I’m not sure if it was the roar of engines that sunny morning in June 1923 or the sight of 300 Model T Fords “racing” toward the barren peninsula from Torrance, but something new and wonderful was afoot.
Read More
The Point Vicente Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution commemorated the end of the Vietnam War this month by inviting Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard King to speak about his experience.
Read More
Loss of any kind; youth, a person, a relationship, a job, a place, a country, or a love, brings stress. Some people jump the gun and pre-grieve a real or imagined loss.
Read More
In recent survey of US cities with a combination of the highest median annual income and the most residents over 65 years of age, Rancho Palos Verdes came in 1st nationally.
Read More
Once upon a time, nestled along the rugged coastline of Southern California, there lay a place of exquisite beauty known as Palos Verdes.
Read More
The Villas that were planned to be built in Portuguese Bend in the 1920's were due to a great vision of what could become of the practically barren land of the Bixby family's Rancho Los Palos Verdes.
Read More
During the 1910s, years before the start of that famous annual parade of tuxes and evening gowns known as the Oscars, the U.S. moviemaking industry was a more informal place–albeit a hardworking and highly competitive one.
Read More
The Palos Verdes Peninsula is a miss-tickle place!
Recent surveys from the Fairy Godmother and Godfather Society nominated the P.V. Peninsula as America’s sacred “Spiritual Belly Button.”
Read More
In spite of their desire to do their part for their country, African Americans were forced to take lesser roles in the military until the early 1940’s. This not only pertained to leadership roles, but simpler roles as well. During World War I, African Americans were not allowed to serve at pilots or even observers in aircraft or observation balloons.
Read More
Excluding church columbariums, the community of San Pedro has three cemeteries: the old Harbor View Cemetery at 2411 South Grand; Green Hills at 27501 S. Western Avenue and the cemetery for war dogs at the Fort Macarthur Museum located on what was the Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur.
Read More
“My lover said, ‘You never listen; at least, I think that’s what they said.”
Clients ask me, “Dr Shelley, how do you create a great relationship?” I tell them, “1. Get over yourself and 2. after that, tune in on you.”
Read More
China has a rich history of innovation, with countless inventions that have shaped the course of human civilization.
Read More
A blonde bombshell, performer, and sex symbol, Jayne Mansfield would garner much publicity during her lifetime and, tragically, upon her untimely death.
Read More
Looking upon our beautiful Queen in the December evening glow, one thing is for sure, the Queen Mary is an awe-inspiring sight!! The visual impact takes one’s breath away with her three huge vermillion stacks ablaze with light and the thousands of portholes and windows in regal array and twinkling like the Milky Way!
Read More
The Los Angeles Convention Center opened its doors to the 2023 edition of the LA Auto Show showcasing many of the newest models coming to the showroom floors.
Read More
Tucked in a building just off the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, the Los Angeles Yacht Club (LAYC) comes together for a Friday night dinner.
Read More
Your fortune and your future await…
Read More