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Hoping their number comes up for Port of L.A. High

The evening began casually enough, with hundreds of smiling parents and students filling the multipurpose room at Port of Los Angeles High School in San Pedro – one of the only charter schools in the Harbor Area.

San Pedro visitors bureau to hold training sessions for volunteers

Love San Pedro? xHelp show visitors around the port town through a program sponsored by the San Pedro Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Draft EIR recommends sewage pipeline through San Pedro to Royal Palms

After six years of preliminary study, sanitation officials say an underground wastewater pipeline route that travels through San Pedro to Royal Palms Beach is the best – and most affordable – way to replace aging lines.

Teacher’s aide from San Pedro arrested on sex charge

LOS ANGELES – A teacher’s aide and coaching assistant at Fremont High School was arrested on suspicion of contacting a minor with the intention of committing a sexual offense, authorities said Tuesday. | POLICE NEWS | BLOG: SOUTH BAY CRIME, COURT NEWS | FACEBOOK

2 home invasion robberies reported in San Pedro

Robbers burst into an 86-year-old San Pedro woman’s house, covered her with a blanket and escaped with her safe, detectives said Tuesday. | POLICE NEWS | BLOG: SOUTH BAY CRIME, COURT NEWS | FACEBOOK

San Pedro icon ‘Cheerful’ Al Kaye dies at 87

There was no telling what you’d find in “Cheerful” Al Kaye’s Union War Surplus store, a San Pedro institution for 63 years.

Rep. Hahn to introduce measure aimed at increasing freight efficiency

Rep. Janice Hahn, D-San Pedro, is expected today to introduce an amendment to a pending transportation bill that calls on the nation’s 10 busiest ports to develop a plan aimed at increasing freight efficiency.

Battleship Iowa starting to recruit workforce

The Pacific Battleship Center – the group that is bringing the USS Iowa battleship to San Pedro this year – is getting ready to start hiring.

Buscaino seeks rules, helmets for skateboarders

In the wake of a 15-year-old’s death last month, Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino on Friday asked the city to target skateboarders who sail down San Pedro’s steep hills, often riding in the middle of the street and blowing through stop signs.

American Ballet Theatre’s Misty Copeland speaks to San Pedro High students

Now a resident of New York City, San Pedro High alum Misty Copeland returned this week for a whirlwind tour of speaking engagements in her native San Pedro and Long Beach.

American Ballet Theatre’s Misty Copeland speaks to San Pedro High students

Now a resident of New York City, San Pedro High alum Misty Copeland returned this week for a whirlwind tour of speaking engagements in her native San Pedro and Long Beach. | PHOTOS

San Pedro gang member gets 180 days for having assault rifle

A San Pedro gang member has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for possessing an assault rifle, prosecutors said Thursday. | POLICE NEWS | BLOG: SOUTH BAY CRIME, COURT NEWS | FACEBOOK

Room found for USS Iowa vets to stay in San Pedro during reunion

There will be room in San Pedro, after all, for this summer’s high-profile reunion of the USS Iowa Veterans Association.

‘Giant Voice’ public address system to be tested in San Pedro

San Pedro’s Pacific Crest and Pacific Heights housing developments of the Los Angeles Air Force Base will conduct tests of its newly installed “Giant Voice” notification system between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m

For the Record: Civic Light Opera move

An article Monday about the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities moving operations to the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro stated that it was not yet clear if performances will continue to be held at the El Segundo High School Auditorium once productions begin in San Pedro.

Marymount College opens student art gallery in downtown San Pedro

A student art gallery has formally opened in downtown San Pedro, further spotlighting the presence in town of Marymount College’s new Waterfront Campus.

Civic Light Opera moves operations to San Pedro’s Warner Grand

The Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, the embattled theater company without a permanent home, has found a new facility to stage its award-winning productions: the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro.

Jury calls for death penalty for prison murder by man who killed Marymount students

Jurors recommended a death sentence Monday for a man who killed a fellow inmate in 2005 while he was awaiting trial for the slayings of two Marymount College students in the parking lot of a San Pedro supermarket.

Mary Star students take top 3 spots in San Pedro speech contest

Mary Star of the Sea High School dominated the San Pedro Rotary Club Speech Contest on Jan. 26

Narbonne, San Pedro place high in LAUSD Super Quiz

Narbonne High School in Harbor City and San Pedro High School finished in the Top 10 at the Los Angeles Unified’s Academic Decathlon Super Quiz on Saturday.