San Pedran - Local News, Events & Discussion for San Pedro, CA » Opinion http://sanpedran.com Local news, discussion & calendar for San Pedro, CA Sun, 20 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Trutanich is the clear choice: Letters to the Editor for Wednesday, May 16, 2012 http://sanpedran.com/2012/05/16/trutanich-is-the-clear-choice-letters-to-the-editor-for-wednesday-may-16-2012/ http://sanpedran.com/2012/05/16/trutanich-is-the-clear-choice-letters-to-the-editor-for-wednesday-may-16-2012/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 01:23:29 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2012/05/16/trutanich-is-the-clear-choice-letters-to-the-editor-for-wednesday-may-16-2012/ The editorial chastising Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich is not only misleading, but a joke. Trutanich’s aggressive stance as the city attorney has benefited the city of Los Angeles not only monetarily, but he has upgraded the position from a do-nothing office to one of substance. — Kenneth M

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2012/03/21/save-lausd-after-school-programs-letters-to-the-editor-for-thursday-march-22-2012/feed/ 0 Humane treatment of all animals: Letters to the Editor for Wednesday, March 21, 2012 http://sanpedran.com/2012/03/20/humane-treatment-of-all-animals-letters-to-the-editor-for-wednesday-march-21-2012/ http://sanpedran.com/2012/03/20/humane-treatment-of-all-animals-letters-to-the-editor-for-wednesday-march-21-2012/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:05:22 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2012/03/20/humane-treatment-of-all-animals-letters-to-the-editor-for-wednesday-march-21-2012/ The elephant seal pups arriving at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro were rescued because they were starving — not because they were sick. They are given hydration and food during their rehab process before they are released

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2012/03/20/humane-treatment-of-all-animals-letters-to-the-editor-for-wednesday-march-21-2012/feed/ 0 Let the punishment fit the crime for ’stolen valor’ perpetrators: Letters to the Editor for Tuesday, March 6, 2012 http://sanpedran.com/2012/03/05/let-the-punishment-fit-the-crime-for-stolen-valor-perpetrators-letters-to-the-editor-for-tuesday-march-6-2012/ http://sanpedran.com/2012/03/05/let-the-punishment-fit-the-crime-for-stolen-valor-perpetrators-letters-to-the-editor-for-tuesday-march-6-2012/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:49:08 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2012/03/05/let-the-punishment-fit-the-crime-for-stolen-valor-perpetrators-letters-to-the-editor-for-tuesday-march-6-2012/ The letter writer suggests those convicted of “stolen valor” crimes shouldn’t be sentenced to prison.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2012/03/05/let-the-punishment-fit-the-crime-for-stolen-valor-perpetrators-letters-to-the-editor-for-tuesday-march-6-2012/feed/ 0 Loophole keeps tankers unplugged – and polluting http://sanpedran.com/2011/09/29/loophole-keeps-tankers-unplugged-and-polluting/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/09/29/loophole-keeps-tankers-unplugged-and-polluting/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:20:54 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/09/29/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.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/09/29/loophole-keeps-tankers-unplugged-and-polluting/feed/ 0 Letter of the Day: Where were the flags on 9-11? http://sanpedran.com/2011/09/14/letter-of-the-day-where-were-the-flags-on-9-11/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/09/14/letter-of-the-day-where-were-the-flags-on-9-11/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:36:21 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/09/14/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

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/09/14/letter-of-the-day-where-were-the-flags-on-9-11/feed/ 0 Letter of the Day: San Pedro is – proudly – more than a port http://sanpedran.com/2011/06/21/letter-of-the-day-san-pedro-is-proudly-more-than-a-port/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/06/21/letter-of-the-day-san-pedro-is-proudly-more-than-a-port/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:55:16 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/06/21/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

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/06/21/letter-of-the-day-san-pedro-is-proudly-more-than-a-port/feed/ 0 Letter of the Day: Should dotting the lines be a priority in San Pedro? http://sanpedran.com/2011/05/23/letter-of-the-day-should-dotting-the-lines-be-a-priority-in-san-pedro/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/05/23/letter-of-the-day-should-dotting-the-lines-be-a-priority-in-san-pedro/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 00:34:06 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/05/23/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.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/05/23/letter-of-the-day-should-dotting-the-lines-be-a-priority-in-san-pedro/feed/ 0 Monday’s Letter of the Day: Name of San Pedro gang raid wrongly implicates high school http://sanpedran.com/2011/05/08/mondays-letter-of-the-day-name-of-san-pedro-gang-raid-wrongly-implicates-high-school/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/05/08/mondays-letter-of-the-day-name-of-san-pedro-gang-raid-wrongly-implicates-high-school/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 05:01:17 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/05/08/mondays-letter-of-the-day-name-of-san-pedro-gang-raid-wrongly-implicates-high-school/ Daily Breeze readers sound off on the issues.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/05/08/mondays-letter-of-the-day-name-of-san-pedro-gang-raid-wrongly-implicates-high-school/feed/ 0 Letter of the Day: Too many festivals at Point Fermin http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/26/letter-of-the-day-too-many-festivals-at-point-fermin/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/26/letter-of-the-day-too-many-festivals-at-point-fermin/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:50:56 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/26/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).

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/26/letter-of-the-day-too-many-festivals-at-point-fermin/feed/ 0 Letter of the Day: Battleship battle resolution? http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/21/letter-of-the-day-battleship-battle-resolution/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/21/letter-of-the-day-battleship-battle-resolution/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:59:32 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/21/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.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/21/letter-of-the-day-battleship-battle-resolution/feed/ 0 Letter of the Day: Furutani’s overtures in San Pedro are welcome http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/12/letter-of-the-day-furutanis-overtures-in-san-pedro-are-welcome/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/12/letter-of-the-day-furutanis-overtures-in-san-pedro-are-welcome/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:22:42 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/04/12/letter-of-the-day-furutanis-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?

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/03/03/letter-of-the-day-skateboarding-is-destroying-san-pedro-park/feed/ 0 Letter of the Day: SP park was poorly designed http://sanpedran.com/2011/02/14/letter-of-the-day-sp-park-was-poorly-designed/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/02/14/letter-of-the-day-sp-park-was-poorly-designed/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:10:48 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/02/14/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.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/02/14/letter-of-the-day-sp-park-was-poorly-designed/feed/ 0 Injection safety in wake of SP clinic case http://sanpedran.com/2011/01/23/injection-safety-in-wake-of-sp-clinic-case/ http://sanpedran.com/2011/01/23/injection-safety-in-wake-of-sp-clinic-case/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:04:47 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2011/01/23/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.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2011/01/23/injection-safety-in-wake-of-sp-clinic-case/feed/ 0 Monday’s Letter of the Day: Don’t let chance to get USS Iowa slip away http://sanpedran.com/2010/10/17/mondays-letter-of-the-day-dont-let-chance-to-get-uss-iowa-slip-away/ http://sanpedran.com/2010/10/17/mondays-letter-of-the-day-dont-let-chance-to-get-uss-iowa-slip-away/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:06:44 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2010/10/17/mondays-letter-of-the-day-dont-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.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2010/10/17/mondays-letter-of-the-day-dont-let-chance-to-get-uss-iowa-slip-away/feed/ 0 Why shipyard is good news for San Pedro http://sanpedran.com/2010/07/28/why-shipyard-is-good-news-for-san-pedro/ http://sanpedran.com/2010/07/28/why-shipyard-is-good-news-for-san-pedro/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:37:37 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2010/07/28/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.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2010/07/28/why-shipyard-is-good-news-for-san-pedro/feed/ 0 Port operations can improve without an act of Congress http://sanpedran.com/2010/07/09/port-operations-can-improve-without-an-act-of-congress/ http://sanpedran.com/2010/07/09/port-operations-can-improve-without-an-act-of-congress/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:01:11 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2010/07/09/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.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2010/07/09/port-operations-can-improve-without-an-act-of-congress/feed/ 0 Letter of the Day: Kudos to San Pedro’s union nurses http://sanpedran.com/2010/06/17/letter-of-the-day-kudos-to-san-pedros-union-nurses/ http://sanpedran.com/2010/06/17/letter-of-the-day-kudos-to-san-pedros-union-nurses/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:28:43 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2010/06/17/letter-of-the-day-kudos-to-san-pedros-union-nurses/ Kudos to SP’s union nurses Hats off to the nurses at Providence Little Company of Mary in San Pedro.

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]]> http://sanpedran.com/2010/06/17/letter-of-the-day-kudos-to-san-pedros-union-nurses/feed/ 0 Letter of the Day: Varsity baseball team made San Pedro proud http://sanpedran.com/2010/06/04/letter-of-the-day-varsity-baseball-team-made-san-pedro-proud/ http://sanpedran.com/2010/06/04/letter-of-the-day-varsity-baseball-team-made-san-pedro-proud/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:11:51 +0000 DailyBreeze http://sanpedran.com/2010/06/04/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.

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