The National Fisheries Institute calculates that Americans consume one billion pounds of canned and poached tuna each year. It is hard to imagine a time when consumers were uneasy with the idea of eating fish from a can. To increase the public’s appetite for canned fish, canneries marketed their products through television, radio, and print ads, as well as through a wide array of promotional items.
Read MoreThe steep and slippery slopes of the Palos Verdes canyons and hillsides make it extremely difficult to clear away the variety of non-native plants and weeds that grow during our warm and sunny spring days.
Read MoreHave you met one of the “little people” or an angel or spirit guide? Most people say they have! Mind-altering rituals–like prayer, meditation, hypnosis, athletes, quietude or a simple daydream often bring divine encounters.
Read MorePoint Vicente Chapter’s National Society Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) is pleased to announce their 2020 - 2021 Good Citizens Essay Contest and Scholarship winner, Kapilaksha ‘Kapil’ Dheeriya from Palos Verdes High School, has not only won at the District, State and Southwestern Region levels, but his essay continued on to compete at the National level.
Read MoreThe Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital (PCCH), in conjunction with the Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC), announced the winners of their annual Portuguese Bend National Horse Show (PBNHS) poster contest on May 11, 2021.
Read MoreSouth Bay-based Strand Boards ride the wave of outdoor showers right into gardens, yards and compounds
Read MoreHappy Merry-Go-Round Day! | From the Grapevine
Despite the continued existence of fanciful merry-go-rounds, we do live in a modern age. Of course, every generation can lay claim to modernity.
Read MoreCookie Monster and Chef Gonger Learn about Harvesting Sea Salt from the Pacific at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Read MoreAs most people know, settlement in Palos Verdes began in the 1920's with the creation of the Palos Verdes Project, a vision of Frank Vanderlip to create an exclusive residential enclave on the Peninsula. He hired Frederick Law Olmsted, son of the designer of New York's Central Park, to create the overall plan.
Read MoreI've always loved hiking and exploring Palos Verdes due to the beautiful scenery, mesmerizing cliffs
and gorgeous sea. It wasn't until 2 years ago that I attempted to dive their finally and it was amazing. I
had no clue there was so much plant and fish life along the cliffs. And my favorite Harbor Seals are there
in abundance.
Read MoreAn old principle of journalism is that journalists write the stories without becoming part of them. But times have changes, and today the journalist is the story.
Read MoreI can’t draw to save my life, so I totally admire those who can! Enter my niece Nicole. She is a very sweet 24 year old who can draw, and draw very well.
Read MoreNational Trails Day at Abalone Cove Reserve with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Saturday, June 5th 9am – 12pm. Join us to celebrate America's trails with a volunteer day outdoors to beautify this scenic coastal reserve with trails down to the beach. Sign up at pvplc.volunteerhub.com.
Read MoreWouldn’t it be great to have a 21st century version of Marineland in Palos Verdes? Marineland of the Pacific opened in Rancho Palos Verdes in 1954, one year before Disneyland, ten years before SeaWorld in San Diego and forty-four years before the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
Read MoreBefore WWII was over, it was clear that an attack from the sea by battleships was no longer a threat, and, therefore, coastal defense by means of large fortifications with large caliber guns, places like Fort MacArthur, were no longer needed.
Read MoreEarth Day’s theme this year of Restoring our Earth carries the important message of the world’s need to restore ecosystems, conserve and rebuild soils and save wildlife populations.
Read MoreThere were singing career, promoted by Arthur Godfrey, a contract with Dot Records, TV shows, ABC TV, Chevy Show (In the mid-1950’s), and films at 20th Century Fox. He came on the scene about the same time as Elvis Presley. They talked many times about their differences! Pat was known for his wholesome pop hits in the 1950’s. His first hit was “Two Hearts, Two Kisses” in 1955. Who can forget his milk commercials?
Read MoreMargaret Chadwick founded Chadwick, the private school that sits atop Academy Hill on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, back in 1935.
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