All Entries in the "Opinion" Category
Loophole keeps tankers unplugged – and polluting
Harbor Area residents are caught in a catch-22 by the new Plains All American supertanker berth proposed for San Pedro: They support the project but feel it should not proceed without much tougher rules to reduce the air pollution from the giant ships, which must run their engines while in port.
Letter of the Day: Where were the flags on 9-11?
Sept. 11 was one of the worst days this country has faced since the bombing in Oklahoma or Pearl Harbor
Letter of the Day: San Pedro is – proudly – more than a port
Regarding “Port OKs plans for market, art studio” (Friday): San Pedro residents, who are now in active discussion with the port on the development of a people-friendly waterfront, should be very happy to hear of recent negotiations with Bergamot
Letter of the Day: Should dotting the lines be a priority in San Pedro?
On Paseo del Mar in San Pedro the is a bicycle lane on each side of the street.
Monday’s Letter of the Day: Name of San Pedro gang raid wrongly implicates high school
Daily Breeze readers sound off on the issues.
Letter of the Day: Too many festivals at Point Fermin
Those of you wanting to keep the Taste of San Pedro at Point Fermin Park obviously don’t live in the Point Fermin area (“Tasty San Pedro event is moving,” Friday).
Letter of the Day: Battleship battle resolution?
In line with the contesting over the placement of the USS Iowa battleship between the Vallejo and San Pedro groups, there now appears an effort on behalf of former Mare Island naval shipyard workers to bring the famous USS Olympia back to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Letter of the Day: Furutani’s overtures in San Pedro are welcome
Regarding the recent stories about Assemblyman Warren Furutani trying to get Sacramento involved with the USS Iowa and enacting an oil-extraction tax to benefit colleges: Help on the Iowa is certainly welcome, even from Sacramento, but what is his legislative strategy on oil extraction?
Letter of the Day: Skateboarding is destroying San Pedro park
Regarding the new pocket park at the end of Gaffey Street at Bluff Place, why did you say it was a pocket park?
Letter of the Day: SP park was poorly designed
A new park opened several months ago at the end of Pacific Avenue in San Pedro.
Injection safety in wake of SP clinic case
More than 2,300 patients at the Advanced Pain Treatment Medical Center in San Pedro, have been notified by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health that they may have been affected by hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV while receiving medical treatment.
Monday’s Letter of the Day: Don’t let chance to get USS Iowa slip away
Recently the Breeze ran a front-page story reporting that the Los Angeles City Council backs the move of the battleship USS Iowa to the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro.
Why shipyard is good news for San Pedro
For more than a year, we have been talking about the possibility of building a shipyard at the Port of Los Angeles.
Port operations can improve without an act of Congress
Congressional aides are visiting Los Angeles this week as part of a House committee’s ongoing review of the San Pedro Bay ports’ clean truck programs.
Letter of the Day: Kudos to San Pedro’s union nurses
Kudos to SP’s union nurses Hats off to the nurses at Providence Little Company of Mary in San Pedro.
Letter of the Day: Varsity baseball team made San Pedro proud
Congratulations to the San Pedro High School varsity baseball team for a wild and truly wonderful season.
Letter of the Day: Warner Grand is a treasure
The recent magnificent production of Broadway show selections performed by our amazingly talented Golden State Pops Orchestra and marvelous guest performers at San Pedro’s Warner Grand Theatre was an evening of unparalleled gratification.
Another law isn’t the answer
We wonder, following the news of a 13-year-old San Pedro girl’s abduction and assault by a man who befriended her on MySpace, what else we can do to ensure our children’s safety.
Big Government and the Social Security Trust Fund
User submission: For decades American workers have played by the rules and paid Social Security taxes in good faith, saving for their retirement. For more than half the people age 65 and up Social Security accounts for a majority of their income. For those same decades the Treasury Department has borrowed money from the Social Security trust fund to finance government operations.
Letter of the Day: Run-down Ports O’ Call is embarassment to a fine city
Tuesday as I walked along the promenade by the cruise terminal, I noticed an unfamiliar ship docked. Having taken many cruises and having once worked as a travel agent, I was overcome by curiosity.
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