of America building on Pacific Avenue in Redondo Beach housed the Redondo Beach City Hall offices from 1957 until January 1962. The Goodwill moved out two weeks after this photo was taken. (Daily Breeze, July 17, 1957 edition)2018-01-23T15:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/04/02/the-wilmington-bowls-glory-days/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/923cd-rooseveltad.jpgrooseveltadTorrance Herald, April 20, 1950, Page 2. (Credit: Torrance Public Library, Newspaper Archives Database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8c6e6-boxingadth.jpgboxingadthTorrance Herald, Jan. 1, 1948. (Torrance Public Library Newspaper Archive Database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/47cfa-ezzardbowl.jpgezzardbowlAd for the Ezzard Charles boxing exhibition match from the Wilmington Journal of Oct. 17, 1949. (Courtesy Mike at xpres383@pacbell.net)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cb4d-wilmingtonbowlinterior1925.jpgwilmingtonbowlinterior1925The interior of the original Wilmington Bowl venue in 1925. (Photo credit: WhatWasThere website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19406-usethisone.jpgusethisoneThe old Wilmington Bowl building built in 1930 currently houses the Marine Fenders International firm. (April 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/392c3-aabbowlwilmingtonbowl19.jpgUndated photo of the Wilmington Bowl.Undated file photo of the Wilmington Bowl.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/53b19-fb99852bf65006215b7fa132b3e6d69b.jpgfb99852bf65006215b7fa132b3e6d69bLongshore workers file into the Wilmington Bowl for a Union meeting and report on negotiations during a strike on Sept. 2, 1948. (Photo credit: Los Angeles Public Library)2016-04-02T03:19:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/03/26/the-south-bay-and-harbor-area-have-been-popular-location-choices-for-filmmakers/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1b01-0324_nws_tdb-l-filming273-1024x768-1.jpg0_0324_NWS_TDB-L-FILMING273The lifestyle wing at Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance is transformed into a Christmas shopping scene for the upcoming film, "Why Him?" March 23, 2016. (Chuck Bennett / Daily Breeze Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/66f7c-cannonballrun-1-1.jpgOriginal caption from Daily Breze, June 25, 1980:Original caption from Daily Breze, June 25, 1980:https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/019a5-cannonballrun-1.jpgOriginal caption from Daily Breze, June 25, 1980:Original caption from Daily Breeze, June 25, 1980: "Burt Reynolds and Farrah Fawcett in Redondo Beach? That's right, they were filming some scenes from a no-hold-barred race from New York to Redondo Beach for a new movie, "Cannonball Run." The wrap-up was a wild champagne-squirting party that engulfed newsmen, photographers and a clutch of curious tourists. (Daily Breeze file)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/272e5-westwing4.jpgwestwing4Crew and cast members on the set of "The West Wing" decend on Seventh Street in San Pedro where filming of a disaster scene took place in Oct. 2003.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69fd2-766px-t_men_poster.jpg766px-T_Men_posterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11d2b-220px-t_men_poster.jpg220px-T_Men_posterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/17018-coming_home_film_poster.jpgComing_Home_film_posterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25a53-jackiebrown1.jpgjackiebrown12016-03-31T08:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/03/19/author-upton-sinclair-causes-a-commotion-in-san-pedro-in-1923/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/761e7-sinclair2a05423r.jpgSinclair2a05423rUndated editorial cartoon depicts Upton Sinclair and his EPIC program during his 1934 run for governor of California. (Credit: Library of Congress)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6f1f-180px-one_big_union.jpg180px-One_Big_UnionA sticker promoting the Industrial Workers of the World Union. (Undated) (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e6227-thejunglesinclair.jpgTheJungleSinclairhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30436-ap_341102032-1024x936-1.jpgUPTON SINCLAIRThe Barnsdale estate, comprising a square block in Hollywood, Calif., campaigns for the election of Upton Sinclair, a Democrat who is running for Governor of California. High signs are placed facing the street on all parts of the property. Photo show a few of the signs. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d34fd-ap_341026188-1024x853-1.jpgUpton Sinclair, Sheridan DowneyUpton Sinclair with Sheridan Downeyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85dd6-ap_340912016-1024x856-1.jpgUPTON SINCLAIRAuthor Upton Sinclair, democratic nominee for governor of California discussed his EPIC plan with newspapermen in San Francisco September 12, 1934. (Associated Press photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/61395-p1030133.jpgP1030133Close-up of the plaque commemorating Libery Hill in San Pedro. (March 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5d9ec-p1030134.jpgP1030134This marker stands on 5th Street, at the site of Liberty Hill in San Pedro, commemorating Upton Sinclair's arrest on May 15, 1923. (March 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10115-220px-president_lyndon_b._johnson_greets_upton_sinclair.jpg220px-President_Lyndon_B._Johnson_greets_Upton_Sinclairhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1937c-uptontimecover.jpguptontimecoverSinclair appears on the cover of Time magazine, Oct. 22, 1934, during his run for governor of California.2016-03-19T10:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/03/12/san-pedros-seventh-heaven-a-relic-of-a-bygone-era/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/92b6b-jail.2.0920-1.jpgJail.2.0920Former jail employee Dick Clare walks through the seventh floor jail where he worked in the 1950s and 1960s. 2004 Daily Breeze file photo. (Scott Varley / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ea67a-usethisdetailshot.jpgusethisdetailshotBars can be seen behind the top floor windows of the former "Seventh Heaven" jail at the San Pedro Municipal Building. (March 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8bb1-p1030125-copy.jpgP1030125 - CopyThe Beacon Street entrance to the John S. Gibson Municipal Building in San Pedro. (March 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c9197-p1030121-copy.jpgP1030121 - CopyThe jail on the seventh floor atop the John S. Gibson Municipal Building in San Pedro housed prisoners from 1928 to 1962. (March 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/714b6-jail.2.0920.jpgJail.2.0920Former jail employee Dick Clare walks through the old San Pedro jail on 7th floor of the John S. Gibson Muncipal Building in San Pedro. He worked in the building back in the 1950s and 1960s. (Daily Breeze file photo by Staff Photographer Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/04d27-27804-beaconstreet.jpgbeaconstreetBeacon Street in an undated Daily Breeze file photo from the late 1960s, before redevelopment.2016-03-12T02:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/03/05/the-day-the-redondo-beach-pier-went-up-in-flames/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ce513-2016_03_04_19_53_010001-1024x655-1.jpg2016_03_04_19_53_010001 (1024x655)The rebuilt Redondo Beach pier on Feb. 1, 1995, shortly before the damaged area reopened. (Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9dce5-2016_03_04_19_51_380001.jpg2016_03_04_19_51_380001https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/576b3-rbwaterfront.jpgrbwaterfrontArtist's rendition of a portion of the proposed CenterCal Redondo Beach waterfront plan. (Credit: CenterCal)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f774-nws-pier-20-1024x683-1.jpgPier-20Redondo Beach Pier pre fire.The Redondo Beach pier in an undated photo taken before the fire. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d4e5-tn16-pier1.jpgTN16-Pier1Redondo Beach fire Capt. Mike Parsons hoses down smoldering remains of the Redondo Beach Pier after a May 1988 fire destroyed it. This spot is where the Breakers Seafood Restaurant once stood. May 27, 1988. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d7eb4-tn00-knowpier3.jpgTN00-KnowPier3Firefighters hose down smoldering remains of northern section of Redondo Beach pier that was devastated by the May 27, 1988 fire. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a4acc-2016_03_03_21_20_530001.jpg2016_03_03_21_20_530001Spectators crowd the waterfront area to watch the Redondo Beach pier fire. May 27, 1988. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e3839-2016_03_03_21_19_530001.jpg2016_03_03_21_19_530001Bystanders watch the pier fire from their balcony. May 27, 1988. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bbf32-2016_03_03_21_18_560001.jpg2016_03_03_21_18_560001Smoking remains of the damaged pier. May 27, 1988. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d948-2016_03_03_21_16_260001-1024x752-1.jpg2016_03_03_21_16_260001 (1024x752)The Redondo Beach pier fully involved in flames on May 27, 1988.2019-12-28T04:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/02/27/actor-and-palos-verdes-estates-resident-buddy-ebsens-rich-career/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69084-buddyebsenalbum.jpgbuddyebsenalbumBuddy Ebsen's 1965 Reprise album.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/57112-ebsen-meriweather-800x1024-1.jpgBuddy Ebsen and Lee Meriweather from Barnaby Jones TV seriesBuddy Ebsen and Lee Meriweather from Barnaby Jones TV series. (AP photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7bd64-ap_9305120405-1024x674-1.jpgBuddy Ebsen, Mmax Bear JR, Donna Douglas, Louis NyeBuddy Ebsen shows off his famous shuffling dance during an appearance during the taping of the "Jerry Springer Show" in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 12, 1993. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25bf0-ap_8608151190-1024x704-1.jpgFess ParkerFess Parkerhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ecac9-ap_8302070175-1024x700-1.jpgEbsen Temple Black Reunited 1983Former child star Shirley Temple Black and actor Buddy Ebsen, right, meet on the ABC "Good Morning America" show in New York, Feb. 7, 1983. Temple and Ebsen starred together in the 1936 film "Captain January," in which they did a dance routine together. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5cb5-ap_08092508202-814x1024-1.jpgThe Beverly HillbilliesThe Beverly Hillbillieshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/32350-ap_661016092-1024x823-1.jpgRonald ReaganRonald Reagan and his wife Nancy talk with actor Buddy Ebsen (right) at the Reagan's 305-acre ranch in the Malibu Hills near Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 1966, just before the start of a state-wide political telecast in California during Reagan's campaign for governor of the state. (AP Photo/Harold Filan)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7e4aa-tn00-buddyebsen-sh-579.jpgTN00-BuddyEbsen-SH-579Dorothy Ebsen sorts through her late husband Buddy Ebsen's collection, including what she thinks may be a shoe he used when he played the role of the original Tin Man in " The Wizzard of Oz." It is among the items that will auctioned off. Dec. 12, 2007.(Photo by Sean Hiller)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4f4e7-ebsoninyard.jpgEbsoninyardBuddy Ebsen at home in Palos Verdes Estates. Ebsen, star of The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby-Jones recently wrote his autobiography, "The Other Side of Oz." Feb. 17. 1994. (Daily Breeze photo by Robert Casillas )https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba851-buddy_ebsen_tin_man.jpgBuddy_Ebsen_Tin_Man2016-03-04T20:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/02/20/del-contes-in-torrance-kept-its-customers-happy-for-three-decades/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9fadc-frankdelconte.jpgfrankdelconteFrank Del Conte. March 15, 1969 Daily Breeze clipping.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e24a9-s-l225.jpgs-l225https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f3429-mrdelconte.jpgCyberViewX v5.14.25Model Code=65F/W Version=1.00Gerry Del Conte, right, laughs with longtime customer Dave Beech on the restaurant's last day, Feb. 3, 1999. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/79aad-jump-n-jack.jpegJump N JackUndated postcard shows the Jump 'N Jack motel, foreground, and restaurant, at rear with angled sign.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a68bf-delcontesexterior.jpgCyberViewX v5.14.25Model Code=65F/W Version=1.00Del Conte's restaurant at 2900 Pacific Coast Highway in Torrance. 1999 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18fe9-delcontesbar.jpgCyberViewX v5.14.25Model Code=65F/W Version=1.00Customers at the horseshoe-shaped bar at Del Conte's on Feb. 3, 1999. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/95f0c-delcontes.jpgdelcontesSandy Del Conte (standing) reminisces with former hostess Heather Hill , center, during lunch at Del Conte's Restaurant on its closing day, Feb. 3, 1999. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b9b30-damonsongofagypsy.jpgdamonsongofagypsyReissue of "Song of a Gypsy."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dca8e-b0601del-contes-demolish2.jpgB0601Del Conte's demolish2Del Conte's Restaurant in Torrance falls to the wrecking ball on June 1, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0fd49-b0601del-contes-demolish.jpgB0601Del Conte's demolishbreeze photo Andrea Roth. Workers demolish Del Conte's Restaurant in Torrance. According to Jeff Gibson, Director of Plannning for Torrance, no development applications are pending. 6/1/992019-12-03T21:41:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/02/13/directv-transforms-the-television-broadcasting-industry/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6e0f9-ap_7701280153-681x1024-1.jpgArthur C Clarke 1977At home in the future, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke pauses near his personal satellite antenna at his residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 28, 1977. He uses the device to received programs beamed from India in an experiment to broadcast educahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b5c58-directvbuilding.jpgEARNS DIRECTVClear blue skies provide the setting for DirecTV's headquarters Thursday, May 4, 2006, in El Segundo. Since the 2015 merger with AT&T, the DirecTV logo has been replaced by the blue AT&T globe logo. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fdcce-ap_892072065432-1024x678-1.jpgSatellite DishBert Jett proudly stands in the yard of his home near Blue Creek, where he and his two brothers have installed a $7,800 satellite receiving dish so they can get better TV reception in Elkview, W.Va., July 14,1981. The Jetts said they now can get nearly 60 stations around the globe and have their choice of four separate movie channels, as well as several Christian networks and most of the big city TV stations in this country. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/36c93-ap_090210069952-1024x739-1.jpgEarns DirecTVFILE - In this Feb. 10, 2009 file photo, a DirecTV satellite receiver dish is displayed on a home in Simi Valley, Calif. Satellite TV provider DirecTV said Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, its second-quarter net income grew 29 percent as its subscriber base continued to grow, especially in Latin America. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d1352-directv_logo__130614042300.jpgDirecTV_logo__130614042300https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac601-biz-hartenstein.121604.bk_.jpgBIZ-Hartenstein.121604.BKEddy W. Hartenstein, DirecTV's Vice Chairman, announces his retirement at the end of 2004 after having navigated the satellite TV provider to its current indurstry dominance. (December 2004 Daily Breeze file photo.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e957-ap_080507019836.jpgEarns DirecTVA broadcast operator monitors signals transmitted to DirecTV customers from the satellite television company's broadcast center on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in Marina Del Rey. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/78c25-ap_080507018044.jpgEarns DirecTVA security guard exits DirecTV's Los Angeles broadcast center Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in the Marina Del Rey section of Los Angeles. Satellite television company DirecTV said Wednesday its first-quarter earnings rose 10.4 percent, as it acquired more subscribers in the U.S. and Latin America and customers spent more on high-definition and video recording services. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e96ef-ap_7701280153.jpgArthur C Clarke 1977At home in the future, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke pauses near his personal satellite antenna at his residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 28, 1977. He uses the device to received programs beamed from India in an experiment to broadcast educational programs through space. The antenna and television, the only one in Sri Lanka, were gifts of the Indian government. (AP Photo/Denis Gray)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2970d-0520_nws_tdb-l-directvfuter2.jpgAT and T Direct TVThis combo made from file photos shows the AT&T logo on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill., left, and a DirecTV satellite dish atop a home in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)2016-02-13T01:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/02/06/dolley-drug-co-one-of-the-first-businesses-in-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/39912-dolleyfinal.jpgdolleyfinalThe Tortilla Cantina restaurant currently occupies the building at El Prado and Sartori avenues where Dolley Drug was founded in 1913. (February 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db86f-dolleydrugad.jpgdolleydrugadTypical ad for Dolley Drug Co., Torrance Herald, June 8, 1933, Page 2. (Credit: Torrance Newspaper Archives database, Torrance Public Library)2016-02-06T01:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/01/30/nash-kelvinator-brings-the-auto-industry-to-el-segundo-following-world-war-ii/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c7349-p1030064.jpgP1030064The assembly line at the Nash-Kelivnator plant in El Segundo ca. 1950. (Credit: "El Segundo: Seventy-Five Years," by Eileen Curry Hunter)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56b7a-latest.jpglatesthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b469-kelvinator_logo_29502.jpgkelvinator_logo_29502https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4461f-nash_stateman_2-door_sedan_1951.jpgNash_Stateman_2-Door_Sedan_1951The 1951 Nash Statesman, one of the company's Airflyte models. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c052f-nashlogo.jpgnashlogohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/06e20-nashfactoryaerial.jpgnashfactoryaerialhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ccf6f-hughessatellitegoogle.jpghughessatellitegooglehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/204c5-heraldaerial46-2.jpgheraldaerial46 (2)El Segundo Herald, Oct. 3, 1946, Page 1. (Credit: El Segundo Herald archive database, El Segundo Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ad6f9-ap_460528027.jpgFORD NASHAutomobile manufacturer Henry Ford, right, chats with Charles W. Nash, chairman of the board of directors of Nash-Kelvinator Corp., in Detroit, Mich., on May 28, 1946. Ford, 82, has been inducted into the Automobile Hall of Fame during the industry's golden jubilee celebration. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed0f9-amcfactoryinla_01_resized.jpgAMCfactoryinLA_01_resizedWorkers remove signage from the Nash assembly plant after its closure in 1955. (Credit: allpar.com website)2016-02-04T19:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/01/23/pier-avenue-school-in-hermosa-beach-becomes-the-citys-community-center/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ebc89-useit.jpguseitThe Hermosa Beach Playhouse at the Community Center. (Jan. 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24a1f-2016_01_22_14_08_010001-1024x767-1.jpg2016_01_22_14_08_010001 (1024x767)Daily Breeze clipping, Feb. 27, 1980 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3be1e-usethisone2.jpgusethisone2The memorial to surfing legend Dewey Weber was installed in 2015. (Jan. 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4ed91-usethisone-1.jpgusethisoneThe Hermosa Beach Community Center, with the Veterans Memorial in the foreground. (Jan.s 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/67d94-tn00-projecttouch-sh5.jpgTN00-ProjectTouch-sh5April 17, 2008. (Staff photo by Sean Hiller). Counselor Mike Kemmerer,left, and Lodell Goode, 16, shoot some hoops at Project Touch, a after school program for teenagers at the Hermosa Beach Community Center.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bc7b0-pieraveschool.jpgpieraveschoolUndated postcard shows the original Pier Avenue School, built in 1911.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f9e39-carrie-1976-poster.jpgcarrie-1976-posterParts of the 1976 film, "Carrie," were shot after Pier Avenue School closed.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/48452-2016_01_22_14_09_120001-1024x622-1.jpg2016_01_22_14_09_120001 (1024x622)The closed Pier Avenue School in Hermosa Beach in Nov. 1977. (Daily Breeze file photo)2016-01-23T02:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/01/16/after-a-brush-with-extinction-torrance-parks-kendall-field-thrives/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0a00-usethisone.jpgKendall Field at Torrance Park. (Jan. 2016 Daily Breeze photo)Kendall Field at Torrance Park. (Jan. 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/23ea6-picturepage.jpgpicturepageBefore photos on left, after photos on right. Torrance Herald, April 15, 1954, Page 6. (Credit: Torrance Newspaper Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/32ac6-kendallcards.jpgBaseball cards of father Fred Kendall, left, and his son, Jason, right.Baseball cards of father Fred Kendall, left, and his son, Jason, right.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/99ba6-jasonkendallpitt.jpgJason Kendall #18 Jason Kendall of the Pittsburgh Pirates walks to the plate during the game against the San Diego Padres at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. April 29, 2001. File photo. (Getty Images/Todd Warshaw /Allsport)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0285d-p1030045.jpgP1030045The centerfield scoreboard at Kendall Field in Torrance. (Jan. 2016 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f9d8-p1030044.jpgKendall Field at Torrance Park. (Jan. 2016 Daily Breeze photo)Kendall Field at Torrance Park. (Jan. 2016 Daily Breeze photo)2016-01-18T17:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/01/09/gardena-high-school-commemorates-the-last-of-the-mohicans/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8335-wilimingtonwarriors.jpgwilimingtonwarriorsStudents hold images of Wilmington Middle School's new "Jaguars" logo, with the old "Warriors" logo in the background. April 6, 1998. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5da8c-west_torrance_logo.jpgWest_torrance_logohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1b74b-tarbabe-in-big-c.jpgThe Compton High Tarbabes logo.The Compton High Tar-Babes logo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02783-mohicancheerleaders.jpgmohicancheerleadersCheer squad members wear their "Gardena Mohicans" uniforms for the last time at the April 17, 1998 rally. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8c22-mohican2.jpgmohican217-year-old Zack Fisher performs a flip while clad in his Mohican mascot outfit at the April 17, 1998 rally. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24448-gardenalogo.jpggardenalogohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bdf74-bhs_brave.jpgBHS_brave2016-01-09T02:54:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2016/01/02/when-was-the-last-time-real-snow-fell-in-the-south-bay-harbor-area/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1af72-nws.waterspoutpv.jpgNWS.waterspoutPVA waterspout forms off of the Golden Cove area of Palos Verdes Estates on Jan. 3, 2005. (Photo by Bill Watson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/88aed-msp-snow3-sh-1024x585-1.jpgmsp-snow3-sh (1024x585)In early Jan. 1949 it snowed in San Pedro as seen in this photo taken in the Palos Verdes Hills. (Photo courtesy of San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b9b19-msp-snow2-sh-1024x657-1.jpgmsp-snow2-sh (1024x657)San Pedro residents make a snowman following the Jan. 11, 1949 storm. (Photo courtesy of San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28277-msp-snow1-sh.jpgmsp-snow1-shSnow can be seen on the Palos Verdes Hills following the Jan. 11, 1949, snowfall. (Photo courtesy of San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/654b7-mbhailstorm.jpgmbhailstormDowntown Manhattan Beach hailstorm of 1937. 100 block of Center Street (now Manhattan Beach Blvd.) looking west towards the pier. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a05b3-heraldsnow.jpgheraldsnowTorrance Herald front page, Jan. 13, 1949. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archive database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bc1fb-2015_12_31_13_55_180001.jpg2015_12_31_13_55_180001https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e5fa8-0303_nws_tdb-l-weather5.jpgA hail storm rolled through Lunada Bay Monday Morning. Photo By Rose RamsayA coating of graupel, soft hail, carpeted this Lunada Bay neighborhood on March 2, 2015. (Photo By Rose Ramsay)2018-11-25T01:02:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/12/19/30-years-later-d-boon-of-the-minutemen-remains-a-san-pedro-legend/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/44b8d-2141340894_e8af87e2b0_z.jpg2141340894_e8af87e2b0_zFlyer from the Angels Gate Cultural Center show, Nov. 16, 1985.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b682f-usethis.jpgusethisD. Boon's gravestone at Green Hills Memorial Cemetery. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f842-d_boon_highschoolgrad.jpgd_boon_highschoolgradD. Boon's senior high school yearbook photo. San Pedro High School, 1976.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2706e-dboon.jpgDboonD. Boon, undated photo. (Courtesy Wikipedia)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c0bd3-712mnuzwx3l._sl1077_.jpg712mNUZwX3L._SL1077_Mike Watt at the wheel on the cover of the Minutemen's 1984 classic album.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d2d8-220px-wejamecono.jpg220px-WejameconoThe "We Jam Econo" DVD.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5dbcf-mi0001411085.jpgMI0001411085The Minutemen, from left, Mike Watt, George Hurley, D. Boon. (Undated photo)2017-04-01T18:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/12/12/logan-cotton-an-active-community-participant-for-more-than-six-decades/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aa677-2015_12_11_14_14_270001.jpg2015_12_11_14_14_270001Logan Cotton named in Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential re-election camapign. Daily Breeze, Aug. 18, 1972https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4560a-2015_12_10_20_49_110001.jpg2015_12_10_20_49_110001Logan and Della Cotton at the party celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, which was attended by more than 300 invitees. (Daily Breeze, Oct. 2, 1967.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed2c0-2015_12_10_20_47_080001.jpg2015_12_10_20_47_080001Logan Cotton and his wife, Della, on the celebration of their 70th wedding anniversary. Oct. 5, 1987. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c9f1-2015_12_10_20_46_140001.jpg2015_12_10_20_46_140001Logan Cotton at 90 in Redondo Beach. Oct. 30, 1990. (Daily Breeze photo by Robert Casillas / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d4e1-2015_12_11_14_16_110001.jpg2015_12_11_14_16_110001Logan Cotton to speak at Mira Costa High's first-ever career day. Daily Breeze, March 10, 1953.2015-12-12T01:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/11/21/frank-robinson-turns-a-rejected-idea-into-the-worlds-largest-maker-of-civilian-helicopters/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9cefa-robinsonpic1-605x1024-1.jpgrobinsonpic1 (605x1024)Daily Breeze, Oct. 19, 1975 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/de9ce-2015_11_20_14_28_510001.jpg2015_11_20_14_28_510001Frank Robinson pilots his first R22 helicopter in Torrance on Oct. 17, 1975. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45880-thisone.jpgthisoneRobinson Helicopter plant at the Torrance Municipal Airport. (November 2010 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/078c3-tn00-robinson-smc060.jpgTN00-Robinson-SMc060Workers assemble the first batch of the new Robinson R66 helicopters at their Torrance facility. Oct. 29, 2010. (Daily Breeze photo by Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fd8ee-tn00-robinson-smc105.jpgTN00-Robinson-SMc105Robinson Helicopter Company in Torrance received certification from the FAA in 2010 for the turbine-powered R66. Test pilots take on of the first production R66 helicopters for a test flight. The helicopters are completely manufactured in Torrance and the company is the single largest private employer in the city. Oct. 29, 2010. (Daily Breeze photo by Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/66f2c-tn00-robinson-smc113.jpgTN00-Robinson-SMc113Robinson Helicopter Company in Torrance received certification from the FAA this week for their new helicopter, the turbine powered R66. Test pilots inspect one of the first production R66 helicopters after a test flight. The helicopters are completely manufactured in Torrance and the company is the single largest private employer in the city..October 29, 2010. Photo by Steve McCrank.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/82778-tn31-bush.robinson13.jpgTN31-bush.robinson13President George W. Bush poses with employees inTorrance, California while touring Robinson Helicopter Company. Gov. Schwarzenegger and Frank Robinson can be seen at right. Jan. 30, 2008. (Daily Breeze photo by Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/feab3-tn31-bush.robinson18-1.jpgTN31-bush.robinson18 (1)Frank Robinson, president of Robinson Helicopter Company, introduces President George W. Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger while touring Robinson Helicopter Company in Torrance Cailfornia. Jan. 30, 2008. (Daily Breeze photo by Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/274b8-b-frank-robinson-01231.jpgB FRANK ROBINSON 0123Frank Robinson of Robinson Helicopter Company, Torrance. Behind him is the R44 helicopter, police version. (1998 Daily Breeze file photo)2015-12-13T03:39:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/11/14/south-bay-center-changes-the-retail-landscape/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c1f16-sbcemptysite1-1024x744-1.jpgsbcemptysite1 (1024x744)Photo taken from Daily Breeze microfilm of Aug. 21, 1957, special section shows the South Bay Center site before construction, looking northwest with Hawthorne Boulevard running diagonally along bottom right.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b270b-sbc24cover1-2-728x1024-1.jpgsbc24cover1 (2) (728x1024)Cover of the Aug. 21, 1957, 24-page special section in the Daily Breeze trumpeting the arrival of South Bay Center.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5bd7-jfkad21-455x1024-1.jpgjfkad21 (455x1024)Daily Breeze ad from Oct. 28, 1960, advertising JFK's upcoming Nov. 1 campaign stop at South Bay Center in Redondo Beach.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0112b-2015_11_12_16_40_450001.jpg2015_11_12_16_40_450001Aerial photo of South Bay Center looking southwest, Dec. 6, 1987. Hawthorne Boulevard is at bottom, Artesia Boulevard at right. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c8fa-2015_11_12_16_36_090001.jpg2015_11_12_16_36_090001Demolition of South Bay Center in preparation for construction of the South Bay Galleria is underway in this Daily Breeze file photo from Jan. 11, 1984.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1589b-2015_11_12_16_33_510001.jpg2015_11_12_16_33_510001Sue Larson poses atop a paving machine being used to prepare an extension of Kingsdale Avenue west of South Bay Center to allow for entrance to the center from its western end. Dec. 11, 1962 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85b5e-2015_11_12_16_32_500001.jpg2015_11_12_16_32_500001Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy makes a campaign stop at South Bay Center on Nov. 1, 1960, days before being elected president. (Daily Breeze file photo)2015-11-14T01:49:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/11/07/martin-bogdanovich-launches-an-empire-in-fish-harbor/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ed1a3-ap_080630012187.jpgDel Monte StarKist SaleA StarKist brand product is seen on a grocery store shelf, Monday, June 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aaaa3-fireatfishharbor1.jpgfireatfishharborFire at Star-Kist Tuna Plant No. 1 in the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 1974. (Photo courtesy Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c801-msp-cannerywork-1024x296-1.jpgMSP-cannerywork (1024x296)Cannery workers pose in front of the French Sardine Cannery at Fish Harbor, Terminal Island circa 1939. French Sardine later became Star-Kist. Los Angeles Maritimhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac857-starkist1969.jpgstarkist1969The Star-Kist Tuna cannery, foreground, in 1969. (Photo courtesy Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/90d1b-msp-bogdanovich-smc0051.jpgMSP-Bogdanovich-SMc005The gym at Bogdanovich Recreation Center after its remodeling in 2006. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aa303-msp-bogdanovich-smc005.jpgMSP-Bogdanovich-SMc005October 5, 2006. Photo by Steve McCrank .The doors to the Bogdanovich Recreation Center are once again open as the recreation center has finished its remodeling of the gym. One of the new features of the gym is this new foyer.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8cee4-fish-harbor-lapl-e1407967156542.jpgfish-harbor-LAPL-e1407967156542https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4dd05-fireatfishharbor.jpgfireatfishharborFire at Star-Kist Tuna Plant No. 1 in the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 1974. (Photo courtesy Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5bbe0-bogdanovich.jpgbogdanovichhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/65165-600_french_sardine-liz.jpg600_french_sardine-liz2018-01-13T04:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/10/31/torrance-residents-dont-mess-with-our-rocket-ship/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e5f80-checkplease.jpgcheckpleaseFrom the Torrance Herald, Nov. 8, 1959, Page 2. (Credit: Torrance Public Library, Historical Newspaper Achives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/82b28-rocketshipdown21-1024x690-1.jpgrocketshipdown21 (1024x690)The rocket ship slide lies on its side at left rear as a backhoe digs up its foundtion in this file photo from March 1, 1992 taken from microfilm. (Robert Casillas / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab860-p1020957.jpgP1020957Plaque added by the Torrance Historical Society on one of the ship's fins in 1992. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/614e3-sbviewsrocketship.jpgTorrance, viewed from Los Arboles Park. (July 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Torrance, viewed from Los Arboles "Rocketship" Park. (July 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ee3d-usethishickory.jpgusethishickoryThe playground housing the rocket ship slide at Hickory Park in Torrance is currently undergoing renovation. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/601fd-usethissign.jpgLos Arboles Park in Torrance. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Los Arboles Park in Torrance. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fe435-usethismain.jpgusethismainThe rocket ship slide in Torrance's Los Arboles "Rocketship" Park was installed in 1960. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)2015-10-31T16:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/10/24/why-the-del-amo-name-seems-to-be-everywhere-you-look-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9fb56-2015_10_23_15_21_560001.jpg(Undated Daily Breeze file photo)(Undated Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/46531-nws-dominguez.092104.khz_.jpgNWS-Dominguez.092104.KHZThe Dominguez Rancho Adobe after a 2004 renovation. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34a91-bookcover.jpgGerman Rueda's biography of Gregorio Del Amo was published in 2013.German Rueda's biography of Gregorio Del Amo was published in Spain in 2009.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc39f-usethisone.jpgusethisone(October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1632a-usethisone-2.jpgusethisone (2)The Del Amo Inn on Hawthorne Boulevard in Torrance, one of the many businesses bearing the name. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0834-p1020913.jpgP1020913https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1b2cf-gregorio-jaime-niece-amilia-carson.jpggregorio-jaime-niece-amilia-carsonhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5b17-p1020934.jpgP1020934Del Amo Boulevard is a major South Bay thoroughfare. Sign at Hawthorne and Del Amo boulevards intersection. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5628-p1020936.jpgP1020936Dr. Gregorio Del Amo is flanked by Claretian priests at the 1927 opening of the Dominguez Memorial Seminary in 1927. (Photo: Del Amo Estate Company)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a18bd-delamobook.jpgdelamobook2016-07-08T15:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/10/17/malaga-cove-school-the-peninsulas-first-permanent-school-building/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/37094-malagacs1926.jpgmalagacs1926Malaga Cove School in 1926, the year it opened to students. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f247-selectforblog.jpgselectforblogThe former Malaga Cove School site is now the home of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's offices. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d04dd-2015_10_16_14_19_160001.jpg2015_10_16_14_19_160001Students play on the Malaga Cove School playground in this undated photo thought to be from 1926. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f4162-2015_10_16_14_18_260001.jpg2015_10_16_14_18_260001Seventh-grader Tom Gaul plays basketball after school at Malaga Cove Intermediate School in 1991. The school would close in June of that year. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2019-06-13T01:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/10/10/the-early-years-of-the-torrance-post-office/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/736f9-usethisonecropped.jpgusethisonecroppedThe Marcelina post office is Historic Landmark #3 as designated by the Torrance Historical Society. (October 2015 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/00acc-tpodrawing.jpgtpodrawingArtist's rendering of the Marcelina Avenue post office building in Torrance. (Photo: Historical Newspaper Archives, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/668e1-tp034pic.jpgtp034picAlfred Gourdier hands the keys over to Earl Conner. Torrance Herald, Feb. 8, 1934, Page 1. (Photo: Historical Newspaper Archives, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c8826-torrancepocopy.jpgtorrancepocopyThe Torrance post office on Monterey Avenue. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fce71-thisonecroppedetc.jpgthisonecroppedetcThe Marcelina Avenue branch of the U.S. Post Office in Old Torrance. (October 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/67f3d-2015_10_09_13_44_550001-2.jpg2015_10_09_13_44_550001 (2)Daily Breeze, Dec. 12, 1965.2015-10-10T17:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/10/03/redondo-beachs-chautauqua-assembly-hosted-ambitious-short-lived-educational-movement/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/32ba1-220px-john_heyl_vincent.jpg220px-John_Heyl_VincentJohn Heyl Vincent. (Undated photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/759dc-2015_10_02_15_03_150001.jpg2015_10_02_15_03_150001Portion of 1887 Redondo Beach map by city planner William H. Hall shows the oval base of the lamp, lower right, and the upper curved portion formed by Spencer and Fleming streets. (Daily Breeze files)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0fb8-2015_10_02_15_05_580001.jpg2015_10_02_15_05_580001Redondo Beach Union High School building, formerly the Chautauqua Assembly auditorium, in 1907. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/319f4-2015_10_02_15_05_180001.jpg2015_10_02_15_05_180001The Redondo Beach Chautauqua Assembly auditorium building. Undated Daily Breeze file photo, circa 1890-92.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/293d5-2015_10_02_15_04_370001.jpg2015_10_02_15_04_370001Redondo Union High School permanent buildings built at the former Chautauqua Assembly auditorium site. The school's auditorium is at center with columns. (Daily Breeze file photo, ca. 1925)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d164-the-chautauquan-cover.jpgApril 1890 issue of The Chautauquan magazine.April 1890 issue of The Chautauquan magazine.2015-10-03T01:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/09/26/walter-mitchell-and-robert-ferrante-turn-redondo-beach-politics-on-its-ear/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/482a8-p1020864.jpgP1020864Brookside Village in Redondo Beach. (September 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6fa3e-2015_09_25_14_43_530001.jpgFormer Redondo Beach City Councilman Walter Mitchell. Daily Breeze file photo.Former Redondo Beach City Councilman Walter Mitchell. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28a1b-robertaferrante.pngRobertAFerrantehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5e14-2015_09_25_14_46_030001.jpg2015_09_25_14_46_030001Photo from the Daily Breeze edition of Sept. 24, 1969, shows the groundbreaking ceremony for Brookside Village.2015-09-30T01:01:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/09/19/the-battle-to-fly-the-powmia-flag-at-federal-buildings-began-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/38855-tn19-pow-torch-sh-35-2.jpgTN19-POW-torch-sh-35 (2)The POW/MIA flag flies during a torch relay event in honor of National POW/MIA Appreciation Day at the Los Angeles Air Force Base El Segundo on Sept. 18, 2008. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0d0c7-tn00-jane-harman.jpgJane HarmanRep. Jane Harman, D-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington in this March 20, 2010 file photo. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/00570-ron-updike.jpgRon UpdikeRon Updikehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cfa7-0925_nws_tdb-l-lomitaelect.007.jpg0925_NWS_TDB-L-LOMITAELECT.007Dave Alberthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e17b4-p1020861.jpgPalos Verdes Peninsula post office. (September 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Palos Verdes Peninsula post office. (September 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4e760-lomitapoflag-1024x7681-1.jpglomitapoflag (1024x768)The POW/MIA flag flies at the U.S. Post Office in Lomita, right, on Sept. 18, 2015, National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The Lomita Veterans Memorial is visible at lower right. (Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02aa5-lomitapoflag-1024x768-1.jpglomitapoflag (1024x768)2015-09-19T00:19:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/09/12/torrances-fern-elementary-school-survives-and-thrives/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba74b-fernavenueschool1974.jpgFern Avenue School in 1974. (Daily Breeze file photo)Fern Avenue School in 1974. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3876e-ferntogo.jpgferntogoFront page headline from the Torrance Herald, March 7, 1957. (Credit: Historical Newspaper Archive, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4306d-cropped2-1024x800-1.jpgFern Elementary School. (September 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Fern Elementary School. (September 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/17934-cropped1-1024x613-1.jpgFern Elementary School. (September 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Fern Elementary School. (September 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6c9f0-tn00-fern.01-1024x682-1.jpgTN00-FERN.01 (1024x682)A morning assembly at Fern Elementary School in Torrance brought together grades K-5 in the shade of their new wing of classrooms. Upper grades at the school were held across the street for years during the long construction phase. 2012 file photo. (Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b7b4f-fern_school.jpgfern_schoolFern Avenue School , shortly after its completion in 1932. (Photo: Torrance Historical Society)2017-09-28T18:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/09/05/american-military-hero-gen-james-jimmy-doolittles-postwar-career-brought-him-to-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/07971-2015_09_04_16_10_190001.jpg2015_09_04_16_10_190001Jimmy Doolittle at Space Techologies Laboratory in Redondo Beach. Undated Daily Breeze file photo ca. 1959.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fad75-ap_207215894450-1024x811-1.jpgWWII USS Hornet B-25One of the 16 B-25 bombers takes off from the deck of the USS Hornet on April 18, 1942, on the mission to bomb the Japanese mainland. (Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b598-ap_4506090119-1024x765-1.jpgLos Angeles Coliseum 1945Grateful Americans, more than 100,000 of them, pack Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to the rim, June 9, 1945, to pay homage to Gen. George S. Patton Jr. and Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle. The Coliseum pageant climaxed a day of welcome to the conquering generals and 47 accompanying soldiers and fliers. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ca467-ap_4206011456-1024x804-1.jpgJames DoolittleLt. General James Doolittle in 1942. (Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0f56e-pattondoo.jpgpattondoohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/deb3b-gettyimages-493389531-1024x682-1.jpgUS-POLITICS-OBAMA-MEDALUS President Barack Obama signs a gold medal act in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2014. The act awards the Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders in recognition of their military service. (Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/be96c-ap_5504180182-1024x806-1.jpgJames Doolittle, Ted LawsonMaj. Ted Lawson and Gen. Jimmy Doolittlehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6c2fd-ap_4205190244.jpgJames Doolittle,FILE - In this May 19, 1942 file photo, U.S. Army Air Corps Brig. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle poses with a new Air Corps poster in Washington. A month before, on April 18, Doolittle led 16 North American B-25s from the flight deck of the USS Hornet for the Army's first air raid on Tokyo. Coming just four months after the Imperial Japanese Navy savaged the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Doolittle raid on Japan's home did little damage, but lifted the spirits of Americans and electrified a world at war. (AP Photo, File)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6296a-ap_861201075.jpgDoolittleGen. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle poses behind a globe at his home in Carmel Valley, Ca., in Dec. 1986. Doolittle led the "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" raid, the mission that helped turn around America's war against Japan and earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6642-ap_311026010.jpgDOOLITTLEMaj. James (Jimmy) Doolittle smiles from the cockpit after landing in St. Louis, MO., on Oct. 26, 1931 after a record breaking flight of 6 hours 33 minutes. Doolittle averaged about 230 miles per hour for the 1,500-mile trip. (Associated Press)2015-09-05T02:33:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/08/29/tracing-the-history-of-a-very-important-south-bay-vacant-lot/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/636fb-0829_nws_tdb-l-stadiumway5-1024x596-1.jpg0829_NWS_TDB-L-STADIUMWAY#5 (1024x596)Artist's rendition of the proposed Carson NFL football stadium. August 2015.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4911f-0829_nws_tdb-l-stadiumway2-1024x683-1.jpg0829_NWS_TDB-L-STADIUMWAY#2 (1024x683)The City of Carson renamed a street "Stadium Way" at the site of the proposed NFL stadium. Aug. 28, 2015. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a64e0-b0206stadium-proposal-1-1.jpgB0206Stadium Proposal 1 (1)Michael Ovitz, left foreground, talks about football stadium proposal to several thousand attendees of Town Hall meeting at Carson Community Center on Feb. 6, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a2666-b0420-coliseum-2.jpgB0420 COLISEUM #2Hoping to put the best face on the defeat of his Carson stadium proposal, media mogul Michael Ovitz talks to reporters on April 20, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28ba6-2015_08_28_14_27_2400011.jpg2015_08_28_14_27_240001"Jack Rabbit Field," the former Cal Compact waste dump site in Carson, during its days as a dirtbike and rabbit-hunting haven. Dec. 9, 1983, Daily Breeze file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b771-0221_nws_ldn-l-carson-nfl242-1-1024x684-1.jpgC:UserskrobinsonDesktopSite Context SU8 Model (1)Proposed layout of the new Carson NFL stadium released in February 2015.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a2d9b-0221_nws_ldn-l-carson-nfl2-1-1024x683-1.jpg0221_NWS_LDN-L-CARSON-NFL2 (1) (1024x683)Proposed site in Carson to build an NFL stadium. Feb. 21, 2015. (Chuck Bennett / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6281f-2015_08_28_14_27_240001.jpg2015_08_28_14_27_240001https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e5195-b10-23stadium-1.jpgb10-23stadium (1)The site of the proposed stadium and mall in Carson. Oct. 23, 1998. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b811b-2015_08_28_14_28_130001.jpgW. Patrick Moriarty. 1985 file photo. (The Associated Press)W. Patrick Moriarty. 1985 file photo. (The Associated Press)2016-01-02T10:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/08/22/carson-high-school-opened-before-the-city-was-incorporated/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8b00-carsonfromair.jpgcarsonfromairCarson High from the air. Main Street at left, 223rd Street at top. (Credit: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d90e2-nws-carsonhigh1-smc.1.jpgNWS-CarsonHigh1-SMc.1NWS-CarsonHigh1-SMc Photo by Steve McCrank. January 24, 2006. Carson High School marquee, for story about the school's rejection of funding.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac1eb-heralddrawing.jpgheralddrawingArtist's rendition of Carson High School, from the Torrance Herald, July 23, 1961, Page7. (Credit: Torrance Public Library, Historical Newspaper Archives database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6957c-carson65yearbook.jpgcarson65yearbookhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e54ea-ts00-vollnogle.jpgTS00-VOLLNOGLEFormer Carson football coach Gene Vollnogle gives his acceptance speech during San Pedro Sportswalk induction ceremony in 2009. Vollnogle passed away on Sept. 6th, 2012. (Scott Varley / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/81a17-tn02-windmill.02.jpgTN02-windmill.02Carson High School unveiled its windmill in 2012, a research project by students in the Energy and Environmental Learning Program. The small farm area at the school, has fruit trees, garden beds and chickens as well. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/73bb0-carsonusethis.jpgCarson High School. (August 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Carson High School. (August 2015 Daily Breeze photo)2015-08-22T01:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/08/15/the-crest-in-old-torrance-is-just-the-most-recent-tavern-at-1625-cabrillo/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/245ca-greyhound33050.jpggreyhound33050Peninsula Press ad from March 30, 1950. Torrance Herald ad of April 13, 1949, trumpets the fifth anniversary of Charley Gotts' purchase of Daniels Cafe, showing the cafe's owner and employees. Click to enlarge. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b370-earlscafe28.pngearlscafe28Torrance Herald ad from April 26, 1928, announces the grand opening of Earl's Cafe at 1625 Cabrillo. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0551f-danielsinterior.jpgdanielsinteriorhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0cb79-danielsbusad.jpgdanielsbusadTorrance Herald ad of March 30, 1950, promoting the news Greyhound bus terminal. Click to enlarge. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9b7ef-daniels49ad.jpgdaniels49adTorrance Herald ad of April 13, 1949, trumpets the fifth anniversary of Charley Gotts' purchase of Daniels Cafe, showing the cafe's owner and employees. Click to enlarge. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e4b51-brassrailad5235th.jpgbrassrailad5235thTorrance Herald ad from May 2, 1935, promotes the grand opening of the Brass Rail at 1625 Cabrillo on May 3. (Credit: Torrance Historical Archives database, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86372-crestusethisone.jpgcrestusethisoneThe Crest Sports Bar & Grill at 1625 Cabrillo Avenue in Old Torrance. (August 2015 Daily Breeze photo)2015-08-15T04:44:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/08/08/development-of-redondo-beachs-alta-vista-park-took-some-time/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c4724-nws-bleachers.012-1024x768-1.jpgNWS-Bleachers.012 (1024x768)Building contractor Gary Lane and some of his associates along with other volunteers replace aging bleachers at Alta Vista Park in Redondo Beach. Old splintered wood is removed. 2007 file photo. (Robert Casillas / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e77f-p1020810-1024x677-1.jpgP1020810 (1024x677)Alta Vista Elementary School opened in 1965. (August 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ef2d-p1020806-1024x718-1.jpgP1020806 (1024x718)The community center building at Alta Vista Park was completed in 1997. (August 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e940f-p1020802-1024x720-1.jpgP1020802 (1024x720)Alta Vista Park. (August 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c66a6-p1020794-1024x992-1.jpgP1020794 (1024x992)Stairs lead down from the street level entrance into Alta Vista Park in Redondo Beach. (August 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c575-p1020788-1024x643-1.jpgP1020788 (1024x643)The tennis courts at Alta Vista Park opened in 1975. (August 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a24e1-altavistakids-1024x950-1.jpgaltavistakids (1024x950)From the Daily Breeze, Aug. 19, 1969. Click to enlarge.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/291ee-altavistabefore.jpgaltavistabeforeUndated photo ca. late 1960s shows Alta Vista Park in Redondo Beach under construction. View looking southeast shows site of ballfields, left foreground, and left rear behind octagonal rest rooms/snack bar building, which was renamed the (Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/40b78-altavistadedication-852x1024-1.jpgaltavistadedication (852x1024)From the Daily Breeze, Oct. 20, 1969.2015-08-09T18:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/08/01/ports-o-call-in-san-pedro-has-seen-its-ups-and-downs/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11fc5-tn00-aerial.149-1024x684-1.jpgSan Pedro--09/17/09- Staff Photo: Robert Casillas-- Ports of Call, San Pedro.Ports of Call, San Pedro. September 2009 file photo. (Robert Casillas / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f56bc-portscardwithtower.jpgportscardwithtowerUndated 1970s-era postcard shows Ports O' Call Village with the 365-foot high Skytower. The "Buccaneer Queen" in the foreground. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12bc1-preoldphotofromsphistsoc-468x3741-1.jpgpreoldphotofromsphistsoc (468x374)Land has been cleared, center, for the construction of the Ports O' Call Restaurant, the first structure at Ports O' Call. Undated photo ca. 1960, with the Vincent Thomas Bridge under construction in the distance. (Photo courtesy San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e833d-whalerswharf-1000x669-1.jpgwhalerswharf (1000x669)The Whaler's Wharf section of the Ports O'Call village shows signs of deterioration in this 2006 file photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5cb3f-tn00-aerial.070-1024x678-1.jpgTN00-AERIAL.070 (1024x678)Aerial view of Ports O' Call from September 2009, with Ports O' Call Restaurant in the center. (Robert Casillas / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e3430-preoldphotofromsphistsoc-468x374-1.jpgpreoldphotofromsphistsoc (468x374)Land has been cleared, center, for the construction of the Ports O' Call Restaurant, the first structure at Ports O' Call. Undated photo ca. 1960, with the Vincent Thomas Bridge under construction in the distance. (Photo courtesy San Pedro Bay Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cea69-portswithboatinside.jpgportswithboatinsidehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/95ad6-portsoverallpc.jpgportsoverallpcUndated postcard shows Ports O' Call ca. late 1960s - early 1970s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/41f0c-portsocallsierranevada.jpgPorts O'Call - Sierra Nevada River Boat San Pedro, CAUndated postcard shows the Sierra Nevada ferry boat permanently moored at Ports O' Call. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0991-portsocallmatchbook.jpgportsocallmatchbook2016-11-06T07:34:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/07/25/wilmington-during-wartime-the-los-angeles-port-of-embarkation-and-camp-ross/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8066a-camprossnatlarchives1.jpgcamprossnatlarchivesCamp Ross had an integrated baseball team in this undated ca. 1945 photo. (U.S. National Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d41e-ap_4501060356-800x6541-1.jpgWWII Dogs in ServiceArmy dogs, members of the K-9 Corps, and their trainers board a ship in the Los Angeles, California, Jan. 6, 1945 port of Embarkation before sailing for duty overseas. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1efef-ap_4501060356-800x654-1.jpgWWII Dogs in ServiceWWII Dogs in Servicehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bc9f4-wacscampross.jpgwacscamprossWomen's Army Corps members at Camp Ross. Undated photo. (U.S. National Archives at Riverside)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b072-camprossnatlarchives.jpgcamprossnatlarchivesCamp Ross had an integrated baseball team. Undated photo ca. 1945. (U.S. National Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0cb97-camprosspitcher.jpgcamprosspitcherhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8200f-camprosssoftball.jpgcamprosssoftballThe Camp Ross women's softball team. Undated photo, ca. 1945. (U.S. National Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7841e-donbarksdale.jpgBARKSDALEDon Barksdale of the Boston Celtics poses in Boston on Nov. 24, 1953. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c1003-img_0107.jpgIMG_0107Entrance to Camp Ross in Wilmington. Undated photo. (U.S. National Archives at Riverside)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0a408-portofembarkationna.jpgportofembarkationnaArrival and debarkation of the 38th Division at the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation during World War II. (U.S. National Archives at Riverside)2015-07-25T01:13:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/07/18/hermosa-beachs-pier-plaza-a-recent-addition-to-cityscape/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b35e-2015_07_17_14_35_030001.jpg2015_07_17_14_35_030001Nighttime view of lower Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, looking towards the pier. 1973 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ec236-2015_07_17_14_33_500001.jpg2015_07_17_14_33_500001The block that became Pier Plaza has always been a natural gathering place, as this photo from a September 1977 arts and crafts fair shows. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12a98-1114_nws_tdb-l-hbcameras.5-1-1024x706-1.jpg1114_NWS_TDB-L-HBCAMERAS.5 (1) (1024x706)Pier Plaza, Hermosa Beach, 2013 Daily Breeze file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c4b10-0520_nws_lpt-l-piers.hermosa.01-1024x680-1.jpg0520_NWS_LPT-L-PIERS.HERMOSA.01 (1024x680)A busy Sunday afternoon on the Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach Pier area. The pier was recently re-opened after a closure for repairs. May 10, 2015. (Daily Breeze photo Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/312c8-tn26_kings_smc040-1024x781-1.jpgTN26_Kings_SMc040 (1024x781)Los Angeles King Jarret Stoll, a Hermosa Beach resident, brings the Stanley Cup to Hermosa Beach Pier Plaza for a rally celebrating the NHL champs in June 2012. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8f20f-tn00-hbstpatricks-sh-71-1024x680-1.jpgTN00-HBstPatricks-SH-71 (1024x680)Hermosa Beach Police monitor crowds on March 17, 2010 during St. Patrick's Day festivities on Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ed88-nws-hermosabeach1-1024x525-1.jpgNWS-HermosaBeach1 (1024x525)Undated photo of corner of Santa Fe Avenue (later renamed Pier Avenue) and Hermosa Avenues in Hermosa Beach. (Photo courtesy of Roger Creighton)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/be12d-nws.sharkees-fire3-1024x773-1.jpgNWS.Sharkees fire3 (1024x773)Hermosa Beach firefighters on the scene of a early morning fire at Baja Sharkeez Restaurant on Pier Plaza. May 9, 2006 Daily Breeze file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ecba1-0617_nws_lpt-l-hermosa-sv-0285-1024x654-1.jpg-L-HERMOSAA cheering crowd watches the U.S. play Ghana during the 2014 World Cup soccer telecast viewing party at Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d14d-hbpierplaza.jpghbpierplazaUndated postcard ca. 1940s shows lower Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach looking toward the pier.2015-07-18T00:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/07/11/wallichs-music-city-opens-for-business-in-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6aa3-clydeandmarilynfox.jpgclydeandmarilynfoxhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/94ec4-hollywoodpostcard.jpghollywoodpostcardUndated postcard fromthe 1950s shows the Hollywood Wallichs Music City at Sunset and Vine, left, across the street from NBC.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/325a3-wallichsdonate.jpgwallichsdonateGlenn Wallichs and Marilyn Fox present a sound system to Torrance Mayor Albert Isen in this Torrance Herald photo. (Torrance Herald photo courtesy Torrance Historical Archive of the Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5da35-wallichscloseup1-781x1024-1.jpgwallichscloseup1 (781x1024)Some of the acts appearing at the grand opening of the Torrance Wallichs Music City store are listed at top right in this Daily Breeze ad from Nov. 14, 1963, Page 7.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/53c7d-clearbeachboys45label.jpgclearbeachboys45labelThe special Capitol Custom Beach Boys 45 rpm single released for the opening of the Torrance Wallichs Music City store has become a valuable Beach Boys collectible.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/684d1-eddiecochransharonsheeley.jpgSharon Sheeley and Eddie Cochran Shopping for RecordsRockabilly singer Eddie Cochran and his fiancee, songwriter Sharon Sheeley, shop for records in a Los Angeles music store in the late 1950s. --- Image by © Douglas Kirkland/CORBIShttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/707f8-glennwallichs.jpgglennwallichsGlenn Wallichs, founder of Wallichs Music City and co-founder of the Capitol Records label, poses with an architect's model of the Capitol Records tower in this publicity photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/340f3-grandopening1117.jpggrandopening1117Cutting the ribbon for the Torrance store. From the Nov. 17, 1963 Torrance Herald. (Torrance Herald photo courtesy Torrance Historical Archive of the Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b5ce-wallichsbag.jpgwallichsbagStore locations are listed on the distinctive Wallichs Music city paper bags.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/febd1-wallichstorrancedrawing.jpgwallichstorrancedrawingArtists rendition shows the Torrance Wallichs Music City store. (Torrance Herald photo courtesy Torrance Historical Archive of the Torrance Public Library)2016-11-20T07:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/07/04/rebranding-becomes-a-way-of-life-at-rolling-hills-estates-mall/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5b31-promenadestoresigns.jpgpromenadestoresignsPromenade on the Peninsula. (July 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c3701-p1020762.jpgP1020762https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/00ebd-p1020760.jpgP1020760Interior of the Promenade of the Peninsula has a village shopping center feel. (July 2015 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9025d-p1020751.jpgpromenadesignThe Promenade on the Peninsula is the current name of the Rolling Hills Estates shopping mall that began as The Courtyard mall in 1981. (July 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/388c9-the-avenue-mall.jpgThe Avenue MallConstruction site of the mall formerly called The Shops at Palos Verdes after its roof had been removed. It would be renamed The Avenue of the Peninsula. (Sept. 3, 1999 staff file photo by Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fce78-nws-saksclosing.bh_.jpgNWS-SaksClosing.BHThe Saks Fifth Avenue store at The Avenue of the Peninsula out in May 2006. (May 2006 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2207e-firecrop.jpgfirecropFirefighters mop up following a blaze that gutted the Peninsula Cinema 6 under construction at The Courtyard mall in April 1984. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d9ec-cropped.jpgcroppedThe May Co. can be seen in this view looking east of The Courtyard mall in 1991. (Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/507d5-courtyardcrop.jpgcourtyardcropBullocks Wilshire can be seen at the top of the escalator in this October 1988 Daily Breeze file photo of the Shops at Palos Verdes.2015-07-11T22:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/06/27/when-saber-toothed-cats-mammoths-and-dire-wolves-roamed-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4f719-columbian_mammoth1.jpgColumbian Mammoth. (Painting by Charles R. Knight)Columbian Mammoth. (Painting by Charles R. Knight)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0d2e6-caflag.pngCAFlagThe California grizzly bear appears on the state flag.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/957b8-columbian_mammoth.jpgColumbian Mammoth. (Painting by Charles R. Knight)Columbian Mammoth. (Painting by Charles R. Knight)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0543c-la_brea_tar_pits.jpgLa_Brea_Tar_PitsImagined scene from the La Brea Tar Pits area of Los Angeles. (Painting by Charles R. Knight from a mural at the American Museum of Natural History, New York)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ba3e-1024px-woolly_mammoth.jpg1024px-Woolly_mammothDisplay in the Royal BC Museum in Victoria (Canada) shows the woolly mammoth. The display is from 1979, and the fur is musk ox hair. (Courtesty Mammut, uploaded by FunkMonk)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/08732-800px-smilodon_and_canis_dirus.jpg800px-Smilodon_and_Canis_dirusThis 1913 illustration shows a saber-toothed cat (Smilodon californicus) and a dire wof (Canis dirus) fighting over a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) carcass in the La Brea Tar Pits.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6fceb-sabertooth.jpgsabertoothSaber-toothed cat.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ebd4-sabertoothpostcard.jpgsabertoothpostcard2015-07-04T01:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/06/20/beloved-animals-get-a-final-resting-place-at-pet-haven-cemetery/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6c40-p1020738-1024x768-1.jpgP1020738 (1024x768)Pet Haven Cemetery. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86161-pethavensign.jpgpethavensign(June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5085a-17759.jpg17759Robert Morse, left, on lobby card publicizing the 1965 Tony Richardson film version of Evelyn Waugh's "The Loved One."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/969e9-p1020733-565x1024-1.jpgP1020733 (565x1024)This marker includes a plea to against animal experiments. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ecc38-p1020735-1024x768-1.jpgThe grounds at Pet Haven. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)The grounds at Pet Haven. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/53330-p1020729-1024x389-1.jpgTwo of the older graves at Pet Haven. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Two of the older graves at Pet Haven. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/502cc-p1020727-1024x767-1.jpgP1020727 (1024x767)Some of the gravesites at Pet Haven are more elaborate than others. (June 2015 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8e73e-p1020724-768x1024-1.jpgMemorial at Pet Haven. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Memorial at Pet Haven. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dffee-gettyimages-1152230-1024x761-1.jpglandongreene_20001022_12661.jpgFrom left, Michael Landon as Little Joe, Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright and Dan Blocker as Hoss in the television series, "Bonanza." 1959-1973. One of Landon's horses used in the series is buried at Pet Haven Cemetery. (Getty Images)2015-06-26T14:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/06/13/the-beach-cities-greenbelt-joggers-take-over-from-railroad-trains/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7e706-p1020722-1024x812-1.jpgP1020722 (1024x812)The southern terminus of the Hermosa Valley Greenbelt, just north of Herondo Street. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/90847-frombook.jpgfrombookThe Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way in Manhattan Beach in an undated photo, probably from the 1980s. (Photo courtesy Jan Dennis collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0a0ca-tn-02-christo-53-1024x689-1.jpgTN-02-Christo-53 (1024x689)MANHATTAN BEACH - 06/01/07 - Daily Breeze Photo: Scott Varley - 6,000 wire and felt gates line a four mile section of the Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach greenbelt along Valley Avenue. The Young at Art project involved elementary and middle school studehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b8d9-tn00-wildart-flowergirl-1024x746-1.jpgTN00-wildart-flowergirl (1024x746)Warm weather and spring-like conditions provide Sophia Delino, 4, left, and sister Juliet, 8, with a great opportunity to pick sour flowers along the greenbelt on Valley Drive in Manhattan Beach in this March 2010 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac7a0-rosamondfogg-1024x671-1.jpgrosamondfogg (1024x671)Rosamond Fogg, organizer of the Open Space People's Action Committee (OSPAC), stands on the Hermosa Valley Greenbelt. Jun3 15, 1987 Dailly Breeze staff file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dd7ab-p1020717-1024x754-1.jpgVeterans Parkway in Manhattan Beach. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)Veterans Parkway in Manhattan Beach. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1f689-p1020707-1024x769-1.jpgP1020707 (1024x769)The Veterans Memorial on Veterans Parkway, the Manhattan Beach portion of the greenbelt. (June 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b503-greenbeltmap.jpggreenbeltmapThe greenbelt runs from Manhattan Beach in the north (A) through to Hermosa Beach, ending at Herondo Street (B). (Credit: Google Maps)2015-06-18T22:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/06/06/hollywood-parks-glory-years-and-its-gradual-decline/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/73c7e-0601_nws_tdb-l-implosion-5-800x402-1.jpg0601_NWS_TDB-L-IMPLOSION-#5 (800x402)The grandstand for the historic Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood after it was imploded on May 31, 2015. (Stephen Carr / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/41b02-hollyparkclub.jpghollyparkclubThe clubhouse sun deck at Hollywood Park is seen in more prosperous days in this undated Daily Breeze file photo from the 1950s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/84602-hollyparkaerial.jpgHollyparkaerialHollywood Park. May 6, 1999. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Robert Casillas)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/76602-goose-2-639x800-1.jpgGoose-2 (639x800)The Goose Girl is shown in full regalia, including crookstick, in this 1972 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b868-goose-1-800x577-1.jpgGoose-1 (800x577)Hollywood Park's Goose Girl patrols an infield lake at the track in Miz Clementine, her special boat. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/87785-ap560609197-800x629-1.jpgWillie Shoemakerorses Named Swamps Action Thundering to a new world record for the mile in 1:33 1/5 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California June 9, 1956, Swaps (2, on rail) with Willie Shoemaker up, crosses the finish line to win the $50,000 added Argonaut handicaphttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f44d-ap510721015-800x635-1.jpgCitationCitation is shown in the winner's circle after taking a bow at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Ca., on July 21, 1951. Citation, the first race horse to win $1 million, was retired to stud on July 20. Standing with "Big Cy," from left, are, owner Lucille Parkhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eaf01-1949-0600_thefiremensgrapevine_hollywoodparkfire_651.jpg1949-0600_TheFiremensGrapevine_HollywoodParkFire_651https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/39807-1949-0506_latimesphoto_hollywoodparkfire_1000.jpg1949-0506_LATimesPhoto_HollywoodParkFire_1000Fire burns down the grandstand at Hollywood Park in 1949. (Associated Press photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bea31-1223_nws_tdb-l-hollywood-sv-0911-800x437-1.jpg-L-HOLLYWOODFinal day of horse racing at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, CA on Sunday, December 22, 2013. After 75 years, the famed racetrack is closing to make way for development. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Scott Varley)2015-06-06T04:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/05/30/the-early-days-of-hollywood-park/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f34a-ap380210011.jpgHowardAmerican racehorse Seabiscuit nibbles on the hand of owner Charles S. Howard at the Santa Anita stable at Arcadia, near Los Angeles, Ca., on Feb. 10, 1938. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aec35-hollywoodpk.jpghollywoodpkAerial view of Hollywood Park, 1946. File photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b9fdb-hdl.huntington.org_.jpghdl.huntington.orghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6c104-raoul-walsh-2.jpgraoul-walsh-2Film director Raoul Walsh.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11bcc-jack_warner_portrait_copy.jpgJack_Warner_portrait_copyWarner Bros. studio head Jack L. Warner.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7e78a-hollywood_park_02.jpghollywood_park_02Undated postcard shows Hollywood Park ca. 1940s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5fe2f-ap400310025.jpgSmithRacehorse trainer Tom Smith is shown with thoroughbred Seabiscuit on March 10, 1940. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5e388-201306281511_0001-2-1024x676-1.jpg201306281511_0001-2-1024x676Hollywood Park from the air in 1938. (Photo: Turf and Sport Digest)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/38f15-2764996_original.jpg2764996_originalDon Ameche, Carole Lombard and Jimmy Stewart take in the opening day at Hollywood Park racetrack in 1940. (Photo courtesy Carole & Co. website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/528dd-640px-seabiscuit_workout_with_gw_up.jpg640px-Seabiscuit_workout_with_GW_upJockey George Woolf rides Seabiscuit during a workout in 1938. File photo.2020-05-23T01:57:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/05/23/time-stands-still-at-the-san-pedro-post-office/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7c761-p1020679-800x600-1.jpgP1020679 (800x600)The post office interior. National Register of Historic Places plaqe can be seen on wall between two windows at left. (May 2015 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/87406-sppostoffice01.12-1-01.bk_.jpgSPpostoffice01.12-1-01.BKVic and Mary Matisevich of San Pedro visit the San Perdo post office museum on its opening day in 2001. The couple met while working there in the late '40's where they made about 65 cents per hour. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2047b-postofficecityhallm.jpgpostofficecityhallmUndated postcard ca. 1940s shows the post office/federal building on the left and city hall up the street on the right.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c910-postalhistory.4.0712.sv_.jpgPostalHistory.4.0712.svAmong the postal historical items on display at the San Pedro Postal Museum are old photos such as this 1947 photo showing the staff of the San Pedro Post Office. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/918e2-postalhistory.3.0712.sv_.jpgPostalHistory.3.0712.svThe groundbreaking ceremony of the San Pedro Post Office on Oct 1935. The tall city hall building at the right is still there today. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/58a24-p1020674.jpgP1020674Mail carriers are hard at work in this detail from Fletcher Martin's 1938 WPA mural, "Mail Transportation," at the San Pedro Post Office. (May 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8046b-selectmural-800x562-1.jpgselectmural (800x562)Fletcher Martin's 1938 mural, "Mail Transportation," at the San Pedro post office. (May 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/46348-p1020667-800x600-1.jpgP1020667 (800x600)The San Pedro Postal Museum is located in the post office basement. (May 2015 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ae08e-p1020665-800x546-1.jpgP1020665 (800x546)Orginal writing tables with bronze fixtures still are in use at the San Pedro post office. (May 2015 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7976c-p1020657-800x539-1.jpgP1020657 (800x539)The U.S. Post Office in San Pedro opened in 1936. (May 2015 Daily Breeze file photo)2024-11-22T01:27:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/05/15/dale-velzy-the-hawk-opened-the-worlds-first-surfing-store-in-manhattan-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4d721-0517_nws_tdb-l-a3rail.jpgSurf Fame050.JPGDale Velzy at the Hermosa Beach Surfers Walk of Fame induction on March 29, 2003. (Scott Varley / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cd4c7-220_slippery_when_wet.jpg220_slippery_when_wethttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3dd4b-dive_and_surf_shop.jpgDive_and_Surf_shopL to R: Dale Velzy, Hap Jacobs, Bill Meistrell and Bev Morgan at the original Dive N Surf Shop in 1954. (Photo credit: Encyclopedia of Surfing.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dc586-surfwalk.2.0329.sv-1.jpgSurf Fame050.JPGHermosa Beach Surfers Walk of Fame charter member Dale Velzy heads back to his seat after receiving a replica plaque to one that is installed on the deck of the Hermosa Beach Pier. March 29, 2003. (Daily Breeze photo by Staff Photographer Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f7886-velzy_surfboard_001logo.jpgVelzy_Surfboard_001logohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3e1e3-velzyapnytshotsmall.jpgvelzyapnytshotsmallDave Velzy in 2000. (Associated Press photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/33d51-velzyashawkbook.jpgvelzyashawkbookhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/36e07-velzyshop.jpgvelzyshopDave Velzy's first surf shop in Manhattan Beach opened in 1950. (1952 photo by Don Guild, courtesy Surfing Heritage & Cultural Center and Croul Publications)2015-05-15T23:39:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/05/09/narbonne-high-school-had-a-nomadic-early-history/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/59f03-p1020651-800x600-1.jpgP1020651 (800x600)Alexander Fleming Middle School on Walnut Street in Lomita once was the site of Narbonne High School. May 2015 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0e39f-p1020644-800x600-1.jpgP1020644 (800x600)The auditorium at Narbonne High School, 24300 S. Western Avenue, Harbor City. May 2015 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d92f-griffineleco1.jpggriffinelecoNarbonne Junior and Senior High School's first principal, Clementina de Forest Griffin. From the 1925 El Eco Narbonne yearbook. (Courtesy Narbonne High Class of 1968 website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/63887-lhseleco.jpglhselecoBrick main building at Narbonne Junior and Senior High School in 1925. From the 1925 El Eco Narbonne yearbook. (Courtesy Narbonne High Class of 1968 website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8fd71-narbonnerendering.jpgnarbonnerenderingArtist's rendering of the spiral layout of the new Narbonne High School planned for Western Avenue in Harbor City. From the Torrance Press, April 15, 1954, Page 1. (Courtesy Torrance Public Library, Historical Newspaper Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d4ad-narbonne_hs_logo.gifnarbonne_hs_logohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c58d4-narbonneaerialgoogle.jpgnarbonneaerialgoogleAerial view of Narbonne High School in Harbor City looking north. Western Avenue is on the left edge of the campus. (Photo: Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/356ef-narbonne_gaucho.jpgNarbonne_Gauchohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dd655-narbonne.jpgNarbonne16-year -old Richard Mora throws a ball on the athletic field at Narbonne Junior and Senior High School in 1951, which is now Fleming middle school. (Mora family photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b7b4-griffineleco.jpggriffineleco2019-08-20T01:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/05/02/green-hills-memorial-park-converted-grazing-land-into-a-solemn-landmark/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f3a5a-greenhills.jpggreenhillsRobert McNerney is pictured second from left in this clipping from the Daily Breeze of May 24, 1967.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71c3f-tn26-church16sc-800x528-1.jpgTN26-CHURCH16SC (800x528)Crews move St. Peter's Episcopal Church from the Harbor View Cemetery in San Pedro, along 19th St. to its new home at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes in October 2011. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/652e8-msp-wagreenxmas2-sh-800x552-1.jpgmsp-WAgreenxmas2-sh (800x552)Christmas decorations line grave sites at Green Hills Memorial Park. Dec. 14, 2004. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/663d1-msp-rememberwhen13-800x614-1.jpgmsp-rememberwhen13 (800x614)San Pedro's first church, St. Peter's Episcopal Church built in 1884, being moved to Harbor View Cemetery as a historical monument in 1956. (Photo courtesy of St. Peter's Episcopal Church)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/84b90-greenhillsad-2.jpggreenhillsad (2)Ad for Green Hills Memorial Park from the Torrance Herald, Feb. 3, 1949, Page 14. (Courtesy Torrance Historical Archvive, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ba53-aerial-for-is2.jpgaerial-for-IS2Aerial view of Green Hills Memorial Park, with Western Avenue at right and Palos Verdes Drive North at top. (Photo courtesy City of Rancho Palos Verdes)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/98633-0731-nws_tdb-l-spbirthday1-800x537-1.jpg0731-NWS_TDB-L-SPBIRTHDAY1 (800x537)St. Peter's Episcopal Church (1884) at its new location in Green Hills Memorial Park in July 2013. (Brittany Murray / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c9a2-0725_nws_tdb-l-funerals-smc012-800x523-1.jpg0725_NWS_TDB-L-FUNERALS-SMc012 (800x523)People living in the condominum complex, building in photo, neighboring Green Hills Memorial Park are complaining about loud noise from a new burial plot built atop a mausoleum that is adjacent to the apartment building. July 24, 2014 file photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6eec-0527_nws_tdb-l-memorialday1527-800x529-1.jpg0527_NWS_TDB-L-MEMORIALDAY1527 (800x529)A white dove release during the 29th annual Memorial Day Observance at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes took place Monday May 26th, 2014. (Chuck Bennett / Staff Photographer)2015-05-05T22:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/04/25/patmars-drive-in-was-a-primo-hangout-spot-in-el-segundo/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7c96a-patmarspostcard.jpgpatmarspostcardUndated postcard, probably from the late 1940s/early 1950s, presents an aerial view of the Patmar's complex in El Segundo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/81b3b-patmarsmatchbooksmall.jpgpatmarsmatchbooksmallThe Patmar's complex also included a liquor store and lounge, as this matchbook cover indicates.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/417c5-patmarsmatchbookbetter.jpgpatmarsmatchbookbetterMatchbook cover.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d581-patmarsmatchbook.jpgpatmarsmatchbookhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8b416-patmarsgolfjpeg.jpgpatmarsgolfjpegThe relocated Patmar's restaurant building is shown in its later incarnation as the pro shop at El Segundo Golf Course (now The Lakes at El Segundo) in this Dec. 18, 1987, Daily Breeze file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cb4a-patmars.jpgpatmarsPatmar's drive-in restaurant at the corner of Imperial Highway and Sepulveda Boulevard in El Segundo. The adjacent motel can be seen in the background in this Daily Breeze file photo circa 1950.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d2e56-mkcptr0malf7zotflcu5nbq.jpgmkcptr0MAlF7zotFLcu5NBQ2019-07-25T05:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/04/18/harvey-aluminum-in-harbor-gateways-long-sometimes-turbulent-history/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/951ec-leoharvey.jpgleoharveyLeo M. Harvey, undated file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aa1b2-harvey_12k.jpgTThe Harvey 12K aluminum extrusion press went into service at the Harbor Gateway plant in 1957. It weighed 8 million pounds and was nearly 300 feet in length. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/83335-brz_0004.jpgBRZ_0004A protestor at the Harvey Aluminum plant strike on the night of July 29, 1965. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64263-brz_0008.jpgBRZ_0008A protestor on the ground at the Harvey Aluminum plant strike, July 29, 1965. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b748-harvey-aluminum-72158154.jpgharvey-aluminum-72158154Harvey Aluminum logo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7de4e-harvey.jpgUUndated aerial photo of the Harvey Aluminum plant in Harbor Gateway, taken from the Daily Breeze of Jan. 31, 1965.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c92b2-63hotrodharvey-vi.jpgTThe Harvey Aluminum Indy race car built by Mickey Thompson, right, in red sweater, makes the cover of Hot Rod magazine in June 1963.2015-04-18T00:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/04/11/old-george-hewitt-of-manhattan-beach-was-a-real-character/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e81b3-sam-541x800-1.jpgOOld George Hewitt, far right, in his drunken character costume, poses in October 1952 with Ralph Rall, 13, and Reggie Shields by the school bus stop in front of his home. Daily Breeze, Nov. 5, 1952.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f3314-hewitt1-copy.jpgOOld George Hewitt, September 1950. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1c58-hewitt1-copy-2.jpgOOld George Hewitt points at the 20-lb. costume he wore when impersonating a drunk in this September 1950 Daily Breeze staff photo.2015-04-11T00:31:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/04/04/reeves-field-on-terminal-island-kept-them-flying-during-world-war-ii/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/311bb-portaerial-800x611-1.jpgTThis 1969 aerial photo of the Port of Los Angeles looking southwest towards Catalina Island shows the abandoned Reeves Field at middle left. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10b22-0381-e.jpgCConstruction on the enlisted men's barracks at Reeves Field continues in this Jan. 25, 1938 photo. (Photo courtesy Los Angeles Harbor Department - Reuse restrictions apply)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2a01c-reevesplanesusnphoto.jpgreevesplanesusnphotoUnited States Navy Wildcat and Corsair fighter planes at Reeves Field in 1945. (United States Navy photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ae2ee-reevesontimecover.jpgreevesontimecoverAdmiral Joseph M. Reeves on the cover of Time magazine, June 6, 1934.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8b9c-reevesaerialnatlarchives.jpgreevesaerialnatlarchivesNaval Air Station Terminal Island from the air looking southwest in 1945. (Photo: National Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f9152-googlemapreeves.jpgRReeves Field was located between present-day Terminal Way and the Seaside Freeway on Terminal Island. (Google Maps)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7596-biplaneslaplreeves.jpgbiplaneslaplreevesBiplanes line the tarmac at Allen Field in this undated early photo (before 1935). (Photo: Los Angeles Public Library collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/570ad-57.jpg$_57Poster advertising the 1953 Long Beach Sports Car Road Race.2015-04-04T02:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/03/28/public-high-schools-on-the-palos-verdes-peninsula/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d9f4-miralestestudes.jpgMMiraleste High School students plead their case before the Dec. 4, 1990, school board meeting where the decision was made to close Miraleste and Palos Verdes high schools. (Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6eec7-chadwick1950.jpgCChadwick School in 1950. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/62901-rhhsaerial.jpgRRolling Hills High School in February 1976. Hawthorne Boulevard at left, Silver Spur at top. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c68b5-pvhighsign-800x600-1.jpgPhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f4b6b-pn23-penhs.reg_.01-800x466-1.jpgShttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12cb8-pvhighsign.jpgPhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6efe-pvhigh.1220.sv-800x5961-1.jpgPPrincipal Chris Bowles and associate principal Alison Simmons headed the administration of the newly reopened Palos Verdes High School in 2002. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/36170-penhighsign-800x600-1.jpgpenhighsign (800x600)Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates. (March 2015 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f16d-nws.sby_.miraleste1.jpgMMiraleste High School. Undated photo from 1970s. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/097dc-pvhigh.1220.sv-800x596-1.jpgP2019-01-07T00:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/03/20/playa-del-reys-early-days/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/537be-0322_nws_tdb-l-a3rail.jpgOOverall view of Playa del Rey lagoon showing the Del Rey Hotel, Playa Del Rey Pavilion and pier in 1908. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bf4d9-surfridgehouses.jpgPPartially demolished houses along Rindge Avenue in the Surfridge housing tract west of LAX in July 1967. The airport bought out homeowners and razed the houses. (Daily Breeze file photo by staff photographer Jack Wyman)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cff69-1203_nws_tdb-l-rain.01-800x502-1.jpgAA woman feed a large flock of mixed birds at Del Rey Lagoon Park, Playa Del Rey. (Daily Breeze staff photo by Brad Graverson, Dec. 2, 2014)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/533e5-playa-del-rey-incline.jpgplaya-del-rey-inclineUndated photo of the incline railway from the beach to the bluffs at Playa del Rey. (Courtesy Malcolm Atwill Collection, via The Electric Railway Historical Assn. of Southern California website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f17b-pdr-pavilion.jpgpdr-pavilionUndated postcard shows Balloon Route excursion passengers arriving via Pacific Electric Railway cars at the pavilion at Playa del Rey, sometime after C.M. Pierce took over the popular tourist trains in 1904.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3ecd9-tn00-lagoon1.bh_.jpgTN00-Lagoon1.BHhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1a94d-chs-37189.jpgCHS-37189Beachgoers frolic in the surf while oil derricks loom in the immediate background in this undated view, probably from the 1930s, of the beach at Playa del Rey. (Courtesy of the California Historical Society Collection, USC Libraries)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01ca5-800px-playadelrey-1907.jpg800px-PlayadelRey-1907Another view of the lagoon, pier, pavilion and hotel. July 2, 1907. (Courtesy of the California Historical Society Collection, USC Libraries)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/df475-744px-playa_del_rey_lagoon_showing_del_rey_hotel_playa_del_rey_pavilion_and_pier_los_angeles_ca.1908_chs-5380.jpg744px-Playa_del_Rey_lagoon_showing_Del_Rey_Hotel,_Playa_Del_Rey_Pavilion_and_pier,_Los_Angeles,_ca.1908_(CHS-5380)Overall view of Playa del Rey lagoon showing the Del Rey Hotel, Playa Del Rey Pavilion and pier in 1908. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4ba27-nws_lagoon.041306-031.jpgNWS_Lagoon.041306-031Colorful flowers bloom at the north end of Del Rey Lagoon in Playa del Rey. (April 2006 Daily Breeze staff file photo)2018-05-17T17:30:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/03/13/irene-lewis-makes-her-dream-of-a-train-museum-for-lomita-a-reality-part-2-lomita-railroad-museum/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d1e2-p1020567.jpgLLomita Railroad Museum main building. (March 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/81b00-wakefielddepot.jpgwakefielddepotBoston & Maine's Greenwood Station in Wakefield, Mass., served as the model for the Lomita Railroad Museum building. (Photo courtesy Wakefield Historical Society)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ceb3-p1020562.jpgP1020562The Museum Annex across 250th Street from the Lomita Railroad Museum. (March 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29ccb-p1020558.jpgP1020558The museum's centerpiece is the 1902 Baldwin Mogul steam locomotive. (March 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2fda1-p1020557.jpgMMemorial plaque at the Lomita Railroad Museum. (March 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a9ad2-p1020544.jpgTThe interior of the Lomita Railroad Museum. (March 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/96fd0-p1020541.jpgTThe Lomita Railroad Museum. (March 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/96b74-41pczultwnl.jpg41pczuLTWnLPostcard image of the giant mural advertising the museum on the wall of a bank building at Narbonne Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway in Lomita.2015-03-13T23:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/03/07/irene-lewis-creates-a-haven-in-lomita-for-railroad-buffs-part-1-little-engines/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28fc0-1000x10001-1.jpg1000x1000No children in sight on the cover of the 1953 Little Engines cataloghttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b0c3-0307_nws_tdb-l-a3rail-800x610-1.jpg0307_NWS_TDB-L-A3RAIL (800x610)Irene Lewis stands behind one of her Little Engines in this staff photo from the Daily Breeze, Aug. 31, 1975, Page C3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cde3a-cbh19tcwkkgrhqiokkqe0ugduyg3bngwwh64p_1.jpg!CBH19t!CWk~$(KGrHqIOKkQE0UGDuyg3BNGWwH64P!~~_1This December 1938 issue of The Model Craftsman contains one of Martin Lewis' articles on live steam locomotives. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e3b93-irenelewisheraldart-358x462-1.jpgTTorrance Herald, Sept. 22, 1955, Page 18. (Courtesy Torrance Public Library Historical Newspaper Archive)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ce9ef-irenelewis1-800x727-1.jpgirenelewis1 (800x727)Irene Lewis next to one of her Little Engines. Daily Breeze, Aug. 31, 1975, Page C3.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc0a3-57.jpg$_57The 1941 Little Engines catalog.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc768-1000x1000-1.jpg1000x1000No children in sight on the cover of the 1953 Little Engines catalog.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0cb04-littleengines2014catalog.jpglittleengines2014catalogThe 2014 Little Engines catalog.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8eb8b-p1020538-800x600-1.jpgTThe Southern California Live Steamers train depot at Wilson Park in Torrance. (March 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db6a7-p1020539-800x600-1.jpgR2015-03-07T00:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/02/28/artist-rick-griffin-started-his-illustrious-career-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0045a-p1020578.jpgP1020578"Surfing eyeball" board by Rick Griffin. (March 2015 Daily Breeze photo courtesy Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/961af-p1020575.jpgRhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2732b-p1020576.jpgRhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26a39-rickgriffinpaintingnauert.jpgRRick Griffin next to his painting that was used for the cover of Robert Hunter's "Tales of a Rum-Runner" album in 1974. (Photo courtesy Randy Nauert)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d99f5-griffinsmilevideo1.jpgRRick Griffin during a 1989 interview discussaing the origins of his "Murphy" character. (Courtesy Randy Nauert/Peaceable Kingdom Publishing)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8b6ac-rickgriffinwithboardnauert.jpgCCombo photo shows Rick Griffin with a new surfboard, left, in an undated photo from the 1970s. Photo on right shows a surfboard designed by Griffin. (Photo courtesy Randy Nauert)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bda27-talesfrtube.jpgtalesfrtubeThe "Tales From the Tube" comic produced by Surfer magazine in the 1970s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1d1ec-rickgriffinmurphycover.jpgRickGriffinMurphycoverGriffin's "Murphy" character makes the cover of Surfer magazine in 1962.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69926-jimi-hendrix-ebay.jpgJimi-Hendrix-eBayRick Griffin's "flying eyeball" poster.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1cb76-griffinsurffilmposter.jpggriffinsurffilmposterRick Griffin poster for a screening of "Surf Happy" at South High in Torrance. 2016-06-25T03:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/02/21/harbor-citys-ice-rink-has-served-the-south-bay-for-more-than-50-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/645b0-ap96012001759.jpgMICHELLE KWANNew U.S. women's skating champion Michelle Kwan, 15, of Torrance, Calif., performs her winning long program routine at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 20, 1996. (AP Photo/John Makely)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/23102-msp-cool-smc059-800x545-1.jpgMSkaters cool off during a summer skate at The Skating Edge in Harbor City. 2006 file photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/00f37-silverskates.jpgTThe newly opened Silver Skates restaurant attached to the Olympic Ice Arena. From the Torrance Herald, Dec. 13, 1962, Page 53. (Torrance Public Library, Historical Newspaper Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7200f-bladespennant.jpgVVintage Los Angeles Blades pennant.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e7cd7-olympicicead.jpgDDaily Breeze ad announces the opening of the Olympic Ice Arena. Sept. 6, 1962, Page 2.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b1231-skatingedgesign.jpgTThe Skating Edge ice skating rink in Harbor City. February 2015 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/10bfc-skatingedge2015.jpgTThe Skating Edge ice skating rink in Harbor City. February 2015 photo.2019-02-25T23:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/02/14/the-two-lives-of-claude-inman-goldrush-boomtown-lawman-becomes-redondo-beach-inventor/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97fcb-0215_nws_tdb-l-a3rail.jpgTThis 1909 postcard shows the main street of Goldfield, Nev.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/759ca-0215_nws_tdb-l-a3rail1.jpg0215_NWS_TDB-L-A3RAIL1Undated postcard of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nev.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c3876-goldfield-panoramajpg.jpggoldfield panoramajpgUndated panoramic view of Goldfield, Nev. (Library of Congress)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a73cd-inmangoldfieldbetter.jpginmangoldfieldbetterGoldfield, Nev., street scene, 1906.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9405e-inmanearp-413x800-1.jpginmanearp (413x800)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ad6e7-inmanpatent-466x800-1.jpginmanpatent (466x800)Patent drawing for Claude Inman's "power sea wave motor" invention. Daily Breeze clipping, Oct. 26, 1951.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7c710-inmanart.jpginmanartClaude Inman shows off his wave invention to Rep. Cecil King, center and I.H. Hawkins. Daily Breeze clipping, April 1, 1952.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/915c6-inmanmug.jpginmanmugClaude Inman from Oct. 21, 1955 Daily Breeze.2015-02-19T18:24:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/02/07/bootlegging-and-rum-running-in-the-south-bay-during-prohibition/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a9b99-prohibrepeal1-copy-800x348-1.jpgprohibrepeal1 - Copy (800x348)Daily Breeze front page, Dec. 6, 1933.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/46352-torrancebooze.jpgTTorrance police officers pose with seized illegal liquor in this 1925 photo. (Torrance Police Department photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2f05a-redondostill.jpgUUndated photograph shows Redondo Beach police officers posing with an illegal still they uncovered during the 1920s. (Redondo Beach Police Department photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b55ca-ap331206029-637x800-1.jpgNNew Yorkers flood one of the city's newly-opened liquor stores, the morning after prohibition was repealed, Dec. 6, 1933. They came early to avoid the rush. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12918-3336904-800x580-1.jpgFOn Jan. 19, 1920, 33,100 gallons of wine were flushed into the gutter outside the North Cucamonga Winery in Los Angeles (845 N. Alameda) at the start of the National Prohibition on intoxicating drink. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0883f-prohibitioncard.jpgUUndated Prohibition-era postcard.2015-02-07T01:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/01/24/fast-food-pioneer-glen-bells-south-bay-connections/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac957-first-taco-bell_thumb.jpgfirst-taco-bell_thumbhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f7383-taco_bell_1_72487.jpgtaco_bell_1_72487https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fac01-tacobellad1-556x800-1.jpgtacobellad1 (556x800)Ad announcing the opening of Kermit Bekke's Taco Bell in Torrance, from the Daily Breeze, May 27, 1965, Page 16.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d1b9-p1020509-800x768-1.jpgP1020509 (800x768)This office building at 2516 Via Tejon in the Malaga Cove area of Palos Verdes Estates once housed Taco Bell's corporate offices. (Jan. 2015 Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc744-glenbell.jpgObit Taco Bell FounderTaco Bell founder Glen W. Bell Jr. Undated photo. (AP Photo/Yum Brands) https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ae3c8-firsttacobellsite.jpgfirsttacobellsiteThis building on Firestone Boulevard in Downey housed the very first Taco Bell restaurant. (Long Beach Press-Telegram staff photo)2015-01-29T22:56:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/01/17/the-suangna-native-american-village-in-carson/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/177e8-plaquecloseup.jpgplaquecloseupThe plaque on the day of the dedication ceremony, Oct. 20, 1972. Click image to enlarge. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/daf9f-suangnaartifactsclip.jpgsuangnaartifactsclipDaily Breeze clipping, Oct. 15, 1972. (Click image to enlarge.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/52570-ceremony-800x636-1.jpgceremony (800x636)Dedication ceremony for the Suangna monument on Oct. 20, 1972. Michael Myers is speaking. Iron Eyes Cody can be seen on the far right of the speakers' platform. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cfffd-p1020504-800x600-1.jpgPPlaque commemorates the site of the Suangna native American village at the present-day Watson Industrial Park on 230th Street near Utility Way in Carson. (Jan. 2015 Daily Breeze photo)2015-01-23T04:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/01/09/dudley-grays-dream-to-bring-an-iowa-courthouse-building-to-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf4bd-p1020500-600x800-1.jpgMMain entry to the Torrance Courthouse legal office building. (Jan. 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eb4b3-p1020492.jpgP1020492The Torrance Courthouse legal office building. (Jan. 2015 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a0b08-iowadudleyclip-800x396-1.jpgDDaily Breeze news clipping from June 2, 1978.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e57db-iowa1980.jpgTTorrance Courthouse legal office building shortly after it was completed in 1980. (Submitted photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85668-dudley-gray.jpgDUDLEY GRAYDudley Gray. (Photo courtesy Jeffrey Gray)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0458e-council-bluff-old-b_large.jpgUUndated postcard shows the Pottawattamie County Courthouse building at its original location in Council Bluffs, Iowa.2016-07-05T00:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2015/01/03/aladdins-castles-video-game-kingdom-at-del-amo-fashion-center/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eae1b-tn07-delamo-smc004.jpgTN07-DelAmo-SMc004A Torrance Police Community Center at the Del Amo Fashion Center, which opened in 1987 to combat rising crime, was closed in July 2009 by the mall owners. August 06, 2009 file photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e4863-7229087716_da714c6b5c_z.jpg7229087716_da714c6b5c_zGame tokens.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56c15-lemans.jpglemansDaily Breeze clipping from April 3, 1973.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/48c12-il_fullxfull.670529334_731m.jpgil_fullxfull.670529334_731mAladdin's Castle t-shirt.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4d1d1-bally-039-s-aladdin-039-s-castle-token-coins-with-pouch-29-count-p596626.jpgBally-039-s-Aladdin-039-s-Castle-token-coins-with-Pouch-29-count-p596626Aladdin's Castle pouch for holding game tokens used for the store's video games.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bcd3d-b7f719aad6b6d86baf5ca5b1db485f5d.jpgb7f719aad6b6d86baf5ca5b1db485f5dhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b1a46-20090806_074635_delamotpd_300.jpg20090806_074635_delamotpd_300A Torrance Police Community Center at the Del Amo Fashion Center, which opened in 1987 to combat rising crime, was closed in July 2009 by the mall owners. August 06, 2009 file photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f24b3-4bf54befb17770253d1c7e415cf25646.jpg4bf54befb17770253d1c7e415cf25646Aladdin's Castle. (Photo and inset courtesy snk-capcom.com)2018-09-05T09:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/12/26/costcos-rise-to-retail-prominence-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97444-500px-logo_-_costco.jpg500px-Logo_-_Costcohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/65ff2-ap091020070560.jpgJim SinegalIn this Oct. 20, 2009 photo, Costco CEO Jim Sinegal smiles at a reopening of a Costco store in Redwood City, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/92168-first-price-club.jpgfirst-price-clubThe first Price Club store in San Diego was located in a warehouse once owned by Howard Hughes. It's still in operation as a Costco Wholesale store. (Photo courtesy website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f4800-articleinline.jpgarticleInlineSol Price in 1985. (James Skovmand/San Diego Union Tribune, via Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e15c3-090226-costco-lakewood-05-sjg-800x530-1.jpg090226 Costco Lakewood 05 SJG (800x530)Crowds of people fill the aisles of the just-opened Costco located in the Lakewood Center Mall, which opened in September 2009. (Daily Breeze staff file photo) Photo by Steven Georges/Press-Telegramhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/27317-0703_bus_tdb-l-travel.1-800x503-1.jpg0703_BUS_TDB-L-TRAVEL.1 (800x503)Customers line up for lower priced gas at Costco in Torrance. February 2014 file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/869f8-0323_nws_tdb-l-costco-1-800x533-1.jpgCCostco is moving from its leased store and building a bigger one on a large vacant plot of land next door that will also have more parking. 2014 file photo. (Chuck Bennett / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/16778-solpricebook.jpgsolpricebook2014-12-26T23:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/12/20/santa-claus-has-found-many-ways-to-visit-the-south-bay-and-harbor-area-over-the-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c4cb2-santainglewood.jpgSSanta Claus arrives via helicopter at the Crenshaw Imperial Plaza shopping center in Inglewood on Dec. 4, 1975. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11898-choppersanta02.12-13-02.jpgChopperSanta02.12-13-02Santa Claus arrives in a Hawthorne Police Department helicopter where he delivered toys and shoes for over 150 Hawthorne school children. Dec. 13, 2002. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d941f-1212_nws_tdb-l-deltakids.4.jpg1212_NWS_TDB-L-DELTAKIDS.4https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/44c97-1212_nws_tdb-l-deltakids.3.jpg1212_NWS_TDB-L-DELTAKIDS.3https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/05caf-tn30-xmastrain-sh-1573.jpgTN30-XmasTrain-SH-1573Brandon Velazquez, 6, says goodbye to Santa and Mrs. Claus after riding on the BNSF Santa Claus Express Holiday Train that rolled into Wilmington taking the young passengers through the Alameda Corridor Thursday. Children ate cookies, sang Christmas carols and received presents. Nov. 29, 2007 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e9c6b-tn30-xmastrain-sh-1528.jpgTN30-XmasTrain-SH-1528The BNSF Santa Claus Express Holiday Train that rolled into Wilmington taking the young passengers through the Alameda Corridor Thursday arrives at Banning Landing. (Nov. 29, 2007 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/55442-tn15-lax.santa_.424.jpgTN15-LAX.santa.424Santa Claus arrived by helicopter at LAX to greet local school children and read the story of "The Night Before Christmas" on Dec. 24, 2012. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)2014-12-20T00:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/12/12/peninsula-center-first-shopping-center-on-the-palos-verdes-peninsula/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8f01-tv27-peninsula_center-800x389-1.jpgpPeninsula Center, March 2014 Daily Breeze photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2e9cc-1002_nws_pvn-l-pencenter-smc011-800x495-1.jpg1002_NWS_PVN-L-PENCENTER-SMc011 (800x495)Peninsula Center shopping mall. Sept. 30, 2014, Rolling Hills Estates, CA. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5aedd-tv27-peninsula_center2.jpgpeninsula centerPeninsula Center, March 2014 Daily Breeze photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/63ab9-pencenterearly.jpgTThe land where Peninsula Center would be built as it was in 1959, looking east toward Rolling Hills. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d18ff-pencenter74.jpgSShops on the outdoor Peninsula Center mall, 1974. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3a2fb-pencenter63.jpgPPeninsula Center on Aug. 6, 1963. Newberry faces the parking lot, while the larger, nearly completed Buffums store can be seen at rear. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d6423-1002_nws_pvn-l-pencenter-smc004.jpg1002_NWS_PVN-L-PENCENTER-SMc004https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c7fbb-0320_nws_tdb-l-center.jpgPowerPoint PresentationThe Rolling Hills Estates Planning Commission approved a $12 million Peninsula Center remodel in March 2014. (Artist's rendition)2019-07-09T11:58:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/12/06/the-eitheror-bookstore-in-hermosa-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fbabf-ap060615028275.jpgTThis 1980 photo, supplied by the Huntington Library, shows author Charles Bukowski, who was a frequent customer of the Either/Or bookstore in Hermosa Beach. (The Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11236-either-or.jpgDaily Breeze file photo of the Either/Or Bookstore 6/18/89The Either/Or bookstore at 124 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach on June 18, 1989. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/84230-p1020483.jpgLL to R: An interior design firm (white storefront), a Subway sandwich shop and a couple of boutiques now occupy the Hermosa Beach building where the Either/Or Bookstore stood for 33 years. (December 2014 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5b55d-eitheroroutsideclose.jpgeitheroroutsidecloseThe exterior of the Either/Or bookstore on July 12, 1998, shortly after the store moved to Aviation Boulevard. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/963a5-eitherornewguys.jpgeitherornewguysA workman prepares the exterior of the former Either/Or bookstore site on July 31, 1998, as new tenants prepare to occupy the space. (Daily Breeze photo by Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/66b43-eitherorempty.jpgeitheroremptyThe Pier Avenue location of Either/Or on July 12, 1998, shortly after the store moved to its Aviation Boulevard location. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ff8ef-either-or-no-more.jpgEither-Or No MoreAt the Either/Or bookstore in Hermosa Beach, workers clear out the place after it went out of business. It was a lower Pier Avenue landmark for about 30 years, until its lease ran out and the rent skyrocketed, prompting it to move to its smaller, current location on Aviation Blvd. Sept. 3, 1999 file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/11/28/palos-verdes-begonia-farm-kept-south-bay-gardeners-happy-for-56-years/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6076-p1020474.jpgTThe Begonia Village condo development now stands on the former Palos Verdes Begonia Farm site in the Walteria area of Torrance. (Nov. 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d4c60-farmsign.jpgfarmsignOutdoor sign promotes going-out-of-business sale at the Palos Verdes Begonia Farm on Sept. 28, 1999. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bfe2c-farminterior.jpgfarminteriorGoing-out-of-business sale at the Palos Verdes Begonia Farm on Sept. 28, 1999. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5b038-farminsidebetter.jpgfarminsidebetterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9c7ff-mkkub3mw0nuswcskjkidz6w.jpgmkKuB3Mw0NuSwcSKjKiDz6w1950s-era matchbook cover from the Palos Verdes Begonia Farm.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/457d2-bauman.jpgJJack Bauman poses with his Jack Wick California Certified Nurseryman Award in this December 1989 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8ab1-b0204-development-2.jpgAThe former site of the Palos Verdes Begonia Farm in Torrance sits abadoned as neighbors battle a proposed condo development there. Feb. 4, 1998. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Robert Casillas)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/de29a-b0204-development-1.jpgTThis former site of the Begonia Farm (main building, left) on Newton Street in Torrance was the subject of debate between neighbors and developer who wants to put up 45 patio homes. Feb. 4, 1998. (Daily Breeze file photo by Robert Casillas)2014-11-28T00:23:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/11/22/patrick-wayne-kearney-the-trash-bag-murderer/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6801e-kearney21.jpgPhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4baff-kearney11.jpgPPatrick Wayne Kearney leaves court on Feb. 28, 1977, after pleading not guilty to 3 counts of murder. He would later plead guilty to a total of 21 murders. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ef94-nws-sby.2.jpgNWS-SBY.2Patrick Wayne Kearney, the confessed "trash bag killer," arrives at the Criminal Courts Building on Feb. 21, 1978, under the watchful eye of a Sheriff's deputy. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d2145-kearney3.jpgkearney3Patrick Wayne Kearney (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f169b-kearney2.jpgkearney2https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/44cb2-kearney1.jpgkearney1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2944b-firstvictimmap.pngfirstvictimmapThe body of Nicolas Hernandez-Martinez was found in a trash bag in the Lennox Avenue tunnel under the 405 Freeway near LAX. (Google Maps)2014-11-22T00:21:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/11/15/the-plan-for-the-port-of-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a890f-heraldportscan-800x458-1.jpgVView of proposed canal route from the other direction, looking north from the Port of Los Angeles in this Torrance Herald photo from June 25, 1936. Torrance area is indicated by white circle at upper left. (Credit: Torrance Public Library, Historical Newshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3e206-1116_nws_tdb-l-a3rail.jpgTThis undated file photo looking south shows Bixby Slough, right center. A canal would have connected the slough to the West Basin of the Port of Los Angeles (at upper left under Andreani's plan. Vermont Avenue is at right, with the 110 Freeway at left.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4018c-wd-hp50sfromn.jpgLhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a3735-bixbysloughaerial.jpgbixbysloughaerialTorrance Herald, Page 1, Sept. 2, 1937. (Credit: Torrance Public Library, Historical Newspaper Archives database)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f43ee-andreani.jpgandreaniF.M. Andreani. (Credit: Torrance Public Library, Historical Newspaper Archives database)2014-11-15T01:21:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/11/07/the-most-destructive-brush-fire-in-south-bay-history/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/62591-fireaerial1.jpgfireaerialAerial view of the June 22, 1973, fire. Looking toward Rolling Hills from Rancho Palos Verdes. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1c75b-firemap.jpgfiremapDaily Breeze map of the June 22, 1973 Rolling HIlls fire, shown in pink. Numbered arrows indicate areas of severe damage. Daily Breeze, June 23, 1973.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/94cd2-firewrangler.jpgfirewranglerRemains of the house destroyed by fire at 1 Wrangler Road in Rolling Hills following the June 22, 1973 Rolling Hills fire. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ded88-firebadtie.jpgfirebadtieUnidentified man leaves as a house burns during the June 22, 1973 Rolling Hills fire. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/91069-fireaerial.jpgfireaerialAerial view of the June 22, 1973 Rolling Hills fire. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bd937-firecollie.jpgfirecollieA collie on a roof overlooking the blaze seems unconcerned as the Rolling Hills fire rages on June 22, 1973. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b23b5-tn29-fire-smc432.jpgTN29-Fire-SMc432A fire helicopter makes a night water drop on the Palos Verdes Peninsula fire on Aug. 28, 2009. File photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f782d-tn29-fire-smc151.jpgTN29-Fire-SMc151The Palos Verdes Peninsula fire of Aug. 28, 2009, as viewed from Del Cerro Park. File photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)2014-11-07T23:12:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/11/01/the-uss-iowas-long-journey-to-san-pedro/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c6127-iowa-009b.jpgSSmoke pours from Turret #2 of the USS Iowa after an explosion and fire on April 19, 1989, that killed 47 men. (Photo: Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d70be-iowa2012.jpg-L-USSIOWAThe USS Iowa (BB-61) was feted on the 71st anniversary of its commissioning in San Pedro, CA on Saturday, February 22, 2014. (Scott Varley / Daily Breeze Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/396a3-182971pv.jpgVhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ecfd2-ap871216013.jpgUSS IOWA PERSIAN GULFThe battleship USS Iowa fires its 16-inch guns during duty in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 16, 1987. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f68b2-ap01032802486.jpgIOWAThe USS Iowa crosses the Panama Canal at Miraflores Lock near Panama City, Panama Wednesday, March 28, 2001. At 108.2 feet wide, the Iowa-class battleships are the largest vessels ever to scrape their way through the 110-foot-wide locks of the canal. They were designed so that they could just fit through the waterway. (AP Photo/Tomas Munita)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/84c5b-ap4401010519.jpgWWII PACIFIC WAR USS IOWAUnder way in the South Pacific in 1944, the 16-inch guns of the USS Iowa fire during a battle drill. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/72ec0-iowa20123.jpgiowa20123A crowd lines up for the first day of public entry to the USS IOWA on located at Berth 87 at the Port of Los Angeles on July 7, 2012. (Brittany Murray / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d274d-iowa20124.jpgiowa20124USS Iowa. Port of Los Angeles Saturday, December 28, 2013, in San Pedro, CA. (Steve McCrank /DailyBreeze Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/46eb8-k00825.jpgk00825The commissioning ceremony aboard the USS Iowa, Feb. 22, 1943. (Photo: Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f933a-k13195.jpgk13195The USS Iowa fires 16-inch shells toward a North Korean target in mid-1952. (Photo: Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection)2014-11-01T02:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/10/25/col-blanton-duncan-and-manhattan-beachs-haunted-house/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/feee9-nws-duncan01.060805.bk_.jpgTThe late Hermosa Beach city historian John Hales holds tattered pages from Colonel Duncan Ranch's diary dating back to the 1860's in this June 2005 Daily Breeze file photo. Hales died on Sept. 24, 2005.2014-10-25T03:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/10/18/torrance-becomes-an-oil-boom-town-in-the-1920s/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/65288-headlineoil.jpgTTorrance Herald front page, June 9, 1922. (Credit: Online Historical Newspaper Archive, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e714c-torranceoil1-640x508-1.jpgtorranceoil1 (640x508)The front page of the Redondo Breeze, then a weekly, from June 9, 1922.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/48acc-2014_10_15_15_31_040001.jpgCCloser view of the Chanslor-Canfield Midway Co. complex shows the community center, right, and workers' residences, center and left. Undated file photo from the 1920s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/40ab9-2014_10_15_15_29_370001.jpgOOil rigs form the backdrop as the Omatsu family works its strawberry farm between Carson Street and Hawthorne Boulevard in this 1927 file photo donated by the Omatsu family. The Del Amo Financial Center currently stands on this site.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1e3aa-2014_10_15_15_29_160001.jpgTAerial photo shows the Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Company's Torrance headquarters. center, in 1924. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/13f1a-workersselect.jpgWWorkers on a wooden oil derrick in the Del Amo oil field in South Torrance in this circa 1938 photo. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2684d-oilderrickselect.jpgUUndated photo circa 1938 shows a wooden oil derrick in the Del Amo oil field in South Torrance. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85fd5-oilpanoramaselect.jpgAA panoramic shot of the Del Amo oil field in South Torrance, circa 1938. (Daily Breeze file photo)2014-10-18T01:34:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/10/11/westchesters-otis-college-of-art-and-design/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e70ed-ap120215146156-640x425-1.jpgIIn this Feb. 15, 2012 file photo, a statue of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis is shown in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. (The Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/619e3-harrison_gray_otis.jpgHHarrison Gray Otishttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/98a10-p1020460.jpgP1020460Otis College of Art and Design. (October 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/95207-otissign.jpgotissignOtis College of Art and Design. 2008 file photo. (Daily Breeze staff photographer Scott Varley)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64d6f-otisfrominside.jpgotisfrominsideA student works in a computer lab lit by small rectangular windows in their building that was originally built for IBM in this October 2008 file photo. (Scott Varley / Staf Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf418-otisselect.jpgotisselectThe Otis College of Art and Design occupies the "punchcard" building originally built for IBM Aerospace in 1963. (October 2014 Daily Breeze photo)2014-10-11T00:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/10/04/capt-john-barneson-brings-an-oil-refinery-to-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d784d-1001_nws_tdb-l-refinery-640x392-1.jpgTThe ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance is reportedly on the market. The refinery is one of the largest employers in the city. October 2014 photo. (Robert Casillas, Daily Breeze staff photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f14d6-refineryphotos1-640x475-1.jpgrefineryphotos1 (640x475)The completed General Petroleum plant in Torrance in 1929, bottom center. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba7bc-refineryphotos1-copy-640x404-1.jpgrefineryphotos1 - Copy (640x404)Construction is in full swing at the General Petroleum plant in central Torrance in this Daily Breeze file photo taken in early 1928.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/787c2-john_barneson.jpgJohn_BarnesonCaptain John Barneson2016-06-03T21:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/09/27/flamboyant-pro-wrestler-gorgeous-george-once-called-hawthorne-home/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a0c4f-ap4811180118-640x509-1.jpgGGorgeous George gets his hair waves before bout in Washington on Nov. 18, 1948. Left to right are Sam Menacker, business manager; Martha Kunick, beautician and George. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/92c34-aliasthechampposter.jpgaliasthechampposterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/82fc7-alias-the-champ-movie-poster-1949-1010693140.jpgalias-the-champ-movie-poster-1949-1010693140Lobby card for the 1949 film starring Gorgeous George, "Alias the Champ."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e927d-nws-walt-dixon.jpgNWS-WALT DIXONPublicity photo of George Wagner before he became a natonally renowned professional wrestler on television in the late 1940's.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b059-gorgeous_george_wrestler_circa_1940s.jpgGorgeous_George_wrestler_circa_1940sPostcard featuring likeness of Gorgeous George, "The Human Orchid."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5aeee-ap48051302281.jpgGeorge WagnerDuring a wrestling match in Hollywood, Gorgeous George, always the villain, crunches his shin bone into an opponent’s neck, while a partner in a team bout applies a Toe Twist on May 13, 1948. (AP Photo/FS)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2661f-ap4805130210.jpgGeorge WagnerBefore climbing through the ropes for a wrestling match in Hollywood on May 13, 1948, Gorgeous George stops to exchange caustic remarks with a ringside heckler. Besides being able to match holds with an opponent, George has become proficient at dodging wads of paper thrown by taunting fans. (AP Photo/FS)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba2f6-ap480513095.jpgJeffries BrownJeffries Brown, Gorgeous George's valet, is seen here spraying a Hollywood ring before George appears, May 13, 1948. (AP Photo)2014-11-03T16:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/09/20/sak-yamamoto-former-carson-mayor-and-unlikely-film-star/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf7e1-carsoncouncil.jpgMMembers of the first Carson City Council pose together on Feb. 6, 1968. L to R: H. Rick Clark, John A. Marbut (mayor), Sak Yamamoto, John L. Junk, Gilbert D. Smith. (Daily Breeze staff file photo by Jack Wyman)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7ac20-sakcreditsgone.jpgsakcreditsgoneEnding film credits from H.B. Halicki's "Gone in 60 Seconds" gives thanks to Sak Yamamoto and Carson, bottom.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c2a18-sakyamamotomug.jpgFFormer Carson mayor and councilman Sak Yamamoto in 1982. (Daily Breeze file photo)2014-09-22T21:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/09/13/marine-exchange-keeping-track-of-port-traffic-since-1923/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab49e-2014_09_12_15_02_540001.jpgTThe Marine Exchange building atop Warehouse No. 1 at the Port of Los Angeles in 1975. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11fe1-tn09-solar2-800x462-1.jpgTN09-SOLAR2 (800x462)The solar panels outside the Marine Exchange. (August 2012 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d46b-mxccropped.jpgmxccroppedThe Marine Exchange of Southern California sits atop a bluff near Angels Gate Park in San Pedro. Solar panels can be seen in front of the building. (September 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aa9c3-pb24-exchange03dj.jpgPB24-EXCHANGE03DJPrior to 1994, the Marine Exchange of Southern California in San Pedro controlled the boat and ship traffic in and out of the Port of Long Beach and Los Angeles using a manual card system. (2007 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49113-84_big.jpg84_bigThe Marine Exchange's original perch atop Warehouse No. 1 at the Port of Los Angeles can be seen at upper left of this undated photo. (Photo credit: Wikimapia)2014-09-13T00:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/09/06/smith-bros-fish-shanty-becomes-a-fixture-in-walteria/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/38be6-1951-incalifornia-lincoln.jpg(Lincoln D. Smith visiting the family's Walteria restaurant in 1951. (Photo courtesy Smith family history website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fb05f-1960c-indianvillageaward-virginiahaack.jpg(https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6045e-1965c-virginiahaack.jpg(Virginia Haack (was Smith) dressed in traditional American pilgrim outfit (aprons, collars, hats, etc.) that she sewed by hand for all the hostesses at the Indian Village restaurant in California. The waitresses were all in American Indian dress ahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ba73-smithbroswalteria1940s.jpgsmithbroswalteria1940sUndated photo shows Smith Bros. Fish Shanty, ca. 1950. (Photo courtesy Smith family history website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ccdb4-smithmatchbook.jpgsmithmatchbookMatchbook from the Walteria restaurant.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71dcf-smithbrosindianvillage-menu-frontcover.jpgSmithBrosIndianVillage-Menu-FrontCoverSmith Bros. Indian Village menu.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1c07d-84i1h.jpg84i1hUndated postcard shows Smith Bros. Indian Village, which opened in 1964.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f75cc-2c6a84cf5101528d1b12891d04a8a608.jpg2c6a84cf5101528d1b12891d04a8a608https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/944f7-fishshantycolpic.jpgfishshantycolpicUndated postcard shows interior, top, and exterior of Smith Bros. Fish Shanty in Walteria.2014-10-21T20:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/08/30/torrance-municipal-airports-worst-crashes/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6503b-crash97image2.jpgIImpact site of the Cessna plane that crashed into a Torrance medical building on Sept. 21, 1997, killing all 4 aboard. Remains of the plane can be seen at bottom. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/508c9-crash97image1.jpgAA firefighter attempts to untangle part of the wing of the Cessna that crashed into a Torrance medical building on Sept. 21, 1997, killing all 4 aboard. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d3600-planecrash2.jpgCCrash site of the twin-engine plane that hit a power line just east of the Torrance Municipal Airport on Nov. 9, 1963. A huge oil tank was situated just on the other side of the berm pictured. (Daily Breeze staff file photo, Nov. 9, 1963)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ee6ee-planecrash1.jpgRRemains of the twin-engine plane after a crash and fire following takeoff from Torrance Municipal Airport on Nov. 9, 1963. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ef0e-crash.110603.khz_.jpgTTorrance firefighters check out the runway at Torrance Airport Thursday after two helicopters collided killing two and injuring one. Nov. 6. 2003. (Daily Breeze staff file photo)2014-09-10T03:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/08/23/marinelands-tumultuous-final-days/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/52f8b-marinelandprotesters.jpgmarinelandprotestersProtesters decry the closing of Marineland outside the gates of the park on Feb. 12, 1987. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1c5e4-aerialmarineland1981.jpgMMarineland of the Pacific in 1981. Photo by Wayne Jackson.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d82d-bubblesstatue.jpgbubblesstatueThe statue based on Bubbles the pilot whale at the entrance to Marineland is removed in this March 6, 1987 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1247c-marineland2000.jpgTThe Marineland site on the Palos Verdes Peninsula on Aug. 1, 2000. A few buildings and the parking lots remain from the theme park. Daily Breeze staff file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/88341-marinelandemployees.jpgmarinelandemployeesMarineland employees pose in front of the park for a group photo on Feb. 3, 1987. The park would be closed permanently eight days later. Daily Breeze staff photo by Jack Lardomita.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30ed1-marinelandtankrust-1024x692-1.jpgRRust and corrosion in this fish tank at Marineland six months after the park closed. Aug. 11, 1987 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fdc30-teardowntank.jpgOOne of the main tanks at Marineland under demolition in this Feb. 16, 1988 Daily Breeze file photo by staff photographer Jack Lardomita.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/69d80-teardownwyland.jpgOOne of the casualties of the Marineland demolition in February 1988 was the destruction of this whale mural by mural artist Wyland, who painted a sea life mural on the AES power plant in Redondo Beach that has become a local landmark. The Marineland muralhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e40bc-tn00-aerial.032-1024x678-1.jpgAAerial photo of the newly opened Terranea resort on the former Marineland site on Long Point. Sept. 17, 2009. Photo by Daily Breeze staff photographer Robert Casillas.2019-02-20T17:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/08/14/hollywood-comes-to-marineland-of-the-pacific/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6692-marinelandelvis.jpgmarinelandelvisElvis feeds a Marineland resident in this publicity still taken during the filming of "Live a Little, Love a Little" in 1968.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fac11-320px-live_a_little_love_a_little_poster.jpg320px-Live_a_Little_Love_a_Little_Posterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6fc0e-cover.jpgcoverGeorge Maharis, left, and Martin Milner pose with their Corvette on this magazine cover during filming of "Route 66" in 1962.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9e519-smallernancy.jpgUSA NANCY KWANNancy Kwan gets acquainted with a friendly porpoise called "Smiley" at Marineland in Hollywood, California on March 10, 1964. Kwan was there to film scenes for her film "Fate is the Hunter". 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L to R: Al Lewis (Grandpa), Fred Gwynn (Herman) and Yvonne DeCarlo (Lily).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6930e-fate-is-the-hunter-original-uk-quad-1964-glenn-ford-rod-taylor-jane-russell-4483-p.jpgfate-is-the-hunter-original-uk-quad-1964-glenn-ford-rod-taylor-jane-russell--4483-phttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c757-marinelandwhaleofatale.jpgmarinelandwhaleofatalehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f0dd-marinelandmunsters1.jpgmarinelandmunsters1Al Lewis, Yvonne DeCarlo and Fred Gwynn pose for a publicity photo for "Marineland Carnival with The Munsters" at the park in 1965.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cc3c6-2.jpg-2Actress Susan Henning portrays a mermaid during filming of the 1968 Elvis Presley film, "Live a Little, Love a Little." Daily Breeze file photo.2020-04-08T06:08:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/08/09/the-origin-and-early-days-of-marineland-of-the-pacific/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c1b7-marinelandundatedaerial.jpgTThe Long Point area of the Palos Verdes Peninsula was sparsely developed when this undated Daily Breeze aerial file photo of Marineland of the Pacific was taken in the early 1960s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/480e7-marineland.jpgMarinelandThe entrance to Marineland of the Pacific is shown in this undated postcard from the 1950s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fc09e-tn15-marineland-sv-006.jpgTN15-Marineland-SV-006The Point Vicente Interpretive Center's Marineland exhibit displays memorabilia, signs and photos show the history of the sea aquarium during its 33-year run in RPV. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/140c9-marineland-2.jpgUUndated aerial file photo shows Marineland in the mid-1950s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f19f1-marinelandphototry1-934x1024-1.jpgmarinelandphototry1 (934x1024)Oceanarium Inc. President Henry U. Harris, left, and Marineland general manager Ray Harris check out some fish during the park's preview day in this Daily Breeze front-page photo from Aug. 28, 1954.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/96d34-marinelandad1-902x1024-1.jpgmarinelandad1 (902x1024)A Daily Breeze advertisement for Marineland of the Pacific from the Aug. 27, 1954 edition.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/16ebf-425_1953brochure.jpgAArtist's rendition, ca. 1953, of the planned Marineland layout.2014-11-05T01:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/08/02/1963-bank-robbery-near-torrance-was-an-inside-job/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/294b1-bankheadline1-1024x802-1.jpgFFront page of the Daily Breeze for Oct. 5, 1963.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cdf4c-vigneaumug1-433x800-1.jpgRRaymond Vigneau is taken into custody near Buellton, Calif., in this Oct. 5, 1963 UPI photo used in The Daily Breeze.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/747d4-robbery.jpgLL to R: Pacific State Bank manager Keith Pischel, assistant manager Emerson Kreiger and teller Bonni Farquhar show clothesline used by robbers to tie up employees to unidentified police investigator in this Oct. 5, 1963 Daily Breeze file photo.2014-09-03T19:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/07/26/the-inglewood-park-cemetery-predates-the-citys-incorporation/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20f48-codonas.jpgGGravesite memorial for the Flying Codonas family trapeze team members at Inglewood Park Cemetery. Note trapeze rings at base. (Sept. 1995 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f2988-sugarraytombstone.jpgBBoxer Sugar Ray Robinson's grave marker. (Sept. 1995 Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6f259-ingmauso.jpgingmausoThe Inglewood Mausoleum, built in 1913, was the first mausoleum at Inglewood Park Cemetery. (July 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b23ad-gracechapel.jpggracechapelGrace Chapel at the Inglewood Park Cemetery. (July 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cb64-p1020393-800x600-1.jpgEEtta James is one of many prominent musicians interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery. (July 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ac7d-p1020400-800x600-1.jpgTThe Florence Avenue main entrance to the cemetery. (July 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5a60f-p1020390-800x600-1.jpgIThe grounds at Inglewood Park Cemetery are carefully maintained, and the cemetery recycles its green waste. (July 2014 Daily Breeze photo)2014-07-26T00:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/07/19/torrance-crossroads-becomes-a-retail-powerhouse/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d4339-ts02-claimjumper-sh88.jpgTThe closing of Claim Jumper in Torrance Crossroads sent crews and employees scrambling to pack up the popular restaurant. Dec. 1, 2010. (Daily Breeze photo by Sean Hiller / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/42c16-gas20706012.jpgMMotorists crowd the gas station at the Costco in Torrance before the Fourth of July. The store's owners would like to relocate to new larger quarters just north of the current location. July 2, 2014. (Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0c596-smithsatcrossroads.jpgsmithsatcrossroadsSmith's Food & Drug Center at Torrance Crossroads. Oct. 23, 1992. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8bc06-crossroads-2.jpgAAerial view of Torrance Crossroads shopping center taken from the corner of Skypark and Crenshaw Boulevard. The Unocal tank farm on Lomita Boulevard is visible at top right. June 1995 Daily Breeze photo. (Robert Casillas / Staff photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/effa2-crossroadspre.jpgTThe Unocal site where Torrance Crossroads eventually would be built. Looking northwest from the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Skypark Drive. July 7, 1989. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1fbce-0720_nws_tdb-l-a3rail.jpg.jpgTTorrance Crossroads shopping center in Torrance. July 2014 Daily Breeze photo.2014-09-27T03:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/07/12/the-rolling-hills-general-store/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1ab27-2014_07_11_14_38_090001.jpg2014_07_11_14_38_090001Items on display at the newly reopened Rolling Hills General Store on April 12, 1985. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/027bb-2014_07_11_14_29_230001.jpgRResidents and horses gather at a 1985 re-opening of the Rolling Hills General Store under then-new owners Chris Jones and Dennis Lise Roth. April 12, 1985. (Daily Breeze staff photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a409-p1020378.jpgTThe Rolling Hills General Store in Rolling Hills Estates. The branch post office mentioned in the sign has closed. (July 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24dc1-nws-sby-rhe-001.jpgNWS-SBY-RHE-001The General Store in 1975 built in 1937 and also a historic landmark Rolling Hills Estateshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c575-564f16e826222948a7c6b1d44cabc652.jpg564f16e826222948a7c6b1d44cabc652Undated vintage postcard shows the Rolling Hills General Store.2014-07-12T01:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/07/05/george-w-post-and-the-first-national-bank-of-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c8fbd-secondbank.jpgsecondbankThe First National Bank of Torrance moved to this brick building at Sartori and Marcelina avenues in 1921. (File photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6c0f-fdradherald.jpgfdradheraldThe First National Bank of Torrance took out this full-page ad in the Torrance Herald praising FDR on March 2, 1933, 4 days before the bank holiday. (Credit: Historical Newspapers Archive, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/13416-georgenewpost.jpggeorgenewpostGeorge W. Post, grandson of the First National Bank of Torrance's founder, in front of the vault at his Torrance National Bank in November 1988. (Daily Breeze file photohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/032cf-crowdedbank29.jpgcrowdedbank29Customers flock to the First National Bank of Torrance in this undated file photo from 1929.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b2908-bankthrills.jpgbankthrillsThe Torrance Herald front page heralds the upcoming Torrance National Bank opening in its June 23, 1934 edition. (Credit: Historical Newspapers Archive, Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c2ab1-firstbldg.jpgTThe first home of the First National Bank of Torrance was in this one-story building, foreground, designed by Irving Gill. (Photo: Historic Torrance: A Pictorial History of Torrance, California)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/549ce-photo.jpgGGeorge Wallace Post founded the first bank in Torrance in 1913. (File photo)2014-07-05T01:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/06/28/hermosa-beachs-lighthouse-at-100-the-strand/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6de9-photo-3.jpgphoto 3New owner William Campbell tore down the "lighthouse" house and replaced it with this Italian villa-styled home in 2004. (June 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eeb31-photo-1.jpgphoto 1William Campbell replaced the "lighthouse" house at 100 The Strand with this Italian villa valued at $4.5 million. Head-on view of the house taken from the beach. (June 2014 Daily Breeze photo.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26ec9-nws-hbsave-2.jpgNWS-HBSAVE 2The lighthouse fixture on the house at 100 Strand in Hermosa Beach. Jan. 28, 2004 file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f76dd-nws-lighthouse-800x584-1.jpgTBicyclists pass by the "lighthouse" house in Hermosa Beach. The home at 100 The Strand was part of a struggle between the property owner and historic preservationists. Jan. 28, 2004 file photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fcec8-nws-hbsave-3.jpgNWS-HBSAVE 3 Brothers Gregory and Lucien Hall relax on the rooftop of the Hermosa Beach home at 100 The Strand. Lucien was living there at the time this photo was taken on Jan. 28, 2004. File photo. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)2019-06-10T21:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/06/21/iconic-randys-donuts-began-as-part-of-the-big-donut-chain/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6de24-tn12-shuttle-donut-532x800-1.jpgAA large model of a space shuttle appears to fly through the hole in Randy's Donuts landmark sign along Manchester Blvd. on the eve of the Endeavour's slow roll to the California Science Center fro LAX. Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson, Oct. 10, 2012.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2c7f8-randysdonuts.jpgRRandy's Donuts in Inglewood. June 2014 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7bd61-goodlife-bellflower-sv-0078.jpgGoodLife-bellflower-SV-0078 Bellflower Bagels at 17025 Bellflower Blvd. 2012 Daily Breeze file photo. (Scott Varley / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8004-randys-donuts-3.jpgRandy's donuts 3Brothers Larry and Ron Weintraub at Randy's Donuts. Daily Breeze file photo, 2002 (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000cf-pnt_big_donut.jpgpnt_big_donutThis unattributed newspaper clipping shows a grand opening of a Big Donut, location unverified.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/59be2-kindlesdonuts.jpgKKindle's Donuts at Normandie and Manchester in the Westmont area originally was the first Big Donut location, built in 1950. June 2014 Daily Breeze photo.2024-01-22T00:43:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/06/14/redondo-beach-fishing-barge-the-sacramento-goes-to-a-watery-grave/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bc933-sactopic1.jpgsactopic1https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3880c-sactopiccer.jpgsactopiccerThe Sacramento leaves King Harbor in Redondo Beach for the winter in this Jan. 14, 1959 clipping from the Daily Breeze.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5530-sacramentopostcard.jpgsacramentopostcardThe Sacramento fishing barge in operation is shown in this undated postcard.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9ae0a-sacramento19681.jpgsacramento1968The pilot's cabin of the Sacramento fishing barge washes up on Rocky Point in this Daily Breeze file photo taken on Dec. 2, 1968 by staff photographer Jack Wyman. The pilot's cabin of the Sacramento fishing barge washes up on Rocky Point in this Daily Breeze file photo taken on Dec. 2, 1968 by staff photographer Jack Wyman.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a77dc-sacramento1968.jpgsacramento1968The pilot's cabin of the Sacramento fishing barge washes up on Rocky Point in this Daily Breeze file photo taken on Dec. 2, 1968 by staff photographer Jack Wyman.2019-01-22T19:54:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/06/07/the-rolling-hills-theatre-had-mostly-good-times-but-one-very-bad-one/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af1bf-rhplazabevmo.jpgrhplazabevmoThe BevMo! store partially occupies the site of the former Rolling Hills Theatre. Oct. 21, 2009 file photo. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a723b-rhmaheumug.jpgrhmaheumugBooking mug of John Roy Maheum, from the Daily Breeze edition of April 30, 1973.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/773e4-rhmarquee.jpgrhmarqueeThe Rolling Hills Theatre marquee. July 14, 1970. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c54a0-rhinterior.jpgrhinteriorThe lobby of the Rolling Hills Theatre. July 14, 1970. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a0e0a-rhprojectionist.jpgrhprojectionistProjectionist Clyde Felts was one of the four people killed by John Roy Maheu during the 1973 Rolling Hills Theatre robbery. July 14, 1970. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2d99f-rhtgystore.jpgrhtgystoreJohn Roy Maheu killed assistant manager Jack Sweeten during a 1973 robbery at this TG&Y store in Torrance. (Undated file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/59324-rhtheater84aerial.jpgrhtheater84aerialThe distinctive roof of the Rolling Hills Theatre building, center top, can be seen in this 1984 aerial photo. (Daily Breeze file photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3551d-rhtheatregrandopening.jpgrhtheatregrandopeningTorrance Herald ad promotes the grand opening of the new Rolling Hills Theatre at Rolling Hills Plaza on Oct. 2, 1963. (Photo credit: Torrance Public Library's Historical Newspaper Archives database.)2020-06-16T04:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/05/31/piggly-wiggly-grocery-chain-had-south-bay-locations/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f247f-pigglysaunders1.jpgpigglysaundersClarence Saunders opened his first Piggly Wiggly store in Memphis, Tenn., in 1916. (Photo: Library of Congress) Clarence Saunders opened his first Piggly Wiggly store in Memphis, Tenn., in 1916. (Photo: Library of Congress)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab8ea-pigglyinterior.jpgpigglyinteriorThe interior of Clarence Saunders' Piggly Wiggly store in Memphis, Tenn., circa 1918. (Credit: Library of Congress)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9faa8-p1020314.jpgP1020314A beauty salon currently occupies the building at 1315 Sartori Avenue in downtown Torrance that once housed the city's Piggly Wiggly market. (Daily Breeze photo, May 2014)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86d72-p1020314-800x600-1.jpgP1020314 (800x600)A beauty salon currently occupies the building at 1315 Sartori Avenue in downtown Torrance that once housed the city's Piggly Wiggly market. (Daily Breeze photo, May 2014)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/54f8d-april1427ad.jpgapril1427adTorrance Herald Piggly Wiggly ad announces upcoming opening of Gardena story. April 14, 1927. (Photo credit: Torrance Public Library's Historical Newspaper Archives database.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/49c9c-selfservicelogo.jpgselfserviceLOGOhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97536-pigglywigglyad.jpgpigglywigglyadTorrance Herald ad announcing the upcoming Piggly Wiggly store opening, Nov. 11, 1926. (Photo credit: Torrance Public Library's Historical Newspaper Archives database.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7aacb-pigglysaunders.jpgpigglysaundersClarence Saunders opened his first Piggly Wiggly store in Memphis, Tenn., in 1916. (Photo: Library of Congress)2014-05-31T01:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/05/24/torrances-factory-frolic-celebrated-the-citys-industrial-base/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c91e8-picturesfrom48.jpgPPhotos from the Torrance Herald, Sept. 23, 1948, Page 6A, show scenes from the 1948 Factory Frolic, including marching bands in the parade, top and bottom, and the Ferris wheel and midway at night, middle. (Photo credit: Torrance Public Library's Historical Newspaper Archives database.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/149bd-factory2-copycrop.jpgPPublicity photo for the 1948 Torrance Factory Frolic from the Torrance Herald front page, Sept. 16, 1948. (Photo credit: Torrance Public Library's Historical Newspaper Archives database.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bd5fa-1940frolicprogram.jpg1940frolicprogramFront page of the Torrance Herald special section detailing the upcoming 1940 Factory Frolic. Picture page taken from the Torrance Herald of Thursday, Oct. 3, 1940, Page 3A shows scenes from the 1940 Factory Frolic. (Photo credit: Torrance Public Library's Historical Newspaper Archives database.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b94ab-factory1-copy.jpgPPicture page taken from the Torrance Herald of Thursday, Oct. 3, 1940, Page 3A shows scenes from the 1940 Factory Frolic. (Photo credit: Torrance Public Library's Historical Newspaper Archives database.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2b3bf-frolicprogram38.jpgCCover of the Torrance Herald special section devoted to the upcoming first Factory Frolic in 1938. (Photo credit: Torrance Public Library's Historical Newspaper Archives database.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/28ddd-strohstarts.jpgTTorrance Chief of Police John Stroh prepares to start a race featuring three bathing beauties wearing heels in this undated publicity shot taken for the Torrance Factory Frolic, most probably in 1938. (File photo)2014-05-24T00:24:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/05/10/getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-palos-verdes-reservoir/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8025f-reservoiropen.jpgreservoiropenThe Palos Verdes Reservoir remains uncovered in this 1969 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6ebe-reservoirpipes.jpgreservoirpipesConstruction crews prepare to install new concrete pipes at the Palos Verdes Reservoir. Daily Breeze file photo by Jack Wyman, March 26, 1968.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b64f3-p10202981.jpgP1020298https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/62c54-p1020294.jpgTThe Palos Verdes Reservoir. May 2014 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0714-p1020288.jpgISign near the control center at the Palos Verdes Reservoir. May 2014 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/52cb0-p1020298.jpgTThe Palos Verdes Reservoir always looks empty. May 2014 Daily Breeze photo.2018-03-18T02:34:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/05/03/the-wreck-of-the-ada-hancock/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d8e10-banning-4-1.jpgBanning 4 (1)A portrait of Phineas Banning hangs in the dining room of the Banning Residence Museum in Wilmington. (Daily Breeze file photo by staff photographer Robert Casillas)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/78440-bay_map.jpgBay_MapMap showing the site of the Ada Hancock explosion in 1863.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/961ab-phineas_banning_photo.jpgGPhineas Banning, ca. 1850s. (Photo credit: General Phineas Banning Residence Museum)2014-05-03T02:12:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/04/26/who-really-killed-august-lindstrom/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ce539-lomitamurder1-copy-800x288-1.jpglomitamurder1 - Copy (800x288)Front page headline from the Redondo Daily Breeze, April 29, 1931.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/adf67-ap080916020854-578x800-1.jpgPPhoto of Esther Carlson in connection wit female bluebeard Belle Gunness 1908. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d28ba-ap61012001288-566x800-1.jpgPPhoto shows Myrtle, Lucy and Philip (7-5-2-) with Belle Gunness Bell . (AP Photo)2014-04-26T04:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/04/19/seaside-lagoon-in-redondo-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2a930-rebteensluau1964.jpgRRedondo Beach teens prepare for the annual luau of the Redondo Beach J-Teens and Bay Teens in this June 24, 1964 Daily Breeze photo. L to R: Debbie Arney, Conda Wagers, John Johnston, Steven Leon (on piling).https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ca2c-nws-harbor8.022606.khz-800x530-1.jpgNAerial view of Seaside Lagoon, left. 2006 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2fb58-tn19-icerink-smc478.jpgTN19-IceRink-SMc478Skaters with the Los Angeles Ice Theater practice at the Seaside Ice rink within Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach on Nov. 18, 2008. The outdoor ice rink is the closest outdoor ice rink to the ocean ever constructed. (Daily Breeze photo by Steve McCrank, Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/877c2-tn00-lagoon.6.12-800x593-1.jpgTRenovated Seaside lagoon building. The $1.2 million dollar project includes new bathrooms for visitors. (Daily Breeze photo by Robert Casillas. Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ba2e3-0705_nws_tdb-l-rbfireworks-174.jpg0705_NWS_TDB-L-RBfireworks-174People celebrate the Fourth of July in their swimsuits at Redondo Beach's Seaside Lagoon in 2013. (Daily Breeze photo by Steve McCrank, Staff Photographer)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5045-piratesisle1962.jpgPhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ada45-piratesad1.jpgAAd for Pirate's Isle from the Daily Breeze edition of Aug. 2, 1963.2014-04-19T00:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/04/12/the-1950s-uranium-boom/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c3384-0413_nws_tdb-l-a3rail-800x602-1.jpgAAn unidentified workman demonstrates the new Geiger Counter, specifically designed for Uranium and Thorium prospecting, in this photograph from 1954. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b83a4-uraniumtorranceman.jpguraniumtorrancemanFront page story about Walt Phillips, Torrance Press, Dec. 9, 1954. (Credit: Torrance Public Library Historical Newspaper Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/473c6-uranium-boom-1956.jpgUranium-Boom-1956Movie poster for "Uranium Boom."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/166c4-uraniumad.jpguraniumadAd from the April 7, 1955 Torrance Press offers geiger counters for sale, lower left. (Credit: Torrance Public Library Historical Newspaper Archives)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b9409-pe071955uranium.jpgPE071955Uranium1955 magazine cover.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ce5f2-gilbertgeigercounter.jpggilbertgeigercounterToy 1950s geiger counter kit. (Photo: The Terrifying Age of Radioactive Toys for Kids website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/50667-familyuraniumfashions.giffamilyuraniumfashionshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6763f-dig-that-uranium-movie-poster-1956-1020209422.jpgdig-that-uranium-movie-poster-1956-1020209422Movie poster for "Dig That Uranium," starring the Bowery Boys.2014-04-12T01:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/03/29/fosters-old-fashioned-freeze/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c8b69-fostersownerbaldwin.jpgfostersownerbaldwinAfter serving up frozen treats for 35 years, Old Torrance Foster's Freeze owner Chuck Baldwin sold the franchise in 2009 and retired. Jan. 27, 2009 file photo by Daily Breeze Staff Photographer Robert Casillas.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a4404-fosterslogo.jpgfosterslogohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1bb2-fosters87rb.jpgTThe Fosters Freeze location at Knob Hill and PCH in Redondo Beach shortly before its closure and demolition. Feb. 9, 1987 Daily Breeze staff photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c0ff0-ffwilmington.jpgFFosters Freeze #28, 603 West Pacific Coast Highway, Wilmington. (March 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a9312-fftorrance.jpgFFosters Freeze #23, 1624 Cravens Avenue, Torrance. (March 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/89a4a-ffhawthorne.jpg""Well, she took her daddy's car and she cruised through the hamburger stand now..." Fosters Freeze #18, 11969 South Hawthorne Boulevard, Hawthorne. (March 2014 Daily Breeze photo)2014-05-29T04:41:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/03/22/coastal-military-readiness-at-long-point-in-rancho-palos-verdes/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/85312-p1020225-800x600-1.jpgP1020225 (800x600)Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall was fashioned out of military buildings left over from a former Nike missile post. (March 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1b8a9-p1020241-800x600-1.jpgP1020241 (800x600)Point Vicente Lighthouse and related buildings are just down a cactus-filled hillside from Battery Barnes. The lighthouse site and grounds are operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. (March 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fe398-p1020239-800x600-1.jpgP1020239 (800x600)What remains of the gun emplacement at Battery Barnes near Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall. (March 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab28d-p1020247-800x600-1.jpgP1020247 (800x600)Hillside bunkers such as this one near Long Point in Rancho Palos Verdes served as control stations and observation posts for the gun installations along the coast. (March 2014 Daily Breeze photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/76bb8-p1020232-800x600-1.jpgP1020232 (800x600)The rear entrance to Battery Barnes near the Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall. "U.S.E.D." stands for U.S. Engineering Department, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (March 2014 Daily Breeze photo)2014-11-18T00:21:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/03/15/the-1922-ku-klux-klan-inglewood-raid/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3bedf-breezekkkhed.jpgbreezekkkhedDaily Breeze front page headline, Friday, May 19, 1922.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/71f30-ap6703251154-800x630-1.jpgKHooded members of the United Klans of America in Mississippi wave flaming torches at an open-air torch burning near Edinburg in Central Mississippi, March 25, 1967. More than 3,000 Mississippians belonged to the United Klans at its peak in 1964 but not figures indicate there are fewer than 500 members, only 250 of whom pay dues. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b54dc-propagnd_griff_birthnation_lg.jpgMMovie poster for the 1915 film, "Birth of a Nation."https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b8345-klanphotola.jpgKlu Klux Klan meetingKu Klux Klan ceremonial meeting near Los Angeles, Calif. when 800 applicants swelled the ranks of this realm to 4000 members. A crowd of people witnessed the ceremonial, February 13, 1925. (AP Photo)2014-03-15T00:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/03/08/jim-thorpes-days-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/00515-friends_pay_tribute_to_jim_thorpe.jpgFriends_pay_tribute_to_Jim_ThorpeOne of the groups who paid tribute to Jim Thorpe at a rosary service at Malloy & Malloy Mortuary in Los Angeles is pictured. From left to right: Jack Powell; Dunc Farrell; Chief Meyers; Young Abe Attell; and Harry Jones. Thorpe passed away in Lomita. April 7, 1953. (Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ce958-ap310301027-642x800-1.jpgJJim Thorpe, former Olympic decathlon champion and football great, works as a laborer at the site of the new Los Angeles County Hospital in this March, 1931 photo. (Photo credit: The Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f75a7-ap309401464942-640x427-1.jpgJJim Thorpe's gravesite memorial in Jim Thorpe, Pa. (Photo credit: The Associated Press)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ceeb8-jimthorpelc.jpgjimthorpelcJim Thorpe, circa 1913. (Photo credit: Library of Congress)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/683b3-ap2219407494451.jpgJim Thorpes BodyIn this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, a sign in the town of Jim Thorpe, Pa., is shown. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0ec0e-ap221940749445.jpgJim Thorpes Bodyhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30972-ap1201010368.jpgTHORPEJim Thorpe of the Carlisle Indian School gets off a kick during warm-ups before a game in this 1912 photo. Thorpe scored 25 touchdowns and 198 points that year in leading his team to the national collegiate championship. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d6ea5-ap520201040.jpgThorpe Corcoran WilliamsFootball star and Olympic legend Jim Thorpe, left, poses with baseball player Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, right, and Williams' manager, Fred Corcoran, Feb. 1, 1952. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c7961-ap420522054.jpgJim ThorpeJim Thorpe, one-time Carlisle football player, who was known as one of the greatest halfbacks in the country, and who is now working as a plant production policeman at the River Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Company, is shown on the job outside the factory building on May 22, 1942. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e982e-jimthorpelomitaplaque.jpgTThe City of Lomita honors Jim Thorpe's memory with this plaque at Lomita City Hall. March 2014 Daily Breeze photo.2018-10-30T00:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/03/02/the-city-of-hahn-fails-to-materialize/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4bc5d-cityofhahnclip1.jpgcityofhahnclip1Daily Breeze clipping, Oct. 15, 1960.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5e724-cityofhahnclip2-1024x650-1.jpgcityofhahnclip2 (1024x650)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97684-cityofhahnclip2.jpgcityofhahnclip2Daily Breeze clipping, Oct. 18, 1960.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34bc1-kennethhahnmain.jpgkennethhahnmainThe late Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn. 1974 Daily Breeze file photo.2014-03-02T08:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/02/22/hermosa-beachs-insomniac-coffeehouse-was-a-beat-generation-haven/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9aab9-smilecover.jpegAArtist Frank J. Holmes later designed the graphics for the Beach Boys' long-unreleased "Smile" album after working and selling art at the Insomniac.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f02b2-insomniacpostertricolor.jpgAArtist Earl Newman's Toulouse-Lautrec-influenced poster shows the exterior of the Insomniac.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d6c75-insomniacmatchbook.jpgAA matchbook from the Insomniac Cafe shows Lynn Jay "Tweakie" Kroeger's distinctive lettering design.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/97956-insomniacdown.jpgWWorkmen see to the demolition of the Insomniac buildings on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach in this Feb. 9, 1966, Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4ffdb-insomniaccafeart.jpgTThe Insomniac Cafe, right, and Book and Art Fair, left, are thriving in this undated photo taken by founder Bob Hare.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8ad4e-budandtravis.jpgTThis 1958 album with Bud & Travis and Barbara Dane recorded live at the Ash Grove was issued originally with this photo, actually taken inside the Insomniac Cafe in Hermosa Beach.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a5b10-bobhare.jpgBBob Hare, Insomniac founder, reading poetry at a Hermosa Beach Historical Society event in 2008. (Video still from Hermosa Beach Historical Society video.)2024-04-24T18:29:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/02/15/wild-1948-joyride-ends-in-tragedy-for-two-south-bay-policemen/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20645-carhops.pngcarhopsMrs. Mildred Burroughs, left, and Mrs. Rosemary Shipley. (Photo from Los Angeles Daily News, June 12, 1948.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/99016-mccaulleymug.pngmccaulleymugHermosa Beach police officer Robert McCaulley. (Photo from Los Angeles Daily News, June 12, 1948.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/47f25-fredtaylormug.pngfredtaylormugRedondo Beach Police Acting Sgt. Fred L. Taylor. (Photo from Los Angeles Daily News, June 12, 1948.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/431a2-hbcoptrialsentence1-copy-copy-1024x713-1.jpghbcoptrialsentence1 - Copy - Copy (1024x713)Daily Breeze front page, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1948.2014-03-27T19:39:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/02/07/beatlemania-hits-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cb5fb-beatlesfilm.jpgTTorrance residents Linda West, 13, clad in Beatles sweatshirt, and Karen Larsen, 13, clutching Beatles magazine, show their enthusiasm after seeing the Beatles' Washington, D.C. concert film on a closed circuit showing at the Fox Redondo Theatre on March 14, 1964. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4e59c-beatlesbarber1-1024x642-1.jpgbeatlesbarber1 (1024x642)Front-page photo, Daily Breeze, March 19, 1964.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/543ab-beatlesshoead1-514x1024-1.jpgbeatlesshoead1 (514x1024)Jerry's Shoes ad in the Daily Breeze, March 19,1964, Page 17.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/52c79-beatlesnewberryswigs1-514x1024-1.jpgbeatlesnewberryswigs1 (514x1024)Newberry's ad for Beatles wigs, Daily Breeze, Feb. 21, 1964, Page 9.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b65ad-beatleszodyswigs1.jpgbeatleszodyswigs1Zody's department store ad for Beatle wigs, Daily Breeze, Feb. 16, 1964, Page 4.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d08f-fansatlax.jpgBEATLES FANSJust the sight of The Beatles from a distance caused this reaction among a group of Girls at the Los Angeles International airport in this Aug.18, 1964 file photo. Airport security kept the British singers away from several thousand youngsters during a brief stopover in Los Angeles en route to San Francisco. (AP Photo/stf)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c6e26-beatlereporters.jpegDDaily Breeze reporters Jay Berman, left, and Chuck Cole, center, perform their Beatles act outside the Ralphs market at South Bay Center to the bemusement of shoppers. Daily Breeze photo by Bob Jones, Feb. 14, 1964.2014-02-07T21:28:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/02/01/former-torrance-man-becomes-first-person-imprisoned-for-airplane-hijacking/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/63e88-ap6108030229-1010x1024-1.jpgCCaptain Byron D. Rickards, 52, of the hijacked Continental Airlines jetliner, talks with newsmen outside the El Paso office of the FBI on August 3, 1961. He gave FBI agents a detailed account of the plane seizure. (AP Photo/Ferd Kaufman)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5582e-ap6108031185-579x1024-1.jpgTLeonard W. Gilman, associate deputy regional commissioner of the United States Border patrol in El Paso, Texas, displays the cast covered hand which he injured when he slugged a gunman on board an airliner on Thursday, August 3, 1961. The gunman, Leon Bearden, and his son, Cody, 17, had commandeered the plane in the air between phoenix and El Paso. Then they attempted to take it to Havana. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8eced-ap6108030187-1024x880-1.jpgTexas Plane Hijack 1961An unidentified passenger jumps into the arms of waiting police officers from a hijacked aircraft held by gunmen at El Paso, Texas on August 3, 1961. The gunmen, a father and son, held the crew and several passengers hostage for several hours before they were taken into custody. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b38b6-ap6108030179-1024x606-1.jpgTPolice cars race round in airliner as it attempted to take off in the control of two gunmen at El Paso, Texas on August 3, 1961, police officers opened fire on the undercarriage, bursting the types and halting the plane. After holding crew and passengers hostage for several hours, the hijackers surrendered. They said they wanted to take the plane to Havana. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bf2da-ap6108030161-610x1024-1.jpgTLeon Bearden, right, and his 17-year-old son Cody are handcuffed as they are taken from the federal building in El Paso, Texas on August 3, 1961, to the county jail after they had been charged with hijacking an airliner. They held the crew and passengers hostage for several hours before they surrendered the plane at El Paso. The pair said they wanted to take the plane to Cuba. (AP Photo)2014-02-01T01:41:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/01/25/the-hermosa-beach-girl-who-fell-in-love-with-errol-flynn/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b2c97-flynn-and-aadland.jpgEErrol Flynn and Beverly Aadland during the filming of "Cuban Rebel Girls," Flynn's last film. Photo by The Associated Press.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2e92b-errol-flynn-and-beverley-aadland-5th-may-59-426x346-1.jpgr16-year-old Beverly Aadland, left, at the Lido Club in London, England on May 5, 1959, with actor Errol Flynn, far right.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5a6b-cuban_rebel_girls.jpgMMovie poster for "Cuban Rebel Girls," Errol Flynn's last film.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/62727-ap5910190304.jpgBBeverly Aadland and Errol Flynn pose in costume for a skit they performed on the "The Red Skelton Show" that aired on Sept. 29, 1959, two weeks before Flynn's death. Photo by The Associated Press.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/96090-aadlanddetective.jpgBBeverly Aadland gets top billing on the cover of Master Detective magazine following the shooting death of William Stanciu in 1960.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6f348-flynnclipping.jpgflynnclippingDaily Breeze, Oct. 18, 1959.2019-11-04T22:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/01/18/westchesters-loyola-theatre/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fa6bd-loyolarevivalman-copy-800x786-1.jpgloyolarevivalman - Copy (800x786)Mickey Cottrell converted the Loyola into a revival house in October 1981. Daily Breeze file photo by Jack Lardomita, May 14, 1982.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ec185-p1020205.jpgP1020205Elements of the Loyola Theatre are visible in the facade of the building, now called the ABDI-Loyola Medical Building. January 2014 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/21522-p1020209.jpgP1020209ABDI-Loyola Medical Building. January 2014 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4acd4-loyolaexterior.jpgloyolaexteriorThe Loyola Theatre shortly before it closed in 1982. Daily Breeze file photo by Jack Lardomita.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dc51c-loyolainterior.jpgloyolainteriorThe interior of the Loyola Theatre in 1982 with its wall and ceiling murals. Daily Breeze file photo by Jack Lardomita.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b6973-loyolabigad2.jpgloyolabigad2Ad promoting the opening of the Loyola Theatre. Daily Breeze, Oct. 3, 1946, Page 8.2017-09-16T17:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/01/11/the-dedication-of-los-angeles-municipal-airport/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d420-laxdedication-800x6441-1.jpglaxdedication (800x644)Spectators at the June 7, 1930 dedication of Los Angeles Municipal Airport watch a group of airplanes fly over during the ceremonies. (Photo credit: Los Angeles World Airports)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25da7-laxdedication-800x644-1.jpglaxdedication (800x644)Spectators at the June 7, 1930 dedication of Los Angeles Municipal Airport watch a group of airplanes fly over during the ceremonies. (Photo credit: Los Angeles World Airports)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30ab0-laxearliest-800x268-1.jpglaxearliest (800x268)Bran and barley fields surrounded the Bennett Rancho makeshift airfield in this undated photo, presumably from the 1920s. (Photo credit: Los Angeles World Airports)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/239c4-laxearly-800x470-1.jpglaxearly (800x470)Mines Field on Aug. 27, 1929. The newly built Hangar 1, which still stands, can be seen at center. (Photo credit: Los Angeles World Airports)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/feeaa-laxairshow-800x619-1.jpglaxairshow (800x619)The 1928 National Air Races at Mines Field. Note the large crowd in the stands and the rows of parked cars behind and to the right. (Photo credit: Los Angeles World Airports)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/74255-laxviolawreath-800x606-1.jpglaxviolawreath (800x606)Actress Viola Peters holds the wreath that was dropped to her from a blimp at the dedication ceremony on June 7, 1930 at the newly renamed Los Angeles Municipal Airport. (Photo credit: Los Angeles World Airports)2014-01-11T04:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2014/01/04/the-american-nazi-partys-attempts-to-establish-itself-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c00c9-nazispatler-smaller.jpgJJohn Patler, 29, of Arlington, Va., is lead by police outside Arlington police headquarters on August 25, 1967 following his arrest. Patler, former captain in George Lincoln Rockwell’s American Nazi Party, is charged with killing his former commander. (AP Photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/23af0-nazisrockwell.jpgGGeorge Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party holds a news conference in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 3, 1965. At left is Matt Koehl, and at right is Alan Welch, deputy commander. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/73873-policegazetterockwell.jpgpolicegazetterockwellhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c394d-naziclipbreeze.jpgnaziclipbreezeDaily Breeze news clipping from Oct. 6, 1966.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab1e6-american-fuehrer-george-lincoln-rockwell-nazi-party-frederick-j-simonelli-hardcover-cover-art.jpgamerican-fuehrer-george-lincoln-rockwell-nazi-party-frederick-j-simonelli-hardcover-cover-arthttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/42b1f-forbesseatedwflag.jpgGeorge Lincoln RockwellGeorge Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party holds a news conference in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 3, 1965. At left is Matt Koehl, and at right is Alan Welch, deputy commander. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3cc84-assassinations6rockwell.jpgassassinations6rockwellhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/27f2c-ralphforbes.jpgRRalph Forbes, 24, self styled western division commander of the American Nazi Party, poses beside the fireplace in his house in Glendale, Ca., Dec. 27, 1964, which the Party has leased as its western headquarters. Notice the picture of Hitler above the crossed American flags. Meanwhile city officials, clubs and churches are fuming because the Nazi group has located in its city. (AP Photo/David F. Smith) 2014-01-04T00:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/12/28/lawndale-builds-its-city-hall/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/268b9-lawndaleorighall.jpglawndaleorighallThe first Lawndale City Hall was located on Hawthorne Boulevard between a real estate/loan firm and Frank Tempio's Paisano club, where The Satins were playing every weekend when this undated Daily Breeze file photo was taken.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4afa4-lawndaleclip.jpglawndaleclipThis Daily Breeze clip from July 23, 1967 shows the planned Lawndale City Hall area.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/62612-lawndaleplans-800x650-1.jpglawndaleplans (800x650)Lawndale Mayor Morris Hooper Jr. points to plans for the new city hall in this August 1967 Daily Breeze file photo. Hooper was a strong booster of the new city hall project.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/51af5-lawndalededication-800x612-1.jpglawndalededication (800x612)The Jan. 17, 1970 dedication ceremony for the new Lawndale City Hall drew a large crowd. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64b2d-lawndalecityhalltoday.jpglawndalecityhalltodayThe Lawndale City Hall has kept its distinctive round shape even after a 2000 remodel. Dec. 2013 Daily Breeze photo.2013-12-28T03:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/12/21/torrances-space-age-1958-rose-parade-float/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fdbc7-sputnikfrommuseum.jpgSputnik ISputnik I exhibit in the Missile & Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/12123-torrancefloatagainawesome.jpgtorrancefloatagainawesomeTorrance's "Rocketship to the Moon" passes by the reviewing stand in the 1958 Rose Parade. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9f508-rosesprogram.jpgrosesprogramTournament of Roses program for 1958.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db1f6-torrancefloat.jpgtorrancefloatThe City of Torrance's "Rocketship to the Moon" Rose Parade float from 1958. (Photo courtesy https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/00044-2014floatdesign.jpg2014floatdesignDesign for Torrance's 2014 Rose Parade float sponsored by AYSO.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a06fb-torrancefloatclip.jpgtorrancefloatclipRose Bowl float designer Isabella Coleman, right, with in this Dec. 29, 1957 photo from the Torrance Herald. (Torrance Herald clip courtesy Torrance Public Libary collection)2013-12-21T03:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/12/14/the-torrance-drive-in-theatre/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1afda-torrancedriveinfromwb1.jpgtorrancedriveinfromwbhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/06058-p1020181.jpgP1020181The Pacific Colony housing development now occupies the former site of the Torrance Drive-In Theatre. Daily Breeze photo, December 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a3c4f-mom_and_dadposter.jpg"Mom and Dad" was first released in 1945, but played on the exploitation circuit for years.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c7cf1-tdrivemomdad.jpgtdrivemomdadAd from the Torrance Herald, March 30, 1958, Page 3. (Courtesy Torrance Public Library)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/15123-torrancedriveinfromwb.jpgtorrancedriveinfromwbOriginal sign for the Torrance Drive-In Theatre indicates that it is part of the Aladdin chain. (Photo courtesy Cinema Treasures website)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45f26-torrancetheater1956ths.jpgTorrancetheater1956thsThe Torrance Drive-In Theatre dominates this aerial photo of West Torrance taken in 1956. Torrance Boulevard runs diagonally acrost the lower third of the photo. (Credit: Torrance Historical Society.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a8c15-tdrivespeakers.jpgCyberViewX v5.14.25Model Code=65F/W Version=1.00Car speakers gathered by workers lie in a heap as the Torrance Drive-In is stripped of its furnishings following its April 1988 closure. Daily Breeze staff photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/57292-tdrivesign.jpgtdrivesignThe Torrance Drive-In following its closure, May 1988. Daily Breeze staff photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d21b6-torrancedriveinad1-755x800-1.jpgTTorrance Drive-In Theatre grand opening ad from the Daily Breeze, Tuesday, June 28, 1955, Page 2.2017-06-24T02:31:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/12/07/irons-cottage-by-the-sea-in-redondo-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7246d-1965irons.jpg1965ironsJames P. Irons in 1965https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4efd3-jcainsworth.jpgjcainsworthCaptain J.C. Ainsworthhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a15c8-ironslinedrawing-864x1024-1.jpgironslinedrawing (864x1024)This undated line drawing of Irons Cottage By The Sea comes from a restaurant handout, probably from the early 1950s.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/655b0-irondedicationclip.jpgirondedicationclipGertrude Irons, second from left, appeared at the dedication of the new apartment complex. A plaque commemmorating Irons Cottage can be seen on the wall behind her. Daily Breeze, June 3, 1970.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/54622-ironsteardown.jpgironsteardownThis Daily Breeze clipping from Aug. 11, 1969, Page 9, shows the apartment building under construction at the Irons Cottage site. Daily Breeze files.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d6aff-oceancottageapts.jpgoceancottageaptsThe Ocean Cottage Apartments currently stand on the site of Irons Cottage By The Sea at 501 Esplanade in Redondo Beach, just south of Veterans Park. Daily Breeze photo, December 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/58f9a-oceancottageview.jpgoceancottageviewThe view from the 501 Esplanade site. Daily Breeze photo, December 2013.2013-12-07T05:04:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/12/01/the-california-yacht-club-in-wilmington/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/80bb4-cycmdrgetpermission.jpgcycmdrgetpermissionThe California Yacht Club's current location in Marina del Rey. (Photo courtesy California Yacht Club)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f146-cycfrontpostcard.jpgcycfrontpostcardUndated postcard shows the Calfiornia Yacht Club's original clubhouse in Wilmington.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f3a8b-cycpostcard.jpgcycpostcardColor postcard shows the grounds of the California Yacht Club in Wilmington.2018-02-28T07:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/11/23/piecing-together-del-amo-boulevard/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0ee13-delamoendslighter-640x469-1.jpgDDel Amo Boulevard ends at Denker Avenue, above, in Harbor Gateway, then picks up again at New Hampshire Avenue just west of Vermont. Daily Breeze photo, November 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5ef7b-delamotorranceopens.jpgdelamotorranceopensWorkers finish up landscaping along the new Del Amo Avenue extension that will open to traffic Wednesday afternoon, between Crenshaw Blvd. and Maple Ave. Photo by Brad Graverson 8-21-12https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/278e8-delamocarsonaerial-640x420-1.jpgOThe continuation of Del Amo Boulevard (here looking east toward Avalon Boulevard in Carson) involved building an overpass over the 405 Freeway and the Dominguez Channel. January 2003 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/86c27-delamotorranceaerial-640x419-1.jpgTConstruction continues on the Del Amo Blvd. extension which will connect Crenshaw Blvd. with Madrona/Prarie Avenue in this June 2011 file photo by Daily Breeze Staff Photographer Scott Varley.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e1831-p1020163-640x469-1.jpgDel Amo endsDel Amo Boulevard's eastbound circuit ends unceremoniously at Denker Avenue in the Los Angeles city strip. An unimproved road between the two telephone poles dead-ends after a couple hundred feet. Daily Breeze photo, November 2013.2013-11-23T01:36:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/11/16/mary-davis-and-the-portofino-inn-in-redondo-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6a847-portofinotoday.jpgP1020155Entrance to the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach. Nov. 2013 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/23cf2-specialsection1.jpgspecialsection1Cover of Daily Breeze special section on the occasion of the Portofino Inn's grand opening on Jan. 23. 1965.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4099d-portodamage-640x414-1.jpgJJanuary 1988 photo of the Portofino Inn following winter storms that severly damaged the hotel and Redondo Pier. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/419e7-portocollapse-640x417-1.jpgRRedondo Beach Portofino Inn's southern section collapses after huge storm waves smash a gap in harbor breakwall and surge into the marina on Jan. 18, 1988. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7b0fe-marydavismug.jpgmarydavismugMary Davis. 1988 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f95b9-marydavisclip.jpgmarydavisclipGiant ribbon-cutting scissors are once again called into action as the Portofino Inn holds its grand opening. Mary Davis is second from left in this Jan. 23, 1965 Daily Breeze clipping.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56074-cannonball-run-movie-poster-01.jpgcannonball-run-movie-poster-012013-11-16T07:03:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/11/08/the-proud-bird-restaurants-final-landing/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f60ef-proudbirdmain-640x340-1.jpgTThe Proud Bird restaurant near LAX will be closing permanently on Nov. 21, 2013. Daily Breeze photo, Nov. 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e3180-proudbirddc3-640x349-1.jpgproudbirddc3 (640x349)This DC-3 on display on the grounds of The Proud Bird restaurant near LAX has vintage Western Airlines markings. Daily Breeze photo, Nov. 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/65041-proudbirdballroom-640x363-1.jpgTThe Grand Ballroom at The Proud Bird restaurant was rebuilt after being gutted in a 1984 fire. Daily Breeze photo, Nov. 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/db03c-proudbirdsignage-640x480-1.jpgproudbirdsignage (640x480)Entrance to The Proud Bird restaurant near LAX. Daily Breeze photo, Nov. 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e75ba-proudbirddc3.jpgproudbirddc3A vintage DC-3 with Western Airlines markings is added to the collection at the Proud Bird restaurant near LAX. March 15, 2009. Daily Breeze staff photo by Scott Varley.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64421-proudbirdfire-361x640-1.jpgproudbirdfire (361x640)Firefighters mop up at the Dec. 4, 1984 blaze at the Proud Bird restaurant near LAX. Daily Breeze file photo by Brad Graverson.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/14aef-proudbirdgroundbreak.jpgGGroundbreaking for The Proud Bird restaurant near LAX, Oct. 15, 1966. Speciaty Restaurants owner David Tallichet, far right, points at an artist's rendering as, L to R, LAX manager Francis Fox, architect Kenneth Wing and Specialty VP David Perrin look on. Daily Breeze file photo by Jack Wyman.2013-12-10T17:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/11/02/wilmington-riot-erupts-in-1970/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d813-sam1.jpgsam1Police line up along Avalon Boulevard during the Aug. 31, 1970 disturbance in Wilmington. Daily Breeze photo by Jack Wyman.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7139-sam2.jpgsam2Police patrol the streets of Wilmington during the Aug. 31, 1970 riot. Daily Breeze file photo by Jack Wyman.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bf6af-riotfirstcropcopysmall-494x640-494x640-1.jpgriotfirstcropcopysmall (494x640) (494x640)2013-11-20T07:07:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/10/25/redondo-beachs-gateway-sign/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4165a-rbsignreplace.jpgrbsignreplaceWorkers remove the Redondo Beach King Harbor gateway sign on May 19, 2004 in preparation for replacing it with a replica sign. Daily Breeze file photo by Scott Varley.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f5c0f-rbsign.jpgrbsignThis June 1969 Daily Breeze file photo shows the original gateway sign at front right, and the then-new sign under construction at rear.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bc775-rbsignfountain.jpgrbsignfountainThis fountain, dry on the day this photo was taken, was part of the landscaping plan undertaken in 2008. October 2013 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ca237-rbsigncurrent.jpgrbsigncurrentThe Redondo Beach gateway sign in its current configuration, with a single southbound Catalina Avenue lane, right. October 2013 Daily Breeze photo.2013-10-25T22:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/10/19/golf-man-becomes-porsche-man-in-carson/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26ccb-900xn.jpg900xNThe Joor Muffler man assumes the classic pose outside the Escondido, Calif. business. Photo: City of Escondido.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/512a1-jpg.jpgGolf Man in his prime. Daily Breeze file photo, April 1995.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/74f75-golfman2009.jpggolfman2009Workers cleaning the landscaping along the southbound San Diego 405 Freeway in Carson are dwarfed by the iconic Golf Man statue at the Dominquez Hills Golf Course. (Daily Breeze file photo by Sean Hiller, March 11, 2009.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/aba85-saxopicture-080abecc-65755915.jpgGGolf Man's transformation into "Porsche Man" has become complete in this Oct. 2013 photo. (Photo @ Axel Koester / Porsche, All Rights Reserved, 2013)2017-05-25T18:21:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/10/11/anteaters-invade-redondo-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3d239-dobricksclip.jpgdobricksclipDobrick's Pet Center moves. Daily Breeze, July 6, 1967.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/15397-costa_rica_anteater.jpgCosta_rica_anteaterA northern tamandua in its natural element in Costa Rica.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64578-anteaterpic.jpganteaterpicDobrick's Pet Store manager Howard Newman holds one of the recaptured anteaters that he had retrieved from under the Carnelian Avenue house of Redondo Beach resident Mrs. Rose Ron, left. Daily Breeze file photo, Oct. 26, 1966.2013-10-11T21:52:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/10/05/how-monorail-systems-became-the-road-not-taken-in-the-south-bay/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7fe6-ap5812040144.jpgWalt Disney 1958Walt Disney points out features of a million-dollar monorail system which he expects to have in operation at Disneyland by next June, and shown in Hollywood, Dec. 4, 1958. Two electrically-powered trains, being developed by German engineers, will serve as a practical prototype of high-speed interurban systems which crowded metropolitan areas could adopt, Disney said. The concrete track on which the trains will run will be nearly a mile long. (AP Photo/Don Brinn)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c7a79-delamomono.jpgdelamomonoArtist's rendition of the Unitran monorail system proposed for the Del Amo Center mall. Daily Breeze, Oct. 26, 1972, Page 11.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18099-kignharbormono.jpgkignharbormonoArtist's rendition of the proposed King Harbor monorail, taken from the Daily Breeze, Nov.27, 1962, Page 11.2013-10-05T17:35:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/09/28/rolling-hills-estates-and-the-red-barn/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/56f94-oldbarnshotjpg.jpgoldbarnshotjpgThe red barn at its original location at the Phillips Ranch House. Photo courtesy City of Rolling Hills Estates / Mayor Frank Zerunyan.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4db05-redbarn21.jpgredbarn2Horses wander near the Red Barn at the Rolling Hills Municipal Stables. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/145b7-redbarn11.jpgredbarn1The Red Barn in Rolling Hills Estates. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45472-redbarn1.jpgredbarn1The Red Barn in Rolling Hills Estates. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b2880-redbarn2.jpgredbarn2Horses wander near the Red Barn at the Rolling Hills Municipal Stables. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/38af9-redbarnclip.jpgredbarnclip2018-12-01T01:31:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/09/20/classified-research-plane-crashes-into-el-segundo-apartments-in-1969-killing-6/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0bad2-escrashtail.jpgescrashtailThe tail section of the B-26 ended up in the yard of a nearby house, which was not damaged by the debris. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e0257-escrash2.jpgescrash2Firefighters make their way through the wreckage following the B-26 crash in El Segundo. The man at left braces himself on on of the downed aircraft's engine propellers. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3c5a3-escrash1.jpgescrash1Firefighters knock down the blaze following the B-26 crash in El Segundo. The fire was put out less than an hour after the crash. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cdbbf-escrashhead-640x469-1.jpgescrashhead (640x469)The front page of The Daily Breeze, Sunday, May 11, 1969.2013-09-20T23:42:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/09/13/h-b-toby-halicki-makes-a-film-and-a-phenomenon/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30ca0-gone2000poster.jpggone2000posterhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/072d1-tobyhalicki.jpg.jpgtobyhalicki.jpgToby Halicki checks a camera angle during the filming of his sequel, "Gone in 60 Seconds II," on Aug. 20, 1989, the same day an accident during filming took his life. Photo: The Associated Press.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/41d50-gone_in_sixty_seconds_1974_movie_poster.jpgMMovie poster for the 1974 "Gone in 60 Second" film.2013-09-13T02:20:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/09/06/torrances-courthouse-didnt-come-without-trials/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d683f-courtsupes-640x558-copy.jpgcourtsupes (640x558) - CopyThe Daily Breeze reports the Board of Supervisors vote on the front page of its May 16, 1961 edition. Click to enlarge.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1b438-celebscourt-640x507-copy.jpgcelebscourt (640x507) - CopyDignitaries at the Torrance courthouse dedication include, from left to right, County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Calif. Lt. Gov. Robert Finch, event emcee Lloyd Nix, County Supervisor Burton Chace and Calif. Supreme Court Justice L.H. Burke. Daily Breeze file photo, June 23, 1967.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/af6f7-courtwomen-492x640-copy.jpgcourtwomen (492x640) - CopyThe dedication ceremony committee enlists help for refreshments. Click to enlarge.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6636c-buildingcourt-640x432-copy.jpgbuildingcourt (640x432) - CopyThe courthouse in Torrance begins to take shape in this Daily Breeze file photo from Aug. 9, 1965.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5f1f6-torrancecourttoday-640x407-copy.jpgTThe Torrance courthouse building. Daily Breeze file photo, Sept. 6, 2013.2013-09-06T23:27:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/08/31/connecting-hawthorne-boulevard-from-torrance-to-palos-verdes/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/98d5d-hawthorne-blvd.-2-640x508-1.jpgHawthorne Blvd. 2 (640x508)Work continues on the extension even after the roadway opened. Daily Breeze file photo, Nov. 9, 1965.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/617be-hawthorne-blvd.1-640x425-1.jpgHawthorne Blvd.1 (640x425)Hawthorne Boulevard extension looking south from Newton Street, Nov. 9, 1965. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8dcfa-hawthornecanyon.jpghawthornecanyonDaily Breeze photo, as published in July 9, 1965 edition. Click to enlarge.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/270a8-hawthorneguys.jpghawthorneguysPhoto from the dedication ceremony for the Hawthorne extension from the Dec. 11, 1965 Daily Breeze. Click to enlarge.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bd70b-hawthornetoday.jpgHHawthorne Boulevard looking south towards Palos Verdes, just south of Via Valmonte. Daily Breeze photo, August 2013.2017-02-20T14:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/08/24/wilson-college-in-wilmington-the-first-coed-campus-in-the-west/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/74d44-bdwilson18701.jpgbdwilson1870Benjamin D. "Don Benito" Wilsonhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0ca24-wilmingtonoldmap.jpgwilmingtonoldmapThis map of Wilmington, ca. the 1870s, shows the location of Wilson College at right.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/05e69-donbenitowilsonbook.jpgdonbenitowilsonbookNat B. Read's 2008 book tells Wilson's story in great detail.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/91fed-drumbarracks2012-640x332-1.jpgdrumbarracks2012 (640x332)The Drum Barracks Civil War Museum in Wilmington during the nationwide celebration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial (150th year since the start of the war in 1861). Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e8edd-bdwilson1870.jpgbdwilson1870Benjamin D. "Don Benito" Wilson2020-04-20T18:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/08/17/golden-state-fireworks-explosion-in-redondo-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/581f8-lizzaclip.jpglizzaclipDaily Breeze, March 5, 1965.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/90d76-fireworksmainphoto.jpgfireworksmainphotoA violent explosion at Redondo's Golden State Fireworks Co. rocked the South Bay on Feb. 8, 1940, sending ripples into communities as far as 40 miles away. Photo from the following morning shows the devastation at the plant. Daily Breeze file photo. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a4c8a-firewmain-640x254-1.jpgfirewmain (640x254)Photos from the Daily Breeze, Feb. 9, 1940, show the extent of the damage at Golden State Fireworks in Redondo Beach the morning after the explosion.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cc95e-firewmain-640x326-1.jpgfirewmain (640x326)Front page of The Daily Breeze, Friday, Feb. 9, 1940.2013-08-17T04:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/08/09/roland-sperrys-dangerous-flight/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/39a1d-sperryfrontpage.jpgsperryfrontpageThe Daily Breeze front page banner headline for March 27, 1953.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5aec9-rolandmug.jpgrolandmugPhoto of Roland Sperry taken from the Torrance Herald front page of April 2, 1953.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac995-chinatigerbook.jpgchinatigerbookRoland Sperry's book about his war experiences, published in 1990.2013-08-09T22:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/08/03/how-torrance-got-its-beach/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29b0f-bestmapbeach-640x429-1.jpgbestmapbeach (640x429)Old map of Torrance annexations shows the Meadow Park tract, with its ocean access at far left. Credit: Torrance Herald.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/35038-articleontorrbeach-186x640-1.jpgarticleontorrbeach (186x640)Daily Breeze article, . Click to enlarge.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/076b2-ts05-surf-fest07sc-640x235-1.jpgRThe 6th annual sand soccer tournament, part of the International Surf Festival, at Torrance beach in August 2012. Daily Breeze photo by Stephen Carr.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5151b-torrbeach2.8-7-01-640x406-1.jpgTThe concession stand along the sand at Torrance beach in August 2001, before the makeover that began in 2002. Daily Breeze photo by Robert Casillas.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d0f7-torr-beach-redo-1-640x437-1.jpgTorr beach redo 1 (640x437)Beach goers walk on the new access ramps on Torrance Beach as the rededication ceremony goes on in the background for the $3.6 million renovation. Daily Breeze photo by Brad Graverson.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/b3dca-jogger-640x420-1.jpgjogger (640x420)A jogger takes advantage of early morning weather on Torrance beach. Daily Breeze file photo.2013-08-03T01:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/07/27/hermosa-beachs-1912-days-celebrations/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cf2c0-resized1912dayscostumes.jpgresized1912dayscostumesWomen dressed in period costumes, from the inaugural "1912 Days" event. Daily Breeze front page photo, October 13, 1952.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d44dc-firetruck-copy-640x466-2.jpgfiretruck - Copy (640x466) (2)Firemen wearing period outfits ride on a vintage firetruck during the parade for the 1962 Hermosa Beach "1912 Days" event. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/330bb-1912daysstars.jpg1912daysstarsDaily Breeze, Sept. 19, 1965.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9013-1912daysmessy.jpg1912daysmessyDaily Breeze, Oct. 1, 1957. Click to enlarge.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d9c7c-jonprovost.jpgjonprovostActor Jon Provost from the TV series "Lassie" served as the grand marshal of the 1962 "1912 Days" parade in Hermosa Beach. Daily Breeze staff photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6de8d-firetruck-copy.jpgfiretruck - Copy2013-07-27T02:06:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/07/19/manhattan-beachs-polliwog-park/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ff0a4-polliwog-park-028-640x359-1.jpgPolliwog Park 028 (640x359)Ducks on the pond at Polliwog Park. Daily Breeze photo, July 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/375d9-polliwogded-496x640-e1374273393872.jpgpolliwogded (496x640)Before and after: Daily Breeze staff photo, above, shows Polliwog Park on Feb. 11, 1976, a few days before its official dedication. A similar view is shown below in a Daily Breeze photo taken in July 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7a6aa-polliwogarticle-202x640-1.jpgpolliwogarticle (202x640)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c06d0-polliwog-park-006-640x354-1.jpgPolliwog Park 006 (640x354)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ec9a8-polliwog-park-025-640x379-1.jpgPolliwog Park 025 (640x379)The amphitheater at Polliwog Park. Daily Breeze photo, July 2013.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/624f9-polliwog1953paper-640x589-1.jpgpolliwog1953paper (640x589)Children look out on Pollywog Pond, then in its completely undeveloped state. Daily Breeze front page, Jan. 1, 1953.2019-01-17T22:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/07/12/evelyn-carrs-role-in-the-founding-of-the-torrance-unified-school-district/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4ffa5-evelyncarrbitd.jpgevelyncarrbitdEvelyn Carr in 1947.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ffa80-evelyncarr.jpgevelyncarrEvelyn Carr at her Torrance home on July 8, 1999. Daily Breeze staff photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4a0fb-carr-elementary-002.jpgcarr elementary 002Carr Elementary School on 168th Street in North Torrance was named in Evelyn Carr's honor. July 2013 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/53731-boardevelyncarr.jpgboardevelyncarrThe first Torrance school board, L to R: Superintendent J.H. Hull, board members Carl Steele, Grace Wright, Dr. Howard Wood, Howard Thatcher, Evelyn Carr and assistant superintendent Emmett Ingrum.2013-07-12T21:51:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/07/05/adolph-leuzinger-and-leuzinger-high-school/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7f2e3-leuzingerremodeluse-640x425-1.jpgleuzingerremodeluse (640x425)Leuzinger High in Lawndale is sporting a new look as the first phase of construction has ended with new buildings and classrooms. Student morale and attitude has risen along with test scores since principal Ryan Smith took the reins at the school. 2011 Daily Breeze Photo: Robert Casillas https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19526-leuzingermug-640x440-1.jpgTLeuzinger High School. 2010 file photo by Daily Breeze Photographer Robert Casillas.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/53b64-leuzingertriptych.jpgleuzingertriptychThis series shows Leuzinger High School before, during and after construction. The school opened on Jan. 27, 1930.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d95f-adolphleuzinger.jpgadolphleuzingerAdolph Leuzinger stands next to the cornerstone which bears his name at Leuzinger High School, October 3, 1929. 2018-10-30T06:57:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/06/28/how-gardena-become-home-to-legalized-card-clubs/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/64f56-gardenabomb1forreal.jpggardenabomb1forrealThe March 23, 1960, front page of The Daily Breeze reports on the card club bombing. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9e052-gardenabomb1-640x499-2.jpggardenabomb1 (640x499) (2)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/da16d-hustlercasino-640x480-1.jpghustlercasino (640x480)The Hustler Casino. June 2013 Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f5bec-rainbowdone-412x640-1.jpgrainbowdone (412x640)The colorful sign is all that remains of the Rainbow Club in this Daily Breeze file photo from August 1985.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e6c97-newgardena1.jpgnewgardenaExterior of the New Gardena Club in October 1984, the month it closed. Daily Breeze file photo by Jack Lardomita.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2dfe1-russ-miller.jpgruss-millerRuss Millerhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ae742-normandiecasinoexterior.jpgnormandiecasinoexteriorThe Normandie Casino. June 2013 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4ac5b-normandiecasino.jpgnormandiecasinohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ac038-newgardena.jpgnewgardenahttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4c2f1-gardenaclubinside.jpggardenaclubinsideThe interior of the Gardena Club. Daily Breeze file photo, 1969.2013-06-28T01:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/06/14/the-stadium-theater-in-torrance/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9d23b-stadiumad49.jpgstadiumad49An ad for a typical lineup at the Stadium from the Aug. 11, 1949 Torrance Herald. Credit: Torrance Public Library, Historical Newspaper Archives.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9e9ce-stadiumoldpic1.jpgstadiumoldpicThe Stadium Theater in downtown Torrance right before its June 2, 1949 grand opening. Photo courtesy of Torrance Herald via the Torrance Public Library's Historical Newspaper Archives site.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e486f-stadiumfinalcropped1.jpgstadiumfinalcroppedCondominiums ultimately replaced the Stadium Theater in 2003. June 2013 Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6be11-pussycat1-copy-640x628-1.jpgpussycat1 - Copy (640x628)The Rev. Morris Barks holds a religious sign outside the Pussycat Theater in Torrance in early 1991. Daily Breeze photo by Wally Skalij.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/caf58-stadiumoldpic.jpgstadiumoldpichttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e2593-stadiumfinalcropped.jpgstadiumfinalcroppedhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a4b2e-auroratheater.jpgauroratheaterThe former Stadium Theater on Cravens and Gramercy avenues in Torrance, redone as the "Aurora Theater" for "If These Walls Could Talk 2." Daily Breeze photo by Bruce Hazelton, Jan. 25, 2002.2016-05-24T22:16:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/06/07/craig-breedlove-and-the-spirit-of-america/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/231fa-breedlovein83-473x640-1.jpgbreedlovein83 (473x640)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c8ba5-breedlovestoreclip-464x640-1.jpgbreedlovestoreclip (464x640)October 1967 Daily Breeze clipping regarding the opening of Craig Breedlove's automotive store in Torrance. (Click image to enlarge.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/88d86-breedlove1997.jpgCCraig Breedlove, 60, climbs out of the cockpit of his $3 million rocket-powered car as his border collie Muffin watches in the garage and headquarters of Spirit of America in Rio Vista, Calif., Wednesday Aug. 27, 1997. Photo credit: The Associated Press.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c223e-breedloveapmug.jpgbreedloveapmugPhoto credit: The Associated Press.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3056d-breedlovealbum.jpgbreedlovealbumA record album chronicling Breedlove's feat of breaking 400 mph.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6ada4-beedlove63.jpgbeedlove63Driver Craig Breedlove stands in front of the Spirit of America race car in 1963. Photo credit: www.motorntv.com.2013-06-07T23:18:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/05/31/tornadoes-in-hawthorne/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/98334-mooredamage.jpgOklahoma TornadoTwo tree trucks have become the resting place for twisted pieces of metal, a car and other tornado debris in Moore, Okla., following the May 20, 2013 tornado. Photo by The Associated Press.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5f608-hawthcrophed.jpghawthcrophedThe front page of the Redondo Daily Breeze for Saturday, March 15, 1930.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e171b-hawthorne1983.jpghawthorne1983Damage on Florwood Avenue in Hawthorne caused by the Sept. 30, 1983, tornado that struck there. Photo by Daily Breeze Staff Photographer Brad Graverson.2013-05-31T22:56:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/05/24/the-concorde-comes-to-lax-but-not-for-long/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2ac71-cocnrdeprotest.jpgcocnrdeprotestProtesters from the group "The Enraged Citizens" at Felton Elementary School in Lennox carry picket signs decrying the arrival of the Concorde 2 at LAX, about a mile away, on Oct. 23, 1974. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/81b00-concordecrowds.jpgconcordecrowdshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/55042-concordeonground.jpgconcordeongroundThe Concorde 2 on the ground at LAX, Oct. 23, 1974. Daily Breeze photo by Staff Photographer Jack Wyman.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29c2f-concordelands.jpgconcordelandsThe Concorde 2 supersonic transport plane lands for the first time at LAX on Oct. 23, 1974. Daily Breeze file photo by Staff Photographer Jack Wyman.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/95828-ap03102404245-640x438-1.jpgAIR CONCORDE_HEATHROW 40British actress Joan Collins and husband Percey Gibson on the last commercial flight of Concorde from JFK to Heathrow, Friday, Oct. 24, 2003, on the day that the world's first supersonic airliner retired from commercial service. Associated Press photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e21eb-ap00072514516-640x482-1.jpgFThis July 25, 2000, file photo from The Associated Press shows an aerial view of the scene where an Air France Concorde plane crashed shortly after takeoff onto a hotel in Gonesse outside Paris, killing all 109 on board and 4 people on the ground. https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/79217-ap0007250806-640x401-1.jpgFThe Air France Concorde bursts into flames shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Oct. 25, 2000. 109 people aboard and four on the ground were killed. Associated Press photo.2013-05-24T22:58:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/05/17/gardena-records-launches-paul-revere-and-the-raiders/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/4b5b9-raiders2-506x640-1.jpgPPaul Revere and the Raiders Gardena Records publicity photo, ca. 1960. Photo courtesy Mike Vegh.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e6f8c-raiders3-498x640-1.jpgRaiders3 (498x640)Paul Revere's Gardena Records publicity photo, ca. 1960. Photo courtesy Mike Vegh.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ab227-likelonghair45.jpglikelonghair45https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cce49-himormeps.jpghimormepshttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/e40d2-gardenafirst45.jpggardenafirst45https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/980a5-gardenaalbum.jpggardenaalbum2020-07-11T01:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/05/10/was-gertrude-evelyn-landons-murder-related-to-the-black-dahlia-case/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6c904-landonheadline-640x487-1.jpglandonheadline (640x487)Daily Breeze front page headline from July 17, 1946.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d29df-knowltonbook.jpgknowltonbookhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/030d2-hodelbook.jpghodelbookhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f1eea-blackdahliafilm.jpgblackdahliafilmPoster from the 2003 film.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/44f29-dahliaposter.jpgdahliaposter2013-05-10T22:03:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/05/03/the-chandler-palos-verdes-sand-and-gravel-company/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/eee19-chandler5213front-640x402-1.jpgchandler5213front (640x402)The headquarters of Chandler Palos Verdes Sand and Gravel Company in Rolling Hills Estates on May 1, 2013. Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/837ff-tn00-chandler-sv-0341.jpgTN00-Chandler-SV-034For years, plans have been in the mix to convert the Chandler Sand and Gravel mine into a new Rolling Hills Country Club with 114 homes.This July 24, 2009 file photo by Staff Photographer Scott Varley shows the gravel company in operation.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/89d39-tn00-chandler-sv-034.jpgTN00-Chandler-SV-034https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c592e-cahndlerbigger.jpgcahndlerbiggerLinden H. Chandler stands at the rim of his quarry and gravel pit in this March 11, 1985 file photo by Daily Breeze Staff Photographer Jack Lardomita.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ffe17-aerialbigger.jpgaerialbiggerThis Feburary 1985 Daily Breeze file photo shows the Chandler quarry and gravel pit looking northwest from Narbonne Avenue at bottom.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8951a-chandleraerialgood-250x170-1.jpgchandleraerialgood (250x170)This Feburary 1985 Daily Breeze file photo shows the Chandler quarry and gravel pit looking northwest, with Narbonne Avenue at bottom.2013-05-03T23:44:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/04/26/carrell-speedway-in-gardena/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5bfc0-100-1952-carrell-speedway-poster-print3.jpg100-1952-carrell-speedway-poster-printhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f570c-carrellteague2.gifcarrellteaguehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d5cfb-100-1952-carrell-speedway-poster-print2.jpg100-1952-carrell-speedway-poster-printhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7d353-100-1952-carrell-speedway-poster-print1.jpg100-1952-carrell-speedway-poster-printhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f6113-100-1952-carrell-speedway-poster-print.jpg100-1952-carrell-speedway-poster-printhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7fb83-parsonscover1.jpgparsonscoverhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/45b30-parsonscover.jpgparsonscoverCarrell Speedway program.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/6d76b-carrellracephoto.gifcarrellracephotohttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11b1c-carrellteague1.gifcarrellteaguehttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/117a5-carrellteague.gifcarrellteague2015-03-28T02:40:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/04/19/wade-peebles-and-the-1963-torrance-corruption-scandal/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fa3ac-peebleshed-640x509-1.jpgpeebleshed (640x509)The Torrance Herald front page of Thursday, Feb. 6, 1964. (Torrance Public Library files.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02135-peebleshed.jpgpeebleshedhttps://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bc9a0-peeblesdrale1.jpgpeeblesdraleCouncilman Nick Drale calls for the resignation of City Manager Wade Peebles at the Jan. 29, 1964 Torrance City Council meeting. (Daily Breeze photo by Jay Berman.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3e99e-peeblesdrale.jpgpeeblesdraleTorrance City Councilman Nick Drale calls for the resignation of City Manager Wade Peebles at the Jan. 29, 1964 council meeting in Torrance. (Daily Breeze photo by Jay Berman.)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2a799-peeblesmain-640x420-1.jpgpeeblesmain (640x420)Wade Peebles speaks at a special meeting of the Torrance City Council on Jan. 8, 1964. (Daily Breeze photo by Jay Berman.)2013-04-24T00:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/04/13/fred-roessler-father-of-palos-verdes-estates/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/34bc6-fredroessler-473x640-1.jpgfredroessler (473x640)H.F.B. "Fred" Roessler poses with a scroll and silver gavel he received at a community dinner held in his honor in June 1964, shortly before his death. Roessler was mayor of Palos Verdes Estates for 25 years. Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/57979-fredroessler.jpgfredroesslerH.F.B. "Fred" Roessler poses with a scroll and silver gavel he received at a dinner in his honor in 1964, shortly before his death. He was mayor of Palos Verdes Estates for 25 years. Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3f89c-218-575x6401-1.jpg218 (575x640)This plaque honoring Fred Roessler, "Father of the City," stands next to the memorial fountain in his name at the Palos Verdes Estates City Hall. Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cb139-218-575x640-1.jpg218 (575x640)This plaque stands next to the fountain memorializing Fred Roessler, "Father of the City," in front of the Palos Verdes Estates City Hall. Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a9369-roesslerpoolnew.jpgroesslerpoolnewThe pool at the Palos Verdes Beach and Swim Club was built on the site of the former Roessler Memorial Pool in 1993. Photo courtesy City of Palos Verdes Estates.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c5637-roesslerpool-640x474-1.jpgroesslerpool (640x474)A bust of Fred Roessler sits atop the fountain dedicated in his name at the entrance to the Palos Verdes Estates City Hall.2013-04-13T00:35:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/03/29/developing-the-ponte-vista-site/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0e7f8-tn06-ponte-vista-640x441-1.jpgTThe Ponte Vista site can be seen in the foreground, with the Vincent Thomas Bridge and Port of Los Angeles in the background. April 2010 file photo by Robert Casillas / Staff Photographer.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/d33da-tn16-coyotes.3-640x439-1.jpgAAureilio Villalobos is the goat herder who uses his goats to eat weeds at the former Navy housing area now known as Ponte Vista. June 2010 file photo by Brad Graverson, Staff Photographer.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26464-tn24-pontevista2-640x3772-1.jpgTN24-PONTEVISTA2 (640x377)Boarded-up houses at the Ponte Vista (former Navy housing) site in San Pedro. Photo by Brittany Murray / Staff Photgrapher, Aug. 24, 2012.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9168d-tn24-pontevista2-640x3771-1.jpgTN24-PONTEVISTA2 (640x377)https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5b394-tn24-pontevista2-640x377-1.jpgTN24-PONTEVISTA2 (640x377)2015-01-25T16:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/03/21/f-51-crashes-in-torrance-in-1964-narrowly-missing-houses/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7600a-planecrashmain-640x6374-1.jpgplanecrashmain (640x637)Firefighters douse the smoking wreckage of the F-51 airplane that crashed in Torrance on Aug. 23, 1964. Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/da21b-planecrashmain-640x6373-1.jpgplanecrashmain (640x637)Firefighters douse the smoking wreckage of the F-51 airplane that crashed in Torrance on Aug. 23, 1964. Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01df7-planecrashwing.jpgplanecrashwingA wing lies on the ground after crashing through the wall in Ray Moloney's backyard. Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0f624-planecrash2-638x640-1.jpgplanecrash2 (638x640)A large crowd gathers at the scene of the F-51 crash, center left across the street. Daily Breeze file photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3b087-planecrashmain-640x6372-1.jpgplanecrashmain (640x637)Firefighters douse the smoking wreckage of the F-51 airplane that crashed in Torrance on Aug. 23, 1964. Daily Breeze photo.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7c0b-planecrashmain-640x6371-1.jpgplanecrashmain (640x637)Firefighters douse the smoking wreckage of the F-51 airplane that crashed in Torrance on Aug. 23, 1964.https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0b753-planecrashmain-640x637-1.jpgplanecrashmain (640x637)Firefighters douse the smoking wreckage of the F-51 that crashed in Torrance on Aug. 23, 1964.2018-07-03T13:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sbhistory.blog/2013/02/28/sinking-or-swimming-in-the-amphicar/https://sbhistory.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9edaf-amphiapseattle1.jpgBOATING OPENING DAYAn Amphicar cruises through Montlake Cut as part of a parade during the annual ceremonial opening day of boating season Saturday, May 1, 2004, in Seattle. 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